Magazine
Learning by doing
On the Tigerland Rice Farm in Thailand, tourists are put to work to learn where their food comes from. Marianne Lamers | July/August Issue 2012 Issue A new form of ecotourism has developed on the Watasittikul family’s land in Thailand: The family receives tourists who work up a sweat on their Read More...
The coolest of dreams
[caption id="attachment_254597" align="alignleft" width="576"] Rwandan students Ruth and Arnete drop by Inzozi Nziza as often a they can when on their way back from classes to the city center.[/caption] Inzozi Nziza is a sanctuary, an island of hope and joy in a country still aching from the Read More...
Poetry in motion
The Feldenkrais method of gentle, deliberate movement can help reduce the symptoms of chronic pain even as it lifts the spirit. Ursula Sautter | July/August 2012 Issue Slightly raising your leg from the ground is an astonishingly complex action. First, you bunch together your hip muscles, followed Read More...
Fair trade means fair transport
[caption id="attachment_251150" align="alignleft" width="369"] Photo: Berber van Beek[/caption] Green sailing: The schooner brig Tres Hombres is pioneering the “fair transport” industry. Marianne Lamers | May/June 2012 Issue It sounds like a romantic story about the Dutch East India Company: Read More...
Getting better all the time
[caption id="attachment_251119" align="alignleft" width="322"] Photo: Mishimoto via Flikr[/caption] Despite all the criticism of African governments, they are ensuring that more and more children attend school. Charles Kenny | May/June 2012 Issue The tide of skepticism about global development Read More...
Orphan drugs find a home
Jan Hermsen | May/June 2012 Issue They’re called “orphan drugs”—medicines for rare disorders, such as Alexander disease, fatal familial insomnia and ACTH deficiency. They are effective, but the pharmaceutical industry, foreseeing insufficient profits from the small patient populations, Read More...
From "me" to "we"
The key to achieving this rebirth, to improving our relationships, our neighborhoods, our towns and cities, and even to tackling the many crises facing the world, lies in reframing the core belief that underpins every aspect of our society: “I win, you lose.” Lynne McTaggart | May/June 2012 Read More...
The power of pronouns
How you change your mind when you choose your words. Inge Schilperoord | May/June 2012 Issue Whether you’re a professional wordsmith looking to loosen a stuck pen or a diarist writing for your own eyes alone, every “free writer” knows the feeling. You stop worrying about structure, Read More...
Donation by design
Jill Starishevsky | May/June 2012 Issue I enthusiastically nominate Joe Witte, who founded the small business MycroBurst together with Zaheer Dodhia. MycroBurst is a competitive, crowdsourcing graphic-design service with prize money, put up by the clients, for the winning designers. But for a Read More...
A seat at the table
[caption id="attachment_245753" align="alignleft" width="333"] Photo: slightly everything via flikr[/caption] Thinking through food can help us ground our values, because food is the perfect metaphor for life. Carolyn Steel | May/June 2012 Issue What is a good life? The question is one we all Read More...