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It's payback time
To avoid credit card debt, always combine the pleasure of purchasing with the pain of paying. Adam Smith | October 2010 Read More...
Fixing the free market
How co-ops—businesses in which the employees are also the owners of the company—merge economic growth with social goals. Steven van Yoder | October 2010 issue In Quezon City, a new approach to funding funerals is just one way the Inner City Development Cooperative is bringing fresh life to Read More...
California dreaming becomes a reality
How Alvarado Street Bakery went from hippie collective to commercially successful co-op. Steven van Yoder | October 2010 issue Alvarado Street Bakery traces its roots to the Red Clover Worker’s Brigade, a 1970s Northern California workers collective dedicated to providing natural food products Read More...
I don't have an office; I am an office
A plea for a new style of work - no fixed location or workspace, but longer working hours and greater job satisfaction. Harry Starren | October 2010 Read More...
Flower power (no, not that kind...)
Why a 19th-century invention is only now finding its place in the sun as a 21st-century energy source. Greg T. Spielberg | October 2010 issue The SunCatcher is an enormous solar dish made of mirrors and metal, but it’s best thought of as a giant silver flower. At thirty feet (11 meters) tall, the Read More...
How the Stirling engine works
Greg T. Spielberg | October 2010 issue A Stirling engine uses internal gas that’s alternately heated and cooled to produce energy. Hydrogen, for instance, is sealed in a chamber connected to a series of pistons. When the hydrogen is heated, it expands, driving the pistons through the chamber. Read More...
Standing barefoot before God
The agony and ecstasy of writing as a spiritual practice. Rabbi Rami | October 2010 Read More...
This is island Earth
A glimpse inside the lives of the Bajau Laut, who could play a crucial role in preserving biodiversity in the Indian and Pacific oceans' Coral Triangle. Marco Visscher | October 2010 Read More...
This is your life
Stop tweeting, texting and multitasking for a minute. Instead, tell your story. Michael McQueen | October 2010 issue Communication is the currency of our age. Americans send an estimated 2.5 billion text messages every single day—and this is just the start. Add to this the avalanche of tweets, Read More...
The usefulness of enemies
Two stories about what worthy opponents can teach us. Paulo Coelho| October 2010 issue The enemy without My reader Murali, from India, tells the story of a girl who decided to climb a mountain to visit her grandmother. It was pouring rain and a cold wind was blowing. Thunder rolled at each second. Read More...