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Who's the patient here?
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Cosmic salad
Bring the abundance of nature to your plate. Elbrich Fennema | October 2010 issue The science of economics revolves around the concept of scarcity. How do you handle something you have too little of, like money? How do you distribute something that isn’t plentiful enough, like food? And how much Read More...
All you can eat
Author Jonathan Bloom offers fresh thinking on how to reduce food waste. Diane Daniel | October 2010 issue Just as Jonathan Bloom and I settle in to talk, a piece of freshly baked chocolate cookie falls out of my hand and onto the floor. We’re sitting on the outside deck at Foster’s Market, an Read More...
Bad news "forces us to be problem-solvers"
If you're fed up with the negativity of today's media, psychologist and trauma expert Charles Figley urges you to not turn away. Instead, absorb some more, he says, because bad news is good for you. Marco Visscher | October 2010 Read More...
Treat life as a workshop to find out who you are
By: Jurriaan Kamp, Editor-in-chief Nigerian novelist Ben Okri tackles the really big questions of our time: inequality, immigration, education and, yes, love. He does this by looking at the world and then deep inside himself until he touches the source of his own truth. We live in an age when sound Read More...
The Organic Top 20
Ode's annual pick of favorite fair and fun products from around the globe. Elbrich Fennema and Andi McDaniel | December 2007 issue Why organic matters Isn’t it just marketing hype? A way to get you to pay more and get less? Sure, you ingest a touch fewer chemicals and toxins. But of course there Read More...
Field of dreams
How the ecofashion boom is transforming the lives of cotton farmers in central India. Saritha Rai | December 2007 issue Through narrow village streets littered with cattle dung and hay, past a group of men wordlessly chewing tobacco under a shady banyan tree and oxen lazing in the tropical sun, lie Read More...
Can anybody save the world?
Corporate greenwashing aside, there is really no such thing as simple green. Chip Conley| December 2007 issue I’ve noticed those full-page ads in The New York Times on Sundays this summer, with the big, bold headline “YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.” While I have many friends who believe in that Read More...
Think outside the bank
How peer-to-peer lending helps entrepreneurs - and helps lenders make a difference. Janet Paskin | December 2007 issue For the first few months, Renaud Laplanche financed his software company with credit cards. Then he looked at the statements. “It’s painful when you realize you’re paying 18 Read More...
Meat is methane
Livestock farming produces more greenhouse gasses than all forms of transport combined. Reduce those harmful emissions: Eat less meat! Marco Visscher | December 2007 issue What’s the biggest cause of climate change? Cars? Planes? Factories? No. The meat we eat. Producing chicken, lamb, pork and Read More...