Magazine
They're all ears
New research suggests plants can hear. Is this the start of acoustic farming? Jurriaan Kamp | December 2007 issue Prince Charles was widely ridiculed 20 years ago when he declared on television that he talked to his plants. “I just come and talk to the plants, really. It’s very important to Read More...
Dressed to excess
Trade your suit for a sarong, your skirt for a sari! Here is how more relaxed, easygoing clothing can lead to sartorial satori. An exclusive excerpt from a new edition of Alan Watts' 1970 classic "Does it matter?" Alan Watts| December 2007 issue For most of my life I have been in rebellion against Read More...
Let them play Sims
Why there should be video games in every classroom. Marco Visscher | December 2007 issue Invariably, the people who criticize video and computer games grew up without Nintendo, PlayStation or Atari. The sometimes-heated discussions about games are a typical example of a generational conflict, Will Read More...
Be true to your cells
How just being yourself can improve your health. David Servan-Schreiber | December 2007 issue Celeste is unhappily married, but rather than talk to her husband, she tries to act as though everything’s fine. Jack is aware that the plant he manages is pumping out toxic waste and he’s doing what Read More...
Democratic capitalism
Banks should not be driven only by the desire to be ever more profitable. Amy Domini| December 2007 issue Last year, when Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Peace Prize, millions of people around the world learned of the miracles that banks serving the poor could deliver. It was a well-deserved honour Read More...
No more charity please
Moniek Zegers says we shouldn't be giving more but taking less. Marco Visscher | December 2007 issue Charity is in. Bill Clinton has written a bestseller about it and rock stars are organizing concerts. But Moniek Zegers, co-founder of the recently launched Dutch Comité tegen Goede Doelen Gekte Read More...
The Tao of Da Vinci
The Renaissance master pioneered ideas we now think of as the cutting edge in science and design. An exclusive excerpt from Fritjof Capra's new book, The Science of Leonardo. Fritjof Capra | November 2007 issue In Western intellectual history, the Renaissance—a period stretching from the Read More...
The transformation of an extremist
How a former Taliban fighter learned that teaching young girls is the best way to help impoverished, war-torn Kashmir. Karin Ronnow | November 2007 issue How a former Taliban fighter learned that teaching young girls is the best way to help impoverished, war-torn Kashmir. Going from Taliban Read More...
Long march across Germany
An organic food pioneer company rallies opposition to genetic engineering. Ursula Sautter | November 2007 issue Milling around a ramshackle VW bus painted in rainbow colours that sports the slogan “Biomobil,” a steadily growing crowd is forming at the onion-spire-topped St. Martinus church of Read More...
How a bookstore can change your life
If a book can "change your life," a bookstore can utterly transform it. A story on how the bookstore Shakespeare and Company in Paris changed one man's life. Jeremy Mercer | November 2007 issue One of the more romantic literary notions is that a book can change a person’s life. Pulitzer Read More...