Miscellaneous
Making slavery history
Just say no to corporations that use forced, unpaid labour. Amy Domini| April 2008 issue As a responsible investor, I like to think about how I can use the power of my investments to create a better future. I look for opportunities to invest in companies that are rolling out energy-saving Read More...
Tax the beautiful
Ugly people should be compensated for their obvious disadvantage in society, argues Gonzalo Otalóra. Marco Visscher | April 2008 issue Gonzalo Otólora, once a pimply teenager, has written Feosexual, an ironic book about his decision to ignore people's opinions about his looks. In his native Read More...
Can fast food be sustainable?
An aphorism by James Geary, author of The World in a Phrase and Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists. Gearly,James| April 2008 issue A memory is an intricate, ever-shifting net of firing neurons and crackling synapses. Memory is not some vast cerebral warehouse filled with rows and rows of Read More...
The subtleties of sage
Alex Lin is fixing old computers - and the planet. | April 2008 issue Alex Lin, a 14-year-old living in Westerly, Rhode Island, is like most kids today. He plays sports, hangs out with friends and worries about the future of the Earth. But unlike most teenagers—or people of any age—he’s Read More...
Lighten up
A photograph of the world at night shows evidence of the need for better power supply in developing nations. | April 2008 issue This manipulated photograph, showing the world at night, provides ample evidence of the need for a better power supply in developing nations. Since the 1970s, Read More...
Professor of happiness
French psychiatrist Christophe Andre a self-confessed pessimist, unlocks the mystery of what makes us happy. Peter Van Dijk | March 2008 issue For the second time in two weeks, I took the train from the Netherlands to Paris, and for the second time in two weeks I missed my connection in Rotterdam Read More...
Green travel
Ode's annual special report explores new trends for socially responsible tourists who still just want to have fun - and shows them how to check in to an exotic eco-lodge, kick back and join the "slow travel" movement or get their hands dirty at a cozy agritourism destination. Ode Editors | March Read More...
Thinking allowed
The Hub wants to be the social innovator with a centre everywhere and circumference nowhere. Lillian Kennett| March 2008 issue One morning last December, Briony Greenhill gleefully brandished five copies of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest—Christmas presents for her family. Read More...
Brothers in arms
How the Amalean family made MAS Holdings Sri Lanka's biggest garment manufacturer - and one of the industry's best corporate citizens. Janet Paskin | March 2008 issue The plant was hot. Crowded. Poorly lit. Under the three previous owners, more than 400 garment workers, mostly women in their late Read More...
Video: Ethical underwear
Watch a video documentary on MAS Holdings, the Sri Lankan company that produces lingerie in a socially responsible way, and see how it tries to become a billion dollar company by 2010-while remaining true to its ethics. Editors.Ode| March 2008 issue Watch a video documentary on MAS Holdings, the Read More...