Miscellaneous
How to tame a tornado
Wind power is for wimps. Louis Michaud wants to turn twisters into the renewable energy source of the future. Andrew Tolve | March 2008 issue Of all the natural phenomena that wreak havoc on planet Earth, tornadoes are perhaps the most fearsome. With wind speeds reaching upward of 300 miles (500 Read More...
Lessons in Love
At his City Montessori School in Lucknow, India, Jagdish Gandhi teaches kids how to change the world. Ingrid Eissele| March 2008 issue Sitting in the back seat of his car one evening, Jagdish Gandhi puts away his cell phone and places a handkerchief over his thin knee. It’s time for dinner. Read More...
The spices of life
Is it time to trade that aspirin tablet for a teaspoon of turmeric? Kim Ridley| March 2008 issue By the middle of the afternoon, Ellen Ryan was out of steam. A community organizer in central Maine, Ryan says her energy crashed every afternoon. To get through the rest of the day, she’d grab a Read More...
Because you're worth it
Consumer power and legislation have spurred cosmetics firms to devise new ways to assess their products for safety. Welcome to the end of animal testing. Ursula Sautter | March 2008 issue In the laboratories of Skinethic, a research-and-development subsidiary of French cosmetics giant L’Oréal Read More...
Suffering is optional
Byron Katie | March 2008 issue Before I woke up to reality, I had a symbol for all my frustration: my children’s socks. Every morning they’d be on the floor, and every morning I’d think, “My children should pick up their socks.” It was my religion. You could say my world was Read More...
Against all odds
Why matters of life and death are really matters of the heart. David Servan-Schreiber | March 2008 issue We all have bad habits, but changing our ways is difficult. Still, in our hearts we’re convinced that if we really had to, we’d find the resolve to do so. For Martin, it was a matter of Read More...
The silence of the guilty
Reflections on the Chernobyl disaster. | March 2008 issue We need more than multinationals to achieve economic Read More...
Waking the sleeping giant
How institutional investors can create well-being along with wealth. Domini,Amy| March 2008 issue In 1929, when the U.S. stock market crashed, less than 10 percent of American families owned stock. Today, despite the increasing gap between rich and poor, roughly 50 percent of American families Read More...
Escaping typical winter fare
For a delightful bite, try Belgian endive salad. Fennema,Elbrich | March 2008 issue Winter is the season of stillness, of silent retreat. Leaves wither, their energy receding into the roots. With the help of evergreens, we must remind ourselves that nature will come to life again in springtime. Read More...
Nothing dries sooner than a tear
An aphorism by James Geary, author of The World in a Phrase and Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists. James Geary| March 2008 issue Tears leave the body at a temperature of 98.6 degrees. It is difficult to experience this with the tear rolling down your own cheek. But stand close to someone Read More...