Miscellaneous
Leaders can learn alot from salsa
Politicians and business people need to spice up their management styles to celebrate diversity, argues Nicaragua-born leadership consultant Juana Bordas in her book, Salsa, Soul and Spirit. Marco Visscher | March 2008 issue What do leaders have to learn from a spicy sauce? Juana Bordas: “Leaders Read More...
What the world needs now
We remember Gandhi as an opponent of colonialism and a campaigner for social justice. But he also pioneered everything from environmentalism to fair trade. Sixty years after his death, here's what Gandhi still has to teach us. Ode Editors | Jan/Feb 2008 issue In the early 1890s, Mahatma Gandhi Read More...
From the heart
Ernest Madu left a lucrative career as a doctor in the U.S. to build a cardiology clinic in Jamaica - and show that quality health care is possible in the developing world. Jay Walljasper | Jan/Feb 2008 issue Cardiologist Ernest Madu sits in his office in Kingston, Jamaica. The walls are lined with Read More...
Blue sky thinking
Peter Barnes' Sky Trust would make companies pay for permission to pollute - and then give the money back to us. Janet Paskin| Jan/Feb 2008 issue In 1985, Peter Barnes dreamed up a unique way to change the world. He started a long-distance telephone service that pledged to donate a fraction of Read More...
Power points
Acupuncture has been practised for millennia in China, but it's only now getting the attention it deserves from western medicine. Kim Ridley | Jan/Feb 2008 issue Judy Becker Worsley’s rapid recovery from an accident last summer astounded her orthopedic surgeon. A truck ran over her foot and Read More...
Give bees a chance
Reports of catastrophic declines in the bee population have scientists buzzing. Is it mites? GM crops? Mobile phones? Habitat loss? Here's what the plight of the humble bee says about our own relationship to nature. Pat Thomas | Jan/Feb 2008 issue Reports of catastrophic declines in the bee Read More...
God saw that everything was fine
German Benedictine monk Anselm Grun on silence, consumerism, the senses - and the need to see yourself as you really are. Tijn Touber| Jan/Feb 2008 issue It is dead quiet in the monastery chapel. Of course, it’s still early: just past five in the morning. But not too early for the monks of the Read More...
We don't need no supervision
Kids may find it harder to grow up if adults over-regulate their lives. Tim Gill| Jan/Feb 2008 issue There’s a widespread belief that children grow up faster today. In fact, though they may adopt adult cultures and attitudes, their daily lives are far more controlled and overseen than a couple of Read More...
Strengthening the weakest link
How investors can help forge safer, more transparent supply chains. Amy Domini| Jan/Feb 2008 issue Over the course of several weeks last spring, pet owners in the U.S. noticed their cats and dogs were falling sick. A toy poodle named Jasmine died of kidney failure in Easton, Maryland. A cat named Read More...
The meanings of life
Four noble truths of connectedness. David Servan-Schreiber | Jan/Feb 2008 issue When I was 15, a church sermon left its mark on me. The priest began with the question, “Where should we seek God?” Years later, I found my own answer. I believe what for centuries has been called “finding God” Read More...