Miscellaneous
Lights! Camera! Committment!
Great scenes from politically engaged cinema Luke Disney | November 2006 issue Say “politically engaged cinema” to Westerners these days and the first image that comes to mind might be American documentary director Michael Moore. The creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine is one Read More...
Death at sea
Evidence is mounting that Navy sonar tests seriously harm whales and porpoises. From his tropical hideaway, a veteran marine biologist works to stop the killing. Marc Kaufman reports from the frontlines. Marc S. Kaufman | July 2004 issue Ken Balcomb stood almost knee deep in the gentle Atlantic Read More...
Organic pioneers
The efforts by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons Jurriaan Kamp | November 2004 issue Filmmaker, author, and business entrepreneur Kenny Ausubel organized the first Bioneers conference in 1990 to bring together people who were seeking inspiration about how we can create a sustainable economy and Read More...
Playing to win
Attorney Frederik Eijkman gave up a comfortable life in the Netherlands to help the poor in Kenya. The results surprised everyone Marco Visscher | November 2006 issue The story of Frederik Eijkman isn’t about Frederik Eijkman—not according to Frederik Eijkman anyway. He figures the story should Read More...
The whole world is watching
The U.S. president is the most powerful man on Earth. That's why these initiatives aim to give the rest of the world a voice in this year's election. Jay Walljasper | October 2004 issue As the United States exerts greater economic, political and—especially—military might around the world, Read More...
Every step might be her last
The life of Vera Bohle, who clears landmines from old battlefields, in Her tools: metal detector, prodder, shovel. Her work clothes: bulletproof vest, helmet outfitted with a protective visor. Her mission: clearing landmines. German Vera Bohle, who stands more than 1 meter 84 (more than six-feet Read More...
Paint inspired by a lotus flower
The efforst by Wilhelm Barthlott Tijn Touber | November 2004 issue The leaves of the Lotus plant have inspired a new type of house paint, which is manufactured in Germany by the Ispo company. It took four years of intensive research, but Ispo was ultimately successful in adding a microstructure Read More...
Bin Laden meets Gandhi
What would Mahatma Gandhi say to Osama bin Laden? And how would the world's most famous terrorist defend his actions? Two very different opponents of Western imperialism exchange words about violence, nonviolence, and the future. Bhikhu Parekh | July 2004 issue Like millions around the world, I Read More...
The power of (every)one
Philanthropist Dick Grace shows why everyone can do good things Jurriaan Kamp| November 2006 issue Dick Grace wants to do good. The 68-year-old retired stockbroker and owner of a small and successful vinery in Napa Valley, California, lives by a simple motto. In his own words: “I look for Read More...
Dude, where's your community?
What's your postal carrier's name? And 19 other questions to help you think locally. The Ecologist | September 2004 issue It’s often said that the world is getting smaller, as breakthroughs in communications and transportation make it easier for us to know what’s happening in far reaches of Read More...