Miscellaneous
In search of Atlantis
Graham Hancock on his way to Atlantis. The British author is seeking -- and finding? -- proof of the myth that is handed down in many cultures: there was once a 'super culture' that may well have equalled that of modern man. Hancock's quest shines a different light on the gradual progress of humans Read More...
A lamp-post is also made of iron
Research on the edge of nature and technology. Luke Disney | March 2004 issue Where do the realms of the natural environment end and the new frontiers of man-made technology begin? According to Oliver Lowenstein, founder and editor-in-chief of Fourth Door Review, it’s hard to draw the line. Read More...
Global growth, global trash
How the West got rich from broken headphones.Jonathan Rowe | March 2004 issue Nanay and Tatay are my wife’s parents. One evening, on a visit with them a few months ago, Tatay and I went out to the bamboo shed beside the house to start the generator, the only source of electricity on the farm. Read More...
Love politics
The Alliance of the New Humanity: A remarkable peace initiative. Jurriaan Kamp| March 2004 issue Inside the gigantic hotel and conference centre of a Puerto Rican resort, you only catch a glimpse of the gateway to peace after you’ve passed several stands promoting pills and powders.The gateway to Read More...
Music in the favela
Nanko van Buuren has become an 'uncle' to the underprivileged in RioEva Bomans | March 2004 issue Pot-holes, sand and stones. Most of the streets in Vigário Geral are simply dirt tracks. Although there are very few cars to be seen, there are plenty of people: 7,500 packed into an area of three Read More...
What belongs to no one, belongs to everyone
Citizens: shareholders in our common wealth Anke Welten | March 2004 issue Each year every resident of Alaska looks forward to receiving a cheque for a hefty sum from the government. The money is not some kind of compensation for living in an extreme climate. Rather it represents a share of the Read More...
The secret of EM
The combination of micro-organisms in EM-X stimulate micro life. Marco Visscher| March 2004 issue EM technology greatest secret lies in the composition of the micro-organisms used in the elixir. Further explanation takes us back to the beginning of time. Millions of years ago, the earth was Read More...
All we did in Tuzla was remain normal
During the bloody war in Bosnia one city kept its head: Tuzla. Luke Disney visited this 'role model for postwar developments' and discovered the will of a people who wish to get on with their lives and put the past behind them.Luke Disney | March 2004 issue A few days before my trip to Tuzla I had Read More...
At the end of the day you need a leader, not a politician
Iroquois chief Oren Lyons explained the Indian vision of democracy at the recent Bioneers Conference in California. Oren Lyons | March 2004 issue ‘We came to our lands a thousand years ago, long before the white man. However, because we were fighting amongst ourselves the Peacemaker came. There Read More...
Finally, a good talk
My father, free from the constraints of all those titles and roles. Tijn Touber | March 2004 issue I heard the news of your death in the dressing room of a television studio. The programme was over and I switched on my mobile telephone. Three messages. The first – and the last one recorded – Read More...