Miscellaneous
Your money or your life
Fernanda Giannasi is the personification of the fight against asbestos in Brazil. This passionate Brazilian of Italian descent only cares about one thing: the well-being of the workers who are forced to choose between money and their health. Tijn Touber and Jurriaan Kamp | February 2003 Read More...
Little organisms, big revolution
It's hard to believe, but lactic acid bacteria, fungi and yeasts could resolve the world's environmental and food issues. In the right combination - and without chemical additives - they create bigger harvests and higher profits.Marco Visscher | March 2003 issue Look, Kajornvit Yongyut has put it Read More...
Go with the flow 2003
The healing influence of the Chinese movement meditation Chi Neng Qi Gong Tijn Touber | February 2003 issue Chi Neng is not only effective, above all it is simple. It can be learned in one day. It doesn't take a lot of time - 15 to 20 minutes a day are enough to achieve considerable preventative Read More...
A beautiful mystery
So far, no one has been able to solve the mystery of these marvellous creations. And they are attracting increasing interest. Tijn Touber | February 2003 issue Crop circles have been around for a very long time. The earliest reports date back to the Middle Ages. Back then, as now, no one knew what Read More...
You're not my boss
Children should never, really never, be forced to do something against their will. That's the starting point of a curious movement of parents who think that every form of coercion is damaging. Dawn Friedman describes a controversial view on parenting. Dawn Friedman| February 2003 issue Four years Read More...
Asian underground surfaces
Ancient Asian and Christian spirituality lift pop music to a higher level. Tijn Touber | March 2003 issue In London Indian tablas and sitars combined with drum 'n' bass, hip-hop, ambient and funk are setting discos in motion. Little wonder when you consider how many kids must have grown up Read More...
Disturbing discovery
Kathleen Deoul couldn't find any other word than 'genocide' when she did research on conventional cancer therapies. Tijn Touber | March 2003 issue Kathleen Deoul is a woman with a mission. And, as is often the case, her own illness got her launched on it. Her target? The American healthcare system. Read More...
An interest-free world
Interest charges are a disruptive element in today's financial sector, but there are banks that charge zero percent interest. Marco Visscher | February 2003 issue In the 1970s one multinational gave its department heads a gift of underpants with the words '20% ROI' printed on them. The intention Read More...
Poland: infested with liberalism
Ten years after the great promise of capitalism, life in Poland has not improved much. But Poland will reject neo-liberalism, just as it did communism.Bernard Margueritte | March 2003 issue Poland is a remarkable concoction of the globalist cuisine. In 1989 the country made the transition from Read More...
Health Rays
Not all radiation is dangerous, it can have a healing effect. Tijn Touber | February 2003 issue Cell phones, microwave ovens, TV towers, X-rayed food ... research continues to prove that X-rays and radiation undermine people's health. Fortunately there is a development in the opposite direction. Read More...