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The unlikely rise of Nollywood
Is Nigeria's booming film industry pioneering an Afrocentric cinema or just grinding out third-rate pulp? Jonathan Kiefer| October 2006 issue Nigeria’s film industry—or Nollywood, as it’s been dubbed by the media—is the third largest in the world, behind the United States’ Hollywood and Read More...
Fill 'er up...at home
Do-it-yourself alternatives to high-priced gasoline and diesel Craig Cox | Jan/Feb 2006 Read More...
Maybe the best medicine isn't medicine
Water might be the simplest way to prevent many modern illnesses Tijn Touber | October 2006 issue In 1979, when the ayatollahs in Iran seized power from the shah, the Iranian doctor Fereydoon Batmanghelidj—like many other intellectuals—ended up in the notorious Evin prison in Tehran. One Read More...
The shoe fits
Natalie Dean creates stylish footwear even vegans can love. | September 2006 Read More...
Guess what's coming to dinner?
A new film explores unsavory questions about genetically modified food Jeremy Iggers | Jan/Feb 2005 Read More...
99% inspiration
We live in a world where it often seems that our fears outweigh our hope that things can get better. And, yes, there are many concerns worth worrying about. Yet, rather than running from the problems we must embrace a powerful tool that will help us overcome what's wrong-inspiration. It is a Read More...
Save the children
Mary Kafuko gets kids off the street in Uganda Tijn Touber | Jan/Feb 2006 Read More...
Dozens of words for snow, none for pollution
The people of the Arctic face an impossible choice: abandon their traditional foods, or ingest high levels of poison from the rest of the world with every bite. Marla Cone | November 2005 issue On a sheet of ice where the Arctic Ocean meets the North Atlantic in the territorial waters of Read More...
4,000,000,000 new customers
Forget Tokyo's schoolgirls and Milan's fashionistas. Businesses seeking new customers should look to the world's 4 billion poor people. By serving this consumer market, they can make substantial money and, oh yes, relieve world poverty. Marco Visscher | April 2005 issue When the Indian firm Read More...
Are vegetables less healthy today?
The quality of agricultural land has declined at an alarming rate over the past century. Artificial fertilizer is thought to be the main culprit. Marco Visscher | September 2005 issue The quality of agricultural land has declined at an alarming rate over the past century. Artificial fertilizer Read More...