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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...
Blowing against the wind
Five myths that threaten the future of wind power Tijn Touber | September 2006 issue Wind energy is taking off. Production increased fourfold between 1996 and 2004, according to Yes! (Spring 2006). The American Wind Energy Association, U.S. Department of Energy and National Renewable Energy Read More...
A man of vision
Dr. V. restores eyesight to India's poor Kim Ridley | December 2005 Read More...
A new kind of oil industry
Glenn Brendle heats his greenhouses with grease leftover from local restaurants--an innovation he says can help save small farmers. Jenn Carbin | May 2005 Read More...
Notes of a native great-great grandson
Exploring Old World roots gives me a fresh perspective on immigration issues Jay Walljasper | December 2004 issue En route to Ode’s Rotterdam office last month, I took part in what is becoming a familiar ritual for many Americans: meeting the European cousins. The Walljasper clan hails from Read More...
Sustainable extravagance
A new vision of the industrial economy sees the world as a cherry tree William McDonough and Michael Braungart | November 2004 issue Nature is nothing if not extravagant. Four billion years of natural design, has yielded such a profusion of biological forms we can barely grasp the diversity of Read More...
The real meaning of security
Our obsession with protecting ourselves makes us less safe. That's the message from Eve Ensler, who travels the globe to end violence against women. Eve Ensler | October 2005 issue I am worried about our single-minded focus on security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Read More...
Category 2: Fair trade products
The candidates for the category 'The best fair trade product' | October 2004 issue Meat substitute The holy food of the Incas One of the world’s best-kept food secrets! This is how quinoa is sometimes described. It is an extremely nutritious grain from the Andes mountains, which the Incas Read More...