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Because most clothing stores carry few, if any, clothes produced in socially and ecologically responsible ways, the internet offers the best range of choice. No, you cannot digitally try on the clothes, and yes, the pictures are often less than optimal. But it's the best starting point for Read More...
Gandhi lives
Non-violent movements are sprouting up all over the Read More...
India is doing well
Former pessimist writes about inspiring success stories | April 2004 Read More...
Polaroids of the Sahara
For 25 years French photographer Jean-Luc Manaud took pictures of the Sahara, using a Polaroid 690 rather than an ultra-modern camera. The effect is beautiful, like watercolor paintings or pastel drawings. | April 2004 Read More...
Return of the mammoth?
Scientists at work at an amazing cloning experiment | April 2004 Read More...
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...