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From wasteland to solar park: What Ukraine plans to do with Chernobyl
Ukraine will soon generate power again in the 1,000 mile square exclusion zone that surrounds the site of the Chernobyl atomic fallout, but this time it won’t be nuclear energy. With the land being so cheap and high-voltage lines already in place, the Ukranian government plans spend $1.1 billion Read More...
The importance of global compassion
What happens on one side of the world has a rippling effect throughout. You can see this with the 2008 financial crisis, and with unrest in the Middle East and the Ukraine. Now more than ever we need a societal shift that increases our global compassion on an individual and a national Read More...
Mind over muscles
Practiced regularly, the Feldenkrais method can help relieve back pain, headaches and arthritis pain as well as improve posture, mobility, concentration and coordination. Unlike other physical regimens, Feldenkrais doesn’t require stamina, agility or even fitness, so the techniques are suitable Read More...
Giving Peace a Chance
From the Middle East to Moscow, ordinary citizens are organizing for democratic change. [caption id="attachment_293797" align="alignleft" width="563"] Thousands of Egyptians gather in Tahrir Square in Cairo on December 31, 2011, celebrating the revolution that ended the reign of Hosni Mubarak. Read More...
Poetry in motion
The Feldenkrais method of gentle, deliberate movement can help reduce the symptoms of chronic pain even as it lifts the spirit. Ursula Sautter | July/August 2012 Issue Slightly raising your leg from the ground is an astonishingly complex action. First, you bunch together your hip muscles, followed Read More...
Katya Andresen: Networking for good
Entrepreneur and bestselling author Seth Godin believes we need to look for the good in the world like Katya Andresen does through her work at Network for Good. Dan Schank | Jan/Feb 2009 issue Katya Andresen considers her impatience an asset. A restless spirit led the Reuters news service Read More...
Gloooooooobalization!
What soccer can tell us about international politics, economics and culture. A review of 'How Soccer Explains the World.' Marco Visscher | October 2004 issue Swedish Parliament Member Lars Gustafsson came up with a remarkable nomination idea for the Nobel Peace Prize: soccer. The sport, he Read More...
Mapping the course of economic globalization
The Philips factory, which was the pride of the Belgian city of Hasselt, closed its doors in 2002 and the jobs were "outsourced" to Eastern Europe, Taiwan and China. This story is emblematic of what's happening today as the economic centre of gravity shifts to Asia. Ode traces Philips' footsteps to Read More...
Our best route to prosperity and social harmony
How upcoming economic shifts can benefit everyone Jay Walljasper | October 2005 issue The economic fate of nations through history has been decided on the basis of maritime power, industrial prowess or, more recently, technological capacity. But as we move into the 21st century it looks as Read More...
The most powerful women
The annual top-100 composed by business magazine Forbes (August 15, 2005), based on a composite of visibility (measured by press citations) and economic impact. | October 2005 issue 1. Condoleezza Rice (U.S.), Secretary of State 2. Yi Wu (China), vice premier, minister of health 3. Yulia Read More...