The power of (every)one
Philanthropist Dick Grace shows why everyone can do good things Jurriaan Kamp| November 2006 issue Dick Grace wants to do good. The 68-year-old retired stockbroker and owner of a small and successful vinery in Napa Valley, California, lives by a simple motto. In his own words: “I look for Read More...
Niche no more
The growing ranks of conscious consumers is changing the world. Marco Visscher | October 2004 issue The global market for organic food and drink is estimated at some 19 billion Euros ($23 billion US billion dollars). Although production of organic crops is spreading worldwide, sales are still Read More...
Banking on change
You can't think of any institution more devoted to the status quo than banks. Banks don't reform society; they protect people's money. Yet money is needed for any project that aims to change society. That's why we need a new kind of idealistic bank. And that bank exists in the Dutch town of Zeist. Read More...
The shoe fits
Natalie Dean creates stylish footwear even vegans can love. | September 2006 Read More...
Editor's letter: Pro authenticity
Dressed in white Jurriaan Kamp| July/Aug 2006 issue Not long ago, we threw a surprise party on the occasion of our daughter Majlie's high-school graduation. All the guests were asked to wear white. Charged with this task, I dug to the back of my closet, where I did indeed find a pair of white Read More...
Think like a fish
Iceland's Orri Vigf Andi McDaniel| July/Aug 2006 Read More...
Why green is the new black
Ecological living makes a hit in the mainstream media Marco Visscher | July/Aug 2006 Read More...
The incredible edible landscape
There's a bounty of delicious food right under your feet--and in the bushes, and over by that fence Michiel Bussink | July/Aug 2006 issue They’re etched in my memory: the little sandy roads where I spent many a Sunday morning in August picking blackberries with my parents and little brother. We Read More...
The romance of Aboriginal knowledge
Steve Birkbeck develops sandalwood cosmetics with the help of Australia's original people Ode Editors | March 2006 issue Steve Birkbeck was a college student majoring in philosophy and anthropology when a car accident in a borrowed vehicle forced him into a job tending bar at a desolate hotel on Read More...
Growing appeal
The resurgence of timber in European buildingLuke Disney | December 2003 issue Who wood have thought it? Centuries after Europeans largely abandoned it in favour of more fire-resistant, stronger and more ‘modern’ alternatives, timber is showing signs of staging a comeback on the continent’s Read More...