Radha Kumar's break
Solving ethnic conflicts around the world - Radha Kumar has not chosen an easy objective to tackle. For years she was the angry activist that climbed over barricades but now, thanks to pearls of ancient wisdom from her homeland of India, she is looking for peace closer to home. Tijn Touber | Read More...
Deodorant
EM in waste processing Marco Visscher | March 2003 issue Rubbish in the tropics. It's just about the most disgusting combination imaginable. In the tropical heat a waste processing plant is not exactly a tourist attraction - if only because the stench keeps visitors away. In Praekkasa, a half-hour Read More...
Getting to the bottom of it
EM for water purificationMarco Visscher | March 2003 issue The idea came right from the mayor. A 300 metre-long pond in Nakornrajsima was heavily polluted and stank as a result. Fish were dying and people were suffering from stomach and intestinal ailments that were linked to the polluted water. Read More...
I'd rather have results than theory
'Competition should remain limited to areas that are not crucial to the preservation of life.' EM-inventor Teruo Higa on the beauty of agriculture and and a new technological revolution.Teruo Higa | March 2003 issue When I went to secondary school, I earned my tuition by selling cabbage and Read More...
Little organisms, big revolution
It's hard to believe, but lactic acid bacteria, fungi and yeasts could resolve the world's environmental and food issues. In the right combination - and without chemical additives - they create bigger harvests and higher profits.Marco Visscher | March 2003 issue Look, Kajornvit Yongyut has put it Read More...