Magzine December 2005

BUSINESS

The world’s most unlikely environmental champion

George W. Bush's policies have the unintended effect of fighting global warming

 

ARTICLE

A man of vision

Dr. V. restores eyesight to India's poor

 

A writer’s worst fear

Giving thanks for a fiasco

 

Do you know what you’re saying?

There is a subtle layer of violence tucked away in everyday conversations. Here's some advice on how to communicate non-violently.

 

Editor’s letter

Half full or half empty?

 

Fashion fair

Starting in Japan, Safia Minney launched a multinational company devoted to ecology and justice

 

Great outdoors

Being connected to nature boosts our physical and mental health--especially for kids.

 

Life goes on

Cardiologist Pim van Lommel did a monumental study of near-death experiences--which raises fascinating questions about life after death, DNA, the collective unconscious, and everyone's karma.

 

Making waves

The visual poetry of the surf.

 

New Orleans state of mind

America needs the Crescent City right now, just as much as it needs America.

 

One last thing…

"Everyone should pay in mondos"

 

Shirt tales

The journey of a small T-shirt tells a big story

 

Soccer is everything

It's symbol, mystery, therapy, escape, satanic party. Eduardo Galeano relects upon the world's most-popular sport.

 

The big idea of Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel unites young Christians, Muslims and Jews

 

The republic of imagination

Post-national writers pioneer a new global literature