Magzine July-August 2010

PASSION

In praise of dissent

Want to spur innovation, creativity and social justice? Get to know a dissenter.

 

HEALTH

Hands-on healing

Craniosacral therapy, a form of light massage, may be controversial, but many patients are convinced of its benefits.

 

BUSINESS

If you’ve got it, spend it

How consumer spending can help create a fairer, richer, greener and more stable global economy.

 Why we buy

The emerging field of behavioral economics helps explain why spending comes so much easier than saving.

 

ENERGY

The new black gold?

Biochar - charcoal derived from burning plants - can boost crop yields and help fight climate change.

 

LIFE

Activism for beginners

How three friends rescued hundreds of Uganda's child soldiers.

 

COMMENTARIES

The female way of leadership

What do Dante and female leaders have in common? The ability to lead others by first understanding themselves.

 

COLUMNS

The buck starts here

Want a quicker exit from the financial crisis? Create new consumers by putting money into the hands of the lowest earners.

 

High-touch help

Simple human contact can help reduce physical pain and emotional anxiety.

 A monument to change

How a villain, a saint and a gallows transformed a city.

 

FOOD

Evolution on a plate

Seaweed is one of the ocean's oldest, and most delicious, treasures.

 

Taking root in the city

 

ONE LAST THING...

Yes and people”‘Yes,and’ people invent the airplane;’yes,but’ people invent the parachute”

According to bestselling author Berthold Gunster, saying "yes, and" rather than "yes, but" is the key to creativity and innovation.