Magzine June 2008

NEWS & MEDIA

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Nelsa Curbelo, a 66-year-old former nun and schoolteacher, took on the toughest young criminals in Ecuador’s most violent city—and won them over with love.

 

Video: Barrio de Paz

 

ENERGY

Down and dirty

How carbon farming, the practise of putting CO2 back into the soil, can help fight global warming.

 

LIFE

Remembering the Mexican sorcerer

Lessons from the work of Carlos Castaneda.

 

Who would want to be a refugee?

There are some 33 million refugees in the world, 9 million of whom are children. Though their faces are often seen on the news, their stories are rarely heard. Here are four.

 

HEALTH

Cancer’s Achilles’ heel

An old, once-abandoned theory about cancer is revived, offering hope for a raft of new non-toxic treatments.

 Get happy

How to handle your stress, one day at a time.

 

SCIENCE

Prescription for peace

Bernard Lown invented the defibrillator, saving the lives of countless heart attack victims. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his ongoing campaign against nuclear weapons. And at 86, he’s still delivering shocks to the system.

 

SPIRIT

Full bellies, hungry minds

In India, a group of monks feeds nearly a million kids a day, proving there is such a thing as a free lunch.

 

COMMENTARIES

Naming a daughter

What's in a name? More than one father bargained for.

 

COLUMNS

Asking questions changing companies

Shareholders want more than financial accountability: They want firms to account for how they affect people and the planet.

 

FOOD

Nice and slow

Go on holiday in your kitchen.

 

TURNING WORDS

The gospel according to Adam Smith

Is doing good compatible with making money? It is if you practise spiritual capitalism.

 

ONE LAST THING...

“Everybody writes history”

Karen Worcman wants to transform the way history is recorded—and she wants you to play a role.