Magzine Spring 2011

SPIRIT

The age of endarkenment

Don’t leave your shadow behind when pursuing enlightenment.

 

How the light gets in

Why the “negative” emotions of grief, fear and despair are essential to achieving a positive state of mind.

 

BUSINESS

Make your own money

Local currencies can help create sustainable growth and healthy communities.

 

A new kind of personal wealth

It turns out money can buy happiness, after all—when consumers create a market for mindful consumption.

 

ENERGY

Plastic fantastic

Want to clean up the environment? Learn to love plastic.

 

HEALTH

Management as meditation

How meditation helps managers make better business decisions—and why it’s good for the bottom line.

 

The muse in the moment

We all know meditation helps you relax. But can it also ease the symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders and improve quality of life for people with chronic diseases? Recent research suggests it can.

 

COLUMNS

Buy now, pay later

Be grateful for all life’s second chances.

 

Not everything that counts can be counted

We need more than multinationals to achieve economic well-being.

 

The look (and smell) of love

Listen to your basic instincts when you think you’re falling for someone.

 

FOOD

A new food manifesto

It’s time to take back control of what and how we eat. Here’s why.

 

No label? No problem

Simple tips for simply nutritious food.

 

ONE LAST THING...

“The washing machine has changed society more than the Internet”

Ha-Joon Chang, a Cambridge economist, turns conventional wisdom about the free market on its head in his new book, 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism. In it, he argues that the washing machine was more revolutionary than the Internet.