Local food helps fight hunger
Inspiration from Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
Brian Halweil

Abandon all hope
Tijn Touber

A new kind of oil industry
Glenn Brendle heats his greenhouses with grease leftover from local restaurants--an innovation he says can help save small farmers. Jenn Carbin

Caf
A new method for promoting dialogue results in collective wisdom. Marco Visscher

Composing a life
At home in the mountains, Paulo Coelho considers himself a different person. Paulo Coelho

Dutch hometown brew
The Gulpener brewery in southern Netherlands gets all of its ingredients--and inspiration--locally. Marco Visscher

Eating at home
Food travels thousands of miles before ending up on our plate. While travelling, the taste doesn't get any better. This globalization of the food supply has serious consequences for the environment, our health, our communities and our tastebuds. A new movement is emerging to bring home the bacon, the bread and the vegetables--and to connect land, food and people. Brian Halweil

Empty oceans
Favourite fish like cod, tuna and sole may disappear from our tables. It's up to us to solve the problem. Tijn Touber

Feeding our sanity
Prince Charles explains why local food is healthy for our communities. "We no more want to eat anonymous junk food which can be bough anywhere." Prins Charles

Ghosts that bedeviled our thinking
A former archbishop looks for meaning in a life without God. A book review of Richard Holloway's "Looking in the Distance." Tijn Touber

Just deserts
A photo essay from the Libyan Desert, where everything is enshrouded under layers of sand. Frantisek Staud

My beef with Big Media
Fewer and fewer corporations control an ever larger share of what we see in the media. Ted Turner warns that this is a dangerous development for the public, for democracy--even for capitalism itself. Ted Turner

Nomads can change the world
The new "creative class" could reorder economic power around the globe. Rise of the global nomad Jay Walljasper

One last thing...
"We whould have a corporate death penalty." Says Timothy Hermach. Marco Visscher

Revenge of the right brain
A major shift is happening inside our brains. Marco Visscher

Straighten up and feel great!
Simple steps to better posture. Julie Gudmestad

The taste of place
Which products are tied to the soil, the weather or even the air? Editors

White knights of the sub-atomic age
Humans create their own reality. This is the conclusion of physicist Danah Zohar based on her research into the tiniest particles of matter. An interview with Zohar, who claims we need modern knights who will lead humanity to a change in consciousness. Tijn Touber

You have a dream!
Daydreams, fantasies and nocturnal explorations are practical tools that can help us lead more fulfilling lives. Tom Hodgkinson, Britain's best-known professional daydreamer, explains the real trick: to harmonize our dreamworld and our dayworld. Tom Hodgkinson