You do what you eat
Forget tougher punishments and hiring more police. The solution to crime and violence is on your plate. Here's how healthy food can reduce aggressive behaviour.
Marco Visscher

ADHD: The hyperactive diet
Marco Visscher

America the na
While Europeans laugh at the U.S. for its "dreams," optimism has long been its most important export. But has that all changed since 9/11? Thomas L. Friedman

Are vegetables less healthy today?
The quality of agricultural land has declined at an alarming rate over the past century. Artificial fertilizer is thought to be the main culprit. Marco Visscher

At home on the ocean
The Moken, Thailand's "sea gypsies," are at home on the ocean. Andrew Testa

A new way of looking down in the mouth
Holistic dentistry views teeth as part of our overall health Tijn Touber

Black list
Marco Visscher

Flowers to the People!
Pleasant surroundings make a huge difference in people's lives--especially poor people Jay Walljasper

Honey money
Beekeeping helps lift Kenya's farmers out of poverty Kim Ridley

Just like in the movies
Heroes of Hollywood films follow the same patterns as our own real-life experiences. Use your favorite movies as keys to recognizing these phases in your own life and discover the hero within you. Tijn Touber and Manfred van Doorn

Money should work for us, not the other way around
What is money? Do we need more of it to solve some of the world's problems? Or is money the cause of them? Ex-banker Bernard Lietaer thinks the latter is the case. And he has the solution: a new kind of money. Jurriaan Kamp

One last thing...
"You're a genius" Marco Visscher

(Out)spoken poetry
The spoken-word movement brings images, messages and actions back to the community. Najiba Abdellaoui

Run, jump and roll
Parkour has a sense of community spirit that sets it apart from many other sports. "There's no competition at all; nobody makes fun of you because you can't do something," says one enthusiast. Jaclyn Law

Smarts in numbers
Why a group of laypeople often know more than a brilliant expert Marco Visscher

Teach the world to sing
Chris James dares us to discover our voices and heal ourselves. Tijn Touber

The power of hope and resistance
Noam Chomsky, America's leading dissident, believes great leaders don't change the world. People like you do. John Malkin

The truth
Not something to die for Tijn Touber

This I believe
Novelist Isabel Allende endured the most wrenching experience a human can suffer: the death of child. She describes here what she learned. Isabel Allende

Venus rising
What will it really take to liberate women--and the world? Kim Ridley