Stories
Society
A queen is born
May 18, 2013 ,01:58 AM | By Linda Tucker
For more than twenty years now, conservationist Linda Tucker from South-Africa has been fighting for the survival of the white lion, an animal that plays an important role in the myths and legends of Africa. There are only 500 white lions in the world, and most of them are held in captivity.
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Spirit
Dreaming together
May 15, 2013 ,10:32 PM | By Lisette Thooft
Through “social dreaming,” groups can tap into wisdom from the collective consciousness.
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Society
Oasis in a food desert
May 15, 2013 ,10:26 PM | By Sophie Bloemen
In the food desert of Chicago’s South Side, a half hour drive is often necessary if you want to avoid shopping at a fast food restaurant or gas station. Yet change is around the corner. Between the sprawl and the empty lots, a little food utopia is unfolding. An old meat-packing building from the 1920s has been remodelled to serve as a year-’round urban farm.
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Health
Pharmacy in a box
May 08, 2013 ,06:39 AM | By Floor Boon
“You shouldn't spoil people in developing countries with donor money; you need to help them develop a sense of entrepreneurship.” This is the motto of Healthy Entrepreneurs.
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Business
Get your hands dirty; that's the first rule
May 08, 2013 ,05:59 AM | By Elleke Bal
Gunter Pauli doesn't think you need money or experience to become an entrepreneur. Look around you, says the sustainability pioneer: What can you do with waste generated by others?
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Society
What you can change
May 01, 2013 ,05:12 AM | By Marco Visscher
How can we change the world? Now there’s a tough question. British journalist John-Paul Flintoff found some answers—by looking at such things as history, economics and psychology—and wrote a book about it, aptly named How To Change the World.
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Health
Near death, a physician discovers life
May 01, 2013 ,04:56 AM | By Lisette Thooft
For seven days, an American neurosurgeon underwent a spiritual journey through time and space—despite a demonstrable absence of brain activity. When he woke from his coma, he wrote a bestseller about his experience.
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Society
Life is not a contest
April 24, 2013 ,08:39 AM | By Araina Bond
Competitiveness downgrades your performance. It’s more useful to focus inward instead of on others.
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Health
More attention, less worry
April 24, 2013 ,06:48 AM | By Dewi Gigengack
It’s an understandable reaction when people are told they have cancer: they worry. But in half of all cancer patients, worry slides into depression or an anxiety disorder. That complication disrupts the healing process. Hospital stays are longer and mortality rates are higher among depressed cancer patients.
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Business
The myth of shareholder value
April 17, 2013 ,07:45 AM | By Lynn Stout
There are far better ways to measure a company’s worth than its share price.
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