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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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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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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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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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Society
"We need to liberate workers"
April 12, 2013 ,05:26 AM | By Editorial
An anarchist’s view of the workplace.
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Society
From coca to tourism
April 03, 2013 ,06:22 AM | By Stephanie Bakker
Cocaine isn’t an easy habit to break. Not for users and not for the farmers who grow it. But a group of five ecolodges run by ex–coca farmers on the Colombian coast proves it’s possible to change.
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Society
The Goosefoot Revolution
April 03, 2013 ,06:16 AM | By Gerbert van der AA
Quinoa, an ancient South American crop, could offer a solution to rising grain prices and global food demand.
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Society
Thank you
March 27, 2013 ,02:12 AM | By Sophie Bloemen
Anne Kubitsky receives lots of postcards. Lots and lots of postcards. That’s not just because the artist and writer from Old Lyme, Connecticut, has so many friends. It’s because she invited others to show their gratitude by mailing it to her.
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Society
Occupy the theater
March 20, 2013 ,06:20 AM | By Eveline Rethmeier
For almost two years now, 60 actors and theater technicians have been occupying Rome’s Teatro Valle. During that time, the site of Teatro Valle Occupato (“Occupy Teatro Valle”) has become the most visited theater in the city.
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Society
"Wishing is important"
March 13, 2013 ,03:29 AM | By Willemijn Sneep
Barbara Tammes, author of the inspirational guide A Blueprint for Your Castle in the Clouds (Red Wheel/Weiser), tells us why a palace in the sky isn’t airy-fairy. Instead, it’s the place where change starts.
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