The instinct to save the planet
Do the million grassroots green and social organizations work as an immune system that's working to stop injustice and pollution? Paul Hawken on the biggest movement in the history of humankind that has come just on time.
Paul Hawken

Bright hopes, big city
Solutions for the problems of growing megacities can be found in their slums and shantytowns. Jay Walljasper

The world grows Wiser
A new global databank aims to connect good work everywhere. Marco Visscher

Native intelligence
Anthropologist Jeremy Narby is bringing together indigenous knowledge and Western science to inform the search for a sustainable future. Kim Ridley

No one knows anything
Jed McKenna

Sisterhood is powerful
A nunnery in northern India offers a full slate of classes, leading for the first time to the highest academic degree for Buddhist scholars. Diana Reynolds Roome

"Stress is bogus"
Marco Visscher

The many sides of Allah
Increasingly, Fouad Laroui heard Muslims making allegations that showed they had very little idea what their religion was about and no clue at all about other religions. So he decided to write a book about Islam. Ode spoke with the author. Tijn Touber

The power of many
From the alternative global movement to the Wikipedians, the key word today is "self-organization": not doing what you're told to do, but contributing what you can and wish to for the greater good. Marco Visscher describes the emergence of the participatory culture. Marco Visscher

We are the world we imagine
Paul Hawken on the optimism of our hearts. Jurriaan Kamp

How to put time on your side
Now that we can be in touch with anyone at any time, do we risk being out of touch with ourselves? Jon Kabat-Zinn