The gospel according to Adam Smith
Is doing good compatible with making money? It is if you practise spiritual capitalism.
Carleen Hawn
Join my gang
Nelsa Curbelo, a 66-year-old former nun and schoolteacher, took on the toughest young criminals in Ecuador’s most violent city—and won them over with love.
Hilary Hart
Video: Barrio de Paz
Down and dirty
How carbon farming, the practise of putting CO2 back into the soil, can help fight global warming.
Jay Walljasper
Remembering the Mexican sorcerer
Lessons from the work of Carlos Castaneda.
Paulo Coelho
Who would want to be a refugee?
There are some 33 million refugees in the world, 9 million of whom are children. Though their faces are often seen on the news, their stories are rarely heard. Here are four.
Natalie Righton
Cancer's Achilles' heel
An old, once-abandoned theory about cancer is revived, offering hope for a raft of new non-toxic treatments.
Tony Edwards
Get happy
How to handle your stress, one day at a time.
David Servan-Schreiber
Prescription for peace
Bernard Lown invented the defibrillator, saving the lives of countless heart attack victims. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his ongoing campaign against nuclear weapons. And at 86, he’s still delivering shocks to the system.
Marco Visscher
Full bellies, hungry minds
In India, a group of monks feeds nearly a million kids a day, proving there is such a thing as a free lunch.
Tijn Touber
Naming a daughter
What's in a name? More than one father bargained for.
Blaine Greteman
Asking questions changing companies
Shareholders want more than financial accountability: They want firms to account for how they affect people and the planet.
Amy Domini
Nice and slow
Go on holiday in your kitchen.
Elbrich Fennema
James Geary
"Everybody writes history"
Karen Worcman wants to transform the way history is recorded—and she wants you to play a role.
Marco Visscher
