In praise of failure
Failing is among life’s least pleasant experiences, but nothing else is as essential to success.
Marisa Taylor
J.K. Rowling's commencement speech on failure
Adventures in learning
At Aventurijn, a small private school in the
Netherlands, children decide what to study and
how to study it.
Ineke Noordhoff
Childhood's end
Schools train children to remain children all their lives,
John Taylor Gatto argues in his new book. There’s another way: Teach them to become leaders and adventurers.
John Taylor Gatto
Q & A with John Taylor Gatto
Broken homes
What the subprime crisis tells us about the importance of community financial institutions.
Amy Domini
Built to last
Cement is a basic building block of economic growth. Its manufacture also produces twice as many CO2 emissions as aviation. How Bertrand Collomb and industry giant Lafarge are laying the foundations for sustainable cement.
Peter Van Dijk
On the road again
After a false start in the 1990s, electric cars are back - and it looks like they're here to stay.
Diane Daniel
Notes towards a Geneva convention for lovers
Some rules of engagement for those wounded in love.
Paulo Coelho
Not just another pretty face
Audrey Hepburn and the secrets of inner beauty.
David Servan-Schreiber
Putting out fires with lemons
How do you make a non-toxic flame retardant? Mix citrus fruit, grape juice and flour, and - voila! - you've got the Molecular Heat Eater.
Max Christern
The hidden spirituality of men
The spiritual lives of men are, for many, concealed, repressed or forgotten. In an exclusive extract from his new book, Matthew Fox argues that men can rediscover their true selves
by embracing the role of noble warrior.
Matthew Fox
Freestyling
The joy of making an unexpectedly beautiful sound together with friends.
Brian Eno
Primeaval soup
Life is better with bouillon.
Elbrich Fennema
“If you are not sure where you are going, it is possible you are on the right road”
James Geary
The media should show Africa some love
In his book Don't Africa Me, Nigerian-born Paschal Eze, a former newspaper editor, criticizes the media for ignoring the positive news coming out of Africa.
Marco Visscher
