The cowboy couture of Kenya
Dan Schank

Fado, but not as we know it
Ton Maas

Intelligent Optimist: Atossa Soltani
Editors

Open Medicine provides medical knowledge to the public
Marco Visscher

Singing in tongues
Ton Maas

Time banks thrive in the midst of the recession
Leah Dobkin and Carmel Wroth

Two-wheel wonders: The bicycle enjoys a renaissance
No other form of travel can quite beat the joys of cycling. Diane Daniel

Could private investment be the solution to the clean water crisis?
Daniel Moss

Q & A with Adam Werbach, CEO of sustainability consulting firm Saatchi & Saatchi S
Marco Visscher

Teaching emotional intelligence
Marco Visscher
Video: Roots of Empathy

Tennis gets an international court
Marco Visscher

Costa Rica: The happiest place on earth
Dan Schank

Simplifying supplements
A user’s guide to vitamins and minerals, from calcium to omega-3s.
Carmel Wroth

A good kind of group think builds sustainable small businesses
Ernesto Sirolli taps into the collective genius of communities. Larry Gallagher

Doctor makes music that crosses cultural divides
Physician and singer Rupa Marya is on a mission to break boundaries musically and nationally. Marco Visscher
Videos: Songs by Rupa and the April Fishes

The reason of faith
Religious scholar Karen Armstrong on how we lost the knack for religion—and why we need to get it back. Michael Brunton
Book Excerpt: In search of an “ultimate concern”
Armstrong's TED wish: A reminder of the golden rule

Tales of the credit crunch
Filmmaker Johan Kramer finds inspiration in the financial crisis. Max Christern
Video: Watch clips from the movie The Crisis and Us

Vitamin Angels combats malnutrition with nutritional supplements
How giving every child basic nutrition may provide a starting point for tackling Africa's other challenges. Reuben Kyama

Counting carbon: How accurate emissions reporting can help businesses help the planet
Amy Domini

Real family values
How suppressed emotions cut us off from loved ones and ourselves. David Servan-Schreiber

Three conversations with angels
Someone up there is listening. Paulo Coelho

The goodness of crowds
When large numbers of people give a little, they accomplish a lot. Charles Best

The Tao of arugula
How to get maximum flavor with minimum effort. Elbrich Fennema

Mirrors would do well to reflect a little longer before sending back images.
James Geary

Rats can save human lives
As a child, Bart Weetjens, from Belgium, bred rodents to sell to pet shops. Now he’s the founder and director of APOPO, an NGO operating from Tanzania that trains rats to detect landmines. APOPO’s team of mine-sleuthing rats is active in Mozambique, and will begin mine-detection operations in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Colombia. Carmel Wroth
Video: Watch APOPO's rats at work