 Jan/Feb 2009 On Newsstands Now   
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Profile of Martin Vosseler A greenwash you can believe in A shared outlook on life Why the name "Ode"? In praise of Intelligent Optimists Ode asked celebrated activists, artists, business people, politicians and thought leaders to pick their favorite Intelligent Optimists, individuals who aren't famous yet but should be because of the work they're doing to bring positive change to their communities, their countries and the world. That's how we got 25 reasons to be optimistic in these challenging times.  |
 
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 Author David Cohen aims to turn photos into action
Bestselling author and editor David Cohen presents What Matters: The World's Preeminent Photojournalists and Thinkers Depict Essential Issues of Our Time ARK: Acts of Random Kindness
ARK is a new line of clothing fresh from Northern Ireland. It was created by an 18-year-old boy with the idea of inspiring people who wear the clothes to be kind to others each time they wear the brand...to commit one "Act of Random Kindness". The ARK website unassumingly states, "So I have this idea. I'd love you to join me in it. I've started a clothing line with a purpose other than profit. The name, the movement, is ARK - Acts of Random Kindness." Cameron suggests the following ways to help someone while you're wearing an article of ARK clothing: "by someone a coffee, give up your seat on the bus, help a drunk home." Read more... Soy Adina: A spiritual journey to Peru through dance
Last year I released my movie "Soy Adina" about two women raised in different worlds - an immigrant folk dancer from the Andes, and a modern dancer from Queens, NY - who return to Peru to reconnect with their roots through a astonishing world of traditional dance and celebration. Last week I made my own reconnecting journey, from New York to Vermont to visit old friends Chandra and Erich. One freezing day we went to the Putney food coop, where I met Ode editor Carol Greenhouse who told me about this exchange forum! I think Ode readers will relate and enjoy Soy Andina. Read more... Soulananda: The essentials of a good life
Greetings and blessings for the New Year! We all live in times of concern, need and potential. At this time of year many are inspired to seek deeper levels of meaning and purpose within their life experience; we look for a quality of resilience that will allow us to elevate our present life experience to greater levels of possibility and potential in the expression of Who We Are. As part of the celebration of the upcoming potential and possibility that lies within the expression of the coming New Year and every present moment, I’d like to share with you my most recent work: Soulananda: The essentials of a good life. Read more... Words on women and strength by author Kelly Corrigan
Author Kelly Corrigan wrote this moving essay about the remarkable capacity to which women support each other, laugh together, and endure. The full text of the essay is available in the paperback edition of her memoir, The Middle Place Your personal year in review
It's that time of year that everyone is making lists, talking about who's who and sizing up everything that happened in 2008. At the end of a year, your mind can also feed you some pretty tough questions about yourself. Why didn’t you lose the weight? Why did you not sell those stocks and get into cash? Why are you still single? Read more... |
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