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2011 May/June
The New Power Plant in the Backyard?
One day recently my friend Oliver Fix and his colleague Rudy Behrens arrived at my home on the Rogue River in Oregon with a bucket to scoop up some of the bright green film called …
2011 July/August
Here Is Your Gift
Twenty years ago, if you’d asked me what my gift was, I’d have said, “Nothing. I don’t have one.” But that changed one year when I went to London for the holidays to visit an elder…
2011 July/August
Bending the Golden Rule
Variations of the ancient protocol “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” have been shared and taught far and wide as the appropriate code of ethics for human behavior…
2011 July/August
Is $150 a Month for Yoga a Wise Investment?
Since my early teens I have searched to find the truth about success, and I have been advising people on their finances and managing global investment portfolios for over 25 years.…
2011 July/August
Poetry: At Low Tide
At Low Tide By Nancy Willard At low tide, when Water openedher workshop, her shining hands unrolleda fabric so light I saw straight downto the loom on which it was born -- long …
2011 July/August
Why Relationships Are So Difficult
On any given day, 1.6 million of us are blogging, 27 million are tweeting, and 1.5 billion are posting on Facebook. We’re emailing during meetings, texting during lectures, and tal…
2011 July/August
Learning to Love
Peggy La Cerra’s “Why Relationships Are So Difficult” ends with a challenge: “Perhaps it’s time for a new approach to the problem [of human selfishness and self-centeredness] — an …
2011 July/August
Ten Lessons from Wal-Mart Going Green
The company once derided as the “bully of Bentonville” is now serious about green, having concluded that the clean, green, and least wasteful way of doing business is also the most…
2011 July/August
Drug-Free, Device-Free, Effective Birth Control
Natural forms of birth control are often discounted because of the tremendous amount of misinformation and misunderstanding that exists in both the medical community and in the gen…
2011 July/August
Teaching a Boy to Meditate Underwater
Relax, and bring your attention to your breath. If you are like many, this is a natural call to meditation and peace. But for others — especially young men — the call to meditation…
