Three cheers for crazy ideas
This world really does need more of these wonderful heretics
Anita Roddick

Professor Hydrogen
Bragi Jurriaan Kamp

Hip hop = freedom
Don Popo raps about a better future for Colombia's kids. Marco Visscher

Our hearts are full of memory
Transplant patients sometimes take on part of their donors' personalities. Jurriaan Kamp

The forgotten thinker you need to know
Thirty years ago, Ivan Illich raised questions on the promise of progress. The blind faith in modern development and technology was a threat to human's freedom, he argued. That critical analysis was one of the pillars for the Ode founders. In 2001, a year before Illich died at the age of 76, Jurriaan Kamp and H?l Jurriaan Kamp and Helene de Puy

Love thy neighbour, for he is me
Who wants to care for people if care has become institutionalized? While modern society leaves little room for random kindness, there's good news: Everyone can learn the basics of altruism. Ode goes back to the Samaritan, because receiving is inherent in giving. Tijn Touber

Remembering the battle of Seattle
Even before the emergence of a movement against the unchecked power of global corporations, Ode was already regularly reporting about the shadow side of globalization. So our editorial staff was not at all surprised in 1999 when so many people gathered for a mass demonstration during the summit meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Seattle. Newspapers described the protest as a gathering of rioters. The American author and entrepreneur Paul Hawken was there, and he knew better. He wrote a fascinating eyewitness report we published in Ode, which is still riveting and relevant today. This story is about the definitive breakthrough of the opposition voice of a historic movement that continues to gain strength and influence. Paul Hawken