A good film does more than entertain or fill seats at the cinema. It has the power to change hearts and minds – and sometimes society more widely. It’s something Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi’s first female film-maker, highlighted when she spoke with us last year about her award-winning film Wadja: “Art can touch people and make them open up.” The…
– If We Let It – By EILLIE ANZILOTTI Patrick O’Halloran is 82 years old, “but I’m still a work in progress,” he says. After a long career as a Jesuit priest and a clinical psychologist in San Francisco, O’Halloran retired to the northwest part of San Mateo, California, where he lives alone. He’s sprightly: His exercise routine includes circuit…
By Adele Peters Paul Hawken’s new book Drawdown claims to have made a definitive list of the most effective global strategies for lowering our emissions. Don’t despair: they’re all totally achievable. If you read anything about climate change, it’s not hard to become convinced that we’re screwed. For instance, here are just a few notable recent apocalyptic warnings: In January,…