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Inside Job - Matt Taibbi asks "Why Isn't Wall St. in Jail?".

Written by Trevor Malkinson

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Industrial Landscapes

Written by Bergen Vermette

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Egypt, Transformation, and the Signs of a Planetary Culture

Written by Jeremy Johnson

Ongoing events in the Middle East are significant, on this we can all agree. But of what significance are they? Jeremy Johnson holds this moment as one of planetary awakening, the birth pangs of a global culture.

Mediated by Music

Written by Bergen Vermette

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A Double Shot of Vision- Resilient Cities and Biomimicry Design

Written by Trevor Malkinson

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I Heart My Vagina- Vaginoplasty and the Spiritual Circumcision of Women

Written by Chela Davison

A look at our culture's current relationship to beauty and some of the impulses that may be driving us towards greater extremes to meet ideals. This article aims to challenge and question how we as a culture engage with these issues, attemping to bring humour and depth to the very vast topic of beauty.

Literary Excerpt: Vivid Descriptions of Italian Food

Written by TJ Dawe

Writing guaranteed to make you hungry.Â

Meditation: reports from the field

Written by Bergen Vermette

Why meditate? What can it add to your life? Bergen shares a journal two years in the making of his annual commitment to meditate for 24 hours -- in a row. No incense and candles here; just the backbreaking effort born of conviction that one-pointedness cuts the fog like nothing else.