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Natural Wealth
The May/June issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine is all about ‘wealth’ – but not the kind that disappears when the gold gets sold short. Rather, it’s about the natural wealth so many people take for granted that our account with the Earth’s natural resources is now in danger of tipping over into the ‘red’.
In his article The Money Revolution, Oliver Tickell (founder member of the Green Economics Institute), argues that poverty is no accident, but instead serves to boost the power, privilege and exclusivity of the super-rich. In reality, he says, “Money is a product of the collective human imagination – and if it serves us badly, we can and should change the way it works.”"
Other highlights from the May/June issue include: a look behind the brands and why we should be holding the world’s biggest food companies to account; a new manifesto for material wellbeing by Andrew Simms and Ruth Potts; and HRH The Prince of Wales with a timely reminder that the human economy is totally dependent on Nature’s systems.
Feature articles
Enough Food for Everyone
Vicki Hird warns us that humanity is in danger of exhausting key resources, including food and fresh water. Here, she puts forward Friends of the Earth's top ten recommendations to set us on the pathway to change and more critically, to food security for the future.
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Global Canopy
In the first of a three part series, Andrew Mitchell (executive director of the Global Canopy Programme) considers the true value of rainforests, and why we must challenge the economists who think that our forests are worth more dead than alive.
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Greening of Our Cities
Environmentalist Jonathon Porritt takes a look at the connection between cities and sustainability. He explores why cities, not governments, are leading the way in creating more sustainable living and innovation.
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The Science Delusion
Rupert Sheldrake, challenges scientists to free themselves from dogma and acknowledge that the biggest scientific delusion is that science already knows the answers. He looks towards a world of scientific discovery that is freer, more interesting and more fun.
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Reviews
Earth Debt
Naturalist Mark Cocker reviews What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? by Tony Juniper (former director of Friends of the Earth) and agrees with the author that we must stop taking the Earth's universal services for granted and start to repay our debts.
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Eleven Extraordinary Activists
Edgar Vaid reviews Small World Big Ideas, edited by Satish Kumar. Eleven green activists including Polly Higgins, Jane Goodall and Caroline Lucas tell their personal stories of inspiration and being the change. This is a book to inspire and engender hope.
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Enough Food for Everyone, © Tom Pietrasik/OXFAM; Global Canopy, © Neil Palmer/CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture; Greening of Our Cities, Illustration by Natalie Hughes; The Science Delusion, More Than a Feeling (for U-T San Diego) by www.cristinaillustrator.com; Earth Debt, © Ryzhkov_Sergey/www.istockphoto.com; Eleven Extraordinary Activists, © Leaping Hare Press