Issue 238 • September/October 2006

Welcome

ENVIRONMENTAL NARRATIVES • Satish Kumar

Marking forty years of Resurgence.

The Movement

EDGING CLOSER TO MELTDOWN • Jonathon Porritt

There is still a window of opportunity to ward off ecological collapse.

LOW-CARBON FUTURE • Caroline Lucas MEP

No more compromise: we need Greens in governments NOW!

LESSONS ON LEADERSHIP • Sara Parkin

Strategic, imaginative leadership will facilitate truly sustainable development.

GREEN GENEROSITY • Peter Lang

We should harness the spirit of co-operation within the environmental movement.

Keynotes

DISPELLING THE DARKNESS • Deepak Chopra

The next revolution, the one that will save us, will arise inside.

IMAGINATION HOLDS THE KEY • Tim Smit

It's time to actively create ideas and institutions to work with the grain of Nature.

Nature Care

BIOLUXURIANCE • Richard Mabey

We have scarcely begun to understand the intricacy of the biosphere.

THE GREAT URBAN INDOORS • David Nicholson-Lord

We are losing sight of Nature in our bid to gratify our appetites.

WILDNESS AND FREEDOM • Rosamund Kidman-Cox

Most of the fields of my childhood were built over in the name of progress and development.

RURAL REPLENISHMENT • Fiona Reynolds

Communities of the past had a deep connection with the land, and have much to teach us about the future.

The Greening of Politics

THE ENEMY WITHIN • Geoff Mulgan

We can change our world by changing our hearts and minds.

WHITHER THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT? • Michael Meacher

The environmental movement cannot rest on its laurels when there is so much yet to be done.

THE LONG AND WINDINGROAD • Alan Simpson MP

Climate change will be the trigger that brings 'corporate feudalism' to an end.

The Economics of Wellbeing

BUCKING THE SYSTEM • Anita Roddick

Corporations must shift their energy into making the world cleaner and fairer.

BEYOND PEAK OIL • Richard Heinberg

There is a simple formula to avoid economic collapse: reduce oil consumption by 3% per year.

AUTHENTIC OPTIONS • David Boyle

Ethical consumerism is a spiritual act.

EARTHQUAKES OF CONSCIOUNESS • Jerry Mander

Moving from advertising glitz to anti-globalisation fervour.

RICHER? YES; HAPPIER? NO • Andrew Simms

The Happy Planet Index could help us to live within our environmental means.

BUSINESS WAVES • John Elkington

I seem to be coming full circle, back to 'small is beautiful'.

JOINING UP THE DOTS • Paul Allen

If we think holistically about our planetary problems, we are presented with an equal number of solutions.

FROM CARBON TO SOLAR • Jeremy Leggett

Some flashbacks from the past forty years, and some dreams for the next forty.

Gaian Science

MAKING PEACE WITH GAIA • James Lovelock

Through our intelligence and communication networks, human beings are the nervous system of the planet.

FROM QUANTA TO THE SEED • Vandana Shiva

The seed is my greatest teacher. From the seed I learn how to integrate with the web of life.

LEARNING FROM LEONARDO • Fritjof Capra

What we need today is exactly the kind of science that Leonardo da Vinci outlined 500 years ago.

Eco-Architecture

BUILDING A BETTER WORLD • David Pearson

We need a benign architecture that is carbon-neutral and low-impact and uses sustainable materials and appropriate technology.

Peace Building

INVESTING IN HEALING • Scilla Elworthy

Human security rather than the use of force offers the best chance for peace in the 21st century.

Eco-Initiatives

CHANGE THE WORLD • Hannah Cassidy

Forty initiatives that are changing our world.

Reviews

In My Own Words: ARTISTS BY THEMSELVES • Philip Vann

Face to Face by Philip Vann

VOCIFEROUS WORLD • Kate Rawles

Animism by Graham Harvey

In My Own Words: EGO-LED VS. EGO-LESS • Steve Taylor

The Fall by Steve Taylor

A LOVE FOR GAIA • Edmund O'Sullivan

Animate Earth by Stephan Harding

GROWN-UP SCIENCE • Chris Clarke

Pathways of Chance by F. David Peat

DOING WRITING • Adam Thorpe

The Founding of Arvon by John Moat

BEEN A BOY AGAIN • Philip Vann

Pigs must eat on Sundays by Ben Hartley

ROOT, LEAF, SHOOT AND FRUIT • Julia Ponsonby

The Biodynamic Food and Cookbook by Wendy E. Cook

ABOUT TURN • Victoria Bawtree

Ripped and Torn by Amaranta Wright

AN INTIMATE EXISTENCE • Caroline Walker

A Silent Joy by Etain Addey and Real Horsepower by Martin Lanz

THE CREATIVE IMPULSE • John Lane

Every Man an Artist (ed.) Brian Keeble and On the Nature & Significance of the Crafts by Brian Keeble

Web Exclusives

Article - SIGNS OF OPTIMISM • Nicols Fox

The film An Inconvenient Truth is drawing a healthy audience.

Review - AFFECTIONATE INTIMACY • Philip Vann

Francis of Assisi by Greg Tricker

Review - ALL WE NEED IS LOVE • Georgina Weaver

The Crucible of Love by Jay Ramsay

Review - AN EVANGELIST SPEAKS • Bill McKibben

God Laughs and Plays by David James Duncan

Review - CAN FREE TRADE EVER BE FAIR? • Chris Wright

Fair Trade For All by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton

Review - DREAMING OF THE LAND • Jules Pretty

Fields that Dream by Jenny Kurzweil

Review - THE CHIEFS OF STAFF MUST GO • Hugh Beach

Lions, Donkeys and Dinosaurs by Lewis Page

Review - THE CORPORATION THAT CHANGED THE WORLD • Nick Robins

The Corporation that Changed the World by Nick Robins

Review - THE SURROUND SOUND OF SILENCE • Ian Skelly

The Spirit of Silence by John Lane

Review - UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Nick Robbins

The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong