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Herbert Girardet

Herbert Girardet is Chairman of the Schumacher Society and author of Cities, People, Planet. He is an Associate Editor of Resurgence.

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In my Own Words: SURVIVING THE CENTURYY • Herbert Girardet

Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures > Reviews

The World Future Council's first major book asserts that we need to make profound changes in our culture and our relationship with Nature if we are to survive this and future centuries.

WHICH WAY CHINA? • Herbert Girardet

Issue 236 • May/June 2006 • Animate Earth > Undercurrents

Dongtan, the world's first eco-city, is leading the way in urban sustainability.

Visionaries • Herbert Girardet

Issue 232 • September/October 2005 • Nature Knows us - do we know nature? > Regulars > Visionaries

ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE • Herbert Girardet

Issue 218 • May/June 2003 • Futility of War > Prospects for Peace

A letter to America.

GLOBAL VILLAGE OR GLOBAL PILLAGE? • Herbert Girardet

Issue 216 • January/February 2003 • Patterns of Wholeness > Feature Articles

Where governments fail, civil society is rising to the challenge.

A RING OF GREEN • Herbert Girardet

Issue 203 • November/December 2000 • It is a gift to be simple > Frontline

Urban farming in Shanghai.

GOOD ENOUGH CITIES • Herbert Girardet

Issue 203 • November/December 2000 • It is a gift to be simple > Reviews

Building the 21st-Century Home London, Pathways to the Future

A QUARTER CENTURY • Herbert Girardet

Issue 201 • July/August 2000 • Only Connect - Soil, Soul, Society > Feature Articles

We need to build on the many new ideas that grew out of the green movement in the last twenty-five years

WHAT KIND OF CITY? • Herbert Girardet

Issue 189 • July/August 1998 • Right to a Way of Life > Feature Articles

Cities of the future need to be Earth-friendly, energy-efficient andspiritually enchanting.