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Kirkpatrick Sale

Kirkpatrick Sale is author of Human Scale and The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy.

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Letter from America - WHAT KATRINA DID • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 234 • January/February 2006 • Earth, Wealth and Wellbeing > Regulars > Letter from America

The hurricane that devastated New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2005 exposed the true state of US politics.

Letter from America - STOP SHOPPING! • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 233 • November/December 2005 • The Answer is still Peace > Regulars > Letter from America

GET RID OF CIVILISATION • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 231 • July/August 2005 • The Four Pillars of Sustainability > Reviews

s The Culture of Make Believe

GRAY'S ANATOMY • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 230 • May/June 2005 • Inspired Designs > Reviews

Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions

A GOLDEN LEGACY • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 228 • January/February 2005 • Gaia and Global Change > Feature Articles

Repaying the Columbus debt.

FOOD SYSTEMS • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 223 • March/April 2004 • Art for Earth's Sake > Reviews

Bringing the Food Economy Home

PLANET WATER • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 219 • July/August 2003 • A time to heal > Feature Articles

What we need today is a 'water ethic'.

A TOWERING THINKER • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 204 • January/February 2001 • The force of imagination > Reviews

Sidewalk Critic

SMALL IS STILL BEAUTIFUL • Kirkpatrick Sale

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

Small is Beautiful

AMERICAN BOOK ROUNDUP • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 199 • March/April 2000 • You are, therefore I am > Reviews

Inequity in the Global Village Ecotourism and Sustainable Development With Good Intentions

US book roundup • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 196 • September/October 1999 • Myth of Progress > Reviews

Off the Map, Elements of Refusal and Technology as Magic

FIVE FACETS OF A MYTH • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 192 • January/February 1999 • The Language of Animals > Feature Articles

The world is mesmerized by the myth of Progress. But beyond prosperity for the few, progress does not have a great deal going for it.

US BOOK ROUND-UP • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 191 • November/December 1998 • Wildlands Philanthropy > Reviews

Pulling The Plug

A BIO-CENTRIC WORLDVIEW • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 190 • September/October 1998 • Nature, Science and Society > Feature Articles

Paul Shepherd rejected the 'human-centred' notions of modern society.

BOOK ROUNDUP • Kirkpatrick Sale

Issue 187 • March/April 1998 • Pilgrimage to Tibe > Reviews

American books about simple living