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Issue 197 • November/December 1999

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Welcome

Welcome

Speed is not the solution.

Feature Articles

PLEASURE OF WALKING

There is walking in Paradise and also there is Paradise in walking.

JOY OF CYCLING

Cycling brings health and independence.

WATERWAYS

Canals are some of Britain's most important assets.

CANALS RENAISSANCE

Heavy goods go lightly on water.

ROAD REVOLUTION

Transport 2000 has transformed our thinking about road-building.

A TRAIN IS LIKE A POEM

Writers and poets praise trains.

THE DRIVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE

Cars should not pollute us to death.

TRAFFIC IN TOWNS

The future of towns is at the root of contemporary debates about travel and transport.

ACTION DIARY

People are taking action to make mobility sustainable.

FRUGAL FLYING

Continued growth of aviation is unsustainable.

SORRY LORRIES

Lorries are a significant source of air and noise pollution.

QUOTES

TEN PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW TRANSPORT POLICY

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Economy

TAMING WORLD TRADE

The World Trade Organisation faces new challenges from the South.

THE GREAT QUESTIONING

Should the fragile temple of the banking system fall, the world would never be the same again.

Agriculture

SUICIDE SEEDS

Terminator Technology represents the ultimate threat to seed diversity.

LOVE OF FARMING

Why do we pay so little to farmers? Why do they keep farming?

Frontline

SUSTAINABLE BRISTOL

A group in Bristol is asking questions about urban planning.

The Arts

Craft: OUR WORLD

The art of Dora Holzhandler celebrates earth, heaven and humanity.

WORKS OF DELIGHT

Furniture maker, John Makepeace, is reviving the nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts philosophy.

Timeless Wisdom

SPIRITUAL TRINITY

We are all acorns. We are all capable of finding mighty oaks within ourselves.

Regulars

Up the Elephant and Round the Castle

Poetry - MILLENIAL HYMN TO LORD SHIVA

Letters to the Editors

Reviews

WOMEN AND NATURE

Review of Women Pioneers for the Environment

PRAISE TO INDIA

Review of River of Colour: The India of Raghubir Singh and India: Don McCullin

VARIETIES OF VISION

Review of Sight and Sensibility: the Ecopsychology of Perception

CHARISMA OF CRAFTS

Review of The Crafts in Britain in the 20th Century

CAPITALISM TO COMMUNITARIANISM

Review of The Post-Corporate World; Life after Capitalism

PASSION FOR PATHS

Review of The South West Coast Path National Trail - a History and The South West Coast Path - 1999 Guide

SHAPING THE FUTURE

Review of Which World? Global Destinies, Regional Choices

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Review of Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason

BOOKS IN BRIEF

Review of The Bug and You and The Bug and Me

BOOKS IN BRIEF

Review of Global Healing: essays and interviews

BOOKS IN BRIEF

Review of Green Guide, London edition

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