Issue 214 • September/October 2002

Welcome

Welcome • Satish Kumar

Feature Articles

FAIRNESS IN A FRAGILE WORLD • Wolfgang Sachs

Equity cannot be separated from ecology.

WORDS MISUNDERSTOOD • Jonathan Robinson & Lucy Hinton

For the real summit, visit SOMOHO.

PEOPLE POWER • Liz Hosken

Launching a decade of commitment to Earth Democracy.

GANDHI AND DEVELOPMENT • Ela Gandhi

The Mahatma is more relevant in South Africa today than ever before.

PATH OF FORGIVENESS • Mark Swilling, Eve Anneoke & Wilhelm Verwoerd

Forgiveness is a miracle.

A SACRED MOUNTAIN • Kittisaro

The gift of humility.

THE SOURCE OF HEALING • Willa Boezak

Safeguarding the curative arts.

FLAMES OF HOPE • Mark Swilling

Invisible' people build hope in small places.

RHETORIC AND REALITY • Eddie Koch

The effects of eco-tourism.

RIGHTS OF THE EARTH • Thomas Berry

Recognising the rights of all living beings.

PARADIGM SHIFT • Vandana Shiva

Rebuilding true security in an age of insecurity.

TEN PRINCIPLES OF EARTH DEMOCRACY

GAIA: MYTH AND SCIENCE • Jules Cashford

The rights of the Earth community.

JUSTICE FOR ALL • Cormac Cullinan

Human governance must be consistent with universal laws.

THE PRIMACY OF NATURE • Jacquie McGlade

The misuse of ecosystems is unjust.

HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? • John Manoochehri

Beyond sustainable consumption.

SACRED CONNECTIONS • Mary Evelyn Tucker

The emerging alliance of world religions and ecology.

BIODEMOCRACY • Andrew Kimbrell

Life is being adjusted to fit in with technology.

COMMUNITY AND COURAGE • John Daniel

Looking back on September 11.

Regulars

Touchstone • Colin Hodgetts

Perspectives • Gordon Campbell

The Occasional Didymus • John Moat

A Sense of Place • Selima Hill

Poetry • Kevin Crossley-Holland

Recipes • Quentin Seddon

Letters to the Editors

The Arts

ROCKS OF AGES • Ruben Mowszowski

The art of the Bushman shamans reveals the spirit world.

Frontline

INSPIRATIONAL ECO-VILLAGE • Mark Swilling

LIGHTING CANDLES • Chris Church

Reviews

FOR INTERDEPENDENCE, NOT INDEPENDENCE • James Sainsbury

On Identity

FROM HATRED TO HEALING • Polly McLean

No Future Without Forgiveness

SACRED SPACES • John Lane

Architecture of Silence and Architecture of Truth

THOUGHT CONTROL • Dan Bertolet

Propaganda and the Public Mind

IN MY OWN WORDS • Roger Deakin

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