Issue 219 • July/August 2003

Welcome

Welcome • Satish Kumar

Feature Articles

A TIME TO HEAL • HRH The Prince of Wales

In search of balance and harmony.

THE NATURALIST • Barry Lopez

Immersed in the unity of organisms.

GREEN BOX • Tim Deane

The story of one of the first veg-box schemes.

THE CASE FOR THE EARTH • David W. Orr

We need new strategies to preserve the habitability of the planet.

NO LAMPS IN THE WILDERNESS • Ian Player

How one thing leads to another.

PROGRESS TO NOWHERE • Zac Goldsmith

The global economy is unrealistic, undesirable and impossible.

MARKET SOCIETY • Ann Pettifor

It is the bankers, not the politicians, who rule the world.

THE END OF MANGOES • Shakti Maira

The desertification of delight.

WEB OF HOPE • Rory Spowers

The great motivating force of humanity.

WATER DEMOCRACY • Maude Barlow

Who should control the world's water?

PLANET WATER • Kirkpatrick Sale

What we need today is a 'water ethic'.

THE LOVE OF PLANTS • Lorna Howarth

Small steps to sustainability.

THE POWER OF LOVE • Alastair McIntosh

What can nonviolence say to violence?

SPIRITUALITY BEHIND BARS • Rukmini Sekhar

Photo Feature

ALLOTMENT ALCHEMY • Caitlin De Silvey

The creativity of urban beachcombers.

The Arts

PAINTING THE WORLD • Suzi Gablik

The art of Jane Siegle.

DREAM NESTS • Kate Farrell

Natural shelters for the imagination.

WILLOW WORKERS • Oliver Lowenstein

Somerset basket-making documented by Kate Lynch.

Regulars

Deep Spirit • Thomas Moore

Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva

Visionaries • David Boyle

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Crafts • Sandy Brown

The Occasional Didymus • John Moat

Musical Journeys • Philip Marsden

Recipes • Quentin Seddon

Letters to the Editors

A Sense of Place • Sharon R. Bard

Reviews

CULTURE CLASH • Ian Christie

The West and the Rest

ADVANCES IN AGROECOLOGY • Jules Pretty

The Real Green Revolution and Agroecological Innovations

WHAT IS TO BE DONE? • Sandy Irvine

Stormy Weather

SAVING GRACE • Roger Franklin

The Unfinished Twentieth Century

THE SAVOUR OF FREEDOM • Christopher Titmuss

The Buddha Speaks

BOOKS IN BRIEF • Marian Van Eyk McCain

ASLEEP UNTIL AWOKEN? • Ronald Lello

Faith in the Age of Uncertainty