Issue 222 • January/February 2004

Natural Governance

Welcome

Welcome • Lorna Howarth

Feature Articles

A NEW GANDHIAN MOMENT? • Richard Falk

War must be made illegal.

PEOPLE'S ECONOMICS • Andrew Simms, Caroline Lucas MEP & Mike Woodin

Localisation - coming soon wherever you are.

WISDOM IS WEALTH • Alan Simpson MP

Ecological wellbeing is the cornerstone of survival.

POLITICS WITH PURPOSE • Herman Daly

If there's no higher purpose to life, then what is the point of engaging in policy-making?

RIGHT TO DECIDE • Douglas Parr

We need a Citizens' Jury to determine scientific priorities on nanotechnology.

EARTH STORIES • David Abram

The story of life is encoded in the landscape around us.

SEDUCED BY SPEED • Jonathon Porritt

Fast-lane living ranks high in the list of pseudo-satisfiers.

NATURAL GOVERNANCE • Michael Meacher MP

We urgently need a World Environment Court.

OPTIMISM AT OMEGA • Jude Asphar

Linking-up with our friends in America.

LOW-FLYING HEROES • Jonathan Robinson

Stories of people who are 'being the change they want to see in the world'.

The Arts

COMPLEX ENCOUNTERS • Nicholas Usherwood

Ken Kiff's art resonates with soul and science.

RETURN TO THE RIVER • Ski Harrison

Celebrating Sarasvati - goddess of the arts, learning and wisdom.

INDIAN DETAILS • Mike Massingham

In the lap of sublime majesty.

Frontline

A PEOPLE'S CELEBRATION • Peeyush Sekhsaria

The replastering of the Mosque of Djenné.

BRIGHT IDEAS • Martin Wright

The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy.

TOUCH THE EARTH • Rita Taylor

Protesting by prostrating.

Regulars

Touchstone • Colin Hodgetts

Only Connect • Jules Pretty

A Sense of Place • Richard Mabey

Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Visionaries - Kathleen Raine • Peter Abbs

Crafts • Sandy Brown

Up the Elephant and Round the Castle • David Nicholson-Lord

Small Steps • Naomi Leake

Musical Journeys • Philip Marsden

Recipes • Daphne Lambert

Letters to the Editors

Reviews

SINK IT OR SHRINK IT • Wolfgang Sachs

Alternatives to Economic Globalisation

VIOLENCE IS OBSOLETE • Richard Falk

The Unconquerable World

OBSCURED BY SPIN • James Sainsbury

American Power and the New Mandarins and The New Rulers of the World

WORLD ENOUGH, AND TIME • Andy Hone

How the Universe Got Its Spots

SARDAR SPEAKS • Jerry Ravetz

Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures

SPECIOUS ORIGINS • Rosie Jackson

The Secret, Oryx and Crake and Mr Golightly's Holiday

PRAYING TO SHIVA • Jean Hardy

A Sacred Trust

TREASURES IN STONE • John Lane

The Temples of Angkor and Ruins of Angkor in Cambodia in 1909

THE POWER OF NARRATIVE • Robert Twigger

Tales from the Bazaars

REBUILDING AN APPETITE • Tim Lang

Foodstuff: Living in an age of feast and famine and Home Grown: The case for local food in a global market