Issue 222 • January/February 2004
Natural Governance
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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VIOLENCE IS OBSOLETE • Richard Falk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
FELLOWSHIP OF GAIA • Maya Kumar Mitchell
The Ten Trusts
LIVING LEGENDS • Nancy Jack Todd
Elephantoms