Issue 223 • March/April 2004

Welcome

Welcome • Satish Kumar & Lorna Howarth

Feature Articles

FORCE OF RESISTANCE • Notes From Nowhere

Another world is possible and we are building it.

THEFT OF LIFE • Percy Schmeiser

A story of the struggle against Monsanto and the corporate takeover of our genetic inheritance.

FROM HUMANISM TO WHOLENESS • John Lane

Integrating art, land and life.

A NEW FRONT • Suzi Gablik

For art to be relevant, artists must address the social and spiritual issues of our time.

BUSINESS OF ART • Mary Anne Davis

Artists can reinvigorate local communities.

EVERYONE IS AN ARTIST • Oliver Lowenstein

Joseph Beuys' art is a counterpoint to consumerism.

RIVERS AND STARS • Satish Kumar

The landscape at night is a huge darkroom.

IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD • Adam Wolpert

A life of art is a life of questions about community, culture and cosmos.

ECOLOGICAL DRAMA • Emma Crichton-Miller

"Life is just a brief emergence from the great sea of time" says video artist, Bill Viola.

WHOLENESS OF VISION • Nicholas Usherwood

A sense of place is integral to the art of Kurt Jackson.

WONDER AT THE WORLD • Catherine Phillips

The work of Yuri Ivanchenko invites us to share the excitement and beauty of nature.

PUBLIC SCULPTURE • Satish Kumar

Pushing the boundaries of art.

QUIRKS OF IMAGINATION • Anita Roddick

Outsider art is challenging and visionary

HAWTHORNS AND ACORNS • Marcus Harrison

Local food is on our doorstep

Frontline

THE SMALL SCHOOL REINVENTED • Julia Meiklejohn

An educational experiment comes of age.

ART IN UNGLAMOROUS PLACES • Ana Flores

How art can help to heal personal trauma.

Regulars

Deep Spirit • Thomas Moore

The Occasional Didymus • John Moat

Poetry • Peter Abbs

Musical Journeys • Philip Marsden

Visionaries - The Dalai Lama • Pico Iyer

Small Steps • Naomi Leake

Perspectives - Biodiesel

Crafts • Sandy Brown

Recipes • Quentin Seddon

A Sense of Place • Ziauddin Sardar

Letters to the Editors

Reviews

BURNING THE HEART • Keith Sagar

Ted Hughes: Collected Poems

THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO GLOBALISATION • John Lane

Dwellings: The Vernacular House Worldwide and Cosmic Architecture in India

HUMAN IN SCALE • Diana Schumacher

A Pair of Cranks

GAIAN HOMES • David Kelf

Another Kind of Space

CELEBRATING ABUNDANCE • Hal Clifford

Cradle to Cradle

EXPLORING THE INNER COSMOS

breviews The Essential David Bohm

WE ARE WHAT WE EAT • Julia Ponsonby

Foodwise

FOOD SYSTEMS • Kirkpatrick Sale

Bringing the Food Economy Home

A WOMAN OF COURAGE • James Marriott

Living the Magical Life

BOOKS IN BRIEF • Marian Van Eyk McCain