Issue 237 • July/August 2006

Welcome

IF WE LIVE WELL, ALL SHALL BE WELL • Satish Kumar

Compassion, not fear, should determine our actions.

Frontline

PRIZES FOR THE EARTH • Paul Kingsnorth

The Goldman Prize celebrates environmental heroes from across the globe.

A DUNG DEAL • Sanjay Sivadas

Elephant-dung paper: a unique way to protect elephants.

A MEXICAN CORNUCOPIA • Lisa Roberts

Preserving corn biodiversity in Mexico.

A PLACE OF HEALING • Angela Locke

On Watchtree Nature Reserve in the UK, new life is rising from the ashes of foot-and-mouth disease.

AN ECO-TOWN THRIVES • Stephen Leahy

Ivory Park EcoCity village, on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa.

SCOPE FOR CHANGE • Julie Richardson

Landscope is a new project at Dartington Hall, Devon, UK that aims to bring more people closer to the land.

THE EARTHSHIP HAS LANDED • Paul Kingsnorth

Recycling 15,000 tyres to build autonomous dwellings.

OFFICE SPACE • Paul Kingsnorth

The Ethical Property Foundation is helping small charities to find office space.

Current Affairs

A NEW REFORMATION • Matthew Fox

In the footsteps of Martin Luther: bringing Christianity alive in the 21st century.

COCALERO HERO • Stacy Marking

Evo Morales, Bolivia's president, was a grower of coca. Coca and cocaine are not the same thing.

BLIND SPOT • David Nicholson-Lord

The reluctance to address human population growth.

A RADICAL PRAGMATIST • Sophie Poklewski Koziell

An interview with Patrick Holden, Director of the Soil Association.

PART OF A SOLUTION • Guy Watson

The business model at Riverford Organics poses an interesting question: can big be beautiful as well?

Keynotes

ALL THAT IS GOOD • Michael Axworthy

It's time to celebrate the achievements of democracy.

THE TERRORIST IN THE MIRROR • Noam Chomsky

The US and the UK perpetuate self-serving, hypocritical foreign policies which will continue to be rejected by the Muslim world.

India

CHALLENGING STEREOTYPES • David Gosling

The mainstream media dupe us into thinking that most global problems originate from so-called developing countries. Environmentally, India has been a world leader - at least at the political level.

UNWANTED ADVICE • Vandana Shiva

The US-India Knowledge Initiative is promoting ignorance in the name of knowledge. The techniques of traditional Indian agriculture cannot be 'improved'.

INVESTORS IN PEOPLE • Chris Wright

Change cannot be imposed on India from outside. For development to be self-sustaining it has to be self-organised.

LADY BUDDHA • Swati Chopra

People like Tenzin Palmo act as bridges between the old and the new.

Culture

MUSICAL MANIFESTOS • Hugh Warwick

Seize The Day: the musical wing of the ecology movement.

POWER OF LIGHT • Katy Beinart

The artist James Turrell creates wholeness out of perceptions, patterns, dreams and silence.

INTERPRETING THE WORLD • Clive Adams

How contemporary artists are developing new understandings of our connection and responsibilities to Nature.

ON FORM • Rosie Pearson

An exhibition of the work of stone-carvers at Asthall Manor in Oxfordshire, UK.

TWO NIGHTINGALES • Jørgen Stig Nørgård

The deeper meaning in Hans Christian Andersen's stories.

THE NATURAL VISION • John Lane

A tribute to John Constable, written to coincide with an exhibition at Tate Britain.

Regulars

Letters to the Editors

Poetry - NIGEL McLOUGHLIN • Peter Abbs

An Ulster poet with a compelling lyrical voice.

Recipes - A POOR PERFECTION • Rose Prince

Perfectly formed fruits and vegetables do not necessarily taste the best. Cauliflower remoulade and outer lettuce-leaf soup.

The Long View - HERE, IS ETERNAL SPRING • Harry Eyres

The special meaning of 'here'.

Small Steps - REV DOWN • Ruth Rosselson

Helpful hints to reduce your car's ecological footprint.

Touchstone - GO TO HEAVEN ON AN EGG • Colin Hodgetts

How not to market Christianity.

Visionaries - GOETHE • Brian Goodwin

Goethe united art and science and created a holistic culture.

Reviews

THE BIG PICTURE • Jane Goodall

Black Market: Inside the Endangered Species Trade in Asia by Ben Davies

A RETURN TO CIVILISED VALUES • James Wells-Bruges

The Collapse of Globalism by John Ralston Saul

EARTH AS FAMILY • Prahlad Shekhawat

Earth Democracy by Vandana Shiva

SAVING THE PLANET IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT • Caroline Lucas MEP

Plan B 2.0 by Lester R. Brown

WAR IS FUTILE • Paul Rogers

Making Terrorism History by Scilla Elworthy and Gabrielle Rifkind

A CENTURY IN THE GARDEN • Ruth Gendler

The Wild Braid by Stanley Kunitz

NO THANKS TO NUCLEAR POWER • Stephen Tindale

The Revenge of Gaia by James Lovelock

FAITH BASE • Ulric Van Den Bogaerde

A Brief Guide to Islam by Paul Grieve

A NEW TACK • Chris Baines

Beyond Conservation by Peter Taylor

LESS AND LOCAL • Jerry Mander

The Party's Over by Richard Heinberg and Power Down by Richard Heinberg

Web Exclusives

Review - A GANDHIAN INFLUENCE • Paul Salstrom

Gandhi as Disciple and Mentor by Thomas Weber

Review - FROM EMPIRE TO EARTH COMMUNITY • David Korten

The Great Turning by David Korten

Review - LIGHT AND SHADOW • Jordi Pigem

The Integral Operating System by Ken Wilber