Issue 252 • January/February 2009
Nature Crunch: Redesign, Rethink, Reimagine
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Welcome
Nature Crunch • Satish Kumar
The credit crunch is an opportunity to redesign our money system.
Frontline
Rainforest Nations Lead the Way • Lorna Howarth
New commitments to stop rainforest loss and protect endangered species.
Creating Coral • Lorna Howarth
Using appropriate technology to restore damaged reefs.
The Grandmothers Speak • Sophia Style
Reviving the traditions, rituals and medicines that can help heal the world.
Love in Action • Virginia Kennedy
Working with communities for positive change.
Keynotes
Divine Abiding • David Cadman
The 'holy life' is necessary grounding for us all.
Liberation Ecology • Frances Moore Lappé
Forget "no growth" - the reality is "endless possibility".
A Green New Deal • Tony Juniper
Mobilising billions for a low-carbon economy.
Darwin Revisioned • Brian Goodwin
Transforming Darwinian evolution into a liberating vision for 21st century.
How to be Hopeful • Barbara Kingsolver
Some sound advice for us all.
Quotes
Lord • Rumi
Lord, the air smells good.
You Have Two Cows • Anon
Political perspectives on having two cows.
Biocultural Diversity
Costing the Earth • Terence Hay-Edie
Valuing Nature's abundance.
The Arts
Land Marks • Andy Christian
Can art help raise awareness of what we are doing to the Earth?
Modern Elegance • Ivy Cooper
The award-winning architecture of Tadao Ando.
Regulars
Poetry - In the Service of Beauty • Rose Flint
The power of metaphoric language to integrate our lives and give soul to the world.
Nature Writers - A Moral Gaze • Robert Macfarlane
Inspirational writers who change the way we see the world.
A Sense of Place - Flight Paths on Skomer • Jane MacNamee
Skomer island is a haven to thousands of breeding seabirds.
Slow Travel - Walking the world • Gregor Sieböck
A glimpse of the journey from Austria to New Zealand.
Gardening - The Perfect Garden • Brigitte Norland
There is rhythm in the tide of growth.
Transition Time - Living Without Oil • Mark Boyle
Embarking on a journey to live more respectfully with Gaia.
The Occasional Didymus - Killing Time • John Moat
Time doesn’t actually need saving.
Short Story - Polaris • Amanda Edwards
No other star is as quick to tell me where to go.
The Big Picture - Icons of England • Lorna Howarth
Campaign to protect rural England.
Letters to the Editors - Eyes Wide Open
Members' Page • Tracey Benton
Commit to one action to serve the planet in 2009.
Members' Page - New Year Resolutions • Tracey Benton
New Year Resolutions to serve the planet.
Reviews
Exit Strategy • Oliver Tickell
The shift to a low-carbon future.
A New Capitalism • Philip Strong
A World Without Poverty.
Corporate Evolution • Jonathon Porritt
The Necessary Revolution.
A Saner Society • James Sainsbury
The Selfish Capitalist: Origins of Affluenza.
Institutional Dishonesty • Moyra Bremner
The Secret History of the War on Cancer.
The Age of Embezzlement • Colin Tudge
The Gods That Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets Has Cost Us Our Future
The Case for Common Sense • Andy Christian
The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience.
Our Cellular Landscape • Julie de Bastion
Body Eloquence: The Power of Myth and Story to Awaken the Body's Energies.
Exercises in Thinking • James Clarke
Transcendence: Seekers and Seers in the Age of Thoreau.
Way-Finding • Lorna Howarth
The Wild Places.
Cultural Psychotherapy • Edmund O'Sullivan
Hell and High Water: Climate Change, Hope and the Human Condition.
Philosopher of Grace • Paul Zeal
Understanding Gregory Bateson.
Creative Co-operation • Jeremy Hooker
Batu-Angas: Envisioning Nature with Alfred Russel Wallace.
Web Exclusives
Article - Black is the New White • Lorna Howarth
A teenager’s invention to help save the planet.
Article - Forest Gardening • Justin West
Regenerating landscapes, rediscovering abundance.
Article - Growing Communities • Lorna Howarth
Julie Brown has created a local food project as vibrant and diverse as the community in which she lives.
Article - Nature's Signature • Mark Vaughan
The art of Pip Benveniste is an expression of her love for the land and the vast connectedness of all life.
Article - Truth of Experience • Jeremy Hooker
The paintings of David Tress are alive, fluid and belong to an Earth marked by ancient human presence.
Review - The English Resistance • Paul Kingsnorth
The art of knowing where and who you are.