Issue 259 • March/April 2010
Seeds of Change: The Future of Food
Welcome
Food Beautiful Food • Satish Kumar
Food from trees and vegetarian food grown organically are an ecological imperative.
Frontline
101 Solutions to Climate Change • Lorna Howarth
How long could it take for the world to be powered entirely by renewable energy?
Language Barriers • Lorna Howarth
China's young people ask for more information on climate change.
Hopenhagen' • Lorna Howarth
Beyond the debates, protests and walk-outs, there was much to be inspired by at COP15.
Earth Day • Lorna Howarth
The Billion Acts of Green campaign is a chance to make a difference and be part of history in the making.
Victory for Indian Wildlife • Lorna Howarth
A tiger reserve and a key elephant migration corridor has been protected.
Earth Journalism • Lorna Howarth
Honouring the world's best climate change reporting.
Undercurrents
Repair Project • John Moat
A Gandhian approach to domestic violence that really works.
Our Bee Brethren • Philip Chandler
Why we must now ask what we need to give back to the bees?
Quotes
Strong in the Rain • Kenji Miyazawa
Strong in the rain, strong in the sun.
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front • Wendell Berry
Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed.
All the Joy • Shantideva
All the joy the world contains.
Keynotes
We Have Enough • John Naish
Those who know they have enough are already rich.
Food
The Future of Food • Elizabeth Amrien
The future of food and the future of humanity are intricately linked.
A New Food Future? • Andrew Kimbrell
Why the future of food must be rooted in an organic ethos.
Food Rights and Wrongs • Molly D Anderson
Food sovereignty respects women's rights, including the right to food.
The True Cost of Cheap Food • Timothy A Wise
Globalisation may produce cheap food, but who really benefits?
Eat Like It Matters • Mia MacDonald
Eating less meat may be the best way of tackling global warming.
Power to Producers • Harriet Lamb
Fairtrade is a real success story for producers and commnunities
Make Friends with Farmers • Michael Ableman
Farms as living models keeping our sacred knowledge alive.
The Arts
The Beauty of Nature • Peter Adams
Through art and imagination, humans can learn to love the Earth again.
Regulars
Poetry - A Recipe for Water • Gillian Clarke
Intense lyrical poetry that displays the beauty of Nature.
Opinion - Emissions Trading? I Beg Your Indulgence • Gar Smith
A wry look at the cap and trade CO2 emissions schemes.
Gardening - Beans and Peas • Brigitte Norland
The delicious scent and versatility of sweet peas has given rise to whole societies of passionate aficionados.
Voice From The South - Water Wisdom • Vandana Shiva
India has over-exploited her groundwater, creating water famine.
Big Foot, Little Foot - Living on Low Carbon • Mukti Mitchell
Cutting your carbon footprint will bring a clear conscience and maximum joy.
Pioneers - In the Cosmic Swimme • Eric Maddern
The Universe is moving in a clearly purpose-filled direction.
Food - The Market Dogma • Guy Watson
The market can be a useful tool but a clumsy master.
Deep Spirit - An Ecological Sense of Home • Thomas Moore
An awareness of health, harmony and beauty is all places and settings is the wider meaning of ecology.
Letters to the Editors - Bird Appreciation
Members' Page - Community Page • Ian Tennant
Taking action for the wellbeing of the planet.
Reviews
The Future of the Ancient World • Jeremy Naydler
The Future of the Ancient World: Essays on the History of Consciousness
The Poet of Ecology • Robert Waller
The Poet of Ecology: A Selection of Writings in Memory of Robert Waller
A Vision of Peace • Roger Ash Wheeler
The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddhist Economics for the 21st Century
Oasis for the Soul • Dominic Corrywright
The Search for Spirituality: Our Global Quest for Meaning and Fulfilment
The Moralisation of Violence • Ariane Koek
The Liberal Defence of Murder
Vitality of Spirit • John Lane
In Celebration of Cecil Colins
The Divine Microcosm • Clare Goodrick-Clarke
Where on Earth is Heaven?
Antarctica of the Mind • Jeremy Hooker
Drawn to Antarctica: An Artist's View
The New Canaries in the Coal Mine • Maurice Carder
A World without Bees: The Mysterious Decline of the Honeybee and what it Means for Us
Celestial Deity • David Jay Brown
Sun of gOd: Discover the self-Organizing Consciousness That Underlies Everything
Web Exclusives
Article - Get Your Hands Dirty • Sandor Katz
We have regulated food production to a mostly remote economic sector.
Article - The Framing Game • Mark Winne
No-one should be denied access to healthy, affordable food.
Article - The Next Food Revolution • Benny Haerlin
The future of food, agriculture, development and sustainability depend on small-scale farmers.
Article - Summits Without Soul • Rob Collister
The goal of mountaineering is to explore rather than to conquer.
Article - Spring Menu • Jane Le Besque
Experiment with nature's rich harvest.
Article - Applied Philosophy • Shaun Chamberlin
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.
Article - Reflective Waters • Siobhan Horner
Slow travel on the French canals.
Article - Art and Beauty • Andrew Frisardi
God and Work: Aspects of Art and Tradition
Article - Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries • Rasoul Sorkhabi
A documentary film about the life of Peter Matthiessen.