Real Wealth

Contents

Welcome

Wealth That Really Matters • Greg Neale

We need a new economics, for people and planet

Frontline

Anti-Coal Actions Spread • Kara Moses

Report on the growing campaign against fossil fuels

Fracking Firms Face New Opposition • Kara Moses

Anti-fracking protests continue in Lancashire

New Call for A Fairer Global Economy • Greg Neale

Oxfam urges corporate responsibility, aid for women, and curbs on tax dodging

Sudanese Political Activist Held Incommunicado • Greg Neale

An appeal on behalf of Amnesty International

Resurgence News and Events • Greg Neale

Updates and events from Resurgence, including Poetry Prize winners, London Talks and Resurgence Summer Camp

News from the Grassroots • Greg Neale

Environmental news from around the world

Ecologist

The Surprising Power of Low Tech • Jon Ehrenfeld & David Ehrenfeld

We need solutions to the environmental crisis that are affordable and effective

From Weeds to Wonder • Kate Blincoe

Reflecting on weeds and landscape

Home on The Range - But For How Long? • Verity Largo

East African pastoralists face increasing pressures on their way of life

We're Still Stronger Together • Oliver Tickell

A profile of Vivian Woodell, social entrepreneur and cooperative visionary

Keynotes

Towards an Economy That Works • Tim Jackson

Making the case for prosperity without growth

Degrowth - the Economics of the Future • Maya Kumar Mitchell

Filka Sekulova is a leading activist and advocate for economies based on rejecting endless consumption

Undercurrents

Working for a World Without War • Scilla Elworthy

How we can build peace in a world full of war

Tuning in to a high-rise Future • Herbert Girardet

The dramatic rise in China's population brings with it challenges

Ethical Living

From Nationalism To Glocalism • Satish Kumar

Taking power away from the EU and giving it to global players is not the answer

Reality Bites • Leo Johnson

Virtual environments will be the future normal

I'm Like, So, Metaphoric • Matt Harvey

Sparking up for the Energy Awards

Cradles of Morality • Priscilla Alderson

Our early ideas of right and wrong are innate

Quotes

Refugees • Brian Bilston

An poem taken from You Took the Last Bus Home, a collection of poetry by Brian Bilston

The Arts

The Restless Genius of Print • Rod Nelson

A major exhibition of the work of Katsushika Hokusai opens in London

Turning the Tide: A Celebration of the Ocean • Alice Sharp

Exploring the environmental thinking behind a major new exhibition in Hull, the 2017 UK City of Culture

Musical Medication • Simon Broughton

A profile of Abida Parveen, an extraordinary Sufi singer

Net Gains • Roberta Burchardt

Turning recycled fishing nets into works of beauty

Regulars

Poetry - The Quiet Voice of Humanity • Peter Abbs

Celebrating the rare power of Polish poet Adam Zagajewski

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters to our Editors

Reviews

A Prophet In His Own Place • Jonathon Porritt

Review of The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry

Down To The Last Drop • Edward Davey

Review of Water in Plain Sight Hope for a Thirsty World

A Pioneering Professor For Peace • Clive Barrett

Review of Adam Curle: Radical Peacemaker

Wanted: A True Climate Fiction • Nick Robins

Review of The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable

Making Waves • Paul Brown

Review of Greenpeace Captain: Bizarre Wanderings on the Rainbow Warrior

Trading Places • Rupert Read

Review of Progressive Protectionism: Taking Back Control

Web Exclusives

Article - A Coastal Ecology Is Melting Away • David Shaw

The surprising impacts of deglaciation on Arctic shorebirds

Review - Tides of Thought and Feeling • Peter Reason

Review of Driftfish: A Zoomorphic Anthology

Review - A Shiny Green Future • David Elliott

Review of The Switch: How Solar, Storage and New Tech Means Cheap Power for All