Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 203 • November/December 2000
It is a gift to be simple

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Welcome

Welcome •

Feature articles

A CULTURE OF SIMPLICITY •

The sixteenth-century Japanese tea master refined the culture of wabi-sabi.

EPICUREAN SIMPLICITY •

How are we to live?

THE GREAT AFFAIR •

Thomas Merton had the knack of presenting things in simple forms.

THE FADING RAINBOW •

Once our physical needs are satisfied what further use have we of nature?

DECLARATION OF DEPENDENCE •

We depend on the Earth.

MAGIC OF THE SEA •

Sustainable use of inshore waters will bring security to coastal communities.

THE CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME •

A sustainable society can only be built on the foundations of ecoliteracy and ecodesign.

BEYOND THE BIG LIPS •

The knowledge of people of the Amazon can guide Brazil towards ecologically appropriate development.

A NOMADIC JOURNEY •

Oasis gardens in the Sinai desert reflect the Bedouin people's love for their land.

JOURNEY TO THE SOURCE •

Three friends in Australia set off to walk to the headwaters of a little creek.

THE WORLD IS NOT FOR SALE • &

We refuse to eat food from factories.

HERBICIDE, PESTICIDE ? SUICIDE •

Seed merchants prosper and farmers wither.

AT THE POINT OF DEATH •

A funeral guide.

LOVING THE ENEMY •

How to protest with loving-kindness.

The Arts

IN THE GARDEN OF GAIA •

The sculptures of Giles Kent are an embodiment of simplicity and serenity.

CATCHING THE LIGHT •

The painter, Harold Hitchcock, is enraptured by the movement of light.

Frontline

CELEBRATION •

Resurgence marks twenty-five years of editorship.

FRIENDLY FARMING •

Regenerating barren land in Pakistan.

CLEAN COLOUR • &

Nature gives us colour, synthetic dyes give us problems.

A RING OF GREEN •

Urban farming in Shanghai.

A VICTORY •

Sri Lankan court blocks phosphate development.

Regulars

The Occasional Didymus •

Up the Elephant and Round the Castle •

Business Diary •

Readings • &

Poetry •

A Sense of Place •

Recipes •

Magazines & Publishers

FUTURE NATURE •

An occasional magazine blending art with ecology and technology.

WOODEN BOOKS •

Books with quality of craftsmanship and delicate charm.

Reviews

SMALL IS STILL BEAUTIFUL •

Review of Small is Beautiful

SCIENCE IN SERVITUDE •

Review of Playing Safe: Science and the Environment

GOOD ENOUGH CITIES •

Review of Building the 21st-Century Home London, Pathways to the Future

THE RISKS WE RUN •

Review of Democracy at Risk

SCIENTIFIC SPIRITUALITY •

Review of SQ - Spiritual Intelligence

PEOPLE AND TREES •

Review of The Time of Trees - A Photographic Essay

PAIN AND PRAYERS •

Review of The Pool of Memory

DANGERS OF DEVELOPMENT •

Review of The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalised Economy

ORDER AND CHAOS •

Review of The Blackwinged Night

PEOPLE'S CRAFT •

Review of Traditional Pottery of India The Golden Age of Irish Art

SUBLIME TRUTHS •

Review of Verses from the Center

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Review of Landscape with Portraits

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Review of How the Whale Became

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Review of The Ecology of Health

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Review of The Tribal Arts of Africa Chokwe!

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Review of Cutting Your Car Use