Author Profile: Paul Kingsnorth
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Small is Still Beautiful • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 299 • November/December 2016 • Brave New Worlds > Undercurrents
Progressive green thinkers have been seduced by the EU and bypassed by a modern day Peasants' Revolt
The Man Who Saw Fire In the Eye of the Wolf • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 294 • January/February 2016 • A Food Renaissance > Undercurrents
Reassessing the work of Aldo Leopold
The 'Neo-greens' Will Not Rejuvenate Our Movement • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 287 • November/December 2014 • The Future We Want and the One We Can't Afford > Undercurrents
The new pragmatic environmentalism splits humanity from Nature
Staggering Beauty • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 283 • March/April 2014 • Small is the New Big > Reviews
Review of Monte León National Park
Poetry - Transhuman Magnificence • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 282 • January/February 2014 • Benevolent Universe > Regulars > Poetry
Celebrating the radical American poet Robinson Jeffers
Small and Free • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 273 • July/August 2012 • Emerging Networks > Undercurrents
The crisis of bigness
Article - Uncivilisation • Paul Kingsnorth & Dougald Hine
Issue 267 • July/August 2011 • Once Upon A Time > Web Exclusives > Article
The second Dark Mountain Festival addresses the issues of our changing world
Down the Dark Mountain • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 263 • November/December 2010 • Apostles of Beauty > Undercurrents
A cultural movement for an age of disruption
Article - Dark Mountain Project • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 263 • November/December 2010 • Apostles of Beauty > Web Exclusives > Article
Discover the 'Principles of Uncivilisation'
Review - Colour and Hope • George Monbiot & Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 256 • September/October 2009 • Exploring Consciousness > Web Exclusives > Review
Review of Solsbury Hill: Chronicle of a Road Protest.
Review - The English Resistance • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 252 • January/February 2009 • Nature Crunch: Redesign, Rethink, Reimagine > Web Exclusives > Review
Review of The art of knowing where and who you are.
A Fair Trade First • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 251 • November/December 2008 • Feasting & Fasting: Connecting the Plate and the Planet > Frontline
The birth of the world's first 'Fair Trade Nation'.
Rainforest Progress • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 251 • November/December 2008 • Feasting & Fasting: Connecting the Plate and the Planet > Frontline
Legal agreements that give hope for the future of the Amazon forests.
Review - How Are We Doing? • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 251 • November/December 2008 • Feasting & Fasting: Connecting the Plate and the Planet > Web Exclusives > Review
Review of The art of knowing where and who you are.
On Yer Bike • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 249 • July/August 2008 • Music for Transformation > Frontline
A climate-friendly transport initiative.
Reasons to be cheerful • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 249 • July/August 2008 • Music for Transformation > Frontline
The successful defence of the 'Merton Rule'.
Songs for Action • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 249 • July/August 2008 • Music for Transformation > Frontline
Tackling and preventing HIV.
Making Villages Work • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth > Frontline
Peace returns to parts of the Congo.
Lake Heroine Wins Award • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth > Frontline
Highlighting the dangers of nuclear pollution in Russia.
Natural Abundance • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth > Frontline
Harvesting the city orchards.
The Freeconomy Community • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 246 • January/February 2008 • Gandhi's Gift: The Power Of Nonviolence > Frontline
Encouraging community self-sufficiency by offering and sharing skills.
Keeping it Local • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 245 • November/December 2007 • The Moral Economy > Frontline
Using community currencies to sideline corporate monopolies.
Energy Lessons • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 245 • November/December 2007 • The Moral Economy > Frontline
Two British primary schools are leading the way with their eco-clubs and eco-councils and have reached the finals of the Ashden Awards.
Carbon Diet • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 245 • November/December 2007 • The Moral Economy > Frontline
An accurate way of calculating your daily ecological footprint.
Waste Not? • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 245 • November/December 2007 • The Moral Economy > Frontline
BIOTECH India has reached the finals of the Ashden Awards for its small-scale plants which turn food waste into biogas.
Big Green Taxi • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative > Frontline
Fuel-efficient hybrid taxis in New York City.
Slow Money • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative > Frontline
Using local money to fund local projects in the UK.
Buy a Bale • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 243 • July/August 2007 • The Point of Return > Frontline
Bristol's Knowle West Media Centre is building a £3 million straw-bale community headquarters.
Hope under Fire • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 243 • July/August 2007 • The Point of Return > Frontline
Rasha Zidan founded the Knowledge for Iraqi Women Society to raise awareness of the suffering of women under occupation.
FUTURE SCHOOL • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures > Frontline
St Francis of Assisi primary school in Notting Hill, London is building a classroom from recycled materials and aims to be self-sufficient in energy.
HONOURING OUR HERITAGE • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures > Frontline
AEGILOPS is rescuing seeds from extinction by promoting traditional varieties of wheat in Greece.
REAL FOOD • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures > Frontline
Rocket Gardens and True Food Co-op are making organic growing and buying in the UK easier.
SOIL FOR LIFE • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures > Frontline
Soil for Life is a South African NGO that teaches poor and hungry people gardening for the body, the mind and the soul.
RURALZED • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 241 • March/April 2007 • Urban Ecology > Frontline
Bill Dunster has developed a design for affordable, ecological self-build homes in the UK.
FARE SHARES FOR THE PLANET • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 241 • March/April 2007 • Urban Ecology > Frontline
FareShare works with major food retailers in the UK to distribute unsold food to homeless and disadvantaged people.
GREEN AND PLEASANT LAND • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 241 • March/April 2007 • Urban Ecology > Frontline
Zero-waste and carbon-neutral villages in the UK.
NEGLECTED ASSETS • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 241 • March/April 2007 • Urban Ecology > Frontline
Stuart Downward is helping urban communities to reclaim their lost rivers.
CALLING A SPADE A SPADE • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 241 • March/April 2007 • Urban Ecology > Frontline
Tools for Self Reliance is still making a difference by refurbishing unwanted tools.
GREENING SPIRES • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life > Frontline
An Oxford college has become the first in Britain to go carbon neutral.
NEGLECTED ASSETS • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life > Frontline
Stuart Downward is helping urban communities to reclaim their lost rivers.
FROM WASTE BIN TO WORKTOP • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life > Frontline
Britain's first fully recycled kitchen has arrived.
COSTA-ING THE EARTH • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life > Frontline
Sociópolis is a radical new eco-development on the Spanish coast.
LESSONS IN SUSTAINABILITY • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life > Frontline
The St Francis of Assisi Academy in Liverpool is Britain's first eco-school.
MONKEYING AROUND • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 239 • November/December 2006 • A Far Cry from Christmas > Frontline
Monkeybiz works with South African women to promote bead art which funds an HIV clinic.
PRIZES FOR THE EARTH • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 237 • July/August 2006 • Reflecting on India > Frontline
The Goldman Prize celebrates environmental heroes from across the globe.
THE EARTHSHIP HAS LANDED • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 237 • July/August 2006 • Reflecting on India > Frontline
Recycling 15,000 tyres to build autonomous dwellings.
OFFICE SPACE • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 237 • July/August 2006 • Reflecting on India > Frontline
The Ethical Property Foundation is helping small charities to find office space.
PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 236 • May/June 2006 • Animate Earth > Frontline
Evo Morales is Bolivia's first-ever indigenous president.
In My Own Words SIGNS OF HOPE • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 227 • November/December 2004 • Dialogue with Nature > Reviews
TRUSTING THE TRUST • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 199 • March/April 2000 • You are, therefore I am > Feature Articles
The National Trust needs to put environmental issues at the top of its agenda.
RIGHT TO ROAM • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 194 • May/June 1999 • special crafts issue: A Tale of Tapestry > Frontline
We must fight to keep our public footpaths.
Letters to the Editors • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 193 • March/April 1999 • Deterrence - Nature - Wild > Regulars > Letters to the Editors
Field Days - an anthology of Poetry
NEW MOON • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 192 • January/February 1999 • The Language of Animals > Science
Scientists have a plan. It is to abolish the night.
WILDERNESS IN BRITAIN • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 191 • November/December 1998 • Wildlands Philanthropy > Feature Articles
Saving Snowdon is a step in the right direction.
NATURE CORDONNED-OFF • Paul Kingsnorth
Issue 190 • September/October 1998 • Nature, Science and Society > Feature Articles
Wilderness in Britain has been pushed into a corner.