Right to a Way of Life

THE NEWS IS GETTING WORSE • David Nicholson-Lord

Any objective analysis of media reporting shows they are becoming more superficial and materialistic.

RIGHT TO A WAY OF LIFE • Laura Rival

For indigenous people, human rights means the right to carry on a certain way of living.

WHAT KIND OF CITY? • Herbert Girardet

Cities of the future need to be Earth-friendly, energy-efficient andspiritually enchanting.

RESPONSIBLE WEALTH • Donella Meadows

Even some wealthy people are appalled by the widening income gap.

HUMBLE IN VENICE • Judy Gahagan

Imagine if we could flood our cities and travel by boat as in Venice.

END OF DEVELOPMENT • Andrew Mclaughlin

Development as we know it is another name for economic imperialism.

THE MILLENNIAL TREE • Andy McGeeney

There is a perfect symbol to celebrate the millennium: it is the planting of yew trees.

CHILDREN OF RUSKIN MILL • Brigitte Norland

Problems are not there to be eliminated but to be lived through.

OASES EVERYWHERE • Margaret Collier-Bendelow

The composting method of Pierre Rabhi leads to the replenishment of the land.

LUMINOUS ART • Mark Kidel

Tony Lane¹s paintings recover some of the lost power of images.

SCULPTURES OF SORROW • Chris Hall

The sculptures of Marianne Hall.

MYSTERIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE • Alan Watts

An appreciation of the thoughts of G.K. Chesterton who believed in spiritual worldliness and divinity of ordinary objects.

Up the Elephant and Round the Castle • David Nicholson-Lord

Business Diary • Sheila Moorcroft

Letters to the Editors

Recipes • Dana Spowers

Letter from America • Jay Walljasper

Poetry

BODY ART • John Lane

Review of Decorated Skin: A World Survey of Body Art

DEATH BY CONSUMPTION • Nick Robins

Review of Sharing The World, and Tomorrow¹s World

GREEN INSIGHTS • Victoria Bawtree

Review of Ecopolitics: the Environment in Poststructuralist Thought

DEBT DEMOCRACY • Frances Hutchinson

Review of The Globalisation of Poverty: Impacts of IMF and World Bank Reforms

FROM PROBLEMS TO SOLUTIONS • Richard Douthwaite

Review of Towards a Sustainable Economy, and To End Poverty

MOTHER TO MILLIONS • John Elkington

Review of Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature

QUESTIONING TOURISM • Greg Neale

Review of Rethinking Tourism and Ecotravel

A WARRIOR WOMAN • Claus Biegert

Review of Last Standing Woman

A MAN FOR OUR TIME • Cecil Evans

Review of Gandhi and the Contemporary World

CELEBRATING SOLITUDE • Lindsay Clarke

Review of Hermits: The Insights of Solitude

A MILLENNIUM CURRICULUM • Mary Tasker

Review of Education for Sustainability

ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE • Seaton Baxter

Review of Valuing Nature: Economics, Ethics and Environment

HUMAN HABITATS • David Pearson

Review of Designing Ecological Settlements

MOVED BY MOUNTAINS • Julia Ponsonby

Review of Sacred Mountains: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Meaning