Transport

Contents

Welcome

Welcome • Satish Kumar

Speed is not the solution.

Feature Articles

PLEASURE OF WALKING • James Hillman

There is walking in Paradise and also there is Paradise in walking.

JOY OF CYCLING • John Grimshaw

Cycling brings health and independence.

WATERWAYS • John Gummer

Canals are some of Britain's most important assets.

CANALS RENAISSANCE • Eugene Baston

Heavy goods go lightly on water.

ROAD REVOLUTION • Penelope Tapp

Transport 2000 has transformed our thinking about road-building.

A TRAIN IS LIKE A POEM • John Ezard

Writers and poets praise trains.

THE DRIVE FOR A BETTER FUTURE • Reg Boorer

Cars should not pollute us to death.

TRAFFIC IN TOWNS • Peter Headicar

The future of towns is at the root of contemporary debates about travel and transport.

ACTION DIARY • Lucy Hamer

People are taking action to make mobility sustainable.

FRUGAL FLYING • Tim Johnson

Continued growth of aviation is unsustainable.

SORRY LORRIES • John Whitelegg

Lorries are a significant source of air and noise pollution.

QUOTES

TEN PRINCIPLES FOR A NEW TRANSPORT POLICY • Axel Scheffler

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Economy

TAMING WORLD TRADE • Nick Robins

The World Trade Organisation faces new challenges from the South.

THE GREAT QUESTIONING • Maurice Ash

Should the fragile temple of the banking system fall, the world would never be the same again.

Agriculture

SUICIDE SEEDS • Michael Viney

Terminator Technology represents the ultimate threat to seed diversity.

LOVE OF FARMING • Donella Meadows

Why do we pay so little to farmers? Why do they keep farming?

Frontline

SUSTAINABLE BRISTOL • James Wells-Bruges

A group in Bristol is asking questions about urban planning.

The Arts

Craft: OUR WORLD • Philip Vann

The art of Dora Holzhandler celebrates earth, heaven and humanity.

WORKS OF DELIGHT • Sara Hudston

Furniture maker, John Makepeace, is reviving the nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts philosophy.

Timeless Wisdom

SPIRITUAL TRINITY • Satish Kumar

We are all acorns. We are all capable of finding mighty oaks within ourselves.

Regulars

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

Poetry - MILLENIAL HYMN TO LORD SHIVA • Kathleen Raine

Letters to the Editors

Reviews

WOMEN AND NATURE • Julia Ponsonby

Review of Women Pioneers for the Environment

PRAISE TO INDIA • John Lane

Review of River of Colour: The India of Raghubir Singh and India: Don McCullin

VARIETIES OF VISION • Chellis Glendinning

Review of Sight and Sensibility: the Ecopsychology of Perception

CHARISMA OF CRAFTS • Gay Watson

Review of The Crafts in Britain in the 20th Century

CAPITALISM TO COMMUNITARIANISM • Satish Kumar

Review of The Post-Corporate World; Life after Capitalism

PASSION FOR PATHS • Veronica Ross

Review of The South West Coast Path National Trail - a History and The South West Coast Path - 1999 Guide

SHAPING THE FUTURE • Judy Jones

Review of Which World? Global Destinies, Regional Choices

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT • Victoria Bawtree

Review of Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason

BOOKS IN BRIEF • James Robertson

Review of The Bug and You and The Bug and Me

BOOKS IN BRIEF • Roger Wheeler

Review of Global Healing: essays and interviews

BOOKS IN BRIEF • John Jopling

Review of Green Guide, London edition