Dialogue with Nature

Contents

Welcome

CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CONSUMING THE EARTH • Satish Kumar

Feature Articles

GIFT OF GOD • Archbishop Rowan Williams

Changing the myths we live by.

DIALOGUE WITH NATURE • Mark Kidel

Richard Long creates art while walking across a field; there is something of the pilgrim in him.

TYRANNY OF TIME • John de Graaf

A letter to our European friends.

DEVELOPMENT AND RELIGION • Satish Kumar

The route to sustainable development is through the gift of service to the world and the sharing of the Earth's gifts.

THE CRACKED MIRROR • Wangari Maathai

There were many good things in Africa before colonialism.

HUMAN RIGHTS • Mia MacDonald

We need to strengthen the people.

INSPIRING CHANGE • Tony Juniper

Pollution of the environment is made more certain through the pollution of people's minds.

A TALE OF TWO ECOVILLAGES • Jonathan Dawson

Reviving the health of local communities.

FARMING BY THE MOON • Maria Davies

The biodynamic farming practised at Tablehurst is a spiritually evolved method of cultivation.

TRY FORGIVENESS • Michael Henderson

It is better to have the pains of peace than the agonies of war.

A LIVING CRAFT • Sue Carpenter

An ancient craft is being revived.

A SMALL WOOD BLOCK • Pramod Kumar & KG

The Anokhi way of creating patterns and possibilities.

THROUGH THE SURFACE • Oliver Lowenstein

The future of 'making' in the twenty-first century.

ORGANIC FORMS • Harland Walshaw

"The straight line is godless and immoral," said architect and artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

SACRED CINEMA • Molly Hollenbach

The ethos "May this film be of benefit to all beings" encapsulates the difference between Sacred Cinema and Hollywood.

RING OF BELLS • Andy Brown

Through music and sculpture, films and farming, Marcus Vergette is a poetic witness.

ART OF THE GARDEN • Brigitte Norland

Two great British passions are celebrated in one outstanding exhibition.

Regulars

Poetry • Suzanne Blair, Lisa Dart, Terry Gifford & Andrea Hollander Budy

Visionaries • Ed Mayo & George McRobie

Musical Journeys • Arpi Shively

A Sense of Place • Jonathan D. Evelegh

Letters to the Editors

Recipes • Daphne Lambert

Frontline

WOODLESS CONSTRUCTION • Peeyush Sekhsaria

Rethinking building techniques.

WEALTH FOR WELLBEING • Carol Newell

Instead of saving for the future, build that future now.

BREAKING STEREOTYPES • James Illman

Introducing Fairly Traded photography.

Reviews

In My Own Words LONGING FOR REAL LIFE • Mary Grey

In My Own Words SIGNS OF HOPE • Paul Kingsnorth

OUT OF THE BOX • Rolf Jucker

Review of Mindful Conservatism

COMMON DESTINY • Miriam MacGillis

Review of Awakening Universe

A RE-AWAKENING • Carlos Philip Glover

Review of Heart Seeds

EMPTYING THE GOLDEN CHALICE • Peter Lang

Review of Real World Economic Outlook

CHANGING LANDSCAPES • Stephanie Mills

Review of Where We Belong

A WORLD CONTAINING MANY WORLDS • Sophie Style

Review of The Zapatista Reader

THE LANGUAGE OF LIFE • Jane MacNamee

Review of Heart of the Country

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS • Archie MacKenzie

Review of The Breaking of Nations

FIRED EARTH • John Lane

Review of Brick: A World History

FEARLESS FORMS • Maya Kumar Mitchell

Review of Sandy Brown, A Monograph

PAPER HOUSES • Mark Fletcher

Review of Shigeru Ban

REASONS TO BE VEGAN • Lorna Howarth

Review of A Vegan Taste of the Middle East

BOOKS IN BRIEF • Marian Van Eyk McCain