Inspired Designs

Contents

Welcome

INSPIRED BY NATURE • Satish Kumar

Feature Articles

SILENT TSUNAMIS • Jamie Drummond

We have the vision and resources to eradicate AIDS and poverty.

TIME FOR A PEASANT REVOLUTION • Colin Tudge

The industrialisation of agriculture creates mass unemployment, poverty and hunger.

ALL ABOARD THE SKYLARK! • Richard Hammond

Can responsible tourism sit comfortably with air travel?

GENIUS OF NATURE • Janine Benyus

Biomimicry offers us the opportunity to experience the genius of nature.

EARTH TO EARTH • Harland Walshaw

Houses that unite beauty and sustainability.

SACRED DESIGN • David Kirkland

A Christian perspective on architecture.

THE ISLAMIC IMAGINATION • Emma Clark

Paradise is the garden where water flows.

MEDITATION HALL • Ajahn Sucitto

A 'forest monastery' at Chithurst.

TIMBER RENAISSANCE • Oliver Lowenstein

Bringing skills back from the edge of extinction.

DOES YOUR HOME MAKE YOU SICK? • Erica M. Elliott

Illnesses do not come out of the blue.

ANIMA MUNDI • Amy Lenzo

Dancing the soul of the world.

A SHAMANIC JOURNEY • John Michell

The spiritual traditions of the Altai people of Siberia are flourishing.

BIZARRE BAZAAR • Anita Roddick

Ritual does us a power of good.

Regulars

Voice From The South - TSUNAMI LESSONS • Vandana Shiva

Small Steps - CONSCIENCE CLOTHING • Ruth Rosselson

Crafts - CULTURE OF CLAY • Rebecca Yeo

Touchstone - MOAN THERAPY • Colin Hodgetts

Letters to the Editors

Poetry - HOMAGE TO RILKE • Peter Abbs

Notes From The Underground - SECOND-HAND • David Nicholson-Lord

Visionaries - TAMBIMUTTU • Sebastian Barker

A Sense of Place - STROKING THE COLUMBIA • Christopher Swain

Notes From The Underground - SECOND-HAND • David Nicholson-Lord

Frontline

SWEET MEDICINE • Marian Van Eyk McCain

Reviews

In My Own Words: THE ECOLOGY OF SELF-REFLECTIO • William Bloom

THE FLOATING WORLD • John Lane

Review of Hokusai

A BEACON TO DISPEL THE GLOOM • Chris Hall

Review of Joys: Passages from the Works of Thomas Traherne

A VITAL MIND • Brian Keeble

Review of The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswami

GRAY'S ANATOMY • Kirkpatrick Sale

Review of Heresies: Against Progress and Other Illusions

EQUITY IS SURVIVAL • Mark Lynas

Review of How We Can Save the Planet

THE FUTURE IS NOW • Elaine Brook

Review of Cities People Planet

A LIVING TRADITION • Nick Jones

Review of The Floss on the Mill

BOOKS IN BRIEF • Marian Van Eyk McCain

Web Exclusives

Article - THE REFLECTIVE LIFE • Judy Gahagan

Staying human by writing poems.

Article - DEAD-WOOD • Phil Page

Just another blot on the landscape or a valuable aesthetic and wildlife habitat?

Article - SCHOOL OF CARING • Clive Davidson

Learning at Brockwood Park is based on ecology and a sense of the sacred.