The Four Pillars of Sustainability

Contents

Welcome

TIME TO CHOOSE • Satish Kumar

Feature Articles

FLAWS OF PERCEPTION • Deepak Chopra

To really understand the nature of reality, we must look through the eyes of the soul.

A HEART FULL OF WONDER • Katie Green

The union of science and spirituality reflects the transformation that is occurring in individuals.

A CONFLUENCE OF TWO MINDS • Rasoul Sorkhabi

The Dalai Lama and Albert Einstein: a tale of two remarkable men.

CUT THE CARBON! • Paul Allen

The key challenge for the future is to decide which is the best low-carbon energy source.

THE REALITY OF RENEWABLES • Godfrey Boyle

Germany is living proof that we can move from fossil fuels and nuclear power to clean, renewable energy.

IN PRAISE OF SOLAR • Chris Dunham

Roofing materials that do nothing but keep the rain out are a shameful waste of space.

BLUE POWER • Dave Elliott

Energy abundance from the seas.

BOUNTIFUL BIOMASS • Jonathan Scurlock

Local, constant and natural energy.

SIMPLE SOLUTIONS • David Nicholson-Lord

Bringing environment and development together.

DEMOCRATISING SCIENCE • Rupert Sheldrake

Let the public decide on the fate of one per cent of our science budget.

FREE-WHEELING • Jane Elizabeth Lemke

A ride through the seasons of the Pacific Northwest.

TO RAMBLE • Tom Hodgkinson

Slow down, you move too fast?

LIFE WITHOUT POCKETS • Rajesh Shah

The addition of a new item to the household should be matched by the removal of another.

GARDEN GIFTS • Brigitte Norland

Food and warmth, sweetness and light are the sun's gifts in the garden.

The Arts

WHERE LAND TOUCHES SKY • Philip Vann

The journeys, struggles and bucolic bliss encapsulated in Neil MacPherson's paintings.

500 YEARS FROM NOW • Oliver Lowenstein

Who is continuing Joseph Beuys's fascinating legacy?

A TALENTED TROUPE • Harland Walshaw

For Footsbarn, all the world is a stage.

CRAFT CULTURE • Alan Crawford

To please the eye and satisfy the mind.

Regulars

Small Steps • Alwyn Marriage

Perspectives

Voice From The South • Vandana Shiva

Poetry - MARTIN SCHMANDT and LOREN KLEINMAN • Peter Abbs

Visionaries • Jean Hardy

Recipes • Daphne Lambert

Letters to the Editors

Reviews

THE BIG PICTURE

SWINGING FROM THE CHANDELIERS • John Elkington

Review of Hope Dies Last

REAWAKENING THE IMAGINATION • Philip Marsden

Review of Nature Cure

GOING LOCO • Peter Lang

Review of Green Alternatives to Globalisation

NO MORE "MUCK OFF THE TRUCK" • Patrick Holden

Review of Food Wars

THE GREAT WORK • Nancy Jack Todd

Review of The Last Refuge

GLIMPSES OF PARADISE • John Lane

Review of Heaven on Earth

GET RID OF CIVILISATION • Kirkpatrick Sale

Review of s The Culture of Make Believe

CUTTING THROUGH FOG • James Wells-Bruges

Review of One World

BOOKS IN BRIEF • Marian Van Eyk McCain

Web Exclusives

Article - BEYOND PERCEPTION • Deepak Chopra

In Part One of this article (Issue 231), we discussed how to access the 'eyes of the soul' in order to perceive the true reality of Consciousness. In Part Two, we explore these concepts at a deeper level and look at the qualities of the soul. we discussed how to access the 'eyes of the soul' in order to perceive the true reality of Consciousness. In Part Two we explore these concepts at a deeper level and look at the qualities of the soul

Review - BEYOND SUBVERSION • Angela Malyon-Bein

Review of Returning to the Essential by Jean Biès

Review - COMMUNING WITH THE CELTS • Donald McKinney

Review of Celtic Angels by Donald McKinney

Review - CREATING THE FUTURE WE WANT • Graham Burnett

Review of The Earth Care Manual by Patrick Whitefield

Review - ELABORATE EMBROIDERY • John Lane

Review of Bright Flowers by Christina Sumner and Guy Petherbridge

Review - ETHICAL STEPS • Ruth Rosselson

Review of A Good Life by Leo Hickman

Review - EVOLVING CONSCIOUSNESS • James Robertson

Review of The Possibility of Progress by Mark Braund

Review - IN THE END • Stephen Cross

Review of Voice of Death by Baidyanath Saraswati

Review - KNOW BY LOOKING • Bobbie Cox

Review of A Celebration of Cloth by Mary Fogg

Review - POLAR OPPOSITES • Jeremy Naydler

Review of Who Wrote Bacon? by Richard Ramsbotham

Review - THE BIRTH OF LOVE • Sophie Style

Review of The Caesarean by Michel Odent

Review - TRANSFORMING CONSCIOUSNESS • Jordi Pigem

Review of The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Review - YOU CAN DO THIS TOO • Michael Henderson

Review of Unarmed Heroes by Peace Direct