Nature Knows us - do we know nature?
Issue 232 • September/October 2005
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Welcome
NATURE KNOWS US - DO WE KNOW NATURE? • Satish Kumar
Feature Articles
TRUE CONSERVATIVES • Chris Lloyd
To gain the trust of the British people, the Conservative Party has to become truly conservative.
A THIN VEIN OF ANGER • Adam Thorpe
What should a writer do when world affairs do not obey the rules of 'fairy-tale'?
TIME TO ACT • Tony Juniper
Why are we finding it so hard to address one of the biggest threats of our time?
TAKING STOCK • Peter Lang
Why Britain should use the euro... and keep the pound.
DREAMING IN DAYLIGHT • Katherine Marshall
Religious and development leaders come together to address the problems of poverty.
THE GREAT DESTROYER • Andrew Simms
How to fall out of love with four wheels and an engine.
MUSHROOM MAGIC • Paul Stamets
Oyster mushrooms cleaning up oils pills - whatever next?
BUILDING BRIDGES • Swati Chopra
Buddhism and science come together for the benefit of each other.
Photo Feature
REPLENISH THE EARTH • Sebastião Salgado
Salgado introduces his Genesis project.
The Arts
THE SEEKER • Martha Horan
Sohan Qadri's paintings are meditations on the deep enchantment of the soul.
ELEGANT PORCELAIN • Hannah Prothero
Potter Gilda Westermann throws porcelain with spirit.
BEAUTY AND LOVE • Philip Vann
Brancusi's simple sculptures encapsulate complexity itself.
WELL-SPRING OF TRUTH • Kamaan Singh
C. F. John integrates art with politics and life.
RHYTHMIC FORMS • Harland Walshaw
Antoni Gaudí was a craftsman-architect devoted to organic patterns.
RESONANT SEEDS • Daniel Levy
Music will let us discover the real patterns of the universe.
Frontline
PEACE GROVES • John Moat
Commemorating Armistice Day with a commitment to peace.
NOMADIC JOURNEYS • William Cretney
The lost gardens of Sinai.
Regulars
Poetry • Peter Abbs
Visionaries • Herbert Girardet
Notes From The Underground • David Nicholson-Lord
Touchstone • Colin Hodgetts
Small Steps • Ruth Rosselson
A Sense of Place • Ulric Van Den Bogaerde
Recipes • Christopher Hobbs
Letters to the Editors
Reviews
THE BIG PICTURE
FLAT VISION • Vandana Shiva
Review of The World is Flat
MADE WITH LOVE • Julia Ponsonby
Review of The Beauty of Craft
KINDLING AT THE LIMITS • Lynne Wycherley
Review of Viva la Vida
ISMS', 'WASMS' AND 'ATIONS' • Ed Mayo
Review of Limits to Privatization
A TIMELESS TALE • Paul Zeal
Review of The Buddha and the Terrorist
POTTING ON • Sandy Brown
Review of An Autobiography of Sorts
COUNTERBLAST • Mary Tasker
Review of Teaching Toward Freedom
BOOKS IN BRIEF • Marian Van Eyk McCain
Web Exclusives
Article - THE NECESSARY ANGEL • Joan Walley
Balancing ideals with actions is a constant challenge.
Article - THE MOUNTAIN AND THE VALLEY • Rabbi Lawrence Troster
Environmentalism transcends religious boundaries.
Review - CALL OF THE SELF • Richard Lane
Review of Just Beyond The Visible by Andrew Machon
Review - ESSENCE OF ENTANGLEMENT • Rosalind Brackenbury
Review of Dark Nights of the Soul by Thomas Moore
Review - EXPERIMENTS IN APPLIED GAIA • Stephanie Mills
Review of A Safe and Sustainable World by Nancy Jack Todd
Review - SPIRIT SANCTURARIES • Piers Moore Ede
Review of In Praise of Slow by Carl Honoré
Review - WAITING FOR RAIN • Kate Eshelby
Review of Gem Squash Tokoloshe by Rachel Zadok