Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 245 • November/December 2007

The Moral Economy

Beauty and Imagination • Lorna Howarth

Issue 245 of Resurgence is dedicated to Anita Roddick, who died on 10th September 2007.

A Drop to Drink • Kate Eshelby

Citizen action for clean, safe water in Ghana.

Keeping it Local • Paul Kingsnorth

Using community currencies to sideline corporate monopolies.

Fascinating Fungi • Nicola Peel

The Amazon Mycoremediation Project is using fungi to clean up contaminated soil in Ecuador.

Energy Lessons • Paul Kingsnorth

Two British primary schools are leading the way with their eco-clubs and eco-councils and have reached the finals of the Ashden Awards.

Carbon Diet • Paul Kingsnorth

An accurate way of calculating your daily ecological footprint.

Green Marketing • Andy Hobsbawn

Green Thing is turning sustainable behaviour from a chore into a pleasure.

Waste Not? • Paul Kingsnorth

BIOTECH India has reached the finals of the Ashden Awards for its small-scale plants which turn food waste into biogas.

Ecocide • Peter Bunyard

If we are truly concerned about climate change, then protecting rainforests and other ecosystems around the world is of paramount importance.

The Tyranny of Urgency • Carlo Petrini

Eco-gastronomy can help to restore the traditional knowledge regarding taste, nutrition, biodiversity and agriculture that we have lost in our rush towards development at any cost.

A Cherished Land • Bill Bryson

The new President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England pledges to safeguard our natural heritage.

Nonviolence • Jack Santa Barbara

Recognising the core value of nonviolence could strengthen the effectiveness of non-governmental organisations.

Moral Compass • Andrew Simms

What is the economy for, and how do we know if it is succeeding?

Currency of the Imagination • Anita Roddick

In order to restore beauty in our economy, our cities and our lives, we need a new currency.

Poverty and Empowerment • Wangari Maathai

The founder of the Green Belt Movement shows how justice and sustainability are prerequisites for peace.

Economics of Happiness • Helena Norberg-Hodge

Community and a deep connection with Nature are key ingredients for health and wellbeing.

Earth I Love • Satish Kumar

Nature is the real source of our wealth.

Natural Economy • Miguel Mendonça

Germany is addressing climate change by working with Nature.

DEAR SECRETARY OF STATE • Anonymous Reader

Lower Carbon, Higher Quality • Pooran Desai

Eco-towns and zero-carbon homes will work only within the context of a low-carbon lifestyle.

Globo-Petro-Cops • Tony Clarke

Oil is the cause of global wars as well as global warming. We need to free ourselves from oil dependency to save the Earth and save ourselves.

Poetry • Fiona Sampson

The editor of Poetry Review introduces new work by three influential eco-poets: Pascale Petit, John Burnside and David Harsent.

Pattern and Metaphor • Lorna Howarth

Seed, Peter Randall-Page's iconic sculpture at the Eden Project, embodies his interest in pattern, collaborative working and the juxtaposition between inner and outer form.

Marbling • Sandy Brown

Grizel Luttman-Johnson and Dorothy Feibleman use marbling in very different ways.

Slow Travel - JOURNEYING AFAR • Barbara Haddrill

It is possible to travel from Europe to Australia without flying - an adventure that values the journey as much as the destination.

Sensible Solutions - BIOFUELS • Oliver Tickell

Palm-oil production is a major cause of deforestation in the Far East. We need to halt the headlong rush towards biofuels at any cost.

Turning Point - ARTISAN ECONOMY • Carole Bamford

Protecting and nurturing Nature and human relationships: one person's moment of epiphany, and how she converted two farms to organic methods.

Gardening - LIVING LIBRARY • Brigitte Norland

Martin Hughes-Jones and Susan Proud have been working with the elements to create a magical garden on their land in Devon.

Letters to the Editors

In My Own Words: Fair Future • Wolfgang Sachs

Review of It will not be possible to develop successful economics in the 21st century based on the 19th-century model. There will be no equity without ecology.

Monopolising Advantage • David Boyle

Review of Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why it Matters by Andrew Simms

Lessons from the Past • Dan Grace

Review of A New Green History of the World by Clive Ponting

Agriculture of Nonsense • Colin Tudge

Review of A History of World Agriculture by Marcel Mazoyer and Laurence Roudart

Under Stress • Lorna Howarth

Review of The Upside of Down by Thomas Homer-Dixon

Whole Planet Re-Think • Horatio Morpurgo

Review of Earthy Realism (ed.) Mary Midgley

Giving Nature its Due • Edmund O'Sullivan

Review of Nature's Due by Brian Goodwin

Thinking Differently • Mary Tasker

Review of Visionaries of the 20th Century (eds) Satish Kumar and Freddie Whitefield

Food at its Fullest • Peter Kindersley

Review of Slow Food Nation by Carlo Petrini

We are Architects of an Empty House • Peter Abbs

Review of North Flight by Lynne Wycherley

Article - TRANSITION TIME • Richard Heinberg

From the Age of Excess to the Era of Moderation.

Article - WORKING WITH ANGER • Thubten Chodron

Anger is a passing cloud on the pure nature of mind.

Review - A VICTORIAN HISTORIAN • Diana Schumacher

Review of Froude Today by John Coleman