Gandhi's Gift: The Power Of Nonviolence
Issue 246 • January/February 2008

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Welcome
Legacy of the Mahatma • Lorna Howarth
Commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi.
Frontline
The People's Verdict • Gerald Conyngham
Ekta Parishad: 25,000 people, mainly Adivasi and Dalit, marching to Delhi for land rights.
Restoring the Earth • Peter Phelps
Earth Restoration Service launched the UK School Tree Nurseries to help restore our damaged planet.
The Freeconomy Community • Paul Kingsnorth
Encouraging community self-sufficiency by offering and sharing skills.
Turning Back the Climate Clock • Peter Russell
Capturing carbon and returning it to the ground.
Trees for Change • Peter Kingsnorth
Mini-reforestation projects are helping to improve livelihoods in Mali.
Local Food Works • Peter Kingsnorth
The Plunkett Foundation is helping reconnect consumers to the land by increasing access to fresh, healthy local food.
Gandhi Anniversary
Servant of the People • Bikhu Parekh
Gandhi said that we need to question the very basis of civilisation and rebuild it on an alternative foundation. Our anthropocentric world view should be replaced by a cosmocentric one.
The Gandhian Trinity • Satish Kumar
Gandhi's techniques of Satyagraha - Sarvodaya, Swaraj, Swadeshi - offered a template for ecology, peace and social justice.
Sacred Water • Madhu Suri Prakash
Honouring Gandhi: a reflection on defecation and development.
Try Nonviolence • Richard Branson
The Elders are a global force for change. Their bid to try where others have failed is inspired by the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi.
Undercurrents
Community Champions • Scilla Elworthy
Supporting those who are following the path of nonviolence in conflict resolution.
Speaking from the Heart • Bridget Belgrave
The power of putting into practice Marshall Rosenberg's ideas of Nonviolent Communication.
Wild Passion • Maya Kumar Mitchell
A visit to Doug and Kris Tompkins' Conservation Land Trust project at Pumalín Park, in Argentina.
Beauty and the Bomb • Chris Powici
Sheep are no more natural to the landscape than a wind farm. The poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Sorley MacLean show how landscape is a way of seeing.
Keynotes
Transition Strategies • Richard Heinberg, Wolfgang Sachs & Vandana Shiva
Three prominent Resurgence writers explore some options relating to globalisation, peak oil and the industrialisation of agriculture.
Mind Shift • Ray Anderson
We need to redefine our economy and our values so that happiness, rather than material wealth, becomes our priority.
Blessed Unrest • Paul Hawken
Recognising and connecting with the vast, diverse movement for positive change that is all around us.
The Arts
Fiction: The Goldfinch Tattoo • Andy Brown
She pictured herself somewhere above the landscape? A short story.
Poetry • Peter Abbs
Two recent volumes of poetry by Henry Shukman and Mimi Khalvati.
Craft: A True Cavalier • Sandy Brown
The magnificent driftwood horses of Heather Jansch.
Art Before Art • Paul Devereux
Today's art movements are rooted in an ancient sacred context.
Thin Places • Richard Davey
The drawings and paintings of Louise McClary reflect a sense of wonder in her surroundings.
Regulars
The Long View - FIXITY AND IMPERMANENCE • Harry Eyres
Fixity and impermanence: human beings were born to improvise.
The Occasional Didymus - TIME FOR A YARN • John Moat
Time for a yarn: what sense we make with the words we say comes from what we are.
Slow Travel - THE CARBON CYCLE • Kate Rawles
The Carbon Cycle: a long, contemplative bicycle ride from Texas to Alaska.
Recipes • Daphne Lambert
Celebrating the taste and health benefits of cabbage. Sauerkraut, stuffed cabbage leaves and colcannon.
Letters to the Editors
Reviews
In My Own Words: Whistling in the Dark • Richard Mabey
Review of A personal tribute to the nightingale.
In My Own Words: The Big Earth Book • James Wells-Bruges
Review of The prospect of catastrophe is an opportunity to be resourceful.
Resilience and Restoration • Caroline Walker
Review of Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken
Locavores • Marian Van Eyk McCain
Review of Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Barbara Kingsolver, with Stephen L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver, and Our Farm by Rosie Boycott
Time Well Spent • Brigitte Norland
Review of Doing Time in the Garden by James Jiler
The Fifth Element • Lorna Howarth
Review of Wildwood by Roger Deakin
Build Beautiful • Jamie Lovekin
Review of The Green Self-Build Book by Jon Broome
Abloom • Philip Marsden
Review of A Year in the Life of an English Meadow by Andy Garnett and Polly Devlin with Chris Smith
Art for Art's Sake • Stephanie Strong
Review of The Gift by Lewis Hyde
On Belonging • James Sainsbury
Review of That Distant Land by Wendell Berry and The Way of Ignorance by Wendell Berry
Books in Brief • Lynn Batten, Lorna Howarth & Juliette Collins
Review of (My) Dying is Fun by Christopher Day, World Changing (ed.) Alex Steffen, How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change a Planet? by Tony Juniper, Dharamsala Diaries by Swati Chopra, Green Up! By Will Anderson