Long Live Biodiversity!
Issue 247 • March/April 2008
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Welcome
Fossil Fools • Satish Kumar
Keynotes
The Forgotten Map • Manfred Max-Neef
It's time to navigate alternative routes.
The Rhythm of Gratitude • David Orr
Life without wonder is not worth living.
Intelligent Growth • Stephen Harding
Seeing 'growth' in another light
Climate, Biodiversity & Livelihoods
The Language of Nature • Liz Hosken
Introducing this issue’s special feature.
Offsetting Democracy • Kevin Smith
Exposing the inadequacies of carbon trading.
Feeding People or Cars? • Robin Maynard & Vandana Shiva
Rebuilding agricultural resilience.
Smokestacks and Smokescreens • Henk Bobbelink
The realities of agrofuel production.
The Webs of Life • Angela Cordeiro
Reconnecting local networks.
Natural Law • Andrea Kimbrell
Transforming legal systems.
Earth Jurisprudence • Ian Mason
Principles for a natural way of living.
African Spirit • Haidee Swanby
An interview with Mphatheleni Makaulule.
Gaian Renaissance • Brian Goodwin
The emergence of a new cultural vision.
What We Could Do • The Gaia Foundation
A 12 Point Plan
Undercurrents
Milk of Human Kindness • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
Animal welfare is paramount in organic dairy production.
The Arts
The Cat that Walked by Himself • Jonathan Stedall
The centennial year of Cecil Collins.
Body, Being, Place • Natasha Rivett-Carnac
A conversation with Antony Gormley.
Regulars
Short Story - The Requirement • Wendell Berry
Deep Spirit - Pray to Gaia • Thomas Moore
Slow Travel - Passport to Petra • Mark Smith
Gardening - A Spring Sowing • Brigitte Norland
Sensible Solutions - Time to Change • Oliver Tickell
A Sense of Place - Stolen Canoe • Jules Pretty
Letter from America - Our Part is to Remain Calm • Suzi Gablik
Letters to the Editors
Reviews
In My Own Words: Making Time • Steve Taylor
Cycling Community • Lorna Howarth
Review of Cycling to Work
An Innocent Eye • John Lane
Review of Mary Newcomb
Beyond the Brochure • Richard Hammond
Review of The Final Cut
Grandmother's Scrapbook • Brigitte Norland
Review of The Biodynamic Year
Pictures Paint A Thousand Words • Oliver Tickell
Review of Earth Then and Now
Lover of Wisdom • Keith Critchlow & Emma Clark
Review of The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr
A Bouquet of Thought • Chellis Glendinning
Review of Tough Little Beauties
A Life in Writing • Fiona Sampson
Review of The Flowering of Flint
21st Century Writing • Jonathon Porritt
Review of Spirituality as a Public Good