The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth
Issue 248 • May/June 2008
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Welcome
The Money Delusion • Satish Kumar
The true value of wealth.
Frontline
Farming for a Future • Tim Wigley
Natural farming in South Africa.
Making Villages Work • Paul Kingsnorth
Peace returns to parts of the Congo.
Lake Heroine Wins Award • Paul Kingsnorth
Highlighting the dangers of nuclear pollution in Russia.
Natural Abundance • Paul Kingsnorth
Harvesting the city orchards.
Quotes
What is true peace? • Thích Nhất Hạnh
Cultivating the seeds of compassion.
Keynotes
Shifting Values • Tony Juniper
Greens may have to compromise their beliefs.
The Other Carbon Economy • Vandana Shiva
There is an alternative to be found in biodiversity.
Peace with the Planet • Al Gore
We must mobilise our civilisation, as if for war.
The Money Delusion
Enlightened Economics • Colin Tudge
Reconstructing a fair economy.
Good Eggs, Bad Eggs and Nest Eggs • Peter Lang
Investors are under little pressure to consider the environment.
The Silent Culprit • Tarek El Diwany
Compound interest runs contrary to the laws of Nature.
The Naked Banker • James Bruges
Uncovering the mystery of money creation.
Undercurrents
Our Great Work • David Orr
Rethinking the fundamental system on which we build our world.
The Power of Hope • Rupert Sheldrake
An interview with Charlie Murphy.
The Ashden Awards • Meg Carter
Supporting community development with renewable energy.
Transforming Tourism • Lorna Howarth & Sophie Poklewski Koziell
Holidays need not cost the Earth.
Radical Rest • Matt Carmichael
In addressing tiredness we address the problem of unsustainability.
Guerrilla Bagging • Claire Morsman
What can I do to help change the world?
Colours of Earth • Sandy Brown
Introducing the Appledore Visual Arts Festival.
Regulars
Short Story - Assembly Line • B. Traven
When wanting more then enough means that there is never enough.
The Long View - Horace and Fishponds • Harry Eyres
The limits of Plutocracy.
Pioneers - A SHINING LIGHT • Fran Johnson
Maria Montessori's vision lives on.
Letters to the Editors
Poetry - A Tribute to Anna Adams • Peter Abbs
Eco-poetry: earth must rebel or die.
Gardening - NATURE'S CURE • Paul Rogers
The rigours of life find their antidote in the greenhouse and garden.
The Arts
Loving Gaze • Richard Davey
The mundane is sublime.
Reviews
In My Own Words: Eco-terrorism • Doug Tompkins
Review of Thrillcraft: the environmental consequences of Motorized Recreation, edited by George Wuerthner.
In My Own Words: Arrested Development • Bill Plotkin
Review of Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World.
In My Own Words: My World, My View • Sue Carpenter
Review of My World, My View.
In My Own Words: Thickening Air • Christine Evans
Review of In Her Element: Women and the Landscape, edited by Jane McNamee.
Vanishing World • Dan Grace
Review of The Lost and Left Behind: Stories from the Age of Extinctions, Terry Glavin.
Food Choices • Natalie Moore
Review of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, Michael Pollan.
Guidance Towards Wisdom • Jordi Pigem
Review of Spiritual Compass: The Three Qualities of Life, Satish Kumar.
Everything Flows • Miguel Mendonça
Review of Water: Life In Every Drop, Julian Caldecott.
The Way of Love • David Cadman
Review of The Underlying Religion: An Introduction to the Perennial Philosophy, edited by Martin Lings and Clinton Minnaar.
Slow Skills • Chris Nicols
Review of The Craftsman, Richard Sennett.
Thrilling Connections • James Clarke
Review of Back on the Fire: Essays, Gary Snyder.
Heightened Sensitivity • Chris Clarke
Review of The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance, Fritjof Capra.
Web Exclusives
Article - Colours of The Earth • Philip Vann
The Paintings of Daniel Chatto.
Article - Seen Unseen • Christopher P. Wood
The importance of imagination and intuition.
Article - Towards A Happier Planet • Nic Marks
Happiness that doesn’t cost the Earth.
Article - Celebrating Vegetarianism • Annette Pinner
An interview with Satish Kumar
