Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 258 • January/February 2010

Liberty

Liberty is Natural • Satish Kumar

Now is the time to embrace liberty together with equality and fraternity.

Actions Speak Louder than Words • Lorna Howarth

Climate Change activists celebrate two major victories.

Low-Carbon Countries • Lorna Howarth

Guyana's call to action for climate resilience and low-carbon development.

Care Farming • Lorna Howarth

An innovative and cost-effective service with positive benefits for the entire community.

Fashion's New Model • Lorna Howarth

The handloom and cotton field can be at the heart of rural regeneration.

NHS - A Natural Health Service • William Bird

For optimum health go out in Nature and walk every day.

Strides Towards Sustainability • Helen Yaffe

Cuba's successful models of sustainable development are being widely replicated in Latin America.

Beyond Copenhagen • Stephen Hale

Why our leaders are failing us, and why, collectively, we now need a far broader and deeper global movement for change.

Facing the Future • HRH The Prince of Wales

We need to see Nature's capital and her processes as the basis of a new form of economics and engage communities at the grass roots.

Less is More • Matt Harvey

Can less be more, can more be less?

The Power of Now • Eckhart Tolle

Without a profound change in human consciousness, the world's suffering is a bottomless pit.

Freedom • Philip Pullman

The award-winning novelist shares much of his philosophy of liberty with visionary artist William Blake.

Freedom is a Gift • Michael Edwards

Liberty has both a personal and social dimension.

Open Liberty • Tony Curzon Price

Equality should be an essential condition of freedom.

Police and Protestors • Tilly Gifford, Leo Murray & Dan Glass

It is now time to ask what constitutes appropriate policing of peaceful protest.

Balancing Act • Angela Robson

In parts of Siberia, a resurgence in nomadic traditions competes with the lure of contemporary life.

In Service of the Earth • Stephan Harding

Ecological artist Deirdre Hyde leaves an impressive legacy in Costa Rica.

Age of Enchantment • Anthony Nanson

An Ecobardic Manifesto heralds a new paradigm where the arts provide a different kind of cultural leadership.

Extreme Knitting • Sandy Brown

The quiet revolution that raises novelty knitting to an art form.

Poetry - Genius Loci • Peter Abbs

Poet Lesley Saunders is inspired by William Kent's garden at Rousham, Oxford.

Short Story - No Trumpets Needed • Michael Morpurgo

An uplifting short story from the former Children's Laureate.

Nature Writers - Fragility and Hope • Miriam Darlington

How the tale of Tarka the Otter lives on and reminds us all of the importance of water conservation.

Voice From The South - Swaraj: A Deeper Freedom • Vandana Shiva

Mahatma Gandhi's vision of right livelihood is as relevant now as it was then.

Recipes - Gazpacho and Coffee • Guy Watson

If we can bring together growing food and cooking, the results will be radical.

Transition Time - Communal Sufficiency • Mark Boyle

In the last of the series on Mark Boyle's adventures in a post-oil, post-money world, he advocates interdependent living.

A Sense of Place - An Island of Peace • Gail Simmons

On a holy island with no distractions, the only think you are left with is time and space to just 'be'.

Letters to the Editors - Artificial Entanglement

Members' Page - The Need for New Leaders • Ian Tennant

Soul Power • Scilla Elworthy

Review of Soul Power: An Agenda for a Conscious Humanity.

Moral Analysis • Jack Santa Barbara

Review of Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy.

Green Agenda • John Elkington & Peter Bunyard

Review of The Constant Economy: How to Build a Stable Society.

Do Not Be Afraid • Sophie Poklewski Koziell

Review of The Art of Dying | Gentle Dying: The Simple Guide to Achieving a Peaceful Death.

Solidarity Stories • Chellis Glendinning

Review of Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization.

We Are All Related • Samuel Bendeck Sotillos

Review of Of the Land and the Spirit: The Essential Lord Northbourne on Ecology and Religion.

Article - Reclaiming Love • Lorna Howarth

Disconnecting beloved tradition from the grip of consumer culture.

Article - Holy Water • Lorna Howarth

Addressing the many challenges to India's watercourses.

Article - Two Sides To The Story • Lorna Howarth

Sending an email can be more dangerous to the environment than posting a letter.

Article - Hunger for Meaning • Nick Kettles

Social responsibility within organisations emerges through recognition of the complex relationships between individuals.

Article - Liberty in the Network Age • Bill Thompson

Freedom to code, like the freedom to own and use a printing press, should now be included as a vital component of freedom of expression.

Article - A Modern Mystic • Clare Dakin

Sadhguru, an Indian spiritual teacher, integrates spirituality, ecological restoration and service with humanity.

Review - Guardians of the Countryside • Lorna Howarth

Review of Otter Moon

Satish’s Blog - Avatar: Sowing Seeds of Respect for a Truly Global Community • Satish Kumar