Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 260 • May/June 2010

On Being Human

Education for Happiness • Satish Kumar

Education for human wellbeing and planetary sustainability.

Trees for Life • Lorna Howarth

The Billion Tree campaign has now planted over eight billion trees.

Mountains of Hope • Angela Robson

Creating community out of catastrophe.

Living Maps • Willow Murton

How new GPS technologies are being used in the Amazon to protect Indigenous Lands.

Beyond the Barriers • David Lauer

The Indigenous Theatre Company of Sierra Tarahumara.

The Smoky Spice • Laura Buadas

Mallorca's Slow Food movement revives its paprika heritage.

Going Back to Our Roots • Julian Rose

Why the Green Movement urgently needs to revisit 'Small is Beautiful'.

Nuclear is not the Solution • Helen Caldicott

Exposing the myth that nuclear power is in any way green.

Why Wool Still Matters • Sue Blacker

Stopping the demise of a sustainable and natural resource.

Nature Deficit Disorder • Richard Louv

Extracts from Last Child in the Woods.

Hold Fast • William Thomas

In the busy modern world fasting is a chance to slow down.

My son wants to be a hero • Maryse Arnold

Teaching children about saving the planet.

To Love, to be Loved • Arundhati Roy

Never forget your own insignificance.

Education is the Key • Jigmi Y Thinley

The Prime Minister of Bhutan on the role of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in education.

Celebration • Joanna Eede

We are one: a celebration of tribal peoples.

In the Footsteps of the Masters • Andy Christian

Artist Andrew Lacey is finding greener ways to work in bronze.

Making Trees • Paul Anderson

A sculptor grapples with the limitations of his raw materials.

On Being Human • Jan van Boeckel

Highlights from an exclusive intervew with the British sculptor Antony Gormley.

Casting a Spell • Susan Clark

The Mythic Garden is an expression of the garden as an art form.

A Sense of Place - A Life Entwined • Robert Ernst

Spirit lives on in the orchard grass and mistflowers.

Pioneers - Georgina vs Goliath • Rachel Flemming

Interview with anti-pesticide campaigner Georgina Downs.

Big Foot, Little Foot - Getting There • Mukti Mitchell

How you travel affects how you feel when you arrive.

Recipes - New Twists on Old Favourites • Jane Hughes

Asparagus tartlets with an essence of elegant simplicity.

Nature Writers - The Hunter as Teacher • Patrick Evans

The story of Dersu is an early example of environmentally conscious thought in popular literature.

The Occasional Didymus - Each to their Own • John Moat

Who needs SatNav when you can simply ask someone the way?

Opinion - What a lot of Hot Air • John Naish

We need a new e-tiquette to communicate more mindfully in the modern age.

Poetry - An Anthology of New Voices • Peter Abbs

An appreciation of recently published poetry.

Members' Page - Start a Resurgence Readers' Group • Ian Tennant

Readers' groups are an opportunity to get together, share ideas and enjoy seasonal food.

Letters to the Editors - Reaching Out

Awakening Consciousness • Steve Taylor

Review of Waking From Sleep: Why Awakening Experiences Occur and How to Make Them Permanent

A Step Beyond Science • Philip Franses

Review of Reinventing the Sacred

Much Less Resistance • David Lorimer

Review of A New Science of Life

A Zen Approach to Cooking • Laura Deutch

Review of The Complete Tassajara Cookbook and The Tassajara Bread Book

Aspiration or Taboo? • Jane MacNamee

Review of On Kindness

System Reboot • Shakti Maira

Review of bazaars, conversations & freedom

Wild Grace • Philip Vann

Review of Bird on a Wire

Agrofuels Are Not the Answer • Victoria Bawtree

Review of Agrofuels: Big Profits, Ruined Lives and Ecological Destruction

A Heartfelt Plea • Caspar Walsh

Review of The Barefoot Beekeeper

Living Poetry • Jay Ramsay

Review of The Secret Life of the Universe: The Quest for the Soul of Science

Walking Allowed • Phil Maillard

Review of Walking Aloud: Rambles in the Cherwell Valley

Article - An Interview with Antony Gormley • Jan van Boeckel

An exclusive intervew with the British sculptor Antony Gormley.

Article - Art in Nature • Kenneth Ashburner & June Ashburner

In the foothills of Dartmoor, art, science and nature meet.

Article - Little Pink Puddings • Jane Hughes

Rhubarb and ginger puddings.

Article - Designing the Future • Nicola Gunstone

A co-operative global experiment to redesign civilisation.

Article - A Creative Unfolding • Peter Reason

The Participatory Turn: Spirituality, Mysticism, Religious Studies

Article - Sacred Geometry • Frances Howard-Gordon

How the World is Made: The Story of Creation According to Sacred Geometry

Article - Fatally Flawed • John Sauven

We need new lifestyles and new ways of living.