Embodied Wisdom

Contents

Welcome

Tagore: A People's Poet • Satish Kumar

A vision of wholeness and Integrity.

Frontline

Ecocide in Paradise • Lorna Howarth

Indigenous landowners are stripped of traditional land rights.

Profit Before Planet • Lorna Howarth

Exposing the reality of 'Beyond Petroleum'.

The World's Most Polluted Places • Lorna Howarth

Cleaning up toxic waste.

Trees for Global Benefit • Lorna Howarth

How carbon finance can work for the poor.

Groundbreaking Allotments • Lorna Howarth

Bridging the gap between demand and supply of horticultural land.

Boreal Bargaining • Lorna Howarth

Debate rages over the world's largest forest 'conservation' agreement.

Undercurrents

The Tragedy of Biodiversity • Paul Evans

Why conservation mus change to 'stand up' for the whole of nature.

Transhumance • Diego Vivanco

How this dying tradition plays a role in supporting biodiversity.

East and West • Rachel Fleming

A modern sage shares his thoughts on living in harmony.

Letter from Japan • Junko Edahiro

Younger Japanese consumers are rejecting material abundance.

Getting off the Treadmill • David Boyle & Andrew Simms

Could our medieval ancestors know something that we don't?

Keynotes

Embodied Wisdom • Juhani Pallasmaa

Exploring the embodied condition of the integrated human experience.

Quotes

What if? • Lemn Sissay

A lost number in the equation.

The Age of Absurdity • Michael Foley

Why modern life makes it hard to be happy.

Part of the Whole • Albert Einstein

A human being is a part of the whole.

Biocultural Diversity

Adaptation • Jonathan Mitchell

Those species most able to adapt will survive climate change.

The Arts

Lucid and Wild • Philip Vann

Celebrating landscape artist William Crozier.

Paul Gauguin • Susan Clark

Tate Modern presents Gauguin: Maker of Myth.

Regulars

Projections - Celluloid Connections • Caspar Walsh

Film can be a platform for personal transformation and global change.

Recipes - Pumpkin Magic • Jane Hughes

The ultimate comfort food from an autumn staple.

Big Foot, Little Foot - Food, Glorious Food • Mukti Mitchell

Cottage industries are the future.

Slow Travel - The Kindness of Strangers • Adam Weymouth

Discovering the true meaning of hospitality.

Pioneers - Nature Pioneers • Elizabeth Wainwright

Celebrating three grassroots pioneers who champion biodiversity.

A Sense of Place - The Draw of the Desert • Jay Ramsay

Finding inner freedom as a pilgrim in the Sinai Desert.

Gardening - The Alchemy of the Compost Heap • Brigitte Norland

The most important thing in the garden is your compost heap.

Poetry - The Nature of Being • Peter Abbs

Collected Poems of P.K. Page.

Letters to the Editors - Benefits of Reforestation

A selection of letters to our editors.

Members' Page - Nature's Language • Ian Tennant

Earth Vision Nature Writing Contest.

Reviews

Flights of Imagination • Sophie Poklewski Koziell

Review of The Running Sky: A Birdwacthing Life by Tim Dee

Lost Chances • Suzi Gablik

Review of Eaarth: Making Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben

Singing the Truth • Val Harding

Review of The Honey Gatherers by Mimlu Sen

A Search for Wisdom • Edmund O'Sullivan

Review of The Tao of Liberation by Mark Hathaway and Leonardo Boff

Eloquent Epistles • Jini Reddy

Review of Letters from an Extreme Pilgrim by Peter Owen Jones

Seeking a New Idealism • John Naish

Review of The Age of Absurdity by Michael Foley

Humble Stewardship • Chris Nichols

Review of Creating a Forest Garden by Martin Crawford

Manifesto for our Time • Mary Tasker

Review of Common Wealth by Martin Large

The Sacred Universe • Peter Reason

Review of Celebrating the visionary works of the late Thomas Berry

Web Exclusives

Article - Awesome Science • Kate Davies

Science can accelerate the transition to sustainability.

Article - Gauguin: The Man Behind the Show • Andy Christian

Guaguin produced work of great quality that pushed the boundaries.

Article - Your Countryside Needs You • Mark Ogden

Community engagement is the key to creating sustainable 'living landscapes'.

Article - Derek Neville, Poet of Nature • Stephanie Sorrell

Expression of the soul.

Article - Reconnect with the Living World • Leah Lemieux

Rekindling The Waters: The Truth About Swimming with Dolphins

Article - New Heights for Online Campaigning • Lorna Howarth

You could be one click away from changing the world.

Article - Bullfighting Ban • Lorna Howarth

Animal rights protestors applaud new law.

Article - Saving Cambodia's Forests • Lorna Howarth

Traditional design and latest technology combine to create enegy-saving stove.

Article - A State of Wellbeing • Lorna Howarth

Ryan's Well Foundation.

Article - Cleanse Oil Stains from the Arts • Lorna Howarth

Freeing the arts from the taint of black gold.

Article - Painting A New Picture • Lorna Howarth

Recycling paint benefits the environment.

Article - Lighter Later Update • Lorna Howarth

MP backs parliamentary bill for lighter evenings.

Article - Restoring Woodland • Edmund Barrow

Restoring trees and natural woodlands in ‘the Desert of Tanzania.

Article - Tapestry Weaving • Hilary Weir

An experiment in creativity.