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Welcome
The Power of Arts and Crafts • Satish Kumar
Artists and artisans are alchemists
Frontline
Leaving Oil in the Ground • Lorna Howarth
New instruments of cooperation protect planetary ecosystems
Powered by Waste • Lorna Howarth
Creating energy from human excrement
Go Car Share • Lorna Howarth
Social networking takes on a useful new dimension
Produce Your Own Power • Lorna Howarth
Small-scale anaerobic digesters become a reality
The London Orchard Project • Lorna Howarth
Reconnecting urban communities to the joy of growing
Fashion Footprints • Lorna Howarth
Towards a sustainable clothing industry
Undercurrents
From Copenhagen to Cancún • Hylton Murray-Philipson
We need to convert the nature of business into the business of Nature
The Blue Economy • Gunter Pauli
Finding a new economy inspired by the way the ecosystem works
Down the Dark Mountain • Paul Kingsnorth
A cultural movement for an age of disruption
Planned Obsolescence • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
Time to halt the manufacture of shoddy, short-lived goods
Learning From Tanzania • Thembi Mutch
We could learn from a society that is used to doing without 'stuff'
Keynotes
Tao for Troubled Times • Paul Zeal
The ancient Chinese path that teaches how 'wanting less' becomes so much more
Quotes
That Pale Blue Dot • Carl Sagan
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena
The Craftsman • Richard Sennett
Craftsmanship names an enduring, basic human impulse
Nature • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The spectacle of Nature is always new
The Arts
Celebrating Craft • Nek Chand
Featuring the work of Nek Chand
Where the Hand has Ears • Amadou Hampâté Bâ
Craft is the powerful embodiment of the mystical life force
Exquisite Craft • Philip Vann
The Story of Charles Ashbee, who led a 19th Century exodus of artisans to the countryside
Potent Pots • Sandy Brown
A British potter enjoys the 'lively spirit' of everyday ceramics made in North Devon
The Joy of Making • Anna Konig
How re-engaging with raw materials can help remind us what is real and what is illusory
Virtuous Bread • Jane Mason
Baking bread by hand captures all the virtues of pure craft
Let the Artisans Craft our Future • Grayson Perry
Perhaps ethical concerns will lead more people to the joy of handmade goods
Craftivism: Photofeature • Susan Clark & Elizabeth Wainwright
From politics to peacemaking, craft has always been about more than creating beauty
Regulars
Short Story - The Best Christmas Present in the World • Michael Morpurgo
A time of peace and goodwill
Projections - The Art of Good Film • Caspar Walsh
Films to inspire, educate and entertain
Recipes - Christmas with all the Trimmings • Jane Hughes
Traditional Christmas dinner - vegetarian style
Big Foot, Little Foot - Sweet No-Things • Mukti Mitchell
The BUD factor: beautiful, useful and durable
Voice From The South - Earth Rights • Vandana Shiva
Our first and highest duty is to take care of Mother Earth
Nature Writers - Notes From Mole End • Miriam Darlington
We must find a way to live as part of nature
The Occasional Didymus - Jobseeker's Allowance • John Moat
There's so much more to 'livelihood' than employment
Opinion - Going Back to Our Roots • Jonathon Porritt & Tony Juniper
A response to the Small is Beautiful call from Julian Rose
Letters to the Editors - Making Money
A selection of readers letters
Members' Page - Bee Guardians • Ian Tennant
A call to join the Global Bee Project
Members' Page - Letter from Satish Kumar • Satish Kumar
Celebrate Christmas with Resurgence
Members' Page - Festival of Arts, Crafts and Culture • Satish Kumar
Tagore Festival at Dartington 2011
Reviews
A Bleak Analysis • Mike Hulme
Review of Requiem for a Species by Clive Hamilton
Building A Better Society • Gill Coombs
Review of A Handmade Life by William Coperthwaite
The Real Revolution • Oliver James
Review of How Not to F*** Them Up
Moving Between Worlds • John Gray
Review of People, Politics and Paintings by Roger Berthoud
Profound Integration • John Moat
Review of Ted Hughes and Nature by Keith Sagar
Truth is One • Samuel Bendeck Sotillos
Review of What Do the Religions Say about Each Other?
The Power of Enough • Anne Ryan
Review of Enough is Plenty
Web Exclusives
Article - The Story of Stuff • Giovanna Dunmall
Annie Leonard reveals her motivation for reducing all the 'stuff' in our world
Article - Dark Mountain Project • Paul Kingsnorth
Discover the 'Principles of Uncivilisation'
Article - Faking It • Tilly Gifford
Supermarket aethetics and their obsession with perfectly formed vegetables
Article - Breaking the Mould • Max Hague
The power of the unexpected
Article - Micro-hydro in the Lakes • Lorna Howarth
Green energy from a Cumbrian stream
Article - Hemp Cellar • Kate Eshelby
Nature-based technology
Article - Up A Gum Tree • Lorna Howarth
Tasmanian timber company ends old growth logging
Article - Lighting the Darkness • Jeremy Leggett
Using the power of the sun to alleviate poverty in Kenya
Article - Healing Herbs • Diana Lee
Reconnecting with traditional methods of healthcare through education and the creation of family herb gardens
Article - The Wheel of the Year • Jaine Rose
Earth Pathways collective inspire positive change through connection with the land and changing seasons
Article - School Battery Boxes • Lorna Howarth
Recycling initiative for local schools
Article - School Flower Flutter Programme • Lorna Howarth
Biodiversity and ecological education in schools
Article - Peru Protects Endangered Birds • Lorna Howarth
Community-owned conservation areas granted approval
