Apostles of Beauty

Contents

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