Intrinsic Values
Issue 265 • March/April 2011
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Welcome
Our Core Values • Satish Kumar
We need to live by intrinsic values
Quotes
Selected Words of Wisdom
Inspiration from women farmers in Gharwal Himalaya
Strive for wellbeing
A proverb from Rajasthan
Frontline
Stairway to Heaven • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
Growing Food on the roof of a supermarket
No More Playing God • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
UN declares moratorium on climate techno-fixes
A Sea is Revived • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
A dam brings good news
Sister Act • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
All-women trekking agency empowers women in Nepal
Sutton Life Centre • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
An innovative new eco-building to inspire young people
Birchwood Specialist • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
A rare sawfly is found at a Caledonian Forest Conservation site
Back From the Brink • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
Conservation efforts to save rare snakes
Large as Life • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
Campaigning art you can see from space
Photo Feature
Celebrating 45 Years • Elizabeth Wainwright
Champions of intrinsic values
Undercurrents
Transcending Self-interest • George Monbiot
Why we should never apologies for values that create a fairer world
A Call to Humility • Václav Havel
We need to design cities fit for humans and Nature
Moral Housekeeping • Archbishop Rowan Williams
The Archbishop of Canterbury shares his vision for 'correcting' values that led to the collapse
Pilgrim or Tourist? • Peter Owen Jones
Exploring the real journey we must all make
Music for Peace • Donald Reeves
How the music of Bach inspires the author's peace-building work
Keynotes
Islam and the Environment • HRH The Prince of Wales
We need look no further than timeless wisdom to get back on track
The Arts
Dirty Art • Leah Fanning Mebane & Cea Blyth
Two earth artists explain how they create colour from natural pigments
Cosmic Colours • Barbara Diethelm
A paint-maker shares her discovery of the deeper meaning of colour
The Age of Beauty • Linda Proud
Celebrating the life of Botticelli
The Art of Liberation • Harry Eyres
Reviewing Tate Britain's Romantics Rehang exhibition
Regulars
Deep Spirit - Living In Earth • Yasmine Khan
Moments of joy in nature are gifts to be treasured
Projections - Wild Nature • Caspar Walsh
Movies about wilderness evoke a passion and respect for vivid wild landscape
Recipes - Baking Bread • Jane Hughes
To be or not to be vegan?
Pioneers - Reawakening Gandhi • Helena Drakakis
Campaigner Rajagopal has reawakened the spirit of nonviolent protest
Slow Travel - A Holy Pilgrimage • Charles Clark
Finding peace and tranquillity at the source of the Ganges
Nature Writers - The Pond • Jeremy James
Witnessing the miracle of a normally hidden watery world
Gardening - The Resurgence Peace Garden • James Towillis
A garden that represents a symbolic journey in search of our true nature
Opinion - Keeping Watch • Hector Christie
The right to know what we are eating is a sacred right
Letters to the Editors - The Real World
A selection of letters from our readers
Poetry - Writing as Witnessing • Peter Abbs
The work of Linda France
Members' Page - Stop Ocean Plastics • Elizabeth Wainwright
Working to reduce the amount of plastic in the marine environment
Members' Page - How to Start a Readers' Group • Jeanette Gill
Create an opportunity to meet with Resurgence readers and share ideas
Reviews
Little Magic • Harland Walshaw
Review of Truda Lane's Lifelines
Abstract Affinities • Philip Vann
Review of Kurt Jackson: A New Genre of Landscape Painting
A Stellar Life • Chellis Glendinning
Review of On Gandhi's Path: Bob Swann's Work for Peace and Community Economics
Thinking Outside the Box • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
Review of The Case for Working with Your Hands
Green the World • John Clarke
Review of GreenSpirit: Path to a New Consciousness
Blueprint for Change • Matt Carmichael
Review of Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth
Treading Lightly • Diana Schumacher
Review of Climate and Christ: A Prophetic Alternative
Saturated with Soul • Stephan Harding
Review of Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
A More Human World • Barbara Nussbaum
Review of Personal Growth African Style
A New Logic • Sara Parkin
Review of The Positive Deviant: Sustainability Leadership in a Perverse World
Web Exclusives
Article - Unsustainable Subsidies • Deepak Rughani
Assessing the impact of industrial biofuel production
Article - The Riches of Burma • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
A new species of snub-nosed monkey is discovered
Article - The Resurgence Garden • James Towillis
Gardens are a vehicle for reconnecting with the Earth and inner peace
Article - Back to Front Gardening • Roxana Summers, Alma Clavin & David Midgley
An inspirational project that encourages the use of front gardens for food production
Review - Butterfly Wings and Why • Horatio Morpurgo
Review of Butterflies: Messages from Psyche