What Comes Next?
Issue 268 • September/October 2011
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Welcome
A New Paradigm • Satish Kumar
Our work must be based in harmony and wholeness
Frontline
Greed for Gas • Lorna Howarth
Climate-change activists issue an urgent call for a moratorium on shale-gas extraction in the UK
Grief for our Lost Species • Lorna Howarth
Paying tribute to the myriad extinct species
To Buy or Not To Buy? • Lorna Howarth
Can supermarkets ever be good for the environment?
Regulars
Poetry - Roll Up! Roll UP! • Benjamin Zephaniah
Planet for Sale
Voice From The South - The Emperor Has No Clothes • Vandana Shiva
Genetic Engineering has not increased the yield of a single crop
Pioneers - New Voices • Elizabeth Wainwright
Climate change champion Kirsty Schneeberger explains Think2050
Gardening - The Middle Ground • Helen Jukes
Transforming an inner-city wild space into a much-loved community garden
Opinion - Environmental Justice • Jason Lowther
Greater awareness of environmental damage should be reflected in environmental sentencing
A Sense of Place - A Feast of a Find • Jemima Roberts
In a city that can feel cool and aloof the local market provides a warm welcome
The Occasional Didymus - The Game's the Thing • John Moat
Holding out hope that sport is still a gentlemanly pursuit
Letters to the Editors - Changing the World
A selection of letters to our Editors
Poetry - Room for the Soul • Peter Abbs
The Poetry of Glyn Hughes
Members' Page - Resurgence in East Devon • Christina Bows
Celebrations and projects of the Resurgence East Devon group
Keynotes
New Frontiers • Margaret Atwood
What is our proper relationship with Nature?
Quotes
One Humanity • Vinoba Bhave
We are all inhabitants of the Earth, citizens of the wide world
Now, Prepare Yourselves • Maya Angelou
Extract from the official poem for President Clinton's inauguration on 20 January 1993
Undercurrents
What Comes Next? • Bill McKibben
On why there's still a good chance we can save our magnificent Earth
Rethinking the Season • Charty Durrant
Being fashionable shouldn't mean destroying the planet
Enchanting Forests • Robin Maynard
Why the plan to sell off our national forests triggered a monumental outcry
Beauty & Wellbeing • Harry Eyres
In dialogue with the Conservative MP Oliver Letwin
Challenging the Greens • Jonathon Porritt
How much progress have we really made, and what should we be doing next?
Asking the Big Questions • Colin Tudge
Where to look for big answers
Biocultural Diversity
Which Way Now? • Elizabeth Wainwright
Photo feature on the difficult choices facing not just Africa, but all of us
The Arts
Louder Than Words • Antony Gormley
The silencing of the artist Ai Weiwei and why we must all speak out
A Sense of Home • Simon Olding
The forgotten etchings of the potter Bernard Leach capture the spirit of Japan
Painter as Storyteller • Nicholas Usherwood
Profiling the powerful work of Wynn Jones
Reviews
Playing with Light • Gay Watson
Review of The Colour of Time by Garry Fabian Miller and Susan Derges' Elemental
Behind the Mask • Nic Marks
Review of Economics Unmasked: From Power and Greed to Compassion and the Common Good
Life Unplugged • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
Review of The Winter of Our Disconnect
Bigger Stakes • Ed Mayo
Review of Ending the Global Casino?
Theft is Theft • James Clarke
Review of Common as Air: Revolution, Art and Ownership
Art's Evolutionary Roots • Shakti Maira
Review of The Art Instinct
Living in Harmony • Jeremy James
Review of Walking Wisdom: Three Generations, Two Dogs, and the Search for a Happy Life
A World Made Green • Barrie Oldfield
Review of Tall Timber
Master of Alchemy • Nomi Rowe
Review of The Magic Mirror: Thoughts and Reflections on Cecil Collins
Web Exclusives
Article - Transcending Cultural Stress • Simon Mitchell
Positive suggestions for enjoying the moment
Article - Reflections • Rosalind Brackenbury
More and more people see themselves as pilgrims rather than tourists
Article - To Realise What You Live For • Patrick Evans
Slow travel around the Cornish Coast
Article - Metaphor of Faith • Ursula King
Let us be modern pilgrims with new visions
Review - The Mystery of Life • W. Thomson Martin
Review of The Bluff Detector: Stories, Dreams and Rivers of Change
Article - Healing the UK Riots • Tim Roberts
We all have the capacity to help transform violence and bring about positive change in society
Article - What Has Become of Us? • Jeremy Seabrook
A historical perspective on the recent unrest in the UK