Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 270 • January/February 2012

A New Moral Compass

Inside this issue

Welcome

Money and Morality • Satish Kumar

True wealth is created by imagination, creativity and skill

Frontline

Making Ecocide the Fifth Crime Against Peace • Lorna Howarth

Polluters are put on trial to protect the Earth's right to life

A Heart of Gold in the Heart of Darkness • Richard Milburn

Caring for people and wildlife in the midst of conflict

Curricular Correctness • Fiona Carnie

An academy school in Tipton is going green

Stars of Sustainability • Ian Tennant

Green careers charity celebrates 15 years of success

A Little Patch of Ground • Ruth Ben-Tovim

Encountering the theatrics of growing food

Quotes

Modern Man • E F Schumacher

Battle with Nature

Undercurrents

The Occupy Movement

A photo essay

The 99% • Vandana Shiva

How the Occupy movement reflects the democratic values of Indigenous peoples

A New Moral Compass • James Sainsbury

What we will need to rebuild a truly stable and fairer society

Another Kind of World • Harry Eyres

Paving the way for a more caring society

What's the Hurry? • Simon Fairlie

The first thing we all need to do is Slow It All Down

Making Life More Meaningful • Ed Mayo

Forget competition: it's cooperation that makes the world go around

The Real Choice • John Naish

Why we all need to live by example and focus now on our spiritual growth

Silent Spring • Marcia Phillips

It's 50 years since Rachel Carson's ground-breaking book sparked a firestorm

Keynotes

What Will Your Legacy Be? • Polly Higgins

The case for making Ecocide the fifth crime against peace

Biocultural Diversity

Songlines of Freedom • Jay Griffiths

How the people of West Papua use music and song to tell their stories

Regulars

Sensible Solutions - Water Retention Landscapes • Bernd Mueller

There is a simple and natural solution to water scarcity

Sensible Solutions - The Reluctant Rebels • Sven Eberlein

Green energy campaigners at the forefront of Germany's new industrial revolution

Sensible Solutions - Survival of the Smallest • Harry Barton

We need to create integrated networks of small-scale producers to provide our food

Education - The Garden Classroom • Bob Gilbert

Giving inner-city people experience of growing things has never been more timely

Letters to the Editors - The Happy Museum

A selection of letters from our readers

A Sense of Place - Abraham's Path • Gail Simmons

Retracing Abraham's legendary journey through the Middle East

Poetry - Poet of Transformation • Andrea Hollander Budy

Celebrating the poetry of Peter Abbs

Members' Page - Special Offers

Animate Earth and What on Earth? Wallbook of Natural History

Members' Page - What Can You Buy With 15p? • Satish Kumar

Fundraising for The Resurgence Trust

The Arts

Inspiring Change • India Windsor-Clive

The prophetic and striking work of Gustav Metzger

A Mysterious Partnership • Andy Christian

Exploring the profound relationship between an artist's head and hands

Out of Silence • David Boyle

Investigating the 'other-worldly' source of creativity

Reviews

Wonder Will Guide Us • Peter Reason

Review of The Journey of the Universe

Alchemical Heart • Linda Proud

Review of A Fabrication of Gold

Mind the Gap • Brigitte Norland

Review of How To Grow Winter Vegetables

Ancient Teachers • Lorna Howarth

Review of The Global Forest: 40 Ways Trees Can Save Us

A Lively Record • Lynn Batten

Review of The Wave Hub Chronicles

Original Thinking • Jan van Boeckel

Review of An Ecology of Mind

A Film for Our Time • Stephan Harding

Review of Animate Earth

Web Exclusives

Article - Imagining the Happy Museum • Tony Butler

Museums can play a valuable part in the wellbeing of communities

Article - Reflections on Tahrir • Stefan Simanowitz

Reporting on events in Cairo

Article - Bringing Heaven to Earth • Zoë Brân

The role of a shaman in contemporary Western society

Review - Laissez-Faire Capitalism • James Bruges

Review of Where Does Money Come From? A Guide to the UK Monetary and Banking System