Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 273 • July/August 2012

Emerging Networks

Inside this issue

Welcome

Networking Together for a Better World • Satish Kumar

Creating personal, social and cultural wellbeing

Frontline

Action from the Grass Roots • Lorna Howarth

Reports on grass roots initiatives around the globe

Rivers of Flowers • Lorna Howarth

Creating Urban 'forage streams' for pollinating insects

Transitions to a Fairer Future • Lorna Howarth

Resilient communities are the future

Ghent Goes Vegetarian • Lorna Howarth

Ghent city council supports 'meat-free' days

Extinction Monument • Lorna Howarth

The bell tolls for all extinct species

Slow News

Living Within the Doughnut • Kate Raworth

Setting a goal for sustainable and equitable development

The Ultimate in Recycling • Sharon Garfinkel

The rise of Oxfam's trading arm

Business for Good • Sven Eberlein

Rethinking the corporate code

Ecocide in the Amazon • Lorna Howarth & Luke Roberts

Indigenous groups join forces to protect ancestral lands

Renewable Revolution • Oliver Tickell

Solar power is spreading rapidly across India, China, Africa and Latin America

Green Living

Pioneers - Faith and Perseverance • Geoff Dalglish

Celebrating 50 years at the Findhorn Foundation

Sense of Place - Wedded to the Land • Stephen Lewis

Finding a more sustainable, decentralised way of life in the Basque country

Pioneers - The Duke of Mukheibeh • Katharine Gilmour

A profile of Jordanian conservationist 'the Duke'

The Occasional Didymus - Sustainability - The Final Word • John Moat

Reflections on mortality

Letters to the Editors - Emotional Connections

A selection of letters to our editors

The Arts

Poetry - Poet of Love • Peter Abbs

Introducing Judith Kazantzis, poet of love

An Unbroken Thread • Rebecca Hossack

An idiosyncratic art movement in the Ampilatwatja community

Pablo Picasso: Partisan of Peace • India Windsor-Clive

A peace activist who spoke through his paintings

Embroidered Scenes • Ian Skelly

Inspired by Kantha, traditional Indian embroidery

Games People Play • Clive Adams

Exploring the role of games in environmental activism

Quotes

Whole Body Prayer • Satish Kumar

A poem to embrace life

Keynotes

Cosmic Consciousness in the Real World • Nancy Ellen Abrams

Understanding the universe can help bring nations together

Undercurrents

Emerging Networks • Fritjof Capra

How networks can empower people

The Cooperative Moment • Robin Murray

Cooperatives can create a more resilient economy

Small and Free • Paul Kingsnorth

The crisis of bigness

Voice from the South - Choosing Simplicity • Vandana Shiva

Imposed austerity verses chosen simplicity

Reviews

An Alchemical Journey • Ian Skelly

Review of The Alchemical Horseman

Sculpting Light • Gay Watson

Review of James Turrell (catalogue)

Adventure of Ideas • Jordi Pigem

Review of War of the Worldviews: Science vs Spirituality

In Transition • Caspar Walsh

Review of The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times

From Acorns to Oaks • Harry Barton

Review of How to Plant a Tree: A Simple Celebration of Trees and Tree-planting Ceremonies

The Unbearable Brightness of Being • Lindsay Clarke

Review of Memorial

A Rich Diversity • Anne Phillips

Review of Drawing on Experience

A Universal Appeal • Kenneth Robbie

Review of The Post Office

Sacred Environment • Melvyn Bragg

Review of Sacred Land

Looking for Truth • Colin Tudge

Review of The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry

The Poetic Process • Neil Roberts

Review of A Lucid Dreamer: The Life of Peter Redgrove

Closer to Tagore • Shanta Acharya

Review of Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali

Web Exclusives

Article - A Civil Rights Movement for the Soul • Julie Barrie

Understanding our place in the world

Article - Natural Fitness • Hazel Sillver

There's a 'green gym' on all our doorsteps

Article - Welcome to Shedland • Michael Lewin

A journey to enlightenment via various sheds

Article - The Earth's Prayer • Ann Palmer

An ode to Gaia