Pricing Nature

Contents

Welcome

The Economy of Nature • Satish Kumar

Why not create an economy that is self-renewing, self-managing and self-sustaining?

Ecologist

Ignorance and Ineptitude • Tony Juniper

Economics and ecology are two sides of the same coin

Pricing Nature • Paul Evans

The take over of environmentalism by neo-liberals is a confidence trick

The Great Africa Land Grab • Phil Bloomer

The shocking scandal of land-grabbing in Africa

Food versus Biofuels • Paul Creeney

Weather, water and economics have sent food prices soaring. What can be done?

Waste Not, Want Not • Hylton Murray-Philipson

Producing renewable energy from domestic waste

My Green Life • Sharon Garfinkel

An interview with TV naturalist Chris Packham

What Lies Beneath? • Harry Barton

Why have we done so little to protect the wildlife of the seas?

Dear Earth • Polly Higgins

A love letter to the Earth

Frontline

Action From the Grass Roots • Lorna Howarth

Grass roots initiatives around the globe

Creative Communities • Lorna Howarth

Integration is the key to breaking down barriers

Peoples' Sustainability Manifesto • Lorna Howarth

Action beyond Rio +20

The Great Biofuel Debate • Lorna Howarth

How to create energy in a warming world

Ethical Living

Rebuilding Faith • David Jackman

Why we need to create space for ethics in business

Forest Schools • Annie Davy

Introducing a grass roots education movement

Food Sovereignty • Hannah Parathian & James Thorn

Permaculture pioneer Narsanna Koppula on securing food sovereignty for India's rural poor

Living Landscapes • Stephen Moss

Reclaiming the countryside for Nature and people

The Pilgrim's Way • Adam Weymouth

Walking the Mary/Michael Pilgrim's Way

Regulars

Poetry - That Shiver of Recognition • Peter Abbs

Introducing poems by Pauline Stainer

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters from our readers

Members' Page - A Tribute to John Lane • Truda Lane

John Lane was a guiding light for Resurgence and former Art Editor

The Arts

Repair, Rebuild, Reconnect • Peter Cairns

Rewilding the Earth through the unique 2020VISION photography project

The Geography of Hope • Robert Macfarlane

The psychological value of being in Nature

The Great Conversation • Peter Reason

Exploring the significance of new Nature writing

Keynotes

Beyond Capitalism • Jerry Mander

Exposing the inherent contradictions of global capitalism

Undercurrents

A Shared Vision • Rupert Read

It's time to radicalise the green movement

The Cinderella Economy • Tim Jackson

On building a truly sustainable green economy

True Education • Roger Ash Wheeler

Brockwood Park School encourages students to develop a deeper intelligence

Winning Over the Public • Craig Bennett

Campaigning in the 21st Century

Say it with Flowers • Matt Harvey

A time-lapse love story

Reviews

Ashoka's Dream • Philip Grant

Review of To Uphold the World: A Call for a New Global Ethic from Ancient India

Getting Down to Work • Angela Malyon-Bein

Review of A Guide for the Perplexed

Poetic Power • James Murray-White

Review of Night Thoughts: The Surreal Life of the Poet David Gasgoyne

Accumulated Depth • Jay Ramsay

Review of Hedge Fund: And Other Living Margins

A Ghostly Debris • Jeremy James

Review of On Extinction: How We Became Estranged from Nature

The Beauty in the Beast • Hugh Warwick

Review of The Beauty in the Beast: Britain's Favourite Creatures and the People Who Love Them

Beautiful Work, Brutal Battle • David Creelman

Review of The Battle for Life and Beauty on the Earth: A Struggle between Two World-Systems

Making Money • Pat Conaty

Review of Future Money: Breakdown or Breakthrough?

Web Exclusives

Article - Nature as Inspiration • Lara Lloyd

Introducing four Devon-based artists who are inspired by Nature

Article - The Rise of Real Bread • Andrea Mynard

In appreciation of real bread and ancient grains

Article - The Secrets of Cooperative Success • Peter Couchman

The role and relevance of small cooperatives in rural communities

Article - Quantum Reality • Lothar Schäfer

Quantum physics is the place where ancient philosophy meets new science