The Tipping Point

Contents

Welcome

The Great Challenge • Satish Kumar

Caring for our environment is a moral imperative

Frontline

Action From the Grass Roots • Lorna Howarth

Grass roots initiatives around the globe

No Runways • Lorna Howarth

Transition Heathrow working for a sustainable future

The Avaaz Daily Briefing • Lorna Howarth

Global media offering positive solutions

Changing Money for Good • Lorna Howarth

The Bristol Pound - money for people not profit

The Edge Fund • Lorna Howarth

Financing Participatory Democracy

Antara • Lorna Howarth

Artist speak 'from the heart'

Ethical Living

Resurgence of the Human Spirit • James Sainsbury

A new year message, sharing hopes for the future of the greens

The Tipping Point • Barbara Stocking

When we will end extreme poverty and provide social justice for all?

Signs of Change • Elaine Gilligan

Seeing things differently is a good starting point for a shared ecological wellbeing

Aldo Leopold: The original Ecologist • Stephan Harding

Why we still need this man's thinking

Stepping into the Terroir • Robin Lee

Exploring the role of a sense of place in winemaking

Ecologist

What We're Really Up Against • Susan Clark

Far from gloomy predictions of dwindling reserves, the oil industry is booming

The Oil Industry in Africa • Thembi Mutch

The impact of oil exploration in Africa

The Future of Energy • Bibi van der Zee

Why there is no excuse for Britain to lag on renewables

The Weakest Link • Lester Brown

What needs to happen to avoid a breakdown in our food system

Rebuilding the Soil • Craig Sams

Using locally produced biochar to rebuild a healthy soil

Wild Hope • Mark Cocker

Facing up to the challenges ahead

My Green Life • Sharon Garfinkel

Veteran broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby shares his thoughts

Quotes

What Price Realism? • Satish Kumar

Excerpt from an interview with the Guardian's environment editor, John Vidal

Keynotes

Value Beyond Measure • Charles Eisenstein

Why putting a price on Nature is the wrong tack

Undercurrents

A Turning Tide • Tim Flannery

Australia's Chief Climate Commissioner believes we've passed the turning point

Futuronomics of Food • Vandana Shiva

We need a new paradigm for the production of food

Green Imperative • Fiona Reynolds

Better ways to engage people in conservation

Patterns of Beauty • Shakti Maira

India artist and thinker Shakti Maira asks Fritjof Capra what he means by beauty

The Arts

Sebastião Salgado • India Windsor-Clive

A new exhibition that documents the world's disappearing wild places

Art as Service • Romuald Hazoumè

Why it is the duty of every artist to work for their community

Regulars

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters from our readers

Poetry - A Sense of Infinity • Peter Abbs

Four modern Greek poets

Reviews

Earth Freedoms • Michael Mansfield

Review of Earth is Our Business: Changing the Rules of the Game

Changing the World • John-Paul Flintoff

Review of How to Change the World

Last Call for Capitalism • Gar Smith

Review of The Capitalism Papers: Fatal Flaws of an Obsolete System

Debunking the Myth • Stephen Lewis

Review of Debt: The First 5,000 Years

Never-ending Quest • Helen Moore

Review of Places of Truth: Journeys into Sacred Wilderness

Personal and Political • Geoff Mead

Review of Our Secret Territory, and Words of Re-Enchantment

New Angels • Helen Scadding

Review of Dartington Hall: One Endless Garden

An Urban Pilgrimage • Jon Every

Review of The Green London Way: Walking the City's History and Wildlife

Bio-economy • Tony Juniper

Review of What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? How Money Does Really Grow on Trees

A Map of Hope • Peter Owen Jones

Review of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy

A Tale of Resistance • Mark Tully

Review of From the Ruins of the Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia

Web Exclusives

Article - Breaking the Food Waste Chains • Caitlin Shepherd

There are lots of good reasons to stop the disgrace of food waste

Article - Waking Up to the World • Woodford Roberts

The pioneering work of Edmund O'Sullivan in transformative learning

Review - The Story of Seed • Josie Jeffery

Review of Seeds of Freedom is a film that calls us all to action