Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 284 • May/June 2014

Ecological Feminism

Inside this issue

Welcome

Truth, Goodness and Beauty • Satish Kumar

Introducing the trinity of Truth, Goodness and Beauty

Frontline

Action From the Grass Roots • Lorna Howarth

Grass roots initiatives around the globe

World Future Council • Anne Reis

Going global with 100% renewable energy

Spirit of Humanity • David Cadman

Compassion Consciousness

Ecologist

Epigenetics • Bruce H Lipton

The science of personal empowerment

Embracing the Wild • Andrew McAulay

Bonobos conservation in the Congo

A Walk in the Park • Richard Dolesh

Nature is good for us all

We Cannot End Hunger Without Feeding the Soil • Kazunari Yokoyama

Microbial diversity is the foundation of healthy soil and sustainable agriculture

Conservatives and the Environment • Russell Warfield

An interview with Roger Scruton

Quotes

The Biosphere • John Allen

Extract from Me and the Biospheres: A memoir by the inventor of Biosphere 2

Precious Soil • Galileo Galilei

What if there were a scarcity of soil?

Keynotes

Climate Change: The Bigger Picture • Charles Eisenstein

Rather than fighting a war on climate change, we should look at wider issues

Ethical Living

A People's Politician • Elizabeth Wainwright

Arvind Kejriwal, head of India's Aam Aadmi Party of the People

Spirit of Business • Chip Richards

The challenges of running a business based on ecological and spiritual principles

Conscious Tourism • Claudia Cahalane

Why we should make our travels as green as possible

Walking the Kimberley • Patsy Hallen

The joy of backpacking through Australia's rainforests

Wild Garlic • Susan Clark

Cooking with hedgerow plants

Vive La Différence • Robin Lee

Wine should taste of the place where it is has been made

Undercurrents

Ecological Feminism • Germaine Greer

Why feminist to conservationist is a logical step

Sulak Sivaraska • Matteo Pistono

Exploring the work of the octogenarian Buddhist leader, writer and activist

Wild Flower Meadows • John Akeroyd

The importance of Transylvania's wild flower meadows

Regulars

Poetry - A Language for our Dwelling Place • Peter Abbs

Eco-poets are turning attention to the natural apocalypse we are now facing

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters to our Editors

Crossword • Timothy Bonsor

A brain teaser full of ecological clues

The Arts

A Meditation in Stone • India Windsor-Clive

Connecting with the sculpture of Anthony Turner

A Healing Craft • Stephan Harding

Guitar maker Andrew Davidson

Reviews

The Systems View of Life • Fritjof Capra & Pier Luigi Luisi

Review of The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision

Beauty of Creation • Gregory Sams

Review of Mystic Chemist: The Life of Albert Hofmann and His Discovery of LSD

A Mind-to-Mind View of Life • Ian Tennant

Review of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why it Matters

Dreaming the Forest • Laura Rival

Review of The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman

A Frank Appraisal • Peter Bunyard

Review of The Energy of Nations: Risk Blindness and the Road to Renaissance

Seeing Nature • Fiona Reynolds

Review of Mindfulness and the Natural World: Bringing our Awareness Back to Nature

A Moral Purpose • Mark Tully

Review of Righteous Republic: The Political Foundations of Modern India

Being Lester Brown • John Elkington

Review of Breaking New Ground: A Personal History

Web Exclusives

Article - In Praise of Badgers • Lesley Docksey

Celebrating years of wildlife magic

Review - Inner and Outer Landscapes • James Murray-White

Review of The Burning Ground

Article - Yelders in Action • Trish Dickinson

Building connections across the generations

Article - Peace Activism Past And Present • Jude Wright

Tagore's vision of global unity and peace continues to influence musicians, dancers, thinkers and activists and his message is more important now than ever.