Politics of Peace

Contents

Welcome

War and Peace • Satish Kumar

Freedom from fear is a prerequisite for peace

Frontline

Action From the Grass Roots • Lorna Howarth

Grass roots initiatives around the globe

Soil Carbon Challenges • Esther Díaz Pérez

Eco-restoration in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, Mexico

Hidden Lanes • Lorna Howarth

Get out of the car and onto the moor

Ecologist

A Solar Revolution • Jonathon Porritt

The impact of solar power around the world

Extreme Inequality • Mark Goldring

Too much for the few means too little for many

Seeking the Light • Caroline Juler

Romania's green movement

Custodians of Life • Liz Hosken

Celebrating women who nurture food, family and life

A Resurgence of Heirloom Plants • Zion Lights

A profile of Simran Sethi, a champion of food freedom

Nurturing Nature is No Crime • Vandana Shiva

Defending the freedom of farmers to save their own seeds

Quotes

Be Free • Niti Majethia

Don't be afraid

Call Me Back to Work • Rabindranath Tagore

If you have courage bring it as your gift

The Greatest Crime • Mozi

War is the greatest crime of all

Keynotes

Politics of Peace • Samdhong Rinpoche

The philosophy and wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi

Ethical Living

City With A Wild Self That Speaks • Lucy Anna Scott

Living in symbiosis with Nature in London

Learning in a Landscape • Richard Dunne

Experiential learning is the foundation of a good education

Blackberry Bonanza • Susan Clark

Happy memories of autumnal foraging captured in a bowl of blackberry granola

Natural Resistance • Robin Lee

Exploring the complexities of wine-growing in Burgundy

Green With Age • John Moat

A story of Nature's forgiveness

Undercurrents

A Beautiful World of Abundance • Charles Eisenstein

The concept of scarcity prevents us from meeting our real needs

The Power of Nonviolence • Satish Kumar

The use of violence to solve human problems is uncivilised

Beautiful Days • Warwick Fox

A philosopher sings the blues and restores his soul

New Stories to Live By • Robert Holtom

Exploring the novels of Ursula Le Guin

Light from the Dark Side • Ros Coward

Seeing Nature in the raw encourages greater ecological awareness

Regulars

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters from our readers

Crossword • Timothy Bonsor

A brain teaser full of ecological clues

Poetry - Blessing the Biosphere • Peter Abbs

Ecological writings by Helen Moore and Lynne Wycherley

The Arts

Journey into Deep Space • Govinda Sah 'Azad'

Painting is a process of self-discovery

Coming Home • Laura Coleman

The importance of environmental art

Agog at Small Things • Andy Christian

Susanna Bauer's art makes the invisible visible

Reviews

The Wealth of the Few • David Boyle

Review of Capital in the Twenty-first Century

A Trinity for Our Time • Colin Tudge

Review of Soil, Soul, Society

Forgotten Inheritance • John Fellowes

Review of Revival and Resilience: Community Stories in China

Is Empathy the New Oil? • David Cadman

Review of The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism

Excavating Buried Assumptions • Dougald Hine

Review of Beyond Economics and Ecology: The Radical Thought of Ivan Illich

The Living Sea • Stephan Harding

Review of Spindrift: A Wilderness Pilgrimage at Sea

Web Exclusives

Article - A Spirit of Our Time • Clare Bryden

Introducing Simone Weil, a teacher, writer and mystic whose life and philosophy were one and the same

Review - Indian Predicament • Felix Padel

Review of Ecology, Economy: Quest for a Socially Informed Connection

Review - The Burning Question • Peter Greaves

Review of The Burning Question: We Can’t Burn Half the World’s Oil, Coal and Gas. So How Do We Quit?

Article - JOHN MOAT • Lynn Batten

1936 - 2014