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Welcome
The Economics of Peace • Satish Kumar
Wellbeing means rejecting the illusory, consumerist notions of limitless growth
Frontline
Action From the Grass Roots • Lorna Howarth
Grass roots initiatives around the globe
Resurgence in Action • Lorna Howarth
Summer camp sparkles with inspiration
Positive Climate Action Trends • Lorna Howarth
Latin America forges ahead with CO2 reduction plans
Ecologist
Our Cities Need Regenerating: Our Villages Must Be Valued • Herbert Girardet
An unplanned, urbanised world could be a tragedy in the making
An Ounce of Hope is Worth A Ton of Despair • George Monbiot
Our language should reflect our hopes and values - not our fears
We've Made Democracy Local • Peter Macfadyen
Like-minded neighbours fight back against voter apathy
Churches Turn Up the Heat on the Climate Changers • Adam Weymouth
Faith groups are choosing to take their investment away from fossil fuel companies
Stories Change; The Activism Continues • Russell Warfield
The head of Greenpeace explains why online eco-protest is just part of the future
My Green Life • Sharon Garfinkel
An interview with organics enthusiast Jo Wood
Quotes
Rosebay Willowherb • Paul Evans
An extract from Herbaceous
In Praise of Print and Paper • Geez magazine
Reasons why we're primarily print
Keynotes
Why We Need a Steady-State Economy • Herman Daly
Earth evolves and develops without growing in size. The economy should follow the same pattern
Undercurrents
The 'Neo-greens' Will Not Rejuvenate Our Movement • Paul Kingsnorth
The new pragmatic environmentalism splits humanity from Nature
We Are Our Countryside and Saving It Matters • Andrew Motion
Whatever our nationality, in trying to preserve our landscape we assert our identity
Life Is A Natural Process with A Natural End • Ros Coward
Ecological awareness can help us address the ethical dilemmas facing an ageing population
Seeds of Hope on the Mountainside • Stephen Blackmore
Revisiting a pioneering forest-restoration project
Ethical Living
Watershed for the Heart of the Yukon • Jill Pangman
The fight to protect one of the world's great wildernesses
Stop! Let the World Back In • Leo Johnson
A call to action against the forces of automation, atomisation and alienation
Following the Pilgrim Paths • Bébhinn Ramsay
A day of rediscovering walking St Kevin's Way
The Healing Power of Nature • Mukti Mitchell
An interview with Jewels Wingfield, one of Britain's leading lights in the field of conscious relationship
UPLIFT: Oneness in Action • Chip Richards
Introducing a festival in the "land of the first light dreaming."
Sweet Chestnuts, Sweet Memories • Susan Clark
This Christmas, one meal will hold special significance for Susan Clark
John Moat 1936 - 2014 • Lindsay Clarke
A tribute to a poet, painter and peace activist
Quantum of Solace • John Moat
In his last Occasional Didymus column, John Moat speaks up for a medical alternative
Regulars
Letters to the Editors
A selection of letters to our editors
Crossword • Timothy Bonsor
A brain teaser full of ecological clues
Poetry - A Bone That God Can Whistle Through • Peter Abbs
Introducing Rowan William's most recent collection of poems
The Arts
Realigning Us with the Natural World • India Windsor-Clive
Reporting on a campaign bringing together artists and scientists
The Art of Rebellion
A pioneering exhibition at the V&A examines the powerful role of social objects as tools for social change
Reviews
A Dismal Science, Settled By Spreadsheets • Ed Mayo
Review of I Spend, Therefore I Am: The True Cost of Economics
The State We're In • Mike Jay
Review of The State Is Out of Date: We Can Do It Better
A Bright Solar Future • Jonathon Porritt
Review of The Burning Answer: A User's Guide to the Solar Revolution
Climate Questions and Rather Harder Answers • Peter Ainsworth
Review of Climate-challenged Society
Trees of Enchantment • Caspar Henderson
Review of The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest & Orchard Trees for the Twenty-First Century
Senses of Place • Greg Neale
Review of Home Country, Meadowland and On Silbury Hill
In Famous Footsteps • Peter Reason
Review of Walking the Woods and the Water: In Patrick Leigh Fermor's Footsteps from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn
Bowling With Angels • Merlyn Driver
Review of Himalayan Sound Revelations: The Complete Singing Bowl Book
Fresh Leaves From the Jungle • John H Bowles
Review of Jungle Trees of Central India: A Field Guide for Tree Spotters
Web Exclusives
Article - Climate Talks - More Than A Dress Rehearsal • Peter Kirby-Harris
December’s COP 20 conference in Lima could shift the discussion on what an effective climate change treaty should look like
Article - A Theory of Everyone • Nick Inman
A call to synthesise rationality with intuition, emotion and spiritual awareness
Review - What Matters Is Now • Caroline Walker
Review of So Far from Home: Lost and Found in Our Brave New World
Review - Following Nature's Systems • Giles Hutchins
Review of Holonomics: Business Where People and Planet Matter
Review - Redefining and Revaluing Our Work • Glen Edney
Review of Hearing Our Calling: Rethinking Work and the Workplace
Review - Economies of the Future • John Elkington
Review of Turnaround Challenge: Business and the City of the Future
Review - A Rebellion of the Spirit • Natasha Gartside
Review of In Defence of Life: Essays on a Radical Reworking of Green Wisdom
Review - Back to the Roots • Patrick Whitefield
Review of Earth User’s Guide to Teaching Permaculture
Review - A New Vision of Learning • Mary Tasker
Review of The Adventurous School: Vision, Community and Curriculum for Primary Education in the Twenty-first Century
