The Future We Want and the One We Can't Afford

Contents

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