A Food Renaissance

Contents

Welcome

A New Year: A Renewed Commitment • Greg Neale

Exploring new ways of thinking and living

Frontline

California Passes Ban on Plastic Microbeads • Kara Moses

The environmental cost of synthetic microbeads is too great

Artists Reject Fossil-Fuel Sponsorship • Kara Moses

Update on the campaign to end fossil fuel sponsorship of the arts

Flood Plan Makes Room For the River • Roy Webster

Plans to contain flooding in the Netherlands are working with Nature, not seeking to control it

Scottish Land Campaign Grows • Jen Stout

Pressure for curbs on tax-haven owners is mounting

News from the Grassroots • Greg Neale

Environmental news from around the globe

Festival of Wellbeing Raises the Roof • Greg Neale

Resurgence event overcomes last minute crisis

Michael Meacher and Dora Holzhandler • Greg Neale

Tributes to two extraordinary people

Ecologist

A Food Renaissance Goes Live • Colin Tudge

Unveiling a new forum for change

Farm Campaigner Breaking New Ground • Russell Warfield

An interview with Helen Browning, Chief Executive of the Soil Association

Dharma of Food • Vandana Shiva

The spiritual ideas behind agriculture

Trust the Soil, Cherish the Crop • Liz Ware

A Japanese farming philosophy taking root in Britain

Keynotes

Think of Time as Nature Thinks • Glenn Aparicio Parry

Modern science is catching up with traditional wisdom

Quotes

The Emergence of Social Ecology • Murray Bookchin

Extract from an interview with Murray Bookchin in 1986

Undercurrents

Mind Matters • Madeleine Bunting

Assessing the impact of mindfulness as it becomes more mainstream

Wake Up Laughing • Joe Hoare

A five-step course to bring joy into our lives

The Man Who Saw Fire In the Eye of the Wolf • Paul Kingsnorth

Reassessing the work of Aldo Leopold

The University of Green • Jay Griffiths

Schumacher College celebrates 25 years of teaching and holistic thinking

Tagore and the Meaning of Self • Stephan Harding

The enduring influence of Tagore on Schumacher College

Ethical Living

Worlds Apart • Leo Johnson

On parties and poverty, East and West

Activist Jailed for Reporting Assaults • Greg Neale

An Amnesty International Appeal

One Earth, One Humanity, One Future • Satish Kumar

A new story of unity and radical pluralism

A Diet for Every New Year • Julia Ponsonby

Eating seasonal foods throughout the year connects us with the season

Sparkling in a Cool Climate • Robin Lee

The renaissance of English wine

Making a Fist of It • Matt Harvey

Crowdsourcing a poem

The Arts

A Radical Fervour, Forged in the Forests • Adam Feinstein

Recalling Pablo Neruda's twin passions of love and Nature

Portrait of The Artist As Priest • Peter Abbs

A new exhibition of work by David Jones

Sacred Song, and Where to Find It • Rupert Sheldrake

Launching an online portal for evensong services in the UK and Ireland

Regulars

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters from our readers

Crossword • Tim Bonsor

A brainteaser full of ecological clues

Reviews

Our Books of the Year

Review of the books most enjoyed by Rowan Williams and others in 2015

Souls With Wings • Michael McCarthy

Review of Rainbow Dust: Three Centuries of Delight in British Butterflies

Capitalism With A Conscience • Herbert Girardet

Review of More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First

Getting Better At Doing Good • Donna Ladkin

Review of The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically

The Lonely Traveller • Adam Thorpe

Review of 60 Degrees North: Around the World In Search of Home

A Primer For Activism • Adam Weymouth

Review of Spiritual Activism: Leadership as Service

Camels In Canada • Paul Brown

Review of Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet

Web Exclusives

Article - The Practice of the Sacred • William Henry Searle

A Basis for Spiritual Ecology

Article - Analogue or Digital: A Dichotomy • Luc Sala

Why we need to maintain a balance between digital and analogue in life

Review - The Triumph of Art • Peter Abbs

Review of David Tress