Real Wealth
Issue 302 • May/June 2017

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Welcome
Wealth That Really Matters • Greg Neale
We need a new economics, for people and planet
Frontline
Anti-Coal Actions Spread • Kara Moses
Report on the growing campaign against fossil fuels
Fracking Firms Face New Opposition • Kara Moses
Anti-fracking protests continue in Lancashire
New Call for A Fairer Global Economy • Greg Neale
Oxfam urges corporate responsibility, aid for women, and curbs on tax dodging
Sudanese Political Activist Held Incommunicado • Greg Neale
An appeal on behalf of Amnesty International
Resurgence News and Events • Greg Neale
Updates and events from Resurgence, including Poetry Prize winners, London Talks and Resurgence Summer Camp
News from the Grassroots • Greg Neale
Environmental news from around the world
Ecologist
The Surprising Power of Low Tech • Jon Ehrenfeld & David Ehrenfeld
We need solutions to the environmental crisis that are affordable and effective
From Weeds to Wonder • Kate Blincoe
Reflecting on weeds and landscape
Home on The Range - But For How Long? • Verity Largo
East African pastoralists face increasing pressures on their way of life
We're Still Stronger Together • Oliver Tickell
A profile of Vivian Woodell, social entrepreneur and cooperative visionary
Keynotes
Towards an Economy That Works • Tim Jackson
Making the case for prosperity without growth
Degrowth - the Economics of the Future • Maya Kumar Mitchell
Filka Sekulova is a leading activist and advocate for economies based on rejecting endless consumption
Undercurrents
Working for a World Without War • Scilla Elworthy
How we can build peace in a world full of war
Tuning in to a high-rise Future • Herbert Girardet
The dramatic rise in China's population brings with it challenges
Ethical Living
From Nationalism To Glocalism • Satish Kumar
Taking power away from the EU and giving it to global players is not the answer
Reality Bites • Leo Johnson
Virtual environments will be the future normal
I'm Like, So, Metaphoric • Matt Harvey
Sparking up for the Energy Awards
Cradles of Morality • Priscilla Alderson
Our early ideas of right and wrong are innate
Quotes
Refugees • Brian Bilston
An poem taken from You Took the Last Bus Home, a collection of poetry by Brian Bilston
The Arts
The Restless Genius of Print • Rod Nelson
A major exhibition of the work of Katsushika Hokusai opens in London
Turning the Tide: A Celebration of the Ocean • Alice Sharp
Exploring the environmental thinking behind a major new exhibition in Hull, the 2017 UK City of Culture
Musical Medication • Simon Broughton
A profile of Abida Parveen, an extraordinary Sufi singer
Net Gains • Roberta Burchardt
Turning recycled fishing nets into works of beauty
Regulars
Poetry - The Quiet Voice of Humanity • Peter Abbs
Celebrating the rare power of Polish poet Adam Zagajewski
Letters to the Editors
A selection of letters to our Editors
Reviews
A Prophet In His Own Place • Jonathon Porritt
Review of The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
Down To The Last Drop • Edward Davey
Review of Water in Plain Sight Hope for a Thirsty World
A Pioneering Professor For Peace • Clive Barrett
Review of Adam Curle: Radical Peacemaker
Wanted: A True Climate Fiction • Nick Robins
Review of The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable
Making Waves • Paul Brown
Review of Greenpeace Captain: Bizarre Wanderings on the Rainbow Warrior
Trading Places • Rupert Read
Review of Progressive Protectionism: Taking Back Control
Web Exclusives
Article - A Coastal Ecology Is Melting Away • David Shaw
The surprising impacts of deglaciation on Arctic shorebirds
Review - Tides of Thought and Feeling • Peter Reason
Review of Driftfish: A Zoomorphic Anthology
Review - A Shiny Green Future • David Elliott
Review of The Switch: How Solar, Storage and New Tech Means Cheap Power for All