Issue 262 • September/October 2010
Embodied Wisdom
Welcome
Tagore: A People's Poet • Satish Kumar
A vision of wholeness and Integrity.
Frontline
Ecocide in Paradise • Lorna Howarth
Indigenous landowners are stripped of traditional land rights.
Profit Before Planet • Lorna Howarth
Exposing the reality of 'Beyond Petroleum'.
The World's Most Polluted Places • Lorna Howarth
Cleaning up toxic waste.
Trees for Global Benefit • Lorna Howarth
How carbon finance can work for the poor.
Groundbreaking Allotments • Lorna Howarth
Bridging the gap between demand and supply of horticultural land.
Boreal Bargaining • Lorna Howarth
Debate rages over the world's largest forest 'conservation' agreement.
Undercurrents
The Tragedy of Biodiversity • Paul Evans
Why conservation mus change to 'stand up' for the whole of nature.
Transhumance • Diego Vivanco
How this dying tradition plays a role in supporting biodiversity.
East and West • Rachel Fleming
A modern sage shares his thoughts on living in harmony.
Letter from Japan • Junko Edahiro
Younger Japanese consumers are rejecting material abundance.
Getting off the Treadmill • David Boyle & Andrew Simms
Could our medieval ancestors know something that we don't?
Keynotes
Embodied Wisdom • Juhani Pallasmaa
Exploring the embodied condition of the integrated human experience.
Quotes
What if? • Lemn Sissay
A lost number in the equation.
The Age of Absurdity • Michael Foley
Why modern life makes it hard to be happy.
Part of the Whole • Albert Einstein
A human being is a part of the whole.
Biocultural Diversity
Adaptation • Jonathan Mitchell
Those species most able to adapt will survive climate change.
The Arts
Lucid and Wild • Philip Vann
Celebrating landscape artist William Crozier.
Paul Gauguin • Susan Clark
Tate Modern presents Gauguin: Maker of Myth.
Regulars
Projections - Celluloid Connections • Caspar Walsh
Film can be a platform for personal transformation and global change.
Recipes - Pumpkin Magic • Jane Hughes
The ultimate comfort food from an autumn staple.
Big Foot, Little Foot - Food, Glorious Food • Mukti Mitchell
Cottage industries are the future.
Slow Travel - The Kindness of Strangers • Adam Weymouth
Discovering the true meaning of hospitality.
Pioneers - Nature Pioneers • Elizabeth Wainwright
Celebrating three grassroots pioneers who champion biodiversity.
A Sense of Place - The Draw of the Desert • Jay Ramsay
Finding inner freedom as a pilgrim in the Sinai Desert.
Gardening - The Alchemy of the Compost Heap • Brigitte Norland
The most important thing in the garden is your compost heap.
Poetry - The Nature of Being • Peter Abbs
Collected Poems of P.K. Page.
Letters to the Editors - Benefits of Reforestation
A selection of letters to our editors.
Members' Page - Nature's Language • Ian Tennant
Earth Vision Nature Writing Contest.
Reviews
Flights of Imagination • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
The Running Sky: A Birdwacthing Life by Tim Dee
Lost Chances • Suzi Gablik
Eaarth: Making Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben
Singing the Truth • Val Harding
The Honey Gatherers by Mimlu Sen
A Search for Wisdom • Edmund O'Sullivan
The Tao of Liberation by Mark Hathaway and Leonardo Boff
Eloquent Epistles • Jini Reddy
Letters from an Extreme Pilgrim by Peter Owen Jones
Seeking a New Idealism • John Naish
The Age of Absurdity by Michael Foley
Humble Stewardship • Chris Nichols
Creating a Forest Garden by Martin Crawford
Manifesto for our Time • Mary Tasker
Common Wealth by Martin Large
The Sacred Universe • Peter Reason
Celebrating the visionary works of the late Thomas Berry
Web Exclusives
Article - Awesome Science • Kate Davies
Science can accelerate the transition to sustainability.
Article - Gauguin: The Man Behind the Show • Andy Christian
Guaguin produced work of great quality that pushed the boundaries.
Article - Your Countryside Needs You • Mark Ogden
Community engagement is the key to creating sustainable 'living landscapes'.
Article - Derek Neville, Poet of Nature • Stephanie Sorrell
Expression of the soul.
Article - Reconnect with the Living World • Leah Lemieux
Rekindling The Waters: The Truth About Swimming with Dolphins
Article - New Heights for Online Campaigning • Lorna Howarth
You could be one click away from changing the world.
Article - Bullfighting Ban • Lorna Howarth
Animal rights protestors applaud new law.
Article - Saving Cambodia's Forests • Lorna Howarth
Traditional design and latest technology combine to create enegy-saving stove.
Article - A State of Wellbeing • Lorna Howarth
Ryan's Well Foundation.
Article - Cleanse Oil Stains from the Arts • Lorna Howarth
Freeing the arts from the taint of black gold.
Article - Painting A New Picture • Lorna Howarth
Recycling paint benefits the environment.
Article - Lighter Later Update • Lorna Howarth
MP backs parliamentary bill for lighter evenings.
Article - Restoring Woodland • Edmund Barrow
Restoring trees and natural woodlands in ‘the Desert of Tanzania.
Article - Tapestry Weaving • Hilary Weir
An experiment in creativity.