Issue 252 • January/February 2009

Welcome

Nature Crunch • Satish Kumar

The credit crunch is an opportunity to redesign our money system.

Frontline

Rainforest Nations Lead the Way • Lorna Howarth

New commitments to stop rainforest loss and protect endangered species.

Creating Coral • Lorna Howarth

Using appropriate technology to restore damaged reefs.

The Grandmothers Speak • Sophia Style

Reviving the traditions, rituals and medicines that can help heal the world.

Love in Action • Virginia Kennedy

Working with communities for positive change.

Keynotes

Divine Abiding • David Cadman

The 'holy life' is necessary grounding for us all.

Liberation Ecology • David Nicholson-Lord

Forget "no growth" - the reality is "endless possibility".

A Green New Deal • Tony Juniper

Mobilising billions for a low-carbon economy.

Darwin Revisioned • Brian Goodwin

Transforming Darwinian evolution into a liberating vision for 21st century.

How to be Hopeful • Barbara Kingsolver

Some sound advice for us all.

Quotes

Lord • Rumi

Lord, the air smells good.

You Have Two Cows • Anon

Political perspectives on having two cows.

Biocultural Diversity

Costing the Earth • Terence Hay-Edie

Valuing Nature's abundance.

The Arts

Land Marks • Andy Christian

Can art help raise awareness of what we are doing to the Earth?

Modern Elegance • Ivy Cooper

The award-winning architecture of Tadao Ando.

Regulars

Poetry - In the Service of Beauty • Rose Flint

The power of metaphoric language to integrate our lives and give soul to the world.

Nature Writers - A Moral Gaze • Robert Macfarlane

Inspirational writers who change the way we see the world.

A Sense of Place - Flight Paths on Skomer • Jane MacNamee

Skomer island is a haven to thousands of breeding seabirds.

Slow Travel - Walking the world • Gregor Sieboeck

A glimpse of the journey from Austria to New Zealand.

Gardening - The Perfect Garden • Brigitte Norland

There is rhythm in the tide of growth.

Transition Time - Living Without Oil • Mark Boyle

Embarking on a journey to live more respectfully with Gaia.

The Occasional Didymus - Killing Time • John Moat

Time doesn’t actually need saving.

Short Story - Polaris • Amanda Edwards

No other star is as quick to tell me where to go.

The Big Picture - Icons of England • Lorna Howarth

Campaign to protect rural England.

Letters to the Editors - Eyes Wide Open

Members' Page • Tracey Benton

Commit to one action to serve the planet in 2009.

Members' Page - New Year Resolutions • Tracey Benton

New Year Resolutions to serve the planet.

Reviews

Exit Strategy • Oliver Tickell

The shift to a low-carbon future.

A New Capitalism • Philip Strong

A World Without Poverty.

Corporate Evolution • Jonathon Porritt

The Necessary Revolution.

A Saner Society • James Sainsbury

The Selfish Capitalist: Origins of Affluenza.

Institutional Dishonesty • Moyra Bremner

The Secret History of the War on Cancer.

The Age of Embezzlement • Colin Tudge

The Gods That Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets Has Cost Us Our Future

The Case for Common Sense • Andy Christian

The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience.

Our Cellular Landscape • Julie de Bastion

Body Eloquence: The Power of Myth and Story to Awaken the Body's Energies.

Exercises in Thinking • James Clarke

Transcendence: Seekers and Seers in the Age of Thoreau.

Way-Finding • Lorna Howarth

The Wild Places.

Cultural Psychotherapy • Edmund O'Sullivan

Hell and High Water: Climate Change, Hope and the Human Condition.

Philosopher of Grace • Paul Zeal

Understanding Gregory Bateson.

Creative Co-operation • Jeremy Hooker

Batu-Angas: Envisioning Nature with Alfred Russel Wallace.

Web Exclusives

Article - Black is the New White • Lorna Howarth

A teenager’s invention to help save the planet.

Article - Forest Gardening • Justin West

Regenerating landscapes, rediscovering abundance.

Article - Growing Communities • Lorna Howarth

Julie Brown has created a local food project as vibrant and diverse as the community in which she lives.

Article - Nature's Signature • Mark Vaughan

The art of Pip Benveniste is an expression of her love for the land and the vast connectedness of all life.

Article - Truth of Experience • Jeremy Hooker

The paintings of David Tress are alive, fluid and belong to an Earth marked by ancient human presence.

Review - The English Resistance • Paul Kingsnorth

The art of knowing where and who you are.

Review - Books in Brief • Juliette Griffiths, Sophie Poklewski Koziell & Jo Oland

Review - Conscious Awakening • John Whitmore

The Bridge at the Edge of the World

Review - Family Fortunes • John McClaughry

Third Ways