Author Profile: Jonathon Porritt

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Greening of Our Cities • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 278 • May/June 2013 • Natural Wealth > Ecologist

Cities are leading the way in sustainability

The Elephant in the Room • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 274 • September/October 2012 • A Shared Agenda > Ecologist

Why nothing can change until we tackle our exploding population

Challenging the Greens • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 268 • September/October 2011 • What Comes Next? > Undercurrents

How much progress have we really made, and what should we be doing next?

Opinion - Going Back to Our Roots • Jonathon Porritt & Tony Juniper

Issue 263 • November/December 2010 • Apostles of Beauty > Regulars > Opinion

A response to the Small is Beautiful call from Julian Rose

The Three 'Rs' • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 257 • November/December 2009 • Resilience & Climate Change > Keynotes

Three fundamental principles should underpin any approach to food security: resilience, resolarisation and relocalisation.

Living Within Our Means • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 255 • July/August 2009 • Sacred Planet > Keynotes

The solution to the ultimate recession lies in sustainable capitalism.

Corporate Evolution • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 252 • January/February 2009 • Nature Crunch: Redesign, Rethink, Reimagine > Reviews

The Necessary Revolution.

Food Security • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 251 • November/December 2008 • Feasting & Fasting: Connecting the Plate and the Planet > Feasting & Fasting

Eat locally and seasonally.

21st Century Writing • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 247 • March/April 2008 • Long Live Biodiversity! > Reviews

Spirituality as a Public Good

New Role for the WTO • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative > Green Imperatives

If the World Trade Organization were to put the environment above free trade we could begin to make the significant changes needed to live sustainably on the Earth.

EDGING CLOSER TO MELTDOWN • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 238 • September/October 2006 • Celebrating 40 Years of Resurgence > The Movement

There is still a window of opportunity to ward off ecological collapse.

FUTURE SCENARIOS • Jonathon Porritt & Sir John Whitmore

Issue 235 • March/April 2006 • From Ownership to Relationship > Undercurrents

Should we reform or replace capitalism?

Visionaries - PATRICK GEDDES • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 235 • March/April 2006 • From Ownership to Relationship > Regulars > Visionaries

The life of a pioneer of sustainable development.

EARTH, WEALTH AND WELLBEING • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 234 • January/February 2006 • Earth, Wealth and Wellbeing > Feature Articles

Are capitalism and sustainability mutually exclusive? An edited extract from Capitalism as if the World Matters.

SEDUCED BY SPEED • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 222 • January/February 2004 • Natural Governance > Feature Articles

Fast-lane living ranks high in the list of pseudo-satisfiers.

AFFLUENCE THRESHOLD • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 220 • September/October 2003 • Science and Spirituality > Feature Articles

It is time to examine the relationship between economic growth and social wellbeing

SUSTAINABILITY AND SECURITY • Jonathon Porritt & Martin Wright

Issue 218 • May/June 2003 • Futility of War > Prospects for Peace

Addressing the roots of conflict.

BETTER BUSINESS? • James Wilsdon & Jonathon Porritt

Issue 208 • September/October 2001 • Technology: dream or nightmare? > Technology

Can technology help to clean up business practice?

A DISCREET VEIL • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 201 • July/August 2000 • Only Connect - Soil, Soul, Society > Feature Articles

New Labour modernizers are ignoring the urgency of the required environmental transformation.

ARROGANT TECHNOLOGY • Jonathon Porritt

Issue 195 • July/August 1999 • Earth Charter > Reviews

The Biotech Century