Welcome

A New Paradigm • Satish Kumar

Our work must be based in harmony and wholeness

Frontline

Greed for Gas • Lorna Howarth

Climate-change activists issue an urgent call for a moratorium on shale-gas extraction in the UK

Grief for our Lost Species • Lorna Howarth

Paying tribute to the myriad extinct species

To Buy or Not To Buy? • Lorna Howarth

Can supermarkets ever be good for the environment?

Regulars

Poetry - Roll Up! Roll UP! • Benjamin Zephaniah

Planet for Sale

Voice From The South - The Emperor Has No Clothes • Vandana Shiva

Genetic Engineering has not increased the yield of a single crop

Pioneers - New Voices • Elizabeth Wainwright

Climate change champion Kirsty Schneeberger explains Think2050

Gardening - The Middle Ground • Helen Jukes

Transforming an inner-city wild space into a much-loved community garden

Opinion - Environmental Justice • Jason Lowther

Greater awareness of environmental damage should be reflected in environmental sentencing

A Sense of Place - A Feast of a Find • Jemima Roberts

In a city that can feel cool and aloof the local market provides a warm welcome

The Occasional Didymus - The Game's the Thing • John Moat

Holding out hope that sport is still a gentlemanly pursuit

Letters to the Editors - Changing the World

A selection of letters to our Editors

Poetry - Room for the Soul • Peter Abbs

The Poetry of Glyn Hughes

Members' Page - Resurgence in East Devon • Christina Bows

Celebrations and projects of the Resurgence East Devon group

Keynotes

New Frontiers • Margaret Atwood

What is our proper relationship with Nature?

Quotes

One Humanity • Vinoba Bhave

We are all inhabitants of the Earth, citizens of the wide world

Now, Prepare Yourselves • Maya Angelou

Extract from the official poem for President Clinton's inauguration on 20 January 1993

Undercurrents

What Comes Next? • Bill McKibben

On why there's still a good chance we can save our magnificent Earth

Rethinking the Season • Charty Durrant

Being fashionable shouldn't mean destroying the planet

Enchanting Forests • Robin Maynard

Why the plan to sell off our national forests triggered a monumental outcry

Beauty & Wellbeing • Harry Eyres

In dialogue with the Conservative MP Oliver Letwin

Challenging the Greens • Jonathon Porritt

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

Asking the Big Questions • Colin Tudge

Where to look for big answers

Biocultural Diversity

Which Way Now? • Elizabeth Wainwright

Photo feature on the difficult choices facing not just Africa, but all of us

The Arts

Louder Than Words • Antony Gormley

The silencing of the artist Ai Weiwei and why we must all speak out

A Sense of Home • Simon Olding

The forgotten etchings of the potter Bernard Leach capture the spirit of Japan

Painter as Storyteller • Nicholas Usherwood

Profiling the powerful work of Wynn Jones

Reviews

Playing with Light • Gay Watson

The Colour of Time by Garry Fabian Miller and Susan Derges' Elemental

Behind the Mask • Nic Marks

Economics Unmasked: From Power and Greed to Compassion and the Common Good

Life Unplugged • Sophie Poklewski Koziell

The Winter of Our Disconnect

Bigger Stakes • Ed Mayo

Ending the Global Casino?

Theft is Theft • James Clarke

Common as Air: Revolution, Art and Ownership

Art's Evolutionary Roots • Shakti Maira

The Art Instinct

Living in Harmony • Jeremy James

Walking Wisdom: Three Generations, Two Dogs, and the Search for a Happy Life

A World Made Green • Barrie Oldfield

Tall Timber

Master of Alchemy • Nomi Rowe

The Magic Mirror: Thoughts and Reflections on Cecil Collins

Web Exclusives

Article - Transcending Cultural Stress • Simon Mitchell

Positive suggestions for enjoying the moment

Article - Reflections • Rosalind Brackenbury

More and more people see themselves as pilgrims rather than tourists

Article - To Realise What You Live For • Patrick Evans

Slow travel around the Cornish Coast

Article - Metaphor of Faith • Ursula King

Let us be modern pilgrims with new visions

Review - The Mystery of Life • W. Thomson Martin

The Bluff Detector: Stories, Dreams and Rivers of Change

Article - Healing the UK Riots • Tim Roberts

We all have the capacity to help transform violence and bring about positive change in society

Article - What Has Become of Us? • Jeremy Seabrook

A historical perspective on the recent unrest in the UK