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Awesome Science • Kate Davies

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Science can accelerate the transition to sustainability.

Gauguin: The Man Behind the Show • Andy Christian

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Guaguin produced work of great quality that pushed the boundaries.

Your Countryside Needs You • Mark Ogden

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Community engagement is the key to creating sustainable 'living landscapes'.

Derek Neville, Poet of Nature • Stephanie Sorrell

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Expression of the soul.

Reconnect with the Living World • Leah Lemieux

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Rekindling The Waters: The Truth About Swimming with Dolphins

New Heights for Online Campaigning • Lorna Howarth

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

You could be one click away from changing the world.

Bullfighting Ban • Lorna Howarth

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Animal rights protestors applaud new law.

Saving Cambodia's Forests • Lorna Howarth

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Traditional design and latest technology combine to create enegy-saving stove.

A State of Wellbeing • Lorna Howarth

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Ryan's Well Foundation.

Cleanse Oil Stains from the Arts • Lorna Howarth

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Freeing the arts from the taint of black gold.

Painting A New Picture • Lorna Howarth

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Recycling paint benefits the environment.

Lighter Later Update • Lorna Howarth

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

MP backs parliamentary bill for lighter evenings.

Restoring Woodland • Edmund Barrow

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

Restoring trees and natural woodlands in ‘the Desert of Tanzania.

Tapestry Weaving • Hilary Weir

Issue 262 • September/October 2010 • Embodied Wisdom

An experiment in creativity.

Rosewood Ban • Lorna Howarth

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life

Tackling the logging crisis in Madagascar.

Lighter Later • Lorna Howarth

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life

Cutting Carbon by extending daylight hours.

Power Wellies • Lorna Howarth

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life

Eco-friendly mobile phone charging technologies reach a new level.

Ghost Forest • Lorna Howarth

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life

Highlighting the depletion of the world's resources.

Biodiversity and Wellbeing • Sandra Díaz

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life

The vital systems needed for human survival are at risk unless we address biodiversity loss.

The Gift of True Health • Misha Norland

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life

Healing beyond the mind and body and into the transpersonal level according to homeopathic principles.

A Rollercoaster Ride of Experience • Mark Boyle

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life

The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living

Beyond the Dark Harvest • Ian Siddons Heginworth

Issue 261 • July/August 2010 • Sustaining Life

In reaching only for those things that truly nourish, sustain and enliven us, we move beyond life's trappings and temptations and harvest life itself.

An Interview with Antony Gormley • Jan van Boeckel

Issue 260 • May/June 2010 • On Being Human

An exclusive intervew with the British sculptor Antony Gormley.

Art in Nature • Kenneth Ashburner & June Ashburner

Issue 260 • May/June 2010 • On Being Human

In the foothills of Dartmoor, art, science and nature meet.

Little Pink Puddings • Jane Hughes

Issue 260 • May/June 2010 • On Being Human

Rhubarb and ginger puddings.

Designing the Future • Nicola Gunstone

Issue 260 • May/June 2010 • On Being Human

A co-operative global experiment to redesign civilisation.

A Creative Unfolding • Peter Reason

Issue 260 • May/June 2010 • On Being Human

The Participatory Turn: Spirituality, Mysticism, Religious Studies

Sacred Geometry • Frances Howard-Gordon

Issue 260 • May/June 2010 • On Being Human

How the World is Made: The Story of Creation According to Sacred Geometry

Fatally Flawed • John Sauven

Issue 260 • May/June 2010 • On Being Human

We need new lifestyles and new ways of living.

Get Your Hands Dirty • Sandor Katz

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food

We have regulated food production to a mostly remote economic sector.

The Framing Game • Mark Winne

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food

No-one should be denied access to healthy, affordable food.

The Next Food Revolution • Benny Haerlin

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food

The future of food, agriculture, development and sustainability depend on small-scale farmers.

Summits Without Soul • Rob Collister

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food

The goal of mountaineering is to explore rather than to conquer.

Spring Menu • Jane Le Besque

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food

Experiment with nature's rich harvest.

Applied Philosophy • Shaun Chamberlin

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.

Reflective Waters • Siobhan Horner

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food

Slow travel on the French canals.

Art and Beauty • Andrew Frisardi

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food

God and Work: Aspects of Art and Tradition

Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries • Rasoul Sorkhabi

Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food

A documentary film about the life of Peter Matthiessen.

Reclaiming Love • Lorna Howarth

Issue 258 • January/February 2010 • Liberty

Disconnecting beloved tradition from the grip of consumer culture.

Holy Water • Lorna Howarth

Issue 258 • January/February 2010 • Liberty

Addressing the many challenges to India's watercourses.

Two Sides To The Story • Lorna Howarth

Issue 258 • January/February 2010 • Liberty

Sending an email can be more dangerous to the environment than posting a letter.

Hunger for Meaning • Nick Kettles

Issue 258 • January/February 2010 • Liberty

Social responsibility within organisations emerges through recognition of the complex relationships between individuals.

Liberty in the Network Age • Bill Thompson

Issue 258 • January/February 2010 • Liberty

Freedom to code, like the freedom to own and use a printing press, should now be included as a vital component of freedom of expression.

A Modern Mystic • Clare Dakin

Issue 258 • January/February 2010 • Liberty

Sadhguru, an Indian spiritual teacher, integrates spirituality, ecological restoration and service with humanity.

Migrating Stones • Alyson Hallett

Issue 256 • September/October 2009 • Exploring Consciousness

Following your dreams can lead you on a journey of unexpected dimensions.

Living Legacies • Karl Hansen

Issue 255 • July/August 2009 • Sacred Planet

In Ethiopia people are embracing local and ecological knowledge to protect and enhance the integrity of their land.

Closer to the Sky • Lara Lutzenberger

Issue 255 • July/August 2009 • Sacred Planet

Integrating human beings with their non-human parents.

Cultural Crossroads • Chagat Almashev

Issue 255 • July/August 2009 • Sacred Planet

Sacred sites are the acupunture points of the planet.

The Sanctity of Land • Mark Helyar

Issue 254 • May/June 2009 • Elegant Simplicity

Money is still deemed to have more worth than natural assets

The Family of Things • Thomas Bailey

Issue 254 • May/June 2009 • Elegant Simplicity

Mary Oliver’s poetry celebrates the utter and irreducible beauty of the ordinary world.

Dignity For All • Claire Hunt

Issue 254 • May/June 2009 • Elegant Simplicity

Whilst India boasts of economic miracles, the majority of the rural poor continue to suffer indignity and exploitation.

Curious Visions • Andy Christian

Issue 254 • May/June 2009 • Elegant Simplicity

There is something of the visionary in the work of Peter Doig, yet a disquieting sense of tension and expectation permeates his paintings.

Housing for Happiness • Pooran Desai

Issue 253 • March/April 2009 • Economics of Place

Good urban design can predispose people towards happier lives.

Karas • Judy Wilkinson

Issue 253 • March/April 2009 • Economics of Place

How the changing face of allotments is helping people adapt to climate change.

Rocky Mountain Music • Jeff Kagan

Issue 253 • March/April 2009 • Economics of Place

A feint reflection of each community reveals itself during the concert.

Writing the Wind • Thomas Rain Crowe

Issue 253 • March/April 2009 • Economics of Place

Literature is a sources of guidance for the task of renewal.

Black is the New White • Lorna Howarth

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

A teenager’s invention to help save the planet.

Forest Gardening • Justin West

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

Regenerating landscapes, rediscovering abundance.

Growing Communities • Lorna Howarth

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

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

Nature's Signature • Mark Vaughan

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

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

Truth of Experience • Jeremy Hooker

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

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

Christmas Cradles • Julia Ponsonby

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

Dried fruit and good tidings, all wrapped up in a mince pie.

Going with the Grain • Nick Jones

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

Artisan flour-milling is playing an essential role in producing specialist flours.

Health Imperative • Satish Kumar

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

The quality and quantity of food we produce should be in harmony.

Food is Everything • Vandana Shiva

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

Hunger created by human greed is an expression of a violent and unjust world.

Nature and Culture • Jules Pretty & Sarah Pilgrim

Issue 250 • September/October 2008 • Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century

The importance of cultural protection is only just emerging.

How Are We Doing? • David Rapport

Issue 250 • September/October 2008 • Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century

Finding ways in which humans can live in harmony with Nature.

Bioculturalism, Shamanism & Economics • Sian Sullivan

Issue 250 • September/October 2008 • Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century

Bioculturalism not only connects Nature and culture, it also implies an animating relationship.

Indigenous Integrity • Dennis Martinez

Issue 250 • September/October 2008 • Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century

In the context of global warming, native wisdom and knowledge will be required to adapt to the changing environment.

The Right to Choose • Patrick Cunningham

Issue 250 • September/October 2008 • Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century

Indigenous cultures are not fossilised in time: they continue to evolve.

People's Video • Nick Lunch

Issue 250 • September/October 2008 • Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century

Preserving biocultural diversity through participatory video.

Indigenous Research • Gary Martin

Issue 250 • September/October 2008 • Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century

The Biocultural Diversity Learning Network.

Beyond Words • Sophie Poklewski Koziell

Issue 250 • September/October 2008 • Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century

Communicating with the Kalahari Bushmen through touch.

Let's have some decent bread • Andrew Whitley

Issue 249 • July/August 2008 • Music for Transformation

It's easy to make proper bread if you give it time.

Five-minute Interview • Donna Duggan

Issue 249 • July/August 2008 • Music for Transformation

Idealism and Inspiration

Colours of The Earth • Philip Vann

Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth

The Paintings of Daniel Chatto.

Seen Unseen • Christopher P. Wood

Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth

The importance of imagination and intuition.

Towards A Happier Planet • Nic Marks

Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth

Happiness that doesn’t cost the Earth.

Celebrating Vegetarianism • Annette Pinner

Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth

An interview with Satish Kumar

TRANSITION TIME • Richard Heinberg

Issue 245 • November/December 2007 • The Moral Economy

From the Age of Excess to the Era of Moderation.

WORKING WITH ANGER • Thubten Chodron

Issue 245 • November/December 2007 • The Moral Economy

Anger is a passing cloud on the pure nature of mind.

CLAYMAN • John Moat

Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative

Andrew Wood sees himself as a “clayman” – which is a register of how, for more than thirty years, clay has been his medium and everything he has needed in order to exercise and find his way with his extraordinary skills as modeller, carver and painter.

A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION • Deborah Ravetz

Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative

The Life and Work of Sylvia von Hartmann

FOOD FOR THOUGHT • Karen Rideout

Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative

There is no point in innovation for its own sake – innovation must have a purpose. Innovation in the food industry is actually damaging the quality of food.

PASTORALISTS • Kate Eshelby

Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative

Peace and security issues are highlighted as tribal peoples attempt to adapt to a fast warming climate.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO ERMO! • Tony Gee

Issue 243 • July/August 2007 • The Point of Return

Workshop is 21st century education.

EXPLORING THE EARTH • Fulvia Zavan

Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures

The artist Jonathan Newdick wanders in a field of complementary meanings.

WILD ASPARAGUS • Andrew Wingfield

Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures

A journey of remembrance and protest.

ILLUMINATION • Nomi Rowe

Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures

Meditation and the art of amusement - the work of Nevil Sattentau

LIFE WITHOUT e-POCKETS • Rajesh Shah

Issue 241 • March/April 2007 • Urban Ecology

Computers make it easy to find stuff however it’s organised; that means i never really organise and simplify my stuff.

NOVEL TIMES • Lindsay Clarke

Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life

What is the role of today’s writer?

HELENA BLAVATSKY • Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life

The evolution of Theosophy

TRUSTEES OF NATURE • Oliver Lowenstein

Issue 239 • November/December 2006 • A Far Cry from Christmas

Moving beyond heritage conservation to embrace environmental concerns. (Editors' Selection)

LAND AND LIVELIHOODS • Jules Pretty

Issue 239 • November/December 2006 • A Far Cry from Christmas

Small family farms do more than just produce food. (Editors' Selection)

SIGNS OF OPTIMISM • Nicols Fox

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

The film An Inconvenient Truth is drawing a healthy audience.

ALICE IN OXFORD • Sara Hudston

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

Jeweller Wendy Ramshaw steps through the Looking-Glass.

AMBASSADORS OF PEACE • Ian Prattis

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

A determination to be peace, and courage to stand for it, no matter what, create the energy and power for change.

GREEN STREETS ARE 'NAKED' STREETS • Philip Booth

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

Removing 'clutter' can help to reclaim our streets and make them safer.

ONE PLANET LIVING • Jonathan Dawson

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

An ecovillager visits BedZed - a model and demonstration centre for eco-construction and green lifestyles

TACKLING TERRORISM IS WOMEN'S WORK • Scilla Elworthy

Issue 233 • November/December 2005 • The Answer is still Peace

What women are doing to encourage a 'Culture of Peace'.

CULTURAL DNA • Rosemary Wilkie

Issue 233 • November/December 2005 • The Answer is still Peace

Introducing a revolutionary model of the development of consciousness and human value systems.

THE MOUNTAIN AND THE VALLEY • Rabbi Lawrence Troster

Issue 232 • September/October 2005 • Nature Knows us - do we know nature?

Environmentalism transcends religious boundaries.

THE NECESSARY ANGEL • Joan Walley

Issue 232 • September/October 2005 • Nature Knows us - do we know nature?

Balancing ideals with actions is a constant challenge.

BEYOND PERCEPTION • Deepak Chopra

Issue 231 • July/August 2005 • The Four Pillars of Sustainability

In Part One of this article (Issue 231), we discussed how to access the 'eyes of the soul' in order to perceive the true reality of Consciousness. In Part Two, we explore these concepts at a deeper level and look at the qualities of the soul. we discussed how to access the 'eyes of the soul' in order to perceive the true reality of Consciousness. In Part Two we explore these concepts at a deeper level and look at the qualities of the soul

THE REFLECTIVE LIFE • Judy Gahagan

Issue 230 • May/June 2005 • Inspired Designs

Staying human by writing poems.

DEAD-WOOD • Phil Page

Issue 230 • May/June 2005 • Inspired Designs

Just another blot on the landscape or a valuable aesthetic and wildlife habitat?

SCHOOL OF CARING • Clive Davidson

Issue 230 • May/June 2005 • Inspired Designs

Learning at Brockwood Park is based on ecology and a sense of the sacred.

BREAKING OUT FROM THE INSIDE • Amira Sumner

Issue 226 • September/October 2004 • Ecoliteracy : Dancing Earth

Environmental action needs global support, but its seed is in individual action.

INJURY AND GLOBALISATION • Ian Roberts

Issue 226 • September/October 2004 • Ecoliteracy : Dancing Earth

If business had to pay the full social and environmental cost of transport there would be less enthusiasm for transnational trade.

FORGET YOUR BOTANY • Jan van Boeckel

Issue 226 • September/October 2004 • Ecoliteracy : Dancing Earth

Developing children's sensibility to nature through arts-based environmental education.

LOVING CHILDREN • David W. Orr

Issue 226 • September/October 2004 • Ecoliteracy : Dancing Earth

Ecological design offers a gift of life, harmony and beauty to our children