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C O N T E N T S No. 275 November/December 2012
1 Welcome
Satish Kumar on the economy of Nature
ECOLOGIST 5 POLITICS
Ignorance and Ineptitude by Tony Juniper 6 BUSINESS
Pricing Nature by Paul Evans 8 SOCIAL JUSTICE
The Great Africa Land Grab by Phil Bloomer, Director of Campaigns and Policy at Oxfam GB 10 AGRIBUSINESS
Food versus Biofuels by Paul Creeney 12 RENEWABLE ENERGY
Waste Not, Want Not by Hylton Murray-Philipson 15 INTERVIEW
My Green Life, with naturalist Chris Packham 16 MARINE CONSERVATION
What Lies Beneath? by Harry Barton 19 LOVE LETTER TO THE EARTH
By activist lawyer Polly Higgins
FRONTLINE 20 ACTION FROM THE
GRASS ROTS by Lorna Howarth
ETHICAL LIVING 24 REBUILDING FAITH
David Jackman on why we need to create space for ethics in business 26 FOREST SCHOLS
Annie Davy introduces a grassroots education movement 28 FOD SOVEREIGNTY Hannah Parathian and James Thorn meet the Indian permaculture pioneer Narsanna Koppula 30 LIVING LANDSCAPES Stephen Moss on reclaiming the countryside for Nature and people
32 THE PILGRIM’S WAY Adam Weymouth on the new
Mary/Michael Pilgrim’s Way
ARTS 34 POETRY
Peter Abbs introduces the poetry of Pauline Stainer 36 REPAIR, REBUILD, RECONNECT
Peter Cairns on ‘rewilding’ the Ear th through the unique 2020VISION photography project 38 THE GEOGRAPHY OF HOPE Robert Macfarlane explains the psychological value of being in Nature 40 THE GREAT CONVERSATION Peter Reason shares a moment of transcendence aboard his yacht
KEYNOTES 42 BEYOND CAPITALISM Jerry Mander exposes the inherent contradictions of global capitalism in an excerpt from his new book
UNDERCURRENTS 46 A SHARED VISION Rupert Read explains why it’s time to radicalise the green movement 50 THE CINDERELA ECONOMY
Tim Jackson on building a truly sustainable green economy 52 TRUE EDUCATION
Roger Ash Wheeler visits Brockwood Park School 54 WINNING OVER THE PUBLIC Craig Bennett, Director of Policy and
Campaigns at Friends of the Ear th, on campaigning in the 21st centur y 57 SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
A time-lapse love stor y by poet Matt Harvey
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