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CONTENTS
FEATU RES
6 REFORMING THE
COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Butter m o u n t a in s have m e l t e d away, b u t w h a t o f th e fu tu r e o f a g r i c u l tu r e i n E u ro p e ?
9 GREEN CARE
JULES PRETTY W o r k i n g o n th e la n d is g o o d f o r y o u r health!
10 EARTH, WEALTH AND
WELLBEING JO N A TH O N PORRITT A r e ca p ita l ism a n d su s ta in a b i l ity m u tu a l ly e x c lu s iv e ?
14 THE MARRIAGE OF LOVE
AND REASON M ICHAEL EDWARDS H o w t o d e v e l o p a c iv i l s o c i e t y w h e r e w e c a n m e e t as s tran gers a n d n o t d ra w th e kn ife .
17 A DAOIST RENAISSANCE
A N T H O N Y ALEXANDER C an C h in a ’s a n c ie n t D a o p h i l o s o p h y h e l p its c u r r e n t e c o l o g i c a l c r is is ?
20 PRISONERS OF
ADDICTION H O R A T IO M O R P U R G O T h e rea l ity o f c l im a t e c h a n g e m ak e s n o d i f f e r e n c e t o o u r u n a b a te d o i l e x p l o r a t i o n .
22 BEYONDTHE QUICK FIX
SH AUN KADLEC A N D ARTHUR RHODES Is th e re a n o t h e r w a y o f h e lp in g th e s u r v iv o r s o f th e A s ia n t su n am i?
25 BAREFOOT HIKING
RAJESH SHAH Feel m o r e g r o u n d e d w i t h o u t sh oes.
26 WALKING TESTIMONIES
PENNY PRIEST P r o f o u n d h e a l in g f r o m th e natural w o r ld .
28 KILLING OUR PLANET
ROBERT MACFARLANE F o u r -w h e e l - d r i v e v e h i c l e s d am a g e a n d d im i n i s h o u r s en se o f p la c e i n th e la n d scap e .
30 MAKE VIOLENCE
HISTORY D IA N A BASTERFIELD Let u s esta b lis h a M in is t r y f o r Peace.
34 REBIRTH O FTHESOUL
DEEPAK CHOPRA Q u a n tu m p h y s i c s has m a d e the sp ir itu a l w o r l d v i e w c o m p l e t e l y b e l ie v a b le .
A R T & CRAFT
38 RETURNTOTHE LAND
REBECCA HOSSACK T h e s t o r y o f th e S p in i f e x P e o p le .
40 LEARNING BY MAKING
HILARY WEIR E gyptia n tapestries o f a s t o n is h in g beauty.
42 LUMINOUS VISION
JOHN LANE A t r ib u te t o S am u e l Palmer.
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FRONTLINE
44 JOINED-UP ECO-TOURISM
DAVID KELF
45 VISIONARY ACADEMY
PETER ABBS
4■ Resurgence No. 234 January/February 2006