Peter Bunyard
Edward Goldsmith
In this issue Vol . 4. No. 1. January 1974
COMMENTS
Taking the Government by the nose
Energy and GNP
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James Stevens Curl f
Leonard Taitz
Hubert H . Lamb
Gerald Foley
Edward Goldsmith
Garrett Hardin
Pete Wilkinson
FEATURE ARTICLES
The Destruction of Towns
The tearing down o f old buildings, piecemeal planning and mediocre design are destroying Britain's heritage
The Urban Crisis
The urban problem is the result o f a series o f trends that can be predicted i n advance
The Earth's Changing Climate
How is the world climate changing? To what extent is i t being influenced by man ?
The Motorway Fallacy
The government's plans to expand the motorway system makes nonsense i n the light o f present and future energy shortages
Education—What For?
Education has not only failed to achieve its objective o f banishing illiteracy i t has acted as a thoroughly destructive social force i n the world, causing traditional cultures to break down and creating new wants which cannot be fulfilled. How can i t be changed ?
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Parenthood—Right or Privilege?
We do not have the courage to face the real causes o f the population explosion nor consider the effective measures that would have to be taken to prevent catastrophe
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Friends of the Earth
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Jimoh Omo-Fadaka
Reports Kenya Rejects Call for Change
Books
Letters
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Classified Advertisements
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Design by Mewton, Lees-Barton, Bodmin, Cornwall Cover based on an idea by the Falmouth School of Art, the cover photograph by the Western Evening Herald, Plymouth Publisher: Edward Goldsmith; Editors: Peter Bunyard and Edward Goldsmith; Associate Editors: John Davoll, Jimoh Omo-Fadaka, Gerald Foley, Lawrence D . Hills, Brian Johnson, Andrew Mackillop, John Papworth, Graham Searle, Robert Waller, Richard Willson. Al l communications should be sent to The Editors, Ecologist, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS. Telephone Wadebridge 2996/7. Al l advertising enquiries to Interpress, 19 Anne Boleyn's Walk, Cheam, Surrey. Telephone 01-642 5826 Published by Ecosystems Ltd., registered office, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS. Subscriptions to the Ecologist, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS. Printed by The Garden City Press Ltd., Pixmore Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire SG6 US
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