ETHICAL LIVING
34 QWERTY SOMETHING A question from a stranger gets
Matt Harvey thinking 35 DIARY Leo Johnson ruminates over the role
of government 36 CHOICES Satish Kumar discovers what makes
food really wholesome 39 MEDITATION Peter Reason stops to watch low sun
on an orchard wall 40 WHERE THE GAS IS GREENER Marianne Brown interviews the
founder of Ecotricity, Dale Vince
ARTS
42 THE REGION OF ICE
AND SNOW Adrian Cooper reflects on changing
perceptions of Antarctica 46 CALL OF THE WILD A new exhibition showcases the work
of printmaker Norman Ackroyd 48 THE CONNECTING THREAD Alice Kettle talks about a project that
seeks to show solidarity with refugees and displaced people 52 THE CIRCLE OF LIFE Peter Abbs celebrates the
evergreen season 54 SOUL BUILDING Victoria Manthorpe meets eco
architect Christopher Day
REVIEWS
56 WHERE HUMAN AND
ANIMAL MEET Huw Wahl reviews the film Becoming
Animal, directed by Emma Davie 58 LIVING IN THE SHADOW
OF WINTER Jane McNamee reviews The Light in the
Dark: A Winter Journal by Horatio Clare 59 TRACING A GREEN GRACE Lynne Wycherley reviews Christina
Rossetti: Poetry, Ecology, Faith by Emma Mason 60 ORDER OUT OF CHAOS Michael McCarthy reviews The
Wonderful Mr Willughby: The First True Ornithologist by Tim Birkhead 62 AN UNEXPECTED LIFE STORY Satish Kumar reviews Dear John: The
Road to Pelindaba by Jeff Osment 63 NUCLEAR REACTOR Horatio Morpurgo reviews the film
Wackersdforf, directed by Oliver Haffner 64 FROM THE GROUND UP Sara Melendro reviews Dirt to Soil: One
Family’s Journey into Regenerative Agriculture by Gabe Brown
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