CONTENTS
40TH ANNIVERSARY
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EMERGING AND CONVERGING!
LORNA HOWARTH Celebrating forty years of Resurgence.

No.240

Januar y/Febr uar y 2007

UNDERCURRENTS
24 CAP AND SHARE
RICHARD DOUTHWAITE A solution for climate change and poverty.

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WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER
ANNIE LENNOX We avoid taking action at our own peril.

26 THE ‘CARBON-NEUTRAL’
MYTH
JUTTA KILL We cannot rest on our laurels, or indeed our yews or oaks. .

F RO N T L I N E
8 GREENING SPIRES
NEGLECTED ASSETS

28 THE ROOTS OF VIOLENCE
CLAUDE ANSHIN THOMAS How much violence are we willing to tolerate?

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FROM WASTE BIN TO WORKTOP ART FROM THE RUBBLE COSTA-ING THE EARTH

REGULARS
3
WELCOME
GREEN SUNDAY SATISH KUMAR

COVER Windswept live oak and rising full moon
PHOTOGRAPH: DIANE MILLER/MONSOON IMAGES

10 ZAPPING PLASTICS 11 SMALL IS RADICAL
LESSONS IN SUSTAINABILITY

T H E A RT S
32 POETRY
PETER ABBS An anthology of new voices.

31 A SENSE OF PLACE
SAINTS AND SHEPHERDS LINDSAY CLARKE

K E Y N OT E S
12 THERE IS NO WEALTH
BUT LIFE
JOHN BLOOM Some new concepts and initiatives in the field of finance.

44 SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS
BUILDINGS AND BUSES OLIVER TICKELL

34 PHYSICIAN
HAYDEN GABRIEL Time spent in rarely touched terrain.

46 VISIONARIES
NOAM CHOMSKY WOLFGANG B. SPERLICH

38 DISCOVERIES IN NATURE
NICHOLAS USHERWOOD Places where life exists at its fullest.

14 HOW WEALTH CREATES
POVERTY
VANDANA SHIVA Despite 8% economic growth India has a third of the world’s malnourished children.

48 RECIPES
HUMAN HIBERNATION ROSE PRINCE

41 AN ODE TO JOY
VLADIMIR CRNKOVIC A life in which only beauty exists.

42 SHROUDS
SANDY BROWN Buried in wool.

16 REAL PROSPERITY
JAMES VACCARO It’s time for money to truly reflect our values.

49 NOTES FROM THE
UNDERGROUND
BOTTOM-UPPY – GRASS-ROOTY DAVID NICHOLSON-LORD

43 TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES
MATT CAWOOD Bare feet feel the Earth directly, as an extension of ourselves.

19 SLOW MONEY
WOODY TASCH From venture capital to patient capital.

50 GARDENING
HEDGES AND EDGES BRIGITTE NORLAND

21 GET A LIFE
ANNA QUINDLEN

52 THE LONG VIEW
THE NECESSITY OF WAR HARRY EYRES

ILLUSTRATORS
CLIFFORD HARPER illustrates for The Guardian MATT KENYON illustrates for The Guardian TRUDA LANE is a painter JANE RAY is a freelance illustrator AXEL SCHEFFLER illustrates children’s books, most recently Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book

22 VALUE AND MEANING
JACOB NEEDLEMAN Searching for a quality of inner experience that is as intense as our concerns about money.

53 THE BIG PICTURE 54 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

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