CoNTENTS No.252 January/February 2009

COVER STORIES

2 NATURE CRUNCH by Satish Kumar The opportunities of the credit crunch and the dangers of the Nature crunch.

8 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS TO SERVE THE PLANET

Annie Lennox, Deepak Chopra,

Raymond Blanc, Tim Smit and others share their resolutions.

10 RAINFOREST NATIONS LEAD THE WAY by Lorna Howarth Binding commitments to protect forest systems.

22 A GREEN NEW DEAL by Tony Juniper Mobilising billions for a low-carbon economy.

18 LIBERATION ECOLOGY by Frances Moore Lappé

Forget “no growth”– the reality is “endless possibility”.

30 COSTING THE EARTH by Terence Hay-Edie Valuing Nature’s abundance.

Cover image: Polar bear PHOTOGRAPH: JUNIORS BILDARCHIV

FRONTLINE

10 RAINFOREST NATIONS LEAD THE WAY 11 CREATING CORAL 12 THE GRANDMOTHERS SPEAK

13 LOVE IN ACTION

KEYNOTES

14 DIVINE ABIDING DAVID CADMAN The ‘holy’ life is a necessary grounding for us all.

18 LIBERATION ECOLOGY FRANCES MOORE-LAPPÉ See Cover Stories

22 A NEW GREEN DEAL TONY JUNIPER See Cover Stories

24 DARWIN REVISIONED BRIAN GOODWIN Transforming Darwinian evolution into a liberating vision for the 1st century.

26 HOW TO BE HOPEFUL BARBARA KINGSOLVER Some sound advice for us all.

ILLUSTRATORS

SANDY BROWN is a ceramicist and Art Advisor to Resurgence. MATT KENYON illustrates for The Guardian. NICK MOTT is a member of Eastwing illustrators’ Co-Operative. JANE RAY is a freelance illustrator. AXEL SCHEFFLER is a children’s book illustrator.

BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY

30 COSTING THE EARTH TERENCE HAY-EDIE See Cover Stories

THE ARTS

32 LAND MARKS ANDY CHRISTIAN Can art help to raise awareness of what we are doing to the Earth?

36 MODERN ELEGANCE IVY COOPER The award-winning architecture of Tadao Ando.

38 POETRY ROSE FLINT In the service of beauty.

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2 WELCOME SATISH KUMAR

6 WHAT’S NEW ON THE WEBSITE www.resurgence.org

7 MEMBERS’ PAGE including NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

40 NATURE WRITING ROBERT MACFARLANE

43 A SENSE OF PLACE JANE MACNAMEE

44 SLOW TRAVEL GREGOR SIEBOECK

46 GARDENING BRIGITTE NORLAND

48 TRANSITION TIME MARK BOYLE

49 THE OCCASIONAL DIDYMUS JOHN MOAT

50 SHORT STORY

AMANDA EDWARDS

53 THE BIG PICTURE

54 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

IN MY OWN WORDS

56 EXIT STRATEGY OLIVER TICKELL The shift to a low-carbon future.

REVIEWS

58 A NEW CAPTIALISM PHILIP STRONG reviews A World Without Poverty

59 CORPORATE EVOLUTION JONATHON PORRITT reviews The Necessary Revolution

60 A SANER SOCIETY JAMES SAINSBURY reviews The Selfish Capitalist

IN OUR TIME

“Why should we pay for their crisis?”

PHOTOGRAPH: AP PHOTO/LEFTERIS PITARAKIS

British police officers try to block demonstrators protesting in central london’s financial district on Friday 10 th october, 2008. it was barely reported that many sectors of society protested vociferously against the proposed bank bailout.

61 INSTITUTIONAL DISHONESTY

MOYRA BREMNER reviews The Secret History of the War on Cancer

62 THE AGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT COLIN TUDGE reviews The Gods That Failed

62 THE CASE FOR COMMON SENSE ANDY CHRISTIAN reviews The Transition Handbook

63 OUR CELLULAR LANDSCAPE JULIE DE BASTION reviews Body Eloquence

64 EXERCISES IN THINKING JAMES CLARKE reviews Tramscemdemce

66 WAYFINDING LORNA HOWARTH reviews The Wild Places

67 CULTURAL PSYCHO THERAPY EDMUND O’SULLIVAN reviews Hell and High Water

68 PHILOSOPHER OF GRACE

PAUL ZEAL reviews Understanding Gregory Bateson

69 CREATIVE CO-OPERATION JEREMY HOOKER reviews Batu-Angas

70 CLASSIFIED ADVERTS 72 DISPLAY ADVERTS

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