C O N T E N T S No.264 January/February 2011

FRONTLINE 4 ACTION FROM THE GRASSROOTS

UNDERCURRENTS 8 THE PARADOX OF PRICE Nick Robins

Why we cannot afford to forget the benefits of Nature’s capital

LEADERSHIP SPECIAL

THE THEORY 12 GENTLE STEWARDSHIP

Sharon Turnbull – Guest Editor

How humility and shared responsibility will better serve our planet 14 KEYNOTES: FROM HERO TO HOST

Margaret Wheatley and Deborah

Frieze Our new leaders will need to be ‘hosts’, not heroes 18 INSPIRING LEADERSHIP

Dave Bookless

Environmental leaders need a big vision alongside local action 20 THE POWER OF LANGUAGE

Thomas Moore

A good leader chooses the right words to inspire and encourage us 22 ONE PLANET LEADERS

Jonathan Gosling and Jean-Paul

Jeanrenaud A new kind of leadership requires a new kind of training THE PRACTICE 24 MAASAI LEADERSHIP

Emmanuel Manjura

Insights into respectful leadership

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26 THE MAKING OF HARMONY

Ian Skelly

HRH The Prince of Wales launches a new project advocating harmonious living between people and planet 30 LEADERS AS DREAMERS

Elizabeth Wainwright

Introducing a trio of young and inspiring change-makers 32 MAVERICK LEADERSHIP

Susan Clark

Eden founder Tim Smit on why we need a new radical and movementdriven leadership 34 A LIFETIME OF EDUCATION

James Arnold-Baker

Profile of the activist Karl Jaeger, who teaches that collaboration must replace competition 36 COMING OF AGE

Rukmini Sekhar

In talking about ‘Environmentalism’, we must not neglect animals, says animal activist Rob Laidlaw 38 FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

Leo Hickman

Film-maker and 10:10 pioneer Franny Armstrong on what drives her campaigning

40 ART IN NATURE

Satish Kumar

Yorkshire Sculpture Park director Peter Murray shares his vision of working with art and Nature REGULARS 1 WELCOME Satish Kumar 44 PROJECTIONS

Caspar Walsh 46 THE VEGETARIAN FOODIE

Jane Hughes 48 BIG FOOT, LITTLE FOOT Mukti Mitchell 50 VOICE FROM THE SOUTH

Vandana Shiva 52 SLOWTRAVEL

Hannah Perkins 54 WINTER GARDENING

Brigitte Norland 56 LETTERS

ARTS 58 POETRY Edited by Peter Abbs

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REVIEWS 60 CONFLICT RESOLUTION Peter van den Dungen reviews The Oxford

International Encyclopedia of Peace 61 AN ENERGISING VISION Caroline Walker reviews Full Circle,

Dame Ellen MacArthur’s autobiography 62 UNHURRIED EXISTENCE Andrew Cooper reviews Elisabeth Tova

Bailey’s The Sound of aWild Snail Eating 63 ELUSIVE AND INTANGIBLE Eva Karczag reviews Turning Silk by Kinthissa 64 EARTH’S IMMUNE SYSTEM

Miriam Darlington reviews Richard Mabey’s new book Weeds 66 SURVIVAL OF THE GENTLEST David Cadman reviews John Lane’s The Art of

Ageing 67 THE FUNDAMENTAL DUALITY Linda Proud reviews Patrick Harpur’s

A Complete Guide to the Soul

MEMBERS 68 COMMUNITY PAGE Elizabeth Wainwright 80 READERS’ OFFERS AND GROUPS

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