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LOW-CARBON LIFESTYLES A FRUGAL PHILOSOPHY PASS IT ON BUY A BALE HOPE UNDER FIRE

No.243 July/August 2007
at the heart of earth, art and spirit

T H E A RT S
32 THE LONGITUDINAL
INSTALLATION
XAVIER CORTADA

July/August 2007 No.243

£4.95 US$9.75

Representing those affected by climate change.

34 DIVINE BEAUTY
ANNE PRICE-OWEN

10 WORLDS CONVERGING

The art of David Jones.

K E Y N OT E S
12 EVOLUTION OF WISDOM
DEEPAK CHOPRA

36 PARADISE DISCOVERED
PHILIP VANN

The art of Paul Bloomer.
THE POINT OF RETURN

38 ART IN ACTION
ROSS ASHCROFT

DEEPAK CHOPRA • CHELLIS GLENDINNING • EVELYN WILLIAMS ANDY GOLDSWORTHY • SIR CRISPIN TICKELL • ADAM THORPE

God is a field of consciousness that pervades the universe.

A festival that nourishes the soul.

Stacked Oak, by Andy Goldsworthy, using branches left over from locally felled trees
COURTESY: YORKSHIRE SCULPTURE PARK

16 FREEDOM FROM FEAR
JAMES SAINSBURY

39 BREATHING IN AND OUT
ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Twenty years on.

REVIEWS
58 PLANTING IDEAS
ROBERT BUTLER reviews

41 THE THRESHOLD 20 THE HUMAN IMPACT
SIR CRISPIN TICKELL ADAM THORPE

Seeing the good in the gloom.

Unbowed

Humans are more than mere producers or consumers.

43 THE CROCHET REEF
Manifesting hyperbolic space.

59 A PHILOSOPHICAL GIANT
MICHAEL TOBIAS reviews Of Myself: Atmaparichay

22 RAINFOREST RENAISSANCE
GUNTER PAULI

How Gaviotas moves from a pilot to a mega-project.

REGULARS
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WELCOME
SATISH KUMAR

60 A QUEST FOR TRUTH
CHRIS CLARKE reviews

The Science of Oneness

UNDERCURRENTS
24 FIELD SCHOOLS
JULES PRETTY

44 VOICE FROM THE SOUTH
VANDANA SHIVA

Local wisdom networks.

46 SLOW TRAVEL
RORY MACLEAN

26 KANYINI
BOB RANDALL

48 GARDENING
BRIGITTE NORLAND

The four dimensions of aboriginal life.

50 DEEP SPIRIT
THOMAS MOORE

28 LIFE IS ART
HAKU SHAH

Ex devina, pencil and watercolour, by David Jones ILLUSTRATORS

Celebrating the Adivasis of India.

52 VISIONARIES
LAURENS VAN DER POST WILLIAM ATKINSON

29 THE COAL PUSHERS
PHILIP CARTER

The plight of Adivasis in India.

54 POETRY
MEREDITH ANDREA HELEN MOORE

56 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

TRUDA LANE is an artist living in North Devon MATT KENYON illustrates for The Guardian JANE RAY is a freelance illustrator AXEL SCHEFFLER illustrates children’s books, most recently Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book LINDA SCOTT is a freelance illustrator PETER TILL is a freelance illustrator

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61 SURVIVAL STRATEGIES
CHELLIS GLENDINNING reviews

After Eden

62 A JOURNEY WORTH
MAKING
CLIVE GILSON reviews

The Poem and the Journey

62 THE PERFUMES OF
POETRY
PAUL MATTHEWS reviews

Falling out of the Skin into the Soul

64 THE POWER OF
METAPHORS
JOHN MOAT reviews two films:

At Five in the Afternoon and Stray Dogs

65 TRAUMA BY PROXY
ROGER FRANKLIN reviews

Veterans of War,Veterans of Peace

66 BUILDING A FUTURE
RICHARD ST. GEORGE reviews

A View to the Future

66 REPLACING LIGHT
BULBS
JOHN ELKINGTON reviews

Make Poverty Business

IN OUR TIME
Geologist in the Cave of Crystals (Cueva de los Cristales) in Chihuahua, Mexico.The crystals are the largest known in the world, formed from the selenite form of gypsum (calcium sulphate) over millions of years in the mineral-rich geothermally heated water that filled the caves.The crystals were discovered after the water was pumped out of the cave. PHOTOGRAPH: JAVIER TRUEBA/MSF/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

67 BOOKS IN BRIEF
JULIETTE COLLINS

68 CLASSIFIED ADVERTS 70 DISPLAY ADVERTS

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Editors’ Selection In her article ‘Illumination’ Nomi Rowe introduces the work of Nevil Sattentau who painted as an act of meditation, creating illuminated manuscripts and depicting figures influenced by Persian miniatures. Fulvia Zavan explores the work of artist Jonathan Newdick as he wanders in a field of complementary meanings. In ‘A Sense of Place’, Andrew Wingfield recounts a journey of remembrance and protest, as he chronicles the changing nature of people’s lives in the sprawling suburbs of Sacramento, California. www.resurgence.org/selection Bookshelf Read a selection of book reviews online: Maggie Lee reviews Viktor Schauberger: A Life of Learning from Nature, by Jane Cobbald; Aidan Rankin reviews The Bloodless Revolution: Radical Vegetarians and the Discovery of India by Tristram Stuart; Diana Schumacher reviews Froude Today by John Coleman; Andy McGeeney reviews Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth’s Last Dinosaur by Carl Safina; James Bruges reviews Carbon Trading by Larry Lohman. www.resurgence.org/bookshelf Online Issues PDF files of our current issue and many of our back issues (some now out of print), are available for download from our website at a special price. www.resurgence.org/sales/download.htm Resurgence Newsletter Receive regular updates from Resurgence with information on articles, book reviews, news and events by subscribing to the Friends of Resurgence email newsletter. To view the current newsletter and sign up visit: www.resurgence.org/friends Resurgence Forum Join the debate at the online forum for the Resurgence community. Visit our Green Lifestyle section where you can discuss ecology, environment, and what we can do to heal the Earth, or share thoughts on greener politics and global issues in our Current Affairs area. You can also share your comments and ideas about Resurgence. Join the Resurgence community at: www.resurgence.org/gaiascafe/index.htm/

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