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Front cover: cownose rays PHOTOGRAPH: SANDRA CRITELLI/ www.sandracritelli.com

A mass migration of golden rays, or cownose rays, photographed unexpectedly a few miles off the coast of Holbox Island in the Gulf of Mexico, whilst looking for whale sharks.

10 LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS Jonathon Porritt Designing a sustainable

capitalism.

21 GUARDIANS OF THE OCEAN Sam Bleakley A passion for riding waves is

the perfect way to nurture an ecological conscience.

42 MUSIC AND PLACE Mark Kidel Has our eagerness to consume

‘world music’ led to the dislocation of the music from its context?

FRONTLINE 6 350.org 7 LANGUAGE NESTS 8 THE PLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE

KEYNOTES 14 THE MOTHER OF BEAUTY John Daniel

We grow from the compost of those who have died.

BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY 18 POTENT PLACES Liz Hosken

Sacred sites are like a network of acupuncture points across the Earth. We must protect them.

24 CREATION STORY Colin Campbell

Human beings can return to the places where the spirit keepers live.

26 LAWS OF ORIGIN Silvia Gomez & Nelson Ortiz

An interview with Macuna Indians from the Colombian Amazon.

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28 THE KISS OF DEATH Christopher McLeod

Tourists to North American sacred sites are being educated to cultivate respect for local traditions.

30 THE EYE OF REVERENCE Josep-Maria Mallarach

The sacred landscapes and seascapes of ancient Europe can still be seen by those prepared to look beyond the usual tourist experience.

UNDERCURRENTS 32 FARM FREEDOM Peter Melchett Genetically modified plants and animals have fallen far short of scientists' predications.

34 ZERO WASTE Robin Murray Our waste is the shadow side of

our economy, not the mark of a civilised society.

37 RESILIENCE Brian Goodwin The bottom-up participatory process

that is the Transition Movement.

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