CONTENTS No.253 March/April 2009

COVER STORIES

2 ECONOMICS OF PLACE by Satish Kumar Creating a fairer future based on Ecology, Economy, Equity and Ethics.

14 PLANET CRUNCH by Andrew Simms Our food supply is so fragile, we could be nine meals from anarchy.

18 STEADY-STATE ECONOMICS by Herman Daly Economic growth has already

become uneconomic.

8 RIGHTS FOR NATURE by Lucy Mayhew Ecuador puts Nature at the heart of its Constitution.

FRONTLINE

8 RIGHTS FOR NATURE

9 FOREST SCHOOLS 10 PEACE VILLAGE 12 SOLAR SUBSIDIES

13 WRITE TO FREEDOM

KEYNOTES

14 PLANET CRUNCH ANDREW SIMMS See Cover Stories

17 PSEUDO-MONEY JAMES BRUGES See Cover Stories

18 STEADY-STATE ECONOMICS HERMAN DALY See Cover Stories

22 A REVOLUTIONARY IDEA BERNARD LIETAER Stabilising the economic sector by introducing alternative forms of currency.

24 E4: ECOLOGY, ECONOMY, EQUITY, ETHICS SCHUMACHER THINK-TANK Leading economists, activists and thinkers produce the E4 Declaration.

17 PSEUDO-MONEY by James Bruges Banks have been given the privilege of creating wealth for their own profit.

Cover image: ILLUSTRATION: BRUNO BUDROVIC/ CORBIS

BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY

26 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE POLLY HIGGINS To protect our beautiful planet we need to implement a Universal Declaration of Planetary Rights.

28 BIOSPHERE STORIES MARK COCKER Acknowledging the cultural significance of birds.

30 NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE MARK DOWIE What is the truth behind the claims and counter-claims of the nuclear industry?

33 WHAT DO YOU MEAN, INDIGENOUS? FAITH FJELD Opposing worldviews.

UNDERCURRENTS

34 CARBON BUDGET SHAUN CHAMBERLIN Ensuring essential entitlements to energy whilst guaranteeing that the UK meets its target emissions reduction.

36 WHERE SPIRIT LIES ADAM WEYMOUTH Challenging the status quo creates space for new culture to be born.

38 THE ORIGINAL SIN TOM BUTLER The “unmaking” of the most biodiverse ecosystem in the USA.

40 A MASTER KEY SHAKTI MAIRA When we understand the real meaning of beauty, we can resolve some of the fundamental problems of our time.

4 Resurgence No. 253 March/April 2009 I N OUR TI ME

The 44th US President and first African-American US President, Barack Hussein Obama, and first lady, Michelle Obama, dance at the Home States Ball in Washington, after the Presidential Inauguration ceremony on 20 th January, 2009.

PHOTOGRAPH: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

THE ARTS

REGULARS

43 RAINBOW EARTH SANDY BROWN The geological research that can lead to exciting new paints.

46 ROCK MUSIC, ROCK ART RUNGWE KINGDON A unique collaboration of sculptors, musicians, ancient traditions and modern techniques.

48 COMPELLING COLOURS ANDY CHRISTIAN The work of Mark Rothko.

BOOKS

62 AN OPPOSING VIEW OF NATURE EXTRACT from Becoming Good Ancestors by David Ehrenfeld

64 WOOD MATTERS EXTRACT: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Foreword to The Woodland Year by Ben Law

65 GENTLE ACTION DAVID PEAT introduces his new book Gentle Action

67 BEYOND CERTITUDE CHARLENE SPRETNAK reviews The Virtues of Ignorance

2 WELCOME SATISH KUMAR

6 WHAT’S NEW ON THE WEBSITE

www.resurgence.org

7 MEMBERS’ PAGE SPRING INTO ACTION!

50 VOICE FROM THE SOUTH VANDANA SHIVA

52 LETTER FROM AMERICA DANIEL BELLOW

54 NATURE WRITERS ADAM THORPE on H. J. MASSINGHAM

56 POETRY ANDREA HOLLANDER BUDY

58 SHORT STORY JOHN MOAT

60 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

ILLUSTRATORS

MATT KENYON illustrates for The Guardian.

JANE RAY is a freelance illustrator. (Other illustartors courtesy Corbis.com)

68 CERTAIN PERIL ANDREW KIMBRELL reviews Uncertain Peril

69 EVOLUTION OF A NEW PARADIGM JOHN LANE reviews Holistic Education

70 THE ECOLOGY OF CIRCUMSTANCE

LORNA HOWARTH reviews Beechcombings

71 CONSCIOUS AWAKENING JOHN WHITMORE reviews The Bridge at the Edge of the World

72 WATER EXPLORATIONS MIGUEL MENDONÇA reviews Take Me to the Source

73 FAMILY FORTUNES JOHN McCLAUGHRY reviews Third Ways

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