C O N T E N T S No.265 March/April 2011

FRONTLINE 4 ACTION FROM THE GRASSROOTS

UNDERCURRENTS 8 CHAMPIONS OF INTRINSIC VALUES

Resurgence celebrates all those who share our values 10 TRANSCENDING SELFINTEREST George Monbiot

Why we should never apologise for values that create a fairer world 12 A CALL TO HUMILITY Václav Havel

The Czech playwright and former President on the need to design cities fit for humans and Nature 14 MORAL HOUSEKEEPING Rowan Williams

The Archbishop of Canterbury shares his vision for ‘correcting’ values that led to the collapse 16 PILGRIM OR TOURIST? Peter Owen Jones

Exploring the real journey we must all make 20 MUSIC FOR PEACE Donald Reeves

How the music of Bach inspires the author’s peace-building work

KEYNOTES 22 ISLAM ANDTHE ENVIRONMENT

HRHThe Prince ofWales

We need look no further than the timeless wisdom of sacred traditions to get back on track

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REGULARS 1 WELCOME Satish Kumar 28 PROJECTIONS

Caspar Walsh 30 THE VEGETARIAN FOODIE

Jane Hughes 32 PIONEERS Helena Drakakis 34 SLOWTRAVEL

Charles V Clark 36 NATURE WRITING

Jeremy James 38 GARDEN DESIGN

James Towillis 40 OPINION

Hector Christie 41 LETTERS

ARTS & CRAFTS 42 POETRY Edited by Peter Abbs 44 DIRTY ART Leah Fanning Mebane & Cea Blyth

Two earth artists explain how they create colour from natural pigments

48 COSMIC COLOURS Barbara Diethelm

A paint-maker shares her discovery of the deeper meanings of colour 50 THE AGE OF BEAUTY Linda Proud

Celebrating the life of Botticelli 52 THE ART OF LIBERATION Harry Eyres

Reviewing Tate Britain’s Romantics Rehang exhibition

REVIEWS 54 LITTLE MAGIC Harland Walshaw reviews Truda

Lane’s Lifelines 55 ABSTRACT AFFINITIES Philip Vann reviews Kurt Jackson: A

New Genre of Landscape Painting 56 A STELLAR LIFE Chellis Glendinning reviews

Stephanie Mills’ On Gandhi’s Path 57 THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX Sophie Poklewski Koziell reviews

Matthew Crawford’s The Case for Working with Your Hands 58 GREEN THE WORLD

John Clarke reviews Marian Van Eyk McCain’s GreenSpirit

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59 BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE Matt Carmichael welcomes Juliet B. Schor’s

Plenitude 60 TREADING LIGHTLY Diana Schumacher reviews Edward Echlin’s

Climate and Christ 61 SATURATED WITH SOUL Stephan Harding reviews David Abram’s

Becoming Animal 62 A HUMAN WORLD Barbara Nussbaum introduces her book on leadership, Personal Growth African Style 63 A NEW LOGIC Sara Parkin explains why ‘positive deviance’

– the theory she explores in her new book – is the only strategy left to environmentalists

WEB EXCLUSIVES The Resurgence Peace Garden – created by James Towillis as par t of the Gardening World Cup 2010 in Japan, which highlights the connection between Nature, world peace and sustainable living

‘Back to Front’ gardening – Roxanna Summers introduces a new project that uses front gardens for food production

Resurgence Sumer Camp 2011 Celebrating 45 years of Resurgence and 21 years of Green and Away. Join us for a weekend of talks, music, dance and crafts, with speakers Peter Owen Jones and Peter Harper. Updated programme and booking forms available online at www.resurgence.org/summercamp

BLOGS New blogs on topical issues including Nature, science, conservation and more

A JOURNEY WITH Resurgence In each issue you will find: Frontline – action from the grassroots Undercurrents – exploring emerging ideas Keynotes – the Big Vision Regulars – turning theory into practice Arts – beauty with the Resurgence ethos Reviews – to continue the journey Members – over to you

MEMBERS 64 COMMUNITY PAGE Elizabeth Wainwright 65 RESURGENCE GROUPS

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