C O N T E N T S

COVER STORIES

No.254 May/June 2009

3 ELEGANT SIMPLICITY by Satish Kumar

Glamour is a world problem and our fixation with fashion is a key cause of environmental problems.

18 THE TYRANNY OF TRENDS by Charty Durrant What is the true cost of our love of designer labels?

12 NURTURE FOR NATURE

by Kali Wendorf If we want to redress ecological imbalances, we must take a closer look at parenting issues.

14 NATURE-

DEFICIT DISORDER by Richard Louv We must prevent the extinction of Nature in our children’s hearts.

16 VIDEOPHILIA

By Aric Sigman Televisions and computers have created the ecological equivalent of an attachment disorder.

Cover image: Painting by Sohan Qadri

FRONTLINE

BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY

ECO-PARENTING

KALI WENDORF See Cover Stories

12 NURTURE FOR NATURE

KEYNOTES 6 LITTLE GREEN FINGERS 7 EXPLORING CORE VALUES 8 LAND-SHARING 9 TO LIVE WITH THE SEA10 THEATRE FOR THE EARTH

14 NATURE-DEFICIT

DISORDER RICHARD LOUV See Cover Stories

16 VIDEOPHILIA

ARIC SIGMAN See Cover Stories

24 REAP WHAT YOU SOW

VANDANA SHIVA Why does the Indian government continue to turn a blind eye towards farmers’ suicides?

26 SUBSISTENCE CULTURE

TEWOLDE B. G. EGZIABHER Learning from the wisdom of Mother Africa.

28 POISONING THE PLANET

MIGUEL A. ALTIERI Saluting the small farmers who refuse to co-operate with the agribusiness paradigm.

UNDERCURRENTS

30 BOURGEOIS MATHS

EMMÁNUEL LIZCANO Questioning the supremacy of the mathematics of the European tribe.

34 PROPHET OF DEEP

18 THE TYRANNY OF TRENDS

CHARTY DURRANT See Cover Stories

ECOLOGY ERIN SCOTT A Tribute to Arne Næss. Resurgence No. 254 May/June 2009

36 RELOCATION, RELOCATION,

RELOCATION GIANLUCA BRUNORI A riposte to the false promises of “total economies”.

38 WATER STRESS

NICK HUNT The Kashmir Valley now faces a threat even greater than human conflict.