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FRONTLINE 6 TREES FOR LIFE 6 MOUNTAINS OF HOPE 7 LIVING MAPS 8 BEYOND THE BARRIERS 9 THE SMOKY SPICE

UNDERCURRENTS 10 GOING BACK TO OUR ROOTS Julian Rose

Why the green movement urgently needs to revisit ‘Small is beautiful’ 12 NUCLEAR IS NOT THE SOLUTION

Helen Caldicott Exposing the myth that nuclear power is in any way green

14 WHY WOOL STILL MATTERS

Sue Blacker Stopping the demise of a sustainable and natural resource

16 NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER

Richard Louv Extract from his book Last Child in the Woods

18 HOLD FAST

William Thomas In the busy modern world, fasting can be a chance to slow down

KEYNOTES 20 EDUCATION IS THE KEY

Jigmi Y.Thinley

The Prime Minister of Bhutan on the role of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in education

BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY 24 CELEBRATION

Survival International We Are One photo feature

REGULARS 2 WELCOME Satish Kumar 30 A SENSE OF PLACE

Robert Ernst 32 PIONEERS: GEORGINA DOWNS Rachel Fleming

36 BIG FOOT, LITTLE FOOT

Mukti Mitchell 38 THE VEGETARIAN FOODIE

Jane Hughes 40 NATURE WRITING

Patrick Evans 42 OCCASIONAL DIDYMUS John Moat 44 OPINION

John Naish 45 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS 68 COMMUNITY PAGE

ARTS & CRAFTS 46 POETRY

Peter Abbs New Voices – a new anthology of recently-published poetry

SCULPTURE SPECIAL Three British sculptors give a unique insight into their work 48 IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MASTERS

Andy Christian Artist Andrew Lacey is finding greener ways to work in bronze

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