CONTENTS
F RO N T L I N E
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COOKING UP A CHANGE
PEEYUSH SEKHSARIA

No.239 November/December 2006

REGULARS
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WELCOME
A FAR CRY FROM CHRISTMAS SATISH KUMAR

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THE FUTURE IS FORDHALL
MARTIN LARGE

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DEEP SPIRIT
EVERYWHERE AT HOME THOMAS MOORE

10 SACRED SKILLS
LORNA HOWARTH

25 PERSPECTIVES 38 THE LONG
VIEW
LESSONS FROM GREEK TRAGEDY HARRY EYRES

11 MONKEYING AROUND
PAUL KINGSNORTH

K E Y N OT E S
12 WRITERS AND THE
WAR AGAINST NATURE
GARY SNYDER Those who love the world.

39 A SENSE OF
PLACE
ARCTIC AWAKENING LAURENCE MEE

18 WORLD IN A FEW
WORDS
TESSA STRICKLAND Poetry can transport us to new ways of experiencing life.

40 THE
OCCASIONAL DIDYMUS
GOVERNESS JOHN MOAT

20 WILL GOD EVER LEAVE
US ALONE?
DEEPAK CHOPRA God won’t leave us alone as long as we feel afraid.

41 RECIPES
RAINBOW FEAST DAPHNE LAMBERT

UNDERCURRENTS
23 FRIENDLY FIRE
DAVID EHRENFELD Embracing new energy technologies whilst ignoring energy consumption.

42 LETTERS TO
THE EDITORS

26 FROM GLOBAL TO
LOCAL
CHRIS WRIGHT Questioning fair trade.

The Tree of Song, by Bhajju Shyam. From The Night Life of Trees, a handmade book featuring work by three Gond artists from India (Tara Publishing, Chennai, India). Coinciding with an exhibition, until 13th November 2006, at The Rebecca Hossack Gallery, 35 Windmill Street, Fitzrovia, London .

A RT S & P O E T RY
30 POETRY
PETER ABBS Four contemporary eco-poets.

28 WHITE POPPIES
ANDREW KLEISSNER Moving from a remembrance service to a peace service. FOR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR (PAGE 63).

34 SPIRIT AND PLACE
SIMON OLDING There is always one more way of looking at something.

PLEASE SEE THE INSIDE BACK COVER

RESURGENCE OFFICES AND AGENTS,

32 THE ROAD
PHIL WHITAKER The paddock looked like it had fallen victim to a monstrous mole.

36 MYTHICAL
SCULPTURES
JULES CASHFORD Jacob Lane’s works explore our relationship to an eternal source.

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REVIEWS
45 THE BIG PICTURE
Elephant!

46 IN MY OWN WORDS
Bread Matters ANDREW WHITLEY

47 FROM EMPIRE TO EARTH
COMMUNITY
The Great Turning DAVID KORTEN

48 PUTTING LIFE IN
PERSPECTIVE
TUDOR HUMPHRIES reviews Bedrock

49 THE NATION’S VARIETY
PHILIP CONFORD reviews England in Particular

50 REFLECTIVE CHANGE
JOHN ELKINGTON reviews Presence

50 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
COIN
FRANCES HOWARD-GORDON reviews Confessions of a Radical Traditionalist

52 TREE HOUSE
BARBARA TREMAIN-HOWARD reviews Diary of an Eco-Builder

53 BOOKS IN BRIEF
LORNA HOWARTH & SOPHIE POKLEWSKI KOZIELL

A DV E RT I S I N G
54 DISPLAY ADVERTS 56 CLASSIFIED ADVERTS
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, starts his seven-day fast and prayer vigil for the Middle East, in St John Chapel,York Minster on 13th August 2006.The Archbishop gave up a planned family holiday in favour of a week sleeping rough in the Minster in order to raise awareness and lead prayers for the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. PHOTOGRAPH: GARETH COPLEY/PA

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Editors’ Selection One of the regular features in Resurgence is Nicols Fox’s ‘Letter from America’. In her article ‘Signs of Optimism’ she documents changing attitudes in the USA to transport and global warming and concludes that things are getting better. Satish’s Talks For many years Satish Kumar has travelled the world talking to people about how we can learn to lighten our footprint on the Earth, and how we can do so in an enjoyable manner. Some of these talks are now available

on CD and DVD, and they may be purchased via the website. Free 'taster' extracts are also online. Online Issues PDF files of our current issue, and many of our back issues (some now out of print), are available for download from our website at a special price. Bookshelf Many of the renowned Resurgence book reviews are now available online. Please see page 42 for more details.

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