CONTENTS

No.245 November/December 2007

FRONTLINE

6 A DROP TO DRINK

7 KEEPING IT LOCAL FASCINATING FUNGI

8 ENERGY LESSONS CARBON DIET 9 GREEN MARKETING WASTE NOT . . .

KEYNOTES

10 ECOCIDE PETER BUNYARD Mitigating climate change through rainforest protection.

13 THE TYRANNY OF URGENCY CARLO PETRINI Gastronomy and ecological wisdom.

16 A CHERISHED LAND BILL BRYSON A pledge to safeguard England’s national heritage.

18 NONVIOLENCE JACK SANTA BARBARA Strengthening effectiveness through shared values.

June, sculpture by Emily Young, from Time in the Stone, published by Tacit Hill Editions, 2007, UK

THE MORAL ECONOMY

22 MORAL COMPASS ANDREW SIMMS What is the economy for, and how do we know if it is succeeding?

24 CURRENCY OF THE IMAGINATION ANITA RODDICK To restore beauty in our economy, we need a new currency.

27 POVERTY AND EMPOWERMENT WANGARI MAATHAI Social justice and sustainability are prerequisites for peace.

30 ECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS HELENA NORBERG-HODGE Community is a key ingredient for health and wellbeing.

32 EARTH I LOVE SATISH KUMAR Nature is the real source of our wealth.

34 NATURAL ECONOMY MIGUEL MENDONÇÇA Addressing climate change by working with Nature.

UNDERCURRENTS

38 LOWER CARBON, HIGHER QUALITY POORAN DESAI How will low-carbon lifestyles work?

40 GLOBO-PETRO-COPS TONY CLARKE Oil, war and climate change.

THE ARTS

42 POETRY FIONA SAMPSON The new eco-poets.

44 PATTERN AND METAPHOR LORNA HOWARTH The sculpture of Peter Randall-Page.

47 MARBLING SANDY BROWN A fl uid, unpredictable process.

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THE MORAL ECONOMY

ANITA RODDICK’S LAST TESTAMENT: CURRENCY OF IMAGINATION

BILL BRYSON • WANGARI MAATHAI PETER RANDALL-PAGE WOLFGANG SACHS • ANDREW SIMMS

Another Place, sculpture by Antony Gormley

PHOTOGRAPH: HARRYMOON/istockphoto.com

REGULARS

3 BEAUTY & IMAGINATION TRIBUTE TO ANITA RODDICK

48 SLOW TRAVEL BARBARA HADDRILL

50 SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS OLIVER TICKELL

52 TURNING POINT CAROLE BAMFORD

54 GARDENING BRIGITTE NORLAND

56 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

ILLUSTRATORS

NOMA BAR illustrates for The Guardian

CLIFFORD HARPER is a militant anarchist

MATT KENYON illustrates for The Guardian

TRUDA LANE is an artist living in North Devon

AXEL SCHEFFLER illustrates children’s books, most recently Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book

LINDA SCOTT is a freelance illustrator

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