C O N T E N T S No.263 November/December 2010

SEASONAL SPECIAL 2 THE BEST CHRISTMAS

PRESENT INTHEWORLD Michael Morpurgo

FRONTLINE 6 ACTION FROMTHE

GRASSROOTS

UNDERCURRENTS 10 FROM COPENHAGENTO

CANCÚN Hylton Murray-Philipson

We need to convert the nature of business into the business of Nature 14 THE BLUE ECONOMY

Gunter Pauli Finding a new economy inspired by the way ecosystems work

16 DOWNTHE DARK

MOUNTAIN Paul Kingsnorth Breaking ranks to form a new climate change movement

18 PLANNED

OBSOLESCENCE Sophie Poklewski Koziell Time to halt the manufacture of shoddy, short-lived goods

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20 LEARNING FROM

TANZANIA Thembi Mutch We could learn from a society that is used to doing without ‘stuff’

KEYNOTES 22 TAO FORTROUBLEDTIMES

Paul Zeal The ancient Chinese path that teaches how ‘wanting less’ becomes so much more REGULARS 1 WELCOME Satish Kumar 26 PROJECTIONS

Caspar Walsh 28 THE VEGETARIAN FOODIE

Jane Hughes 30 BIG FOOT, LITTLE FOOT Mukti Mitchell 32 VOICE FROMTHE SOUTH

Vandana Shiva 34 NATUREWRITING

Miriam Darlington 37 OCCASIONAL DIDYMUS

John Moat 38 LETTERS

39 GREEN LEADERS

Jonathan Porritt and Tony Juniper Green ‘thinkers’ respond to Julian Rose’s call for a return to the ‘Small Is Beautiful’ green roots (issue 260)

ARTS & CRAFTS RESURGENCE CRAFT SPECIAL

40 CELEBRATING CRAFT Featuring the work of Nek Chand 42 WHERETHE HAND HAS

EARS Amadou Hampâté Bâ Book extract: how craft is the powerful embodiment of the mystical life force 46 EXQUISITE CRAFT

Philip Vann The story of Charles Ashbee, who led a 19th-century mass exodus of artisans to the countryside 48 POTENT POTS

Sandy Brown A British potter enjoys the ‘lively spirit’ of everyday ceramics made in North Devon 50 THE JOY OF MAKING

Anna Konig How re-engaging with raw materials can help remind us what is real and what is illusory

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