CONTENTS

No.244 September/October 2007

FRONTLINE

6 LIFE ON AN ISLAND

7 BIG GREEN TAXI

8 MAKING A DIFFERENCE SLOW MONEY

KEYNOTES

10 EARTH COMMUNITY THOMAS BERRY Reorienting the human community.

12 DEFINING SUSTAINABILITY MICHAEL BEN-ELI A call for a deep transformation of our worldview.

UNDERCURRENTS

34 KICKING THE CARBON HABIT MARK LYNAS The opportunities of climate change.

36 CARBON DESCENT CLIONA O CONAILL A local solution to a global crisis.

THE ARTS

38 POETRY PETER ABBS Celebrating 800 years of Rumi.

40 SUBTLE VIBRANCY PHILIP VANN The paradox of the human heart.

42 SEED JO OLAND A monolith for our time.

GREEN IMPERATIVES

18 WHAT IS THE QUESTION? HERMAN DALY We make the world by the questions we ask.

20 NEW ROLE FOR THE WTO JONATHON PORRITT Putting the environment above free trade.

22 GREEN TAX SWITCH CHRIS HUHNE Address climate change through taxation.

24 DECENTRALISE ENERGY DOUG PARR People must participate in the production of power.

26 A POLICY PACKAGE PAUL EKINS We need to implement multiple policy changes simultaneously.

28 THE CARBON LEVY PETER AINSWORTH Pay-as-you-earn or pay-as-you-burn?

30 FROM COMPROMISE TO LIMITS TONY JUNIPER Learning to recognise ecological limits.

32 TRUE SECURITY CAROLINE LUCAS Diverting military funding to tackle climate change.

ILLUSTRATORS NOMA BAR illustrates for The Guardian MATT KENYON illustrates for The Guardian AXEL SCHEFFLER illustrates children’s books, most recently Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book LINDA SCOTT is a freelance illustrator

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KICKING THE CARBON HABIT Mark Lynas on the opportunities of climate change

SLOW TRAVEL Kurt Hoetling decides to stay within walking distance of home

PEACE ONE DAY A young pioneer’s dream to promote nonviolence

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THE GREEN IMPERATIVE

PETER AINSWORTH • HERMAN DALY • PAUL EKINS • CHRIS HUHNE • TONY JUNIPER CAROLINE LUCAS • DOUG PARR • JONATHON PORRITT

Aroid climber in Panama rainforest

PHOTOGRAPH: ART WOLFE

REGULARS

3 WELCOME SATISH KUMAR

44 SLOW TRAVEL KURT HOETLING

46 RECIPES ROSE PRINCE

47 THE OCCASIONAL DIDYMUS JOHN MOAT

48 VOICE FROM THE SOUTH VANDANA SHIVA

50 SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS OLIVER TICKELL

51 PERSPECTIVES OLIVER TICKELL

52 VISIONARIES: THOMAS BERRY MATTHEW FOX

43 GREAT GIG SANDY BROWN How sport helps crafts.

54 PIONEERS: JEREMY GILLEY ALLAN JENKINS

55 THE LONG VIEW HARRY EYRES

ILLUSTRATION: MICHAEL LEUNIG

56 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

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