C O N T E N T S No.262 September/October 2010

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FRONTLINE 4 ACTION FROM THE GRASSROOTS

UNDERCURRENTS 8 THE TRAGEDY OF BIODIVERSITY Paul Evans

Why conservation must change to ‘stand up’ for the whole of Nature 12 TRANSHUMANCE

Diego Vivanco How this dying tradition plays a role in supporting biodiversity

14 EAST AND WEST

Rachel Fleming A modern sage shares his thoughts on living in harmony

16 LETTER FROM JAPAN

Junko Edahiro Younger Japanese consumers are rejecting material abundance

18 GETTING OFF THE TREADMILL

David Boyle & Andrew Simms Did our peasant ancestors know something we don’t?

KEYNOTES 20 EMBODIED WISDOM

Juhani Pallasmaa

Exploring the embodied condition of the integrated human experience

PHOTO FEATURE 24 ADAPTATION

Jonathan Mitchell

Those species most able to adapt will survive climate change REGULARS 1 WELCOME Satish Kumar 28 PROJECTIONS

Caspar Walsh The new Resurgence film column 30 THE VEGETARIAN FOODIE

Jane Hughes 32 BIG FOOT, LITTLE FOOT Mukti Mitchell 34 SLOWTRAVEL

Adam Weymouth 36 NATURE PIONEERS

Compiled by Elizabeth Wainwright

38 SENSE OF PLACE

Jay Ramsay 40 AUTUMN GARDENING

Brigitte Norland 42 LETTERS 64 COMMUNITY PAGE Elizabeth Wainwright

ARTS & CRAFTS 44 POETRY Peter Abbs

The prophetic voice of Canadian poet P.K. Page 46 LUCID AND WILD

Philip Vann Celebrating the 80th birthday of landscape artist William Crozier 51 PAUL GAUGUIN

Tate Modern presents Gauguin: Maker of Myth

REVIEWS 52 FLIGHTS OF IMAGINATION Sophie Poklewski Koziell reviews

Tim Dee’s The Running Sky

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September/October 2010 IN OUR TIME

On the Seashore As an island, Britain is dominated by its coastline – rugged, beautiful and inspirational – but it’s a coastline that sadly, and all too often, is increasingly polluted by plastic waste of all shapes and sizes washing up on its shores. Now, in a bid to raise awareness of the problem, a new online participatory ar t project (www.marineplastic.org) is inviting UK beachcombers to help document those places where plastic waste is spoiling the shoreline. The project is the brainchild of ar tist Steve McPherson, founder of Marine Art, who is planning to incorporate some of the images submitted in his wall-hung ar tworks.

All washed up

Photo: courtesy Steve McPherson

54 LOST CHANCES Suzi Gablik reviews Bill McKibben’s Eaarth 55 SINGING THE TRUTH Val Harding reviews Mimlu Sen’s The

Honey Gatherers 56 A SEARCH FOR WISDOM

Edmund O’Sullivan reviews Mark Hathaway and Leonardo Boff’s The Tao of Liberation 57 ELOQUENT EPISTLES Jini Reddy reviews Peter Owen Jones’ Letters from an Extreme Pilgrim 58 SEEKING A NEW IDEALISM John Naish reviews Michael Foley’s The Age of Absurdity 60 HUMBLE STEWARDSHIP Chris Nichols reviews Martin

Crawford’s Creating a Forest Garden 61 A MANIFESTO FOR OURTIME Mary Tasker reviews Martin Large’s

Common Wealth 62 THE SACRED UNIVERSE Peter Reason celebrates the visionary works of the late Thomas Berry

65 CLASSIFIED ADVERTS 68 DISPLAY ADVERTS

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SLOW SUNDAY: 10:10:10 Resurgence is linking up with the 10:10 campaign to celebrate a ‘global day of doing’ to cut carbon. Join us to take positive, practical action to reduce your carbon footprint

EDUCATION The Ar ts, as inspired by Nature, plus for thcoming exhibitions. And look out for our next free e-book

BLOGS Add your comments to our blogs on science, education, conser vation and Nature

RESOURCES ONLINE Avatar e-book: issues behind the film Forthcoming events: Tagore Festival and To Be a Pilgrim or Tourist? Readers’ groups pack: all you need to star t a readers’ group

WEB EXCLUSIVES Your Countryside Needs You: Mark Ogden profiles Simon Nash, Somerset Wildlife Trust Nature Poet: Stephanie Sorrell celebrates the late British poet Derek Neville Frontline Online: More Action from the Grassroots

Front cover: Small Yellow Bird, 2001, by Craigie Aitchison Image: private collection/Bridgeman Art Library

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