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6 S C I E N C E A N D S P I R I T U A L I T Y KATY R EDM O ND Complementary o r contradictory?

1 1 P L A N E T A R Y H E A L I N G JO H N T O D D An ecologist’s personal journey.

1 4 D E E P M I N D PETER RUSSELL Beyond science, behind spirit.

1 8 M I N D F I E L D S RUPERT SHELDRAKE Explaining telepathy and o ther phenomena.

2 2 B I O P H O B I A R IC HARD MABEY The trivialisation o f nature.

2 6 I N T H E N A M E O F P R O G R E S S H R H THE PR IN CE OF WALES Sustainability at Highgrove.

2 8 A F F L U E N C E T H R E S H O L D JO N A TH O N P O R R IT T It is time to examine the relationship betw een economic growth and social wellbeing.

3 1 B L A C K P E P P E R C O U N T R Y N ICK ROBINS AND R IT U KUMAR Turning Kerala’s black gold to green.

3 4 M I D W I V E S O F C H A N G E SWAT1 CHO PR A Stories o f six remarkable Indian women.

FRONTLINE

42 F R U I T S O F T H E F O R E S T MANDY HAGGITH Fair trade may save the Ussuri ecosystem and culture.

PHOTO-FEATURE

ART

50 FROM THE HEART IAN SKELLY The last paintings o f John Napper.

FILM REVIEW

44 G A R D E N P I O N E E R S

58 F L O W A N D C H A N G E

PHOTOGRAPHS:TESSA TRAEGER FRITJOF CAPRA reviews INTERVIEWS: PATRICK K IN M O N TH R ivers and Tides

Sheep at Night, by John Napper

4 Resurgence No. 220 September/October 2003