CoNTENTS No.252 January/February 2009

COVER STORIES

2 NATURE CRUNCH by Satish Kumar The opportunities of the credit crunch and the dangers of the Nature crunch.

8 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS TO SERVE THE PLANET

Annie Lennox, Deepak Chopra,

Raymond Blanc, Tim Smit and others share their resolutions.

10 RAINFOREST NATIONS LEAD THE WAY by Lorna Howarth Binding commitments to protect forest systems.

22 A GREEN NEW DEAL by Tony Juniper Mobilising billions for a low-carbon economy.

18 LIBERATION ECOLOGY by Frances Moore Lappé

Forget “no growth”– the reality is “endless possibility”.

30 COSTING THE EARTH by Terence Hay-Edie Valuing Nature’s abundance.

Cover image: Polar bear PHOTOGRAPH: JUNIORS BILDARCHIV

FRONTLINE

10 RAINFOREST NATIONS LEAD THE WAY 11 CREATING CORAL 12 THE GRANDMOTHERS SPEAK

13 LOVE IN ACTION

KEYNOTES

14 DIVINE ABIDING DAVID CADMAN The ‘holy’ life is a necessary grounding for us all.

18 LIBERATION ECOLOGY FRANCES MOORE-LAPPÉ See Cover Stories

22 A NEW GREEN DEAL TONY JUNIPER See Cover Stories

24 DARWIN REVISIONED BRIAN GOODWIN Transforming Darwinian evolution into a liberating vision for the 1st century.

26 HOW TO BE HOPEFUL BARBARA KINGSOLVER Some sound advice for us all.

ILLUSTRATORS

SANDY BROWN is a ceramicist and Art Advisor to Resurgence. MATT KENYON illustrates for The Guardian. NICK MOTT is a member of Eastwing illustrators’ Co-Operative. JANE RAY is a freelance illustrator. AXEL SCHEFFLER is a children’s book illustrator.

BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY

30 COSTING THE EARTH TERENCE HAY-EDIE See Cover Stories

THE ARTS

32 LAND MARKS ANDY CHRISTIAN Can art help to raise awareness of what we are doing to the Earth?

36 MODERN ELEGANCE IVY COOPER The award-winning architecture of Tadao Ando.

38 POETRY ROSE FLINT In the service of beauty.

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