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Paul Carline In this issue Vol. 4. No. 8. October 1974 COMMENT People Party Manifesto 278 John Adams Peter Abbs Cleeland Bean Andrew MacKillop Wendy Campbell-Purdie Katie Thear FEATURE ARTICLES Obsolete Economics 280 Economic activity should be reduced to a scale more in keeping with its original definition Cultural Pollution in a Consumer Society 289 Advertising plays a key role in developing the cultural pattern of our consumer society Ecology and the Pollinators 294 The role of pollinators in an ecosystem is as important as it is complex Low Energy Area Systems The decentralisation of power generation is a necessary condition for greater efficiency Green Belt around the Desert 298 300 An experiment which provides much hope for checking the relentless expansion of the Sahara desert Audio-visual aids in Environmental Education 302 Prester John REPORTS The Green Revolution Turns Sour Beekeeping for Self-sufficiency Book Reviews This Month's Authors Letters Classified Advertisements 304 296 305 308 309 310 The November Issue is a joint issue with Resurgence Magazine subject Religion and Ecology. This document is being prepared especially for the Ecologist conference on Ecology and Religion to be held on the 28th/29th November 1974, at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1. For details see inside back cover of this issue. Note: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return to their authors those not accepted. Articles published in the "Ecologist" do not necessarily express the views of the Editors. Design by Mewton, Lees-Barton, Bodmin, Cornwall. Cover Photograph: Ronan Picture Library; A kitchen scene from Johannes Baptista della Porta Magia Naturalis, Nuremberg 1715. Publisher: Edward Goldsmith; Editors: Peter Bunyard and Edward Goldsmith; Associate Editors: John Davoll, Jimoh Omo-Fadaka, Lawrence D. Hills, Brian Johnson, Andrew MacKillop, John Papworth. Graham Searle, Robert Waller, Richard Willson. All communications should be sent to The Editors, Ecologist, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS. Telephone Wadebridge 2996/7. Business and Subscription enquiries to: Ruth Lumley-Smith, Editors' assistant. All advertising enquiries to Interpress, 19 Anne Boleyn's Walk, Cheam, Surrey. Telephone 01-642 5826. Published by Ecosystems Ltd., registered office, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS. Subscriptions to the Ecologist, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS. Printed by The Garden City Press Ltd., Pixmore Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire SG6 US. © Ecologist, October 1974 Ecologist, Vol. 4, No. 8 277

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Paul Carline

In this issue Vol. 4. No. 8. October 1974

COMMENT

People Party Manifesto

278

John Adams

Peter Abbs

Cleeland Bean

Andrew MacKillop

Wendy Campbell-Purdie

Katie Thear

FEATURE ARTICLES

Obsolete Economics

280

Economic activity should be reduced to a scale more in keeping with its original definition

Cultural Pollution in a Consumer Society

289

Advertising plays a key role in developing the cultural pattern of our consumer society

Ecology and the Pollinators

294

The role of pollinators in an ecosystem is as important as it is complex

Low Energy Area Systems

The decentralisation of power generation is a necessary condition for greater efficiency

Green Belt around the Desert

298

300

An experiment which provides much hope for checking the relentless expansion of the Sahara desert

Audio-visual aids in Environmental Education

302

Prester John

REPORTS

The Green Revolution Turns Sour

Beekeeping for Self-sufficiency

Book Reviews

This Month's Authors

Letters

Classified Advertisements

304

296

305

308

309

310

The November Issue is a joint issue with Resurgence Magazine subject Religion and Ecology. This document is being prepared especially for the Ecologist conference on Ecology and Religion to be held on the 28th/29th November 1974, at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1.

For details see inside back cover of this issue.

Note: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return to their authors those not accepted. Articles published in the "Ecologist" do not necessarily express the views of the Editors. Design by Mewton, Lees-Barton, Bodmin, Cornwall. Cover Photograph: Ronan Picture Library; A kitchen scene from Johannes Baptista della Porta Magia Naturalis, Nuremberg 1715. Publisher: Edward Goldsmith; Editors: Peter Bunyard and Edward Goldsmith; Associate Editors: John Davoll, Jimoh Omo-Fadaka, Lawrence D. Hills, Brian Johnson, Andrew MacKillop, John Papworth. Graham Searle, Robert Waller, Richard Willson. All communications should be sent to The Editors, Ecologist, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS. Telephone Wadebridge 2996/7. Business and Subscription enquiries to: Ruth Lumley-Smith, Editors' assistant. All advertising enquiries to Interpress, 19 Anne Boleyn's Walk, Cheam, Surrey. Telephone 01-642 5826. Published by Ecosystems Ltd., registered office, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS. Subscriptions to the Ecologist, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS. Printed by The Garden City Press Ltd., Pixmore Avenue, Letchworth, Hertfordshire SG6 US.

© Ecologist, October 1974

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