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BAC K NUMBER S O F TH E ECOLOGIS T Complete your set of the Ecologist. All back numbers available except Vol. 1.12 and Vol. 1.14 (out of print), and Vol. 2. 5 which is rare and only available in complete issues as follows: VOLUME 1 (16 issues) VOLUMES 2, 3 & 4 SINGLE BACK ISSUES July 1970-December 1971 1972, 1973, 1974 £6.60 ($18.50) £5.00 ($14.00) 45 ($1.25) BINDERS FOR THE ABOVE and for VOLUME 5 £1.75 each ($5.00) post free Indices for Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4 50p each ($1.50) or £1.50 ($4.50) for the set. Order from Subscription Dept. The Ecologist, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS SOME IMPORTANT ARTICLES FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES The Medicine of Industrial Man. John Powles. The engineering approach to medicine does not work. What is required is an ecological approach. October 1972. Evolution and Health. Stephen Boy den. Human health is best assured when man lives in the environment he was designed for by his evolution. August 1973. Miracle Rice and Miracle Locusts. Michael Allaby. The reduced genetic base of major crops makes them particularly vulnerable. July 1973. Unravel the National Grid. Andrew MacKillop. A Plan to decentralise power generators in Britain. November 1973 The Ecology of War. Edward Goldsmith. A cross-cultural study of aggression showing why mutual deterrence cannot prevent wars. May 1974 The Myth of Progress. Henryk Skolimowski. The origins and implications of the idea of Progress. August/September 1974. The Ecology of Housing. Amos Rappaport. The Social and Ecological factors taken in to account by traditional societies in the design of their settlements. January 1973. The Economics of Wilderness. Garrett Hardin. There are too many visitors for too few wildernesses; how can they be rationed? March/April 1974 Living Off the Sun. Andrew MacKillop. What are the possibilities offered to us of solar energy? July 1973. The Ecology of Unemployment. Edward Goldsmith. Is Economic growth a satisfactory means of combating unemployment? February 1974 The Costs of Urbanisation. Kenneth Watt. The Social and Ecological costs of creating large conurbations must eventually be reflected in higher monetary costs. February 1972. Does Nigeria Exist? Jimoh Omo Eadaka. Nigeria is not a society but an unstable political and administrative unit. November 1970 Drought in Sahelia. Reid Bryson. The climate changes involved may have been brought about by air pollution in Western Europe. October 1973. Anarchism and Ecology. George Woodcock. The anarchists were the true predecessors of the human ecologist of today. March/April 1974. A Blueprint for Survival. The now famous plan, by Edward Goldsmith, Robert Allen and others, for the achievement of a sustainable society.

I n thi s issu e Vol. 5. No. 7. Aug/Sept 1975 Edward Goldsmith Alison Anderson David Laing Nicholas Georgescu-Roegan Virgil J . Vogel M. G. Miller EDITORIAL J.P . Narayan — A Statesman of World Importance FEATURE ARTICLES An Expendable People Can cash compensate Indian tribes for the destruction of their homelands? The Phosphate Connection The world's phosphate reserves are nearly exhausted: this has dramatic implications for world agriculture. Energy and Economic Myths: Part 2. I f economists did not work in a vacuum they would realise that even a stationary economy, at the present level, is not sustainable. Indian Health and Disease American Indians appear to have been very healthy until diseases from the west were brought to them by early settlers. The Case for Water Transport I n this country, unlike France and W. Germany the use of waterways for freight transport is still declining, and yet i t appears to have everything i n its favour. BOOK REVIEWS LETTERS Classified Ads. This Month's Cover: Hopi Pottery Tiles: Design by Elizabeth Moya. Note: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return those not accepted. Articles published in the Ecologist do not necessarily express the views of the Editors. Editor: Edward Goldsmith. Assistant Editor: Ruth Lumley-Smith. Associate Editors: Robert Allen, Michael Allaby, Peter Bunyard, Brian Johnson, Jimoh Omo Fadaka, Andrew McKillop, Robert Waller, Lawrence Hills, John Papworth, John Davoll, Richard Willson, John Milton (U.S.A.), Peter Freeman. (U.S.A.) All communications should be sent to: The Ecologist, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS, England. Tel: Wadebridge 2996. Advertising enquiries to Philip Hutchings, Uphill Cottage, Urchfont, Devizes, Wilts. Tel: Chirton (038 084) 370. Published by Ecosystems Ltd. Registered Office as above. Distributed by: A.M.D. Ltd., Roding Trading Estate, London Road, Barking, Essex IG11 88U. Printed by Penwell Limited, Parkwood, Callington, Cornwall. Ecologist Vol. 5. No. 7. 234 237 240 242 254 260 262 265 267 233

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I n thi s issu e Vol. 5. No. 7. Aug/Sept 1975

Edward Goldsmith

Alison Anderson

David Laing

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegan

Virgil J . Vogel

M. G. Miller

EDITORIAL J.P . Narayan — A Statesman of World Importance

FEATURE ARTICLES

An Expendable People Can cash compensate Indian tribes for the destruction of their homelands?

The Phosphate Connection The world's phosphate reserves are nearly exhausted: this has dramatic implications for world agriculture.

Energy and Economic Myths: Part 2. I f economists did not work in a vacuum they would realise that even a stationary economy, at the present level, is not sustainable.

Indian Health and Disease American Indians appear to have been very healthy until diseases from the west were brought to them by early settlers.

The Case for Water Transport I n this country, unlike France and W. Germany the use of waterways for freight transport is still declining, and yet i t appears to have everything i n its favour.

BOOK REVIEWS

LETTERS

Classified Ads.

This Month's Cover: Hopi Pottery Tiles: Design by Elizabeth Moya. Note: While every care is taken with manuscripts submitted for publication, the Editors cannot guarantee to return those not accepted. Articles published in the Ecologist do not necessarily express the views of the Editors. Editor: Edward Goldsmith. Assistant Editor: Ruth Lumley-Smith. Associate Editors: Robert Allen, Michael Allaby, Peter Bunyard, Brian Johnson, Jimoh Omo Fadaka,

Andrew McKillop, Robert Waller, Lawrence Hills, John Papworth, John Davoll, Richard Willson, John Milton (U.S.A.), Peter Freeman. (U.S.A.)

All communications should be sent to: The Ecologist, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge, Cornwall PL27 7DS, England. Tel: Wadebridge 2996. Advertising enquiries to Philip Hutchings, Uphill Cottage, Urchfont, Devizes, Wilts. Tel: Chirton (038 084) 370. Published by Ecosystems Ltd. Registered Office as above. Distributed by: A.M.D. Ltd., Roding Trading Estate, London Road, Barking, Essex IG11 88U. Printed by Penwell Limited, Parkwood, Callington, Cornwall.

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