Issue 03: Uncommon Sense
Editorial: Uncommon Sense We of the older generation are not handing over Planet Earth in very good shape to our children. Worse, we have handed over […]
Ecological Wisdom
Food for the Body, Food for the Soul
Excerpts from a talk by Satish Kumar at the ‘Be the Change’ Conference on Food, Health and Climate Change, organized by Bhoomi Network in December […]
Thinking Globally: Everyone’s Responsibility
Universal responsibility and awareness of mutual dependence is necessary to counteract the vast effects and negative potential of misdirected human behavior on the planet. Scientific […]
Zero Waste
“Zero waste is the mark of a civilized society” – Satish Kumar Waste is the shadow side of the economy. Stripped of desire, it weighs […]
Why Bother?
Governments and industries are yet to accept the reality of climate change. Then, can our individual choices and small scale efforts change anything at all? […]
Issue 02: Towards Ecological Sanity
Editorial: Saying Enough Can we say “More” to real fulfilment? Our theme for this issue of Bhoomi is ‘Towards Ecological Sanity’. We have, after all, been […]
Seeking Real Wealth
The Credit crunch and the Nature crunch provide an opportunity to redesign our money system and our economies in such a way that we can […]
Living within our Means
If we are to avoid the ultimate recession, the only available global solution lies in designing sustainable capitalism – one that builds the foundations for […]
Annadana: The Gift of Food
The sanctity of food is being erased by the commoditization of cuIture. I think the very first thing to recognize about food is that it […]
Cuba’s Organic Revolution
Why Cuba is the only nation to achieve sustainable development One may wonder what significance an agro-ecological resurgence in Cuba has in India, which is […]