The Joy of Making
Re-engaging with the raw materials from which our lives are shaped is a potent reminder of the difference between what is real and what is […]
Ecological Wisdom
Where the HAND has EARS
Everything ‘speaks’, and to those who know how to ‘hear’, craft is the powerful embodiment of the mystical life force, wrote Amadou Hampate Ba The […]
Musings on Craft
I saw this non-emphasis of permanence reflected in the tribal’s use of oral tradition (as opposed to written tradition) to pass on culture, mythology and […]
CHANGE yourself – CHANGE the World
The more we learned from nature and built a kind of inner resilience to external circumstances, the more we fell into our natural state – […]
Roots of Change
The fundamental problem we have as modern societies is the scale and pace of the global economic system. Globalisation is transforming unique individuals into mass […]
Busting the Forest Myths: People as Part of the Solution
The long-held contention that rural forest communities are the prime culprits in tropical forest destruction is increasingly being discredited, as evidence mounts that the best […]
Issue 10: Development – Seeing the whole Elephant
Editorial: Development – Seeing the whole Elephant Educational Institutions and policy makers need to play a role in preparing youngsters for the future. And the […]
Buddhist Economics
E.F. Schumacher was one of the pioneers of the movement towards sustainable living and a follower of Gandhiji. His classic book “Small is Beautiful”- Economics […]
Dismantling Development
Seeking equity and wellbeing – rather than economic growth – will be the new corner stone of the post development age, writes Wolfgang Sachs, editor […]