Gentle Stewardship
Humility is the key to ‘good’ leadership and the antidote to those models of ‘heroic’ leadership that were always doomed to fail, writes Sharon Turnbull. […]
Sustainability
The Transition Initiative
Changing the scale of change – Jay Griffiths A while ago, I heard an American scientist address an audience in Oxford, England, about his work […]
Issue 13: Crafting our Future
Editorial: Crafting our future There is an old story about a girl and her red shoes which illustrates well our modern civilisation’s struggles with a machine-dominated […]
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 […]
Issue 11: Action from the Grassroots
Editorial: Grassroots and the Man-made Web Grassroots action is often thought of as something a few idealistic people do, or something that happens far away in […]
The Grand Philosopher of the Grassroot
We mourn the passing away of Nobel Laureate Dr. Elinor Ostrom on June 12th 2012. She will be missed by all those who hold deep […]
Beyond Labels: India’s Scientific and Technical Traditions
The very word “development” was first used in its present meaning only around 1950, and the word “scientist” first appeared in circulation in 1833 and […]
Issue 09: Campaign for a Million Eco Projects
Editorial: Eco Projects – Celebrating Down-to-Earthness and Fulfilment The first issue every year has the same theme as the Bhoomi Conference (or Unconference) – this […]
Enjoying Eco-Projects
We can persist with an activity much more easily if we enjoy it. More often than not, we do not voluntarily take up an activity […]
Flightless Travel
Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee set out on an adventure around the world by cargo ship, train and road to understand how people were responding […]