Issue Theme
Breaking Away From Tradition  

An Introduction to this issue

Understanding Our Moment in History
“We are not just facing a few critical problems here and there. We appear to be at some major junction in human affairs.”
by William Van Dusen Wishard

 Deep Sustainability: A Vision For The Global Villager In Us All
“The ultimate solution to all environmental problems lies in a deep spiritual understanding of what nature is and how it operates.”
by Roar Ramesh Bjonnes

 The Chorus of Humanity
“When love awakens in sleeping souls, then true human beings will emerge.”
by P.R. Sarkar

What Tradition Is All About
What can traditional societies contribute to a rapidly changing world?
by Ziauddin Sardar

 Fishing In New York City
Speaking of fish; speaking for fish.
by Betsy Robinson

The People of Flow
“What makes some people able to achieve internal control, while most others are swept away by external hardships?”
by Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi

Community

The Unexplained Powers Of Animals
“Much that appears ‘paranormal’ at present looks normal when we expand our ideas of normality.”
by Rupert Sheldrake

 Taking Out The Garbage
“Every Monday night I come down the driveway with my garbage, and the world is waiting for me”
by Andy Fraenkel

Society & Economics

Weapons, Death & Tofu: Finding Nirvana in an SUV
As Americans start to realize the vast wastefulness of SUV’s, marketers waste no time in responding.


Worker Control Breathes Life Into Ailing Factories
“The idea that a capitalist is needed to organize production is being demystified.”
by Reed Lindsay

Departments

Greetings

Econotes: Chile’s Coastal Range Road Rerouted; VW Beats the Barriers; City Dwellers are Growing Food in Surprising Numbers; Worms Eat-So We Live; Help Stop the Running of the Bulls; EU Cosmetics Battle Continues

People Notes: Sierra Leone: Boost for over 8,000 women farmers; UNICEF to Pick up Pace on Girls’ Education; “Star Trek” Device Gets Nod from the FDA; New, Creative Website to Help Wipe Out Poverty and Save the Rainforests; Egyptian Coalition Mobilizes Against Custom that Harms Women and Girls

Arts in Review

Book Reviews
The Deeper Wound; Saharasia; Yes You are a Revolutionary!; A Woman’s Way to Wisdom; The Power of Now; State of the World 2003
reviewed by Ivana Milojevic, Steve Taylor, A.V. Avadhuta, Margaret Rathwell, Pathik Strand, Kenn Kassman

Jean Tinguely: “There Is No Standstill”
reviewed by Jutta Ziegler

Caution to the Wind: Phil Cohen and Patricia Ford
reviewed by A.V. Avadhuta

Orquesta Popular de Câmara
reviewed by Carlos da Costa Coelho

The Corrective Art of Sandow Birk
reviewed by Sparrow

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