Individual Back Issue Descriptions

#1 - BEING A PLANETARY VILLAGER (out of print)

Living in both community and the world * Intentional Community Life * Male & Female in Community * The Metaindustrial Village * Paul Hawken * Prayer to Humankind

2 - ECONOMICS IN AN INTELLIGENT UNIVERSE (out of print)

Patterns for a post-industrial economy * Blending Life and Work * Beyond Capitalism and Communism * David Spangler * Mondragon Cooperatives * The Economics of Time

3 - REDISCOVERING THE NORTH AMERICAN VISION (out of print)

Rethinking our calling * Balancing Liberty, Equality and Community * Chief Seattle * The Vision From Space * Duane Elgin * Bioregionalism * Financial Independence

4 - THE FOUNDATIONS OF PEACE (out of print)

Conditions for a sustainable planetary peace *

5 - ART AND CEREMONY IN SUSTAINABLE CULTURE (out of print)

Vitalizing life through the whole of our being * The Edge of Knowing * Art as Right Livelihood? * Storytelling * Rites of Passage

6 - THE WAY OF LEARNING (out of print)

New patterns for education in the communications era * The Multi-level Brain * Jean Houston * Morphogenetic Fields * Raising the Intellence of a Whole Country * Family Centered Learning

7 - GOVERNANCE (out of print)

New options for decision making * The Parable Of The Tribes * Consensus * Green Politics

8 - LIVING WITH THE LAND (out of print)

Embracing the Earth in new legal and practical ways * From Ownership to Stewardship * Ecological Cities * Sustainable Agriculture

9 - STRATEGIES FOR CULTURAL CHANGE | To order this issue ...

Approaches to Building a Positive Future * "Continues to astonish with its intelligence and fine spirit." Ernest Callenbach, author, Ecotopia

10 - FRIENDS & LOVERS (out of print)

Relationships in a Humane Sustainable Culture * Perspectives on Singlehood, Marriage, &Polygamy

11 - LIVING BUSINESS | To order this issue ...

Turning Work into a Positive Experience * The Cost of Profit * Business Balance * Enabling Employee Ownership * Small Business Street Smarts

12 - THE NEW STORY | (out of print)

Life from a Planetary Perspective "Vital and evocative, skillful and lucid ... Congratulations on a splendid issue!" Jean Houston, Foundation for Mind Research

13 - PLAY & HUMOR | To order this issue ...

Funny Routes to Graceful Change * Fran Peavey, Atomic Comic * Holy Fools: a Youth Program for All Ages * Cooperative Games * Humor in Business

14 - SUSTAINABLE HABITAT | To order this issue ...

Buildings, Resources & Community * Four Steps to Self-Reliance * Finding Home * Sustainable Agriculture * Danish Co-housing

15 - USSR/USA | To order this issue ...

The Human Connection * Joint Issue with Earthstewards Network * Citizen Diplomacy Primer * Springsteen Meets Lenin * Soviets and Americans: So Different, So Much Alike

16 - GENDER | To order this issue ...

Fresh Visions & Ancient Roots * Goddesses & Gods Within * Revisioning Masculinity * Love Manifesto * Rites of Passage * Initiation Into Womanhood

17 - BEING GLOBAL NEIGHBORS | (out of print)

International & Cross- Cultural Experiences

18 - TRANSFORMING EDUCATION | To order this issue ...

Awakening the Full Human Potential in Everyone * Beyond IQ * New Horizons for Learning * Cooperative Learning * FOURTH PRINTING

19 - THE NEXT AGENDA | To order this issue ...

Building a Livable 21st Century * From Energy and Recycling to Religion and Personal Change

20 - IS MILITARISM FADING? | To order this issue ...

What Next For The Warrior? * Thinking Deeper Than War * Danaan Parry on Peace & the Warrior

21 - CARING FOR FAMILIES | To order this issue ...

Nurturing the Root of Culture * The Essence of Family * Building a Cohousing Community

22 - GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (out of print)

Social and Personal Responses * Joanna Macy * The Science of Climate

23 - THE ECOLOGY OF MEDIA (out of print)

From Storytelling to Telecommunications * Information Ecosystem * Sustainable TV

24 - EARTH & SPIRIT | To order this issue ...

Redefining the Sacred for the Planetary Era * The Meaning of Gaia * Native American Spirituality

25 - SUSTAINABILITY | (out of print)

The State of the Movement * Hazel Henderson * Hunter Lovins * "A balanced forum in which to build a far-reaching vision of a sustainable future." Lester Brown, Worldwatch

26 - WHAT IS ENOUGH? | To order this issue ...

Fulfilling Lifestyles for a Small Planet * 50 Simple Things You Can Do Instead of Shopping * Joe Dominquez * Ernest Callenbach * Vicki Robin * "Brilliantly links personal lifestyle and macro-policy advocacy issues, and is wonderfully readable." David Korten, People-Centered Development Forum

27 - THE LEARNING REVOLUTION (out of print)

Education Innovations For Global Citizens * Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom * Difference Is Not Deficiency

28 - MAKING IT HAPPEN | To order this issue ...

Effective Strategies For Changing the World * Sweden's Karl-Henrik Robert and The Natural Step * Earthstewards Network * The Innovation Diffusion Game * Joanna Macy * The Antarctica Project * Permaculture: Design for Living * Kenya's Green Belt Movement * David Korten's Beyond Bureaucracy: The Development Agenda * Results - Citizen Lobbying * "You've brought me hope and inspiration, reminded me of my purpose in this world." L. Herrell, Kodiak AK

29 - LIVING TOGETHER | To order this issue ...

Sustainable Community Development * Eco-Villages Around the World * Pragmatic Utopias: Planning with Nature * "Best Coverage of Emerging Issues." Utne Reader 1991 Alternative Press Awards

30 - RECLAIMING POLITICS | To order this issue ...

Participating in Public Life * Postmodern Politics * Bill Moyers on Yearning for Democracy * Nelson Mandela * 50 Ways to Get Political

31 - BIRTH, SEX, & DEATH | To order this issue ...

Human Family Planning * Population, Poverty & Planet Earth * Natural Dying * Sex, Lies, and Population Control * "One of the only publications in which people get past the point of griping..." H. Morrison, Anchorage AK

32 - DANCING TOWARD THE FUTURE | To order this issue ...

"Environment" & "Development" * Design for a Sustainable Economics * Beyond the Limits to Growth * Development, Heresy, and the Ecological Revolution * Nominated for "Best Coverage of Emerging Issues," Utne Reader 1992 Alternative Press Awards

33 - WE CAN DO IT! | To order this issue ...

Tools For Community Transformation * Community-based Strategies For Change * New Life for Inner Cities * Study Circles * Transforming a Mega-Utility * Saying YES! to Environmental Sanity * "One of the most inspiring publications I've come across in quite a while." J. Bercuvitz, South Strafford VT

34 - EXPLORING OUR INTERCONNECTEDNESS | To order this issue ...

10th Anniversary Issue * The Next Great Turning * Between Order and Chaos - David Spangler * Planetary Networking for Kids * Essential Peacemaking * Joanna Macy * "The best publication that I receive." P. Taylor, North Ferrisburg, VT

35 - DESIGNING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE | To order this issue ...

Buildings, Neighborhoods, Cities * Restorative Design * Eco-Communities * Audubon's Living Building * Urban Ecosystems * Reclaiming Community * "An essential resource for values and images of sustainability." C. Steward, University of Nebraska College of Architecture

36 - TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE WORLD ORDER | To order this issue ...

Preparing for Peace * Ecological Limits * A Path to Global Disarmament * Planetary Democracy * Community Economics * Global Networks * "Presents sustainability in the most comprehensive and profoundly usable way of any publication I know." J. Stoke, Weaverville, NC

37 - IT'S ABOUT TIME! | To order this issue ...

A New Relationship with Time * Wasted Time, Wasted Wealth * Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin * The Pursuit of Happiness * Flexible Work Options * New Work, New Culture * "Good tools that so many of us desparately need." L. Therrell, Leavenworth, WA

38 - THE ECOLOGY OF JUSTICE | To order this issue ...

Neighborliness Displaces Crime * Reclaiming Kids * Navajo Nation's Peacemaker Court * Genesee Justice *Corporate Crime/Our Crime * Prison Without Walls * Victim Offender Reconciliation * Love & Forgiveness Behind Bars *Delancey Street * "Best Coverage of Emerging Issues." Utne Reader 1994 Alternative Press Awards

39 - GOOD MEDICINE | To order this issue ...

Making Sense of Health Care * The Politics of Health * European Health Plans * Love, Humor, & Healing * Siberian Healers * Home Care Cooperative * A New Roll for Hospitals * Corporate-Controlled Health Care * Recovering the Sacred * Healthy Communities, Healthy People * Community Care * Culture & Medicine * "Inspires me to action, rather than discouraging and depressing me. I appreciate your overall positive tone." L. Johnson, Canaan, NH

40 - CREATING A FUTURE WE CAN LIVE WITH

The Politics of Hope * Will Cuba Go Green? * Bella Abzug * Living Democracy * Low Country, High Hopes * Strategic Questioning * Envisioning a Better World * Complexity: The Science of Change * A Foothold in a World of Chaos

41 - BUSINESS ON A SMALL PLANET

Rethinking Costs and Benefits * Paul Hawken * Corporations & the Public Interest * Grassroots Economics * Willis Harman

42 - A GOOD HARVEST

David Orr * Gardening Angels * Turning Waste into Wealth * Wes Jackson * Worm Revolution * Beyond Famine * Living Machines * John Jeavons * A Tale of Two Food Systems

43 - GENERATION NEXT

Cyber-Activists * A Youth Agenda for the 21st Century * Maya Angelou * Global Youth Activists

44 - THE ONLINE ISSUE

Attuning To The Future * Tom Bender * Sustainable Design * Building Real Wealth