About This Issue
by Robert Gilman
HEARING THE EARTH
The Times They Are A-Changin’ by Robert Gilman
Historical patterns offer hope for “the next agenda”
Reclaiming the Future by Lester R. Brown & Edward C. Wolf
The latest report from the Worldwatch Institute redefines security and measures the distance to a sustainable society
We Have the Money by Donella Meadows
We can afford to improve the world, but not while spending a disproportionate amount on defense
Energy and Security an interview with Amory Lovins by Robert Gilman
New efficiency technologies could be the key to both, and the Soviets already know it
Living With Perestroika by Yuri Burtin and others
A roundtable discussion held in the Soviet Union explores the obstacles to national change
To Burn or Not to Burn an interview with Neil Seldman, by Robert Gilman
The case for recycling over incineration is more critical than ever … and it’s winning
The Common Good by Frances Moore Lappé, Rachel Schurman, & Kevin Danaher
What exactly is foreign aid, and why give it? A new Food First book examines foreign aid and the national interest
The Sea, The Sky an interview with Richard Barber by Alan AtKisson
El Nino teaches us to respect the rhythms of the earth and raises some surprising questions about global warming
PERSON AND PLANET
No Easy Answers an exchange between Charles Johnston and Robert Theobald
Two leading authors discuss the potential traps and fallacies in emergent thinking and the pathways to real change. Plus Sacred Stewardship by Jean Houston
Judaism in the Planetary Era by Nahum Ward
Rethinking the rites and values of a traditional religion
Painfully Beyond East and West by Sohail Inayatullah
The transnational person and the future of culture
The Third Way is Here by Terry Mollner
Neither capitalist nor socialist, Japan and Mondragon are first steps toward a new kind of nation
Border Crossings by Diane Gilman
Grassroots perestroika in Siberia