This is a review of "The Ecologist" published in England. The Ecologist (Rethinking Basic Assumptions)_ PO Box 357 Sittingbourne Kent ME98UL UK The style of this magazine reminds me of another English magazine "The Economist". The scope is international with a focus on England and the US. The articles are easy to read and cover current issues. I found it useful and will probably subscribe. Here is a sampling: The most interesting article was a debate about the use of violence to achieve environmental ends. Satish Kumar of Resurgence magazine debated Jake Bowers of Earth First. In the end they found more agreement than argument. Jake pointed out that Earth First isn't as violent as the media suggests and that violence against property is different than violence against people. Satish pointed out that the methods we use become part of us and tend to end up part of the result. It is better to "be the change we want to see in the world". This was agreed to by Jake but he pointed out that in the short term some people faced with pain and death due to environmental problems need to react strongly in self defence. At this point they had uncovered the basic disagreement and the debate ended. Another article covered Ladakh, its problems and unique characteristics. Most of the problems seem related to introducing western culture and ideas. The result has been stress on the people and on the ecology. The ideas that development and growth are beneficial are now seen to have a dark side and people are looking back at old traditions. Another article looks at two old predictions in the form of science fiction. The books "Brave New World" and "1984" are contrasted to todays world and rated. The article found "Brave New World" to be closest to what has happened in the world. It has been economics that dominate our choices rather than nations. ---- jeff owens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) homepage - www.bctonline.com/users/jko archives - [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
