What’s a Good Life?
Individually, we may ‘seek happiness’ in a range of directions, but collectively most of the developed / developing world looks for a host of material comforts to lead a good life. Often, we may be unaware of the connection between the good life we aspire for, and the ecological repercussions of our choices – climate change, peak oil, increasing pollution levels, food packed with unnatural chemicals, etc. Even those of us who understand these connections find it difficult to give up the good life ‘goodies’ to which we are accustomed. Why? Where is this quest for a good life leading us?

Women and Nature have been undervalued by a patriarchal world. So too the eco-feminine as a principle - as can be seen in the way poetry, the arts, natural resources, softness and nurturance, the small and the simple have all been under-recognised and under-valued in the masculine world of politics, technology and economics of endless growth. We explore this theme through stories and essays - as it so happens, mostly by women.

Countries around the world have adopted political systems that have been centralising control of basics like food and water. But where governments have failed we find projects that have localised control and responsibility have succeeded. In this issue, we present information on innovative water solutions as well as stories where people have taken charge of their water needs.

We are experiencing gradual but sure transitions of our civilization towards an ecologically aware and socially just way of living. It seems to be a trickle now - but all movements start small; Eternal Bhoomi in this issue presents some perspectives and stories of transition.

In Sanskrit, the word Yugaantar means the tough transition period between two historical ages. This issue is about launching a resource hub - a way to share thoughts and stories on ecological living with our youth and educators in this period of transition to an ecological era.

This issue explores the lives of the indigenous people and their harmonious living with nature. Indigenous cultures are built on a holistic view of the universe where everything is intimately connected to everything else.

Smart Cities or Regenerative cities
A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transportation. The ‘Smart Cities’ idea seems to be  powerful words that when repeated often enough by the media get accepted as, of course a good thing for all of us. ‘Smart’ conjures up ideas of slickness and quickness like the ‘smart phone’; of fancy cars on smooth wide roads, of better connectivity for more smarter phones and computers, of slums tucked away out of sight, and hopefully more basics like water and electricity for all.  What exactly should we aim for when we say a smart city?

Mindful Travel - How Much to Travel, How to Travel?
Our writers in this issue, share different perspectives. Is it better to travel as a pilgrim rather than as a tourist. Do we take or do we give as we travel? How do we hold mindful travel and a shrinking world simultaneously in times of numerous possibilities to travel far and wide? Articles in this issue focus on balancing our love for travel with our love for Mother Earth.

Holistic Health & Well-being
What is true well-being? Our authors share perspectives on holistic well-being that goes beyond health defined by a mere absence of disease. Economics, science, ayurveda and soil, the focus in this issue is to see the connections that can lead to well-being for all humans, plants and animals.

We need to go beyond looking at violence as warfare or physical or verbal cruelty alone - although that too is a reality. Our economic and socio-political systems today as well as modern technology have violence structured into them, such that piece-meal solutions will not work. We need to look for systemic solutions and question many of aspects of life today very deeply.

Biodiversity of bacteria, fungi and countless micro-organisms is essential for healthy soil and hence for sustainable agriculture; we need biodiversity of the oceans which also provide fish, a staple food of 20% of the world’s population and of forests, our major carbon sinks, which continue to provide ingredients for medicines and much more. Read this issue to know more about the role bio-diversity and how it sustains the earth.

Economics of Happiness, Our economists still believe material growth and a globalized capitalist system is the key to human well being, even when the facts show that it has only widened the gap between the rich and the poor. We need to examine other frameworks for an ecologically sane and socially equitable economics

The Human Mind and Climate Change, The Human Mind is mysterious and powerful and it has created the modern technological civilization as well as the climate crisis. The same human mind needs to be mobilized to transition to a wiser ecologically conscious era.

Good for Us, Good for the Planet:
The development dream has such a strong hold on us that even when its products have been harmful to us, we continue to be addicted to them. Here are 9 ways that will be important in the future as ways to live more harmoniously on our Planet - with all the reasons why they would be good for us too. They help us re-imagine the future as well!

Action from the Grassroots:
The theme of this issue  'Grassroots Action' will become increasingly important as people get disillusioned with the ability of the Governments, multinationals and centralized agencies to find solutions for problems of ecological destruction and social inequities; this issue also highlights the work done by a few organisations and individuals committed to working with the grassroots and taking responsibility into their own hands..

Taking charge of Health & Fitness
It’s a stark reality today that the more developed a country , the more sick its population, which means the more it’s government spends on public health, and this translates into greater dependence of its citizens on external forces to remain healthy and well.  Problems may arise at the root level or at the
end-of-branch level. Constantly dealing with the end-of-branch problems is like mopping the floor forever, as Dr. Mira Shiva says in her article on Public
Health in this issue. To turn off the tap that is letting the problems flow in, we need to work - through Education, advocacy, public interest litigation and in
whatever ways we can.

Rethinking Education
We need to step away from looking at Education as a ‘Public Good’ as mainstream economists call it, which makes it a product or a service delivered by schools to children. We need instead to look at schools and
colleges as ecosystems – connected with other ecosystems / communities around us.

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