June 2003
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Contents 9 The big switch Global warming is with us. So are the solutions. Why don't we wake up to them? asks Vanessa Baird. 13 Toxic sceptics - six climate-change deniers and their views. 14 End tailpipe tyranny Jim Motavalli charts a route for hydrogen-fuelled cars. 16 Time for Topia In the heart of trouble, a village that can teach the world. Monica del Pilar Uribe Marín reports on Gaviotas, Colombia. 18 Climate justice - THE FACTS 20 Run with the wind Germany has made a high-speed shift to wind and solar power. Janet L Sawin outlines how. 22 People power Surging up across the world. 24 From coal to sunrise Unions and workers view renewable energy with mistrust. They needn't. Danny Kennedy reports from Australia. 26 Shares in the sky A model to reduce global warming - and increase global justice. Mark Lynas explains 'contraction and convergence'. 28 ACTION and Worth reading FREE POSTER! Slobbie Ozzie Does Detox A 20 point-programme to shake the ostrich mentality and kick that energy-guzzling habit. <<REGULAR FEATURES>> 2 Letters 4 Southern Exposure A female freedom fighter from Bangladesh's war of independence, photographed by Sameera Huque. 5 View from the South Urvashi Butalia reflects on how language is distorted and transmuted in war. 6 Currents The walls going up between Hindu and Muslim districts in Gujarat, India; map of worldwide resistance to the IMF; fog as a source of drinking water. PLUS: Word Corner - Assassin/Thug. PLUS: Seriously 29 Worldbeaters Financial swindler or the future of Iraq? Ahmed Chatabi. 30 Mixed Media BOOKS, MUSIC, FILM review 32 Big Bad World Apply here to join the world's corporate élite. PLUS: NI Prize Crossword 33 Making Waves Introducing the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. 34 Essay - Open markets, closed doors Aasim Sajjad Akhtar surveys the lamentable state of democracy in Pakistan. 36 Country profile - Indonesia |