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19.07.2004 The ecovillage movement explores the connections between North and South, environment and development, education and activism, spirit, culture and natural ecology. It is a large and growing international movement with active networks on every continent. And GEN (the Global Ecovillage Network) carries the ecovillage message into all the world’s main governmental and civil society forums.

09.07.2004 Rice, the staple food crop for more than half the world’s population, among them the poorest, is the current target of genetic modification. A war is building up between the corporate establishment and the peoples of the world for the possession of rice. The food security of billions is at stake, as is their right to grow the rice they have created in the manner they choose.

02.07.2004 In 1973 a group of young idealists, motivated by concerns over the impact of "progress’" moved into a disused slate quarry in the centre of Wales. They set out to escape the consumerist outside world and to experiment with self-sufficient living. CAT was born. Amanda Roll-Pickering charts the evolution of a bright idea.