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THE DOOMSDAY FUN BOOK The New Ecologist No. 4 July/August 1978

Edward Goldsmith

John McKnight

Elizabeth May

Laurence Roche

Ivan Tolstoy

John Tyme

Peter Bunyard

Jimoh Omo-Fadaka

Mike Frost

Editoria l The Hammer-bashing Society 110

Feature Article s The Politics of Medicine 112 Medical services in the U.S. proliferate but the positive effect on the nation's health is negligible; power not people is the driving force. Canada's Moth War 115 Thousands of acres of forests i n the maritime provinces have been sprayed annually since 1952. I n the following 25 years the area infested by the spruce budworm has steadily increased

Forestry and the Community 121 Rural and Urban communities need to become involved i n a national effort to reverse the devastation of Britain's forests

The Age of Uncertainty 125 The search for technical solutions to global problems has revealed just how vulnerable Man is Emasculating the Road Lobby 128 Transport policy in the U.K. is dominated by those deriving financial profit from highways, with a cynical disregard for the nation's needs.

Ecopolitics Japan's Civil War — the implications of Narita . . . . 131 News from the Ecology parties — Belgium — Germany - Britain 133

Reports Attitudes to Civil Disobedience - a controversial issue. 134 as others see it . Witch Doctors get the Green Light - the value of 136 traditional medicine.

Gleanings 138 Authors in this issue 130 BOOKS 140 LETTERS 143 COVER

Published by Edward Goldsmith, Ecosystems Ltd, 73 Molesworth Street, Wadebridge Cornwall PL27 7DS, UK . Editors: Nicholas Hildyard. Ruth Lumley-Smith. Associate Editors: Robert Allen, Michael Allaby, Peter Bunyard, Brian Johnson, Jimo Omo-Fadaka, Andrew MacKillop, Robert Waller, Lawrence Hills , John Papworth, Nicholas Gould, Raymond Dasmann, Richard Willson, John Milton (USA), Henryk Skolimowski (USA), Manfred Siebker, Sigmund Kvaloy (Norway), Bernard Gilbert.

New Ecologist No. 4 July/Aug 1978

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