Tributes

A tribute to Robert Waller, poet, literary critic, T. S. Eliot protegé, former editor of the Soil Association journal Mother Earth, and freelance writer for The Ecologist, who sadly died in the autumn of 2005.

A tribute to Professor Eugene Odum, the world's most respected ecologist, who passed away on August 10 2002.

Richard Benedict Goldschmidt - a discussion of the life and works of the German biologist and evolutionist, author of "The Material Basis of Evolution".

Denis de Rougement - the famous Swiss thinker and writer and chairman of Ecoropa (Ecological Action for Europe), died on the 6th December 1985 at the age of 79. Published in The Ecologist Vol. 16 No. 2/3, 1986.

Obituary: Edouard Kressmann - the founder of Ecoropa, who "was not only well known in European ecological circles but also in Bordeaux where he lived and where, until the day of his death, he could often be seen bicycling furiously to meetings where he would systematically oppose any local development project which he regarded as destructive, dangerous or wasteful ... ". Published in The Ecologist Vol. 15 No. 5/6, 1985.

Richard St Barbe Baker: a tribute - "I picture village communities of the future living in valleys protected by sheltering trees on the high ground. They will have fruit and nut orchards and live free from disease and enjoy leisure, liberty and justice for all, living with a sense of their one-ness with the earth and with all living things ... ". Published in The Ecologist Vol. 12 No. 4, July / August 1982.

Sir Frank Fraser Darling - a tribute to this great pioneer of ecology and conservation, who lived from 1903 -1979. Published in The Ecologist Vol. 9 No. 8/9, November / December 1979. "

A man of the trees - an indefatigable champion of forests, Richard St Barbe Baker has travelled worldwide persuading governments and people of the value of trees. He has battled on behalf of the Redwoods of California and planted trees in the Sahara in an attempt to halt the encroaching desert. Recently he visited Cornwall. Edward Goldsmith talks to him... Published in The Ecologist Vol. 9 No. 7, October / November 1979.

Jus Animalium - review of The Best of Friends, by John Aspinall. Published in The Ecologist Vol. 6 No. 10, December 1976.

A stateman of world importance - Edward Goldsmith shows how Indira Gandhi has betrayed the Gandhiism of the Mahatma in pursuing India's industrialisation and urbanisation, and most recently in imprisoning J P Narayan, political leader of the Sarvodaya Movement. Published in The Ecologist Vol. 5 No. 7, August / September 1975.