The Way (articles etc)

Intelligence is universal in life - a synthesis of chapters 31, 32 and 33 of The Way: an ecological world view. Published in Rivista di Biologia / Biology Forum Vol. 93 No. 3, 2000. Goldsmith argues that intelligence is no exclusive preserve of humankind.

Archaic societies and cosmic order - a summary - an edited version of Chapter 61 of The Way: towards an ecological world view. This version published in The Ecologist Vol. 30 No. 1, January / February 2000. "Across the world, from the beginnings of prehistory, the belief that society must follow a certain path - or 'Way' - in order to maintain itself, and the wholeness of the world around it, has been a common theme running through many societies and cultures... ."

The Way - an ecological world view - an article for Resurgence magazine which introduces Edward Goldsmith's great work The Way. In it he denounces the world view of 'modernism' and argues for a new ecologically-based ethic to take its place.

The Way: a summary - this summary of The Way: An Ecological World View was written for Schumacher College in 1998. First published in 1992, The Way is Edward Goldsmith's magnum opus. The new edition of The Way, published by University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, in 1998, has been fully revised and incorporates a glossary, page references and index.

Scientific superstitions, or "The cult of randomness and the taboo on teleology". This article is an extended version of a combination of three chapters, 5, 26, and 27, of The Way: an ecological world view. Also published in The Ecologist Vol. 27 No. 5, September / October 1997.

The Way - a synthesis - This article by Edward Goldsmith represents the 'synthesized statement' of his great work The Way: an ecological world view. It was published in InterCulture Vol. XXX no. 1, Winter - Spring 1997, Issue no 132.

Review of The Way by Stan Rowe, published in Trumpeter 14:1, Winter 1997.

The Way: an ecological world view - a major article setting out the key principles of ecological thinking that, four years later, developed into the book of the same name. Published in The Ecologist Vol. 18 No. 4/5 1988. "What I propose to do in this essay (if what follows can be thus termed) is to propose a very tentative world-view or cosmology in the form of a set of 67 laws or principles, which are seen as governing the Cosmos and the cosmological process ... ".