Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 274 • September/October 2012
A Shared Agenda

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Inside this issue

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Welcome

A Marriage Made in Heaven •

How Resurgence and the Ecologist finally tied the merger knot

Ecologist

Resurgence and Ecologist •

Setting the environmental agenda

Activism •

Activism news

The Rio U-turn •

Rio+20 will be remembered for what it failed to do

Uniting the Greens •

Exploring ways to find common ground within the green movement

My Green Life •

An interview with broadcaster John Humphrys

What Price Your Smartphone? •

Behind the rise of smartphones, microwave pollution is a serious assault on health

Living Soil •

The state of soil in France, Europe's leading agricultural producer

The Elephant in the Room •

Why nothing can change until we tackle our exploding population

Frontline

Action From the Grass Roots •

Grass roots initiatives around the globe

Neighbourhood Watch •

Reporting on the regeneration of the Philippines' hardwood forests

A Tsunami of Change •

From the ashes of Fukushima comes a new drive towards renewable energy

Canal Clean-up •

Reporting on Haiti's irrigation systems

Urban Forests •

Experimental eco-skyscrapers in Milan

Ethical Living

Regenerating Ecosystems •

The challenge of creating truly sustainable cities

A New Agenda •

Adaption is the key to survival

Six Thousand Lessons •

The real meaning of the word 'diversity'

Regulars

The Occasional Didymus - Seeing the Joke •

Taking a large, sharp pin to the bubble of self-importance

Letters to the Editors - A Missed Opportunity

A selection of letters to our editors

Poetry - Strangely at Home •

Peter Abbs discovers a conservationist ethic in the poetry of Adam Thorpe

Members' Page - Nature Writing Competition •

Launching the Resurgence Nature Writing essay competition

Members' Page - Reading Resurgence •

An interview with eco-poet and community artist Helen Moore

The Arts

A Natural Gallery •

A profile of John Nash, artist-in-residence at Kew Gardens

Out of the Wood •

Sarah and Anna Gillespie on working with environmental themes in art

An Artist's Journey •

It is never too late to pick up a pencil or paintbrush and respond to the world through art

Earth to Earth •

Exploring the cycles of nature through film

The Strongest Tree •

A fable on giving

Keynotes

Building a Movement •

A call for activism 'With One Voice'

Undercurrents

Navigating the Storm •

How to convert awareness into action

The Value of Beauty •

Sharing the vision of The National Trust in celebration of the natural world

Making Life Worth Living •

Protecting the countryside is the best way to increase wellbeing for all

Diving into Happiness •

Making dreams reality and creating happier futures

The Great Space Myth •

Empty promises of space colonies encourage destruction of our own planet

Reviews

Adorable Plot •

Review of The Adorable Plot

True Wellbeing •

Review of Religion for Atheists

Genuine Change •

Review of The Human Element: Ten New Rules to Kick-start Our Failing Organisations

A Common Thread •

Review of Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation

A Buzz of Words •

Review of The Bees

Called to Account •

Review of Green Philosophy

Lighting up the Room •

Review of Made for Goodness: And Why This Makes All the Difference

One Step Ahead •

Review of The Activist's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Participatory Democracy

Learning From Children •

Review of Too Much, Too Soon? Early Learning and the Erosion of Childhood

The Arms Trade •

Review of The Economics of Killing: How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World

Web Exclusives

Article - Elements of Existence •

Seven ways to view Earthcentrism

Article - Stepping on Land of Ancients •

On foot from the sacred site of Silbury Hill to West Kennett Long Barrow

Review - The Art of Leadership •

Review of Leading from Example: A Short Guide to the Lessons of Literature