A Shared Agenda
Issue 274 • September/October 2012
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Welcome
A Marriage Made in Heaven • Satish Kumar
How Resurgence and the Ecologist finally tied the merger knot
Ecologist
Resurgence and Ecologist • Susan Clark
Setting the environmental agenda
Activism • Susan Clark
Activism news
The Rio U-turn • Vandana Shiva
Rio+20 will be remembered for what it failed to do
Uniting the Greens • Stephen Lewis
Exploring ways to find common ground within the green movement
My Green Life • Sharon Garfinkel
An interview with broadcaster John Humphrys
What Price Your Smartphone? • Lynne Wycherley
Behind the rise of smartphones, microwave pollution is a serious assault on health
Living Soil • Carolyn Lebel
The state of soil in France, Europe's leading agricultural producer
The Elephant in the Room • Jonathon Porritt
Why nothing can change until we tackle our exploding population
Frontline
Action From the Grass Roots • Lorna Howarth
Grass roots initiatives around the globe
Neighbourhood Watch • Ann Halsig
Reporting on the regeneration of the Philippines' hardwood forests
A Tsunami of Change • Lorna Howarth
From the ashes of Fukushima comes a new drive towards renewable energy
Canal Clean-up • Katie Herridge
Reporting on Haiti's irrigation systems
Urban Forests • Lorna Howarth
Experimental eco-skyscrapers in Milan
Ethical Living
Regenerating Ecosystems • Herbert Giradet
The challenge of creating truly sustainable cities
A New Agenda • Wendell Berry
Adaption is the key to survival
Six Thousand Lessons • Barry Lopez
The real meaning of the word 'diversity'
Regulars
The Occasional Didymus - Seeing the Joke • John Moat
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
Peter Abbs discovers a conservationist ethic in the poetry of Adam Thorpe
Members' Page - Nature Writing Competition • Susan Clark
Launching the Resurgence Nature Writing essay competition
Members' Page - Reading Resurgence • Hannah Perkins
An interview with eco-poet and community artist Helen Moore
The Arts
A Natural Gallery • India Windsor-Clive
A profile of John Nash, artist-in-residence at Kew Gardens
Out of the Wood • Peter Reason
Sarah and Anna Gillespie on working with environmental themes in art
An Artist's Journey • Tom Cook
It is never too late to pick up a pencil or paintbrush and respond to the world through art
Earth to Earth • Adam Buick
Exploring the cycles of nature through film
The Strongest Tree • Gunter Pauli
A fable on giving
Keynotes
Building a Movement • Charles Secrett
A call for activism 'With One Voice'
Undercurrents
Navigating the Storm • Andy Atkins
How to convert awareness into action
The Value of Beauty • Fiona Reynolds
Sharing the vision of The National Trust in celebration of the natural world
Making Life Worth Living • Peter Waine
Protecting the countryside is the best way to increase wellbeing for all
Diving into Happiness • Nic Marks
Making dreams reality and creating happier futures
The Great Space Myth • John Naish
Empty promises of space colonies encourage destruction of our own planet
Reviews
Adorable Plot • Richard Mabey
Review of The Adorable Plot
True Wellbeing • James Sainsbury
Review of Religion for Atheists
Genuine Change • Ian Tennant
Review of The Human Element: Ten New Rules to Kick-start Our Failing Organisations
A Common Thread • Ed Mayo
Review of Together: The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation
A Buzz of Words • Jeremy James
Review of The Bees
Called to Account • Peter Ainsworth
Review of Green Philosophy
Lighting up the Room • Richard Branson
Review of Made for Goodness: And Why This Makes All the Difference
One Step Ahead • Lorna Howarth
Review of The Activist's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Participatory Democracy
Learning From Children • Mary Tasker
Review of Too Much, Too Soon? Early Learning and the Erosion of Childhood
The Arms Trade • Vijay Mehta
Review of The Economics of Killing: How the West Fuels War and Poverty in the Developing World
Web Exclusives
Article - Elements of Existence • Ann Palmer
Seven ways to view Earthcentrism
Article - Stepping on Land of Ancients • Mags MacKean
On foot from the sacred site of Silbury Hill to West Kennett Long Barrow
Review - The Art of Leadership • Peter Villiers
Review of Leading from Example: A Short Guide to the Lessons of Literature