Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 285 • July/August 2014

Energy of Nations

Inside this issue

Welcome

Freedom from Distraction • James Sainsbury

The role of Resurgence is to reveal true values and wisdom

Frontline

Action From the Grass Roots • Lorna Howarth

Grass roots initiatives around the globe

A Sea Change • Penny Bunting

Working to protect mega-fauna in Scotland

Carbon-conscious Farmers • Jonathan Smith

Rebuilding soil carbon and soil health

Ecologist

Defending Democracy • Zac Goldsmith

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership impacts on British democracy

The Politics of Climate Change • Caroline Lucas

What will it take for politicians to respond to the threat of climate change?

Judicial Activism • Jakob von Uexkull

We need a positive legal framework to support a flourishing global civilisation

The Green Revolution Myth • Vandana Shiva

There is no place for poisons and war chemicals in our food and agriculture

Finding Our Way To A Sustainable Future • Peter Ainsworth

Conservation is core to the meaning of conservatism

My Green Life • Sharon Garfinkel

An interview with former Irish President Mary Robinson

Quotes

Washing Dishes • Thích Nhất Hạnh

Live fully in each moment

Mandela on Meditation • Nelson Mandela

An extract from Nelson Mandela's letter, written from Robben Island

Keynotes

Energy of Nations • Jeremy Leggett

Systematic risks in the energy industry leave us all exposed to danger

Ethical Living

Love Thyself • Anita Moorjani

A personal journey to rediscover how to live well

We Made a Cultural Shift • Paul Allen

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Centre for Alternative Technology

Textures of Golden Gorse • Susan Clark

Golden gorse petal scented ice cream

Deep Roots • David Kennett

Introducing an innovative forestry technique for low-rainfall regions

Undercurrents

Heroes of the Soil • Miriam Darlington

If there were no earthworms there would be no soil, no plants and no food

Liberators of Hope • Gustavo Esteva

Freedom according to the Zapatista movement in Mexico

Serious Meditation • John Moat

Embrace the imagination

The Resilience of Nature • Michael W Mehaffy & Nikos A Salingaros

Good design draws upon the evolutionary experiments of Nature

The Bucket List • Ros Coward

People love and long for Nature as a source of meaning and inspiration

Evolving the New Story: from Cult to Culture • Richard Olivier

The New Story Summit: inspiring pathways for our planetary future

Wellbeing: The New Indicator • Joan Wallley & Tim O'Riordan

Wellbeing could become a touchstone for a new economy and democracy

Regulars

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters from our readers

Crossword • Timothy Bonsor

A brain teaser full of ecological clues

Poetry - A Gathering of Spirits • Peter Abbs

Poems by Anne Michaels

The Arts

The Homecoming Vessel • Simon Olding

The work of ceramicist Katrin Moye

A Path of Many Winding • Jay Ramsay

Introducing eco-spiritual artist Genie Poretzky-Lee

Reviews

Cloths of Gold • Philip Vann

Review of El Anatsui: Art and Life

Free as a Bird • Stefana Bosse

Review of I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

What Chance Humanity? • Hylton Murray-Philipson

Review of Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?

A Sense of the Sacred • Peter Owen Jones

Review of Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth

Depth of Vision • Jini Reddy

Review of The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible

Return to the Soil • David Hodges

Review of Cow Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth

The Mystery of Time • Li An Phoa

Review of Holistic Science Journal: Parallel Time

Tearing the Fabric of Life • Caspar Henderson

Review of The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Web Exclusives

Article - A Lighter Footprint on the Land • Andrew Wasley

Challenging conventional milk production

Article - Our Invisible World • Jeremy Wickremer

The hidden forces that drive life

Review - Edible Cities of the Future • Tom Levitt

Review of Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-tenth of an Acre and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City