Climate: It is a moral issue
Issue 291 • July/August 2015

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Welcome
This is What Matters • Greg Neale
Peace, Nature, art and social justice outweigh blind economic 'growth'
Frontline
Repair Cafes Counter Throwaway Culture • Jade Herriman
A welcome return to 'make do and mend'
London Campaign seeks National Park City status • Jini Reddy
Plans to green Britain's capital
News From the Grassroots • Greg Neale
Reports from around the world
New Health Curbs on Wi-Fi in Schools • Lynne Wycherley
France introduces laws to protect children from Wi-Fi
Prayers for Thich Nhat Hanh, Prophet of Peace • Teri West
The mindfulness community from Plum Village pay homage to their founder
Ecologist
Rays of Solar Hope • Jeremy Miller
Finding cause for optimism in the face of climate change
From Feathers to Changing Values • Russell Warfield
The vision of the RSPB
The Art of Deception • Joanna Blythman
Exposing the truth behind processed food
The Edge of Extinction • Jules Pretty
Lessons from marginal communities
Call of the Wild, Cry of the Wolf • Adam Weymouth
Scotland's rewilding controversy
Quotes
The Practice of Mindfulness • Thích Nhất Hạnh
A simple daily practice
Exploring the Amazon • Annie Le Brun
People get lost exploring the Amazon
Keynotes
Climate: It Is A Moral Issue • Jonathon Porritt
The Pope's intervention transforms the environmental debate
Undercurrents
Encyclical to Galvanise Catholic Conscience • Greg Neale
The impact of the Pope's statement on climate change
Shades of Saffron • Christine Toomey
The challenges facing Buddhist nuns in the East and in the West
Heaven on Earth • Yehudi Menuhin
A personal manifesto reprinted from Resurgence May/June 1970
Change is the Only Constant • Jeremy Seabrook
The shifting shape of work and society
A New Call for Resistance and Renewal • Helena Norberg-Hodge
The International Alliance for Localism is a new movement for global change
Ethical Living
Small Country, Big Dilemma • Satish Kumar
How Bhutan differentiates between livelihood and employment
Lure of the Wii, Call of the Wild • Leo Johnson
Realities, virtual and otherwise
Design for Wild Living • Ros Coward
Town gardens are vital for wildlife
The Kindest Cuts of All • Robin Lee
A viticulturalist with a mission
Good Square Meals • Lolo Houbein
Growing meals from a square metre
Patrick Whitefield 1949 - 2015 • Maddy Harland
A tribute to a permaculture pioneer
Waste Lines • Matt Harvey
In his regular column Qwerty Something, Matt Harvey goes with the flow
Forest Activist Fights for His Freedom • Greg Neale
Amnesty appeal for a Russian environmentalist
Watching the Mind • Lama Lhakpa Yeshe
Overcoming negative emotions
The Arts
Bearing Witness to a World of Wonder • Blake Morrison
The importance of Nature Poetry
Diverse Ways of Seeing • Rebecca Hossack
A celebration of Australian Indigenous art at the British Museum
Letters of Life and the Land • James Clarke
Celebrating Van Gogh's engagement with Nature
Forms of Time and Place • Inga Fraser
The sculptures of Barbara Hepworth
Regulars
Poetry - The Resurgence Poetry Prize • Greg Neale
Announcing a major eco-poetry award
Poetry - The Wounds of Being • Peter Abbs
The poetry of Rebecca Seiferle
Letters to the Editors
A selection of letters to our editors
Crossword • Timothy Bonsor
A brainteaser full of ecological clues
Reviews
From Despair to Reconciliation • Peter Abbs
Review of Young Eliot: From St Louis to The Waste Land
Friends in Strange Places • Alan Simpson
Review of Honourable Friends? Parliament and the Fight for Change
Illusions of History • Peter Ainsworth
Review of The Illusion of Separation: Exploring the Cause of our Current Crises
A Voice for the Wilderness • Tony Juniper
Review of John Muir: The Scotsman Who Saved America's Wild Places
Meditation on the Move • Jane MacNamee
Review of Pathlands: 21 Tranquil Walks among the Villages of Britain
Web Exclusives
Article - Bringing Wolves Back to Scotland • Paul Lister
The controversial proposal to rewild Scotland
Article - Guardians of the Earth • Felipe Viveros & Grant Riley
Indigenous wisdom can help us care for the world
Review - A Directed Change of Consciousness • Anne Baring
Review of Pioneering the Possible: Awakened Leadership for a World that Works