Climate: It is a moral issue

Contents

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