Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 298 • September/October 2016
Regenerative Cities

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Welcome

Moving On •

A record-holding Editor leaves an important legacy

Frontline

Nuclear Waste Stockpile •

Sellafield waste continues to pose threat

News from the Grassroots •

Environmental news from around the globe

Renewable Energy Triumphs •

Updates on renewable energy, oil and gas plans and fracking

On Tour with Neil Young •

Resurgence joins a 'global village' to spread environmental message

Britain Could Ban Plastic Microbeads •

Following legislation in the US, Britain reviews regulations on microbeads

Green Thoughts •

Introducing the Silent Space project happening in UK gardens this summer

Ecologist

A is for Agro-Industry •

The fluctuating fortunes of bees - a key species for our countryside and our food

Trunk Call •

Hamish John Appleby's new book considers the emotional lives of elephants

We Are Sleepwalking into Catastrophe •

Unless we tackle runaway inequality, disaster awaits

The Man Who Stood Up For Nature •

A tribute to pioneering ecologist George Perkins Marsh

Nature on Holy Ground •

The wide eco-values of churchyards

Keynotes

Towards The Regenerative City •

Reforming urban life is essential for a sustainable future

Undercurrents

Heisenberg: Explorer of Imagination •

The continuing influence of Werner Heisenberg, 40 years on

Listening to the Spirit of Place •

Sound artist Matthew Shaw urges us to be still and hear who we really are

Nature's Riches •

Memoirs from life on a remote Japanese mountainside

Just So Much, and No More •

Edited extract from the Resurgence archive, first published in 2002

Nature and Imagination •

We need to change the relationship between people and planet

Ethical Living

Knowledge Requires Life Experience •

Education should not be all about facts

Turning the Pages •

Satish Kumar looks back on 43 years at the helm of Resurgence

The Light and the Dark •

In search of illumination

Israel accused over Palestinan activist's detention •

An appeal on behalf of Amnesty International

A Turbulent Priest for Peace, Nature and our Time •

The life of radical theologian Thomas Merton

Portminting •

Declutterati anyone?

Food for Thought, Memories for Living •

Lessons from my grandmother's kitchen

The Arts

Dancing Towards the Point of Bliss •

An interview with Miti Desai, classical Indian dancer, designer and teacher

Seeds of Hope •

A photographic chronicle of conservation

The Healing Notes of Nature •

The songs of Ivor Gurney, a composer scarred by war

Don't Turn your Nose Up At Fragrance •

Perfumery is an art form

Regulars

Poetry - Poets of the Anthropocene •

New poetry for our uncertain age

Poetry - A Seeker Reaching To Extremes •

The writings of R S Thomas

Letters to the Editors •

A selection of letters to our Editors

Reviews

Saving the World May Not Be So Easy •

Review of Designing Regenerative Cultures

We Need To Cut Ourselves Some Slack •

Review of Surviving the Future: Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy

Myths for the Near Future •

Review of Eden 2.0: Climate Change and the Search for a 21st Century Myth

Back to the Roots •

Review of Six Steps Back to the Land: Why We Still Need Small Mixed Farms and Millions More Farmers

The Answer Lies In The Soil •

Review of Who Really Feeds The World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology

Last Word From a Woodland Sage •

Review of The Ash Tree

Web Exclusives

Article - Local Economies: Tipping the Scale •

The beauty of economic localisation

Article - Schumacher College at Twenty-Five •

Celebrating 25 years of the college as a remarkable place of learning

Review - Chants Encounter •

Review of The Buddha in Me, The Buddha in You