Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 308 • May/June 2018

Working Together

Inside this issue

Welcome

Working With Nature, Working Together • Greg Neale

Reflecting on the importance of the natural world

Frontline

Activists Dig In As Airport Plan Is Scrapped • Kara Moses

Reporting on the end of a 50-year project

Navigating Sustainability In Uncertain Times • Marianne Brown

Forum For the Future report highlights transformative trends for a sustainable future

News from the Grassroots • Marianne Brown

A round up of environmental news from around the globe

Protecting bird populations • Marianne Brown & Edward Mayer

Highlighting current threats to Hen Harriers and Swifts

News from Resurgence • Greg Neale

Update on Resurgence monthly talks and our annual Summer Camp

Ecologist

Mission Possible • Oliver Tickell

An interview with Tony Juniper covering rainforests, wildlife and our shared future

The Long, Aduous Journey of the Migrant • Kate Blincoe

Welcoming back a bird unfairly bedevilled by its behaviour

The Body Is Not A Machine • Vandana Shiva

A new health bill could threaten the integrity of India's traditional medicine

Redevelopment Makes New Waves On The River • Bradley Garrett

Navigating the politics and potential of the Los Angeles River

Keynotes

Earth As Teacher, Earth As Client • James Thornton

How law and philosophy combine to inform a new ecological civilisation

Undercurrents

A New Pilot in the Story of Riverford • Marianne Brown

Veg-box pioneer on why he's opening his company to employee ownership

Read This Slowly - It Could Save Your Life • Paula Byrne & Jonathan Bate

How poetry and slow reading can counter stress and depression

Local Heroes • Darren McGarvey

A new breed of inner-city activists are challenging austerity, apathy and party politics

It's More Than Simply Child's Play • Aya Husni Bey

We should unleash the spirit of play in our lives

Only Disconnect • James Robertson

A short story

Ethical Living

Where There's Life • Kate Davies

Cultivating Hope can help build a better future

The Pleasure Principle • Leo Johnson

In pursuit of happiness

A New Trinity for Our Time • Satish Kumar

A holistic view of life embraces nature, humanity and spirituality

Paws For Thought • Matt Harvey

The benefits of animal therapy

The Turning of the World • Peter Reason

Taken in by the tides

The Arts

A Journey Through Light to the Elements of Life • Emma Crichton-Miller

The latest work of artist Garry Fabian Miller

Seeing Me, Seeing You • Nicholas Shakespeare

The art and profound experience of looking closely

Sound Effects • Justine Reilly

Why Ecoacoustic artist Leah Barclay took the Amazon Rainforest up the Eiffel Tower

Songs of Open Spaces • Alexander Chapman Campbell

Inspired by a 400-mile pilgrimage in Norway

Regulars

Poetry - An Impression of Presence • Peter Abbs

Poet and author Fiona Sampon on how Nature informs her verse

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters to our Editors

Reviews

The Biological Power of Love • Peter Reason

Review of Matter & Desire: An Erotic Ecology

Hope For A Watershed Moment • Minni Jain

Review of Replenish: The Virtuous Cycle of Water and Prosperity.

A Costed Plan for Peace • Clive Barrett

Review of The Business Plan for Peace: Building a World Without Water

War and Order • Russell Warfield

Review of Voices For Peace: War, Resistance and America's Quest for Full-Spectrum Dominance

The Science Behind Spirituality? • Hugo Davenport

Review of Science and Spiritual Practices

There is Another Way • Colin Tudge

Review of Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity: Constructing and Contesting Knowledge

Nature, Race and an Idea of Home • Louisa Adjoa Parker

Review of Is Racism an Environmental Threat?

Web Exclusives

Article - Journey to a changing land • Elisa Hornett

A journey along a Brazilian river threatened with dam development

Article - Humans and animals • Priscilla Alderson

Are humans so very different from other animals?

Article - Writing old wrongs • Hallam Girardet

Surveying a new genre of eco-fiction

Article - Decolonising our minds and spaces • Louisa Adjoa Parker

A movement striving for acknowledgement

Article - Sail Against Plastic • Marianne Brown

Research on the sixth ‘great garbage patch’ in the sea