Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 310 • September/October 2018
Inspired to Action

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Inside this issue

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Welcome

Making Connections and Making Waves •

Relationship and interdependence are fundamental concepts of ecology

Frontline

A round up of environmental stories •

Hedgehogs, seabirds and medicinal plants

News from the Grassroots •

A round up of environmental news from around the globe

Tess Tennant Obituary •

A tribute to a tireless activist, ethical campaigner and green investment pioneer

News from Resurgence •

Forthcoming Resurgence events: Festival of Wellbeing and Fundraising Dinner

Ecologist

Five Steps to Save Our Seas •

Calling for a concerted effort to tackle plastic pollution in our oceans

Cyclones, Speedboats and Rising Tides •

Ocean conservation will only succeed if local knowledge is valued

The Light of Dark •

A night out with bats and constellations for company

Deep Trouble •

A marine biologist with tales of woe and wonder from the sea

Keynotes

Science, Spirituality and Religion •

New scientific discoveries reveal connections with a spiritual life

Undercurrents

Lessons From the Peoples of the Land •

What can we learn from Indigenous cultures about responses to climate change?

Greens Count the Cost of Power Sharing •

Coalition blues at the polls in Sweden

Representing the People •

Profiles of three women activists

Turn Off, Tune In: A Lesson in Learning •

Schools and universities need to cut down on wifi

The Standing Stones •

Exploring the wild on the not so wild on the Scilly Isles

Ethical Living

Nuclear Families •

An award-winning show by Jenna Watt is raising the profile of the nuclear debate

The Thing Is - But Where? •

Waxing lyrical over leopards, wet-wipes and words

To Bend with Apples •

Enjoying the mellow fruitfulness of Autumn

A Dream of Ecological Civilisation •

A time of change in China

Life, the Universe and Pickled Walnuts •

Deep thoughts about artificial intelligence

The Arts

Putting the Ark into Architecture •

Profiling three architects who have climate change on their minds

Mystic of the Mesa •

Mary Hunter Austin was one of the first writers to celebrate Native American sacred sites

A Life Suspended between Heaven and Earth •

The Greek monasteries of Meteora

Regulars

Poetry - In Praise of Solidarity •

New poetic voices for social justice

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters to our editors

Reviews

One Good Life, Two Systems •

Review of More than Happiness: Buddhist and Stoic Wisdom for a Sceptical Age

Black and White and Green •

Review of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature

Why Don't We Change? •

Review of What Are You Doing With Your Life?

Once Upon a Thyme •

Review of Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland

New Politics For The Coming Crisis •

Review of Down To Earth: Politics in the New Climatic Regime and The Shock Doctrine of the Left

A World Closer to Nature •

Review of Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words

The Silence of Owls •

Review of Owl Sense

Web Exclusives

Article - Living Creatively •

Understanding the developmental psychology of Donald Winnicott

Article - A Kind of Belonging •

A place for the Parish

Article - Fresh Perception: Cultivating Intimacy with the Radiant Earth • &

Deep reflection and meditation opens new possibilities and ways to protect the Earth.