Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Issue 314 • May/June 2019

Pathways

Inside this issue

Welcome

The Path is the Goal • Marianne Brown

Finding transformative pathways

Frontline

What The Waves Can Teach Us • Anna Turns

The founder of the Tide School is on a mission to empower people through knowledge

Family Friendly Festivals: Yestival and Timber • Marianne Brown

Introducing small, friendly festivals with nature at their heart

Kennedy Foundation Warns Against 5G • Lynne Wycherley

Campaigning for a global moratorium on 5G

News from Resurgence • Angie Burke

Updates from The Resurgence Trust

News From the Grass Roots • Marianne Brown

A round up of environmental news from around the world

Community News • Marianne Brown

Highlighting emerging projects from the Resurgence community

Ecologist

Getting the Law in Order • Oliver Tickell

Barrister and activist Polly Higgins on Ecocide as an international crime

The Lost Kingdom • Adam Weymouth

Following the route of king salmon down the Yukon

Restoring Life to the Great Lakes • Peter Essick

The story of the 12 Areas of concern

Earth Beings in the Political Landscape • Laurie King

We need to shift our human-centric worldview

A Global Rebellion • Farhana Yamin

People on the frontline of climate change are fighting back

Keynotes

A Civil Rights Movement to Save the Planet • Mothiur Rahman

Extinction Rebellion proves that we are still capable of taking collective action

Undercurrents

Wake Up, Conservation Movement! • Marianne Brown

Chris Packham’s “People’s Manifesto for Wildlife” is taking on global issues

Hope for a Breakthrough Year • Tony Juniper

We need a new deal for nature forged at the highest political level

Pushing the Right Buttons • PL Henderson

Celebrating the legacy of Greenham Common and its relevance today

Ethical Living

Nature's Parents • Kate Blincoe

Parenting in the wild

Presence • Peter Reason

An encounter by the River Dart

Wonder on the Wing • Joe Harkness

There is more to birdwatching than just watching birds

Just What the Doctor Ordered • James Szymankiewicz

The campaign Naturally Healthy aims to get people closer to Nature

Joining the Veggie Massive • Matt Harvey

Radicals have infiltrated the rockery

Activism is a Journey • Satish Kumar

A much-needed dose of optimism

The Arts

Finding the Patterns of Nature • Emma Crichton-Miller

The work of printmaker Angie Lewin is inspired by wilderness

Writing the Medicine • James Clarke

Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman

The Bird of Passage • Malcolm Green

The story behind the performance piece ‘Gone Cuckoo’

The Little Things in Life • India Windsor-Clive

Science merges with crochet in an innovative arts project

Regulars

Poetry - The Secrets of the Garden • Peter Abbs

Delight in the poetry of Andrew Marvell

Letters to the Editors

A selection of letters to our editors

Reviews

An 'Ecological Civilisation' • Edward Davey

Review of Environmental Pollution in China: What Everyone Needs to Know

Why We Should Make Life Simple • Mark Tully

Review of Elegant Simplicity: The Art of Living Well

London's Ghosts: Past, Present and Future • Lucy Anna Scott

Review of Ghost Trees: Nature and People in a London Parish

Tools to Heal the Weald • Jan Goodey

Review of The Land of the Brighton Line: A Field Guide to the Middle Sussex and South East Surrey Weald

The Final Final Countdown • Russell Warfield

Review of The End of the End of the Earth

Power to the Pedal Pushers • Matt Kendall

Review of Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality

Happiness . . . it's a Gut Feeling • Rachel Marsh

Review of A review of the ‘All Hail Kale’ podcast

Web Exclusives

Article - On the trail of arts and activism in the North Downs • Nick Robins & James Marriott

Discovering some of Surrey’s rich history

Article - Making music with nightingales • Sam Lee

A very special performance

Review - To teach well, we must learn from each other  • Satish Kumar

Review of Education for Sustainability through Internationalisation