Leading the Field

Contents

Welcome

Leading the Field • Marianne Brown

Protest and policies to move forward together

Frontline

Rebelling from a Nonviolent Heart • Skeena Rathor

Love is the most strategic force in the world

Police Tactics • Marianne Brown

Resurgence spoke to Liam Geary Baulch, action art logistics for Extinction Rebellion

Baladi - Rooted Resistance • Craig Redmond

A multimedia project highlighting agro-resistance in Palestine

News from Resurgence • Angie Burke

Updates on the Resurgence Centre and the Festival of Wellbeing

News From the Grass Roots • Marianne Brown

A round up of environmental news from around the world

Obituary - Polly Higgins • Jojo Mehta

Eco-activist and legal pioneer Polly Higgins dies at 50

Ecologist

The End of Nature 30 years on • Maurice Frank

Bill McKibben co-founder of 350.org reflects on a 30 years of climate activism

A Song for the Swallow • Jackie Morris

A poem from Letters to the Earth, an international cultural response to the ecological emergency

Disposable Culture • PL Henderson

A festival can be environmentally friendly

A Journey of 'Unlearning' • Giselle Paulino

Favelos have a lot to teach us

Staying Power • Zion Lights

How do we sustain public interest in climate breakdown?

Branching Out • Elizabeth Wainwright

Trees can inspire community spirit

Keynotes

The Climate Justice Now Generation • Marianne Brown

Mary Robinson on why we need to listen to young people for the sake of their future

Undercurrents

Farming - The Banana Effect • Thembi Mutch

The time is ripe to save this vital and vulnerable crop

Farming - Eating Up Emissions • Marianne Brown

A new report shows reforesting farmland could slow global warming

Farming - Imagining a Brave New World • Harry Barton

How farming may change post Brexit

Farming - Food Forests • Joe St Claire

A grassroots initiative to turn plots of land into self-regulating ecosystems

Farming - Return of the Cranes • Dave Sewell

Their revival offers hope for wetland species

Farming - A Balanced Diet • Ed Davey

China's food choices have a global impact

Ethical Living

Raising the Bar • Anna Turns

Activist-entrepreneur Geetie Singh-Watson on ethical business and activism

In the Company of Cows • Dave Mountjoy

Sharing quietness can provide great healing

Bringing it home • Catrina Davies

David Spero's photographs of low impact homes have never been more pertinent

Land is Life • Satish Kumar

Inspired by two farmers working in Transylvania

Creating a Chakra Garden • Mike Hall & Abbott Chrisman

Experts from Findhorn share some tips

Deep Water • Peter Reason

Enjoying the living presence of the river

The Arts

Reflections on Nature • India Windsor-Clive

Delight in the work of glass artist and educator Dale Chinhuly

Meadow Sweet • Victoria-Anne Tessa

Jessica Albarn's budding project

Twilight, the Trickster • Jay Griffiths

Losing yourself at the waking edge of night

Regulars

Poetry - Visions in Ditches • Peter Abbs

Reflections on the work of Jeremy Hooker

Letters to the Editor

A selection of letters to our editor

Members' Page • Angie Burke

Sharing ideas and reconnecting with Nature through Resurgence Groups

Reviews

Future Fossils • Lorna Howarth

Review of Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Finding 'extra' in ordinary • Jini Reddy

Review of The Enchanted Life: Unlocking the Magic of Everyday

Home Truths • Herbert Girardet

Review of ZEDlife: How to Build a Low-Carbon Society Today

The Power of Vulnerability • Rachel Marsh

Review of The Bright Sessions

High and Low Seasons • Joe Harkness

Review of The Wild Remedy: How Nature Mends Us - A Diary

Permaculture From the Heart • Helen Iles

Review of Permaculture Design Companion: A Practical Workbook for Integrating People and Place

Where We Can Go From Here • Colin Tudge

Review of The World Made Otherwise: Sustaining Humanity in a Threatened World

Birdwatching With The Taliban • Ros Coward

Review of The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation

Web Exclusives

Article - Teacher of the Future • Anthony Eldridge-Rogers

We need to develop in children free minds that are not enslaved to consumerism

Article - Regenerative Farming For the Future • Martin Large

Reporting on the success of a pioneering agricultural project near Stroud

Article - Women are catalysts for improving livelihoods in rural India • Julia Fairrie

An organic farming initiative in Tamil Nadu is changing lives