Recovery Time
Issue 321 • July/August 2020
In this issue of Resurgence & Ecologist, we look at the path to recovery. Daniel Christian Wahl writes of a ‘transformative decade’ and the need to change how we are, not just what we do; Vandana Shiva explains why the road ahead must encompass radical change in our food systems; and Laurie King reports from the Shetland Islands on an organic farming project.
Also in this issue: Heather Ackroyd speaks to artists about changing culture; psychologist Steffi Bednarek writes on mental health; and Anne Stobart shares tips on growing medicinal herbs.
Our July/August issue explores the theme of peat: its value for biodiversity and carbon storage, as well as to human history.
Highlights
- Growing Self-sufficiency in Uganda
- Building a New Normal: Daniel Christian Wahl
- Fuel for Thought: Donald Murray
- Coronavirus, Voice of the Earth: Satish Kumar
- Digging A Hole For Ourselves: Nicky Scott
- Voice of a Generation: Anna Turns
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Welcome
The Crossroads • Marianne Brown
The road beyond crisis has to encompass transformation
Frontline
Conservationist Fights to Protect Brazil's 'gardeners of the forest' • Catherine Early
A grassroots conservation project to protect the Tapirs
Growing Self-sufficiency in Uganda • Katie Dancey-Downs
Visiting a permaculture garden with a powerful message
News From the Grassroots • Marianne Brown
A round up of environmental news stories
Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing • Sharon Garfinkel
A celebration of ideas that can shape wellbeing for people and planet
Ecologist
One Planet, One Health • Vandana Shiva
Our toxic food system must not survive this crisis
Chain Reaction • Laurie King
Insights from a community-run agriculture project in the Shetland Islands
Cheering on a Figurehead • PL Henderson
Reflections on the legacy of Greta Thunberg two years after the first school strikes
Gardening for the Earth • Stephen Blackmore & Gunter Fischer
Lessons of restoration in Hong Kong
Defending Lake Kop • Eleanor Rose
Exposing the deadly reality of burning coal
Money Can Grow on Trees • Simon M Lamb
Rethinking the value of primal forests to save them
Keynotes
Building a new normal • Daniel Christian Wahl
The path towards regenerative economies is made by walking it
Undercurrents
Peatlands - For Peat's Sake • Sarah Proctor
Extolling the virtues of a slow-growing landscape
Peatlands - Give Peat A Chance • Lizzie Shepherd
Documenting efforts to rebuild peat bogs
Peatlands - Fuel for Thought • Donald Murray
Exploring the good and the dark side to peat digging
Peatlands - Protecting Tropical Peatlands • Marianne Brown
Sharing news of a potentially ground-saving project
Peatlands - Digging A Hole For Ourselves • Nicky Scott
Questioning the use of peat in gardens
Wisdom and Wellbeing
Coronavirus: The Voice of the Earth • Satish Kumar
What lessons can we learn from this crisis?
Grow Your Own Remedies • Anne Stobart
Tips on growing and using health-boosting herbs
An invitation into heartbreak • Steffi Bednarek
We have to embrace anxiety to connect with the world
A Blossoming Industry • Jen Stuart-Smith
Flower growing using 'no-dig' principles
The Arts
Culture Shift • Heather Ackroyd
The art world must adapt quickly to survive the crises of our times
Home Is Where the Art Is • PL Henderson
The enchanting work of sculptor Walter Bailey
Regulars
Letters to the Editors - Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters to our editor
Reviews
Nature Cure • Sophie Yeo
Review of The Natural Health Service: What the Great Outdoors Can Do for Your Mind; Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild
Voice of a Generation • Anna Turns
Review of Our House Is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis
All is One • Russell Warfield
Review of The Self Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters
Bird's Eye View • Jackie Morris
Review of The Birds They Sang: Birds and People in Life and Art
Magic Mushrooms • Nat Dyer
Review of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
A Quest for Darkness • Kate Blincoe
Review of Under the Stars: A Journey into Light
The Spirit of the Land • Stephen Moss
Review of Wanderland: A Search for Magic in the Landscape
