Lessons for the Future
Issue 322 • September/October 2020
In this issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, we look at ways people around the world are nurturing life – and hope – in the extreme. In the Ecologist section, Matt Kendall celebrates post-pandemic pedal power in Paris, and Rhiane Fatinikun speaks to Resurgence & Ecologist about Black Girls Hike and tackling racism in the British countryside.
In Keynotes, Russell Warfield interviews Jane Davidson about the pioneering Future Generations Act, which sets a precedent for leaders across the globe. In Arts, Michael Benson explores how images can be a powerful tool for communicating hope amid the horror of human-made crises.
Our September/October issue also explores the role of education at a time of coronavirus and the vital lessons we can learn.
Highlights
- Think on Your Feet: Tansy Hoskins
- The Outdoors Should Be For Everyone: Rhiane Fatinikun
- Acting for the Future: Russell Warfield
- Teaching Children Strategies for Peace: Helen Porter
- Digital Dictators: Satish Kumar
- How to Build a Movement: Andrew Papworth
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Welcome
Hope in the Extreme • Marianne Brown
People around the world are nurturing life - and hope - in the extreme
Frontline
Breaking The Language Barrier • Anna Turns
Translating climate information to reach more people around the world
Nature Reserves and Green Corridors • Marianne Brown
Community action in Scotland and an RHS project to create garden corridors
News From the Grassroots • Marianne Brown
A round up of environmental news stories
Resurgence News • Sharon Garfinkel
Resurgence centre news and the line up for this year's Festival of Wellbeing
Ecologist
Think on Your Feet • Tansy Hoskins
Investigating the horrors of the footwear industry
Wheels of Fortune • Matt Kendall
In Paris, cycling is becoming the new normal
The Outdoors Should Be For Everyone • Rhiane Fatinikun
Resurgence & Ecologist catches up with the founder of Black Girls Hike
Buying Time • Sophie Yeo
Nigel Sizer from the Rainforest Alliance on the destruction of the rainforests
Keynotes
Acting for the Future • Russell Warfield
Interview with Jane Davidson about a groundbreaking piece of legislation in Wales
Undercurrents
Education - School in the Time of Coronavirus • Marianne Brown
Introducing our special section on education
Education - History Lessons for a Liveable Future • Rosanna Wiseman
We need to teach colonialism to tackle the climate crisis
Education - University Challenge • Ledetta Asfa-Wossen
Exploring fossil fuel divestment in higher education
Education - Becoming Family with Place
Australian researchers want to put Indigenous wisdom at the heart of education
Education - Bringing The Biosphere Home • Mitchell Thomashow
Schools must cultivate connection with the living planet
Education - Teaching Children Strategies for Peace • Helen Porter
Sharing experience of building peaceful schools
Education - Learning From Home • Natasha Rivett-Carnac
After lockdown, home schooling has a lot to teach us
Wisdom and Wellbeing
Sensing The Thread • Jane MacNamee
In an era of self-isolation we are learning the importance of touch
Slow-dough Crumpets • Chris Young
Celebrating Sourdough September with homemade crumpets
Once Upon A Climb • Caroline Ciavaldini
Discovering the joys of staying close to home
Meadow Sweet • Peter Reason
Finding love in the Anthropocene
Digital Dictators • Satish Kumar
Computers can't teach kindness
The Arts
A Picture of Hope • Michael Benson
The power of photography to tell a complex story
A Mosaic of Sacrifice • PL Henderson
Interview with extreme craftivist Carrie Reichardt
Home Grown • Marianne Brown
Gavin Munro on making furniture from living trees
Regulars
Letters to the Editors - Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters to our editor
Reviews
Between Science and Knowledge • Kathryn Aalto
Review of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants; Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
On The Verge • Matt Gaw
Review of The Accidental Countryside: Hidden Havens for Britain's Wildlife
Grain of Truth • Jenny Willan
Review of Amber Waves: The Extraordinary Biography of Wheat from Wild Grass to World Megacrop
Beyond the Path • Gail Simmons
Review of The Wild Silence
In Defence of Eco-poetry • Peter Abbs
Review of The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth Century
The Power of Reimagination • Rachel Marsh
Review of From What If to What Next: Podcast
How to Build a Movement • Andrew Papworth
Review of Gandhi the Organiser: How He Shaped a Nationwide Rebellion, India 1915-1922
Web Exclusives
Article - Obituary: John Papworth • Herbert Girardet
The founder of Resurgence magazine and truly one of a kind
