Life in the Dark
Issue 323 • November/December 2020
In this issue of Resurgence & Ecologist we celebrate the night sky. Lynn Houghton meets two scientists collecting data in Svalbard on climate change during the polar night, Matt Gaw warns us why we need to protect darkness from light pollution, and astrophysicist Krystal De Napoli tells us how dark sky constellations have informed Aboriginal astronomical traditions. We also hear some tips from grower Claire Ratinon on gardening by the moon, and Tiffany Francis-Baker takes us on a night walk.
Elsewhere, American lawyer Valarie Kaur shares her story of turning rage about social injustice into revolutionary love, and Emmanuela Shinta talks to Zion Lights about how the Dayak people are defending their land in Indonesia. In Arts, Carolyn Mazloomi introduces a group of women who are exposing racism in the United States through the powerful medium of quilting.
Highlights
- Standing up for Land in Indonesia: Zion Lights
- Divine Race and Revolutionary Love: Valarie Kaur
- Gardening by the Moon: Claire Ratinon
- Protest, Protect, Build: Satish Kumar
- Rock Against Racism: Catherine Early
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Welcome
Night Life • Marianne Brown
A celebration of the night sky
Frontline
Nature Revival • Sophie Yeo
Beavers, good news for biodiversity and nature-based solutions in Zimbabwe
A Swift Return • Anna Feeney
An RSPB mapping tool seeks to uncover the mystery of why swifts migrate
News From the Grassroots • Marianne Brown
A round up of environmental news stories
Community and Resurgence News • Marianne Brown
Totnes Share Shed, Resurgence book club and Leadership in a time of crisis
Ecologist
Judgement Day in the US • Jonathan Neale
Unravelling the backdrop to the presidential elections
No New Worlds • Léonie Hampton
An installation marking the voyage of the Mayflower highlights challenging questions
From NGO to Social Justice Network • Catherine Early
An interview with Oxfam GB CEO Danny Sriskandarajah
Standing Up For Land in Indonesia • Zion Lights
Dayak leader Emmanuela Shinta on preserving culture, community and nature
Lessons in Destruction • Gladson Dungdung
Factory schools threaten the survival of Indigenous cultures
Keynotes
Divine Rage and Revolutionary Love • Valarie Kaur
When it comes to social injustice, outrage is often the only way to be heard
Undercurrents
Night Sky - Into The Night • Kate Blincoe
Finding connection in the dark
Night Sky - Science In The Polar Night • Lynn Houghton
A new project Hearts in the Ice is collecting data on climate change from the one of the harshest environments on Earth
Night Sky - The Other Side of Fear • Hilde Fålun Strøm & Sunniva Sorby
Experiencing the long arduous 100 days of the 'polar night'
Night Sky - In A Bad Light • Matt Gaw
For the sake of the planet, we have to protect the night
Night Sky - Pregnant Pause • Tiffany Francis-Baker
Walking beneath the night sky reminds us of our place in the universe
Night Sky - The Emu In The Sky • Krystal De Napoli
Dark sky constellations have informed Aboriginal astronomical traditions across millennia
Night Sky - Nurturing Plants By The Lunar Calendar • Claire Ratinon
Sharing tips on gardening following the phases of the moon
Wisdom and Wellbeing
A Tale of Two Martyrs • Nick Robins
The Pilgrims' Way can be a path to the past and the future
Protest, Protect, Build • Satish Kumar
We need a global holistic environmental movement that goes beyond 'isms'
The Arts
Quilt-making For Social Justice • Carolyn Mazloomi
Women are telling the story of racism through a powerful medium
Becoming Fungus • Camilla Nelson
Can art bring us closer to empathising with other species?
Regulars
Obituary - The Rev John Papworth • Herbert Girardet
A tribute to the founder of Resurgence magazine
Letters to the Editors - Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters to our editor
Reviews
A Kind of Hope • Jane MacNamee
Review of Humankind: A Hopeful History
Ecovillage People • Nat Dyer
Review of Film: Communities of Hope: Discovering the Ecovillages of Europe
Listening to Rocks • Myra Connell
Review of Stone Talks
Teaching Facts with New Stories • Avi Brisman
Review of Tales of Two Planets: Stories of Climate Change and Inequality in a Divided World
Rising Up From History • Natalie Bennett
Review of Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens
Rock Against Racism • Catherine Early
Review of Documentary: White Riot
Taking Back The Land • Adam Weymouth
Review of The Book of Trespass: Crossing the Lines That Divide Us
