What's in a Word
Issue 333 • July/August 2022
In this issue of Resurgence & Ecologist we look at ‘language’. Mitzi Jonelle Tan challenges the use of language at global climate talks. Stephanie Boxall looks at the living-language-land project for a fresh approach to the environmental crisis and April Charlo explains how saving Indigenous languages can help save the planet. In the Ecologist pages Yasmin Dahnoun reports on ancient agroforestry systems which are being revived in Central America. Whilst in Connected Life Esthela Calderón recalls finding connection while harvesting corn in Nicaragua and David George Haskell explores the ancient roots of hearing. For our Feature Story, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema calls on the power of collective action for biodiversity. In Wisdom & Wellbeing Aylin Haas and Jonathan Drori share their memories and perspectives on the Lebanese Cedar, as part of our ‘In Company of Trees’ series. Within Art & Culture PL Henderson explores the history of women botanical illustrators.
Highlights
- Jan Goodey: It’s Time to Just Stop Oil
- Elizabeth Maruma Mrema: No Plants, No Life!
- April Charlo: We Are Earth, And Earth is Us
- Jonathan Drori: The World in a Cedar
- Satish Kumar: Idealism meets Pragmatism
- Jini Reddy: Spirit Guide
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Contents
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Welcome
Thinking Differently • Marianne Brown
Language can change our relationship with environment
Community
Time to Change the Bedtime Story • Katie Mills
Connecting children with Nature through storytelling
News from Resurgence • Sharon Garfinkel
Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing and the Futurus Project
Ecologist
Ecologist Editor's Picks • Brendan Montague
Top stories from The Ecologist environmental news website
It's Time to Just Stop Oil • Jan Goodey
Reporting on the UK-wide movement
Words That Fail Us • Mitzi Jonelle Tan
Challenging the use of language at global climate talks
Food Forests for a Resilient Future • Yasmin Dahnoun
Agroforestry is helping to return life to the land in Central America
Connected Life
Lending An Ear • Esthela Calderón
Growing up among corn fields in Nicaragua
Seeds in the Sand • Rashi Goel
Visiting a seed bank for desert species in India
A Park for the People • Matt Maynard
Chile is set to democratise mountain access with a new national park
Uniting Mind, Matter and Life • Alfredo Erlwein-Vicuña
Considering the theory of autopoiesis 50 years on
Primal Sound • David George-Haskell
Exploring the ancient roots of hearing
As I Roved Out • Sam Lee
Folk songs are both a map and a compass
Keynotes
No Plants, No Life! • Elizabeth Maruma Mrema
Calling on the power of collective action for biodiversity
Language
Lost for Words • Paula Zamorano Osorio
To save biodiversity, we must save human diversity
We Are Earth, and Earth Is Us • April Charlo
Indigenous languages can reconnect us with Nature
Keep Hold of It • Marianne Brown
A new book records the wisdom of a dying tongue
The Great Narrative of Phertajido • Anvita Abbi
A creation myth from Nao Jr
Speaking Nature's Language • Stephanie Boxall
A project offering a fresh approach to the environmental crisis brings inspiration
Wisdom and Wellbeing
I Am This Place • Marchelle Farrell
Exploring the concept of native and invasive in the garden
The World in a Cedar • Jonathan Drori
Connecting a childhood memory with environmental crisis
Intermingled Roots • Aylin Haas
Seeing dual identity in the cedar's roots
Idealism Meets Pragmatism • Satish Kumar
Reflecting on 50 years of the environmental movement, with Jonathan Porritt
Art and Culture
Eye-Opening • Marianne Brown
Discovering the work of two artists whose photography redefines how we interact with Nature
Imagine the Skin is a Leaf • Yasmin Dahnoun
Celebrating connection at a new exhibition
Drawing Power From Plants • PL Henderson
Exploring the history of women botanical illustrators
Regulars
Letters to the Editors - Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters to our Editor
Archive - A Sense of Belonging • Fiona MacIsaac & Magnus Davidson
Gaelic should have a central place in Scotland's rewilding plans
Reviews
A Planetary Tangle of Relations • Peter Reason
Review of Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations (Volumes 1-5)
Spirit Guide • Jini Reddy
Review of Black Lion: Alive in the Wilderness
A Love Song to Madagascar • Kate Blincoe
Review of The Sloth Lemur's Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present
Fascism and Climate Crisis • Adam Weymouth
Review of The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right
Diversity on the Farm • Vicki Hird
Review of Agroecology and Regenerative Agriculture: Navdanya's Research on Sustainable Solutions for Hunger, Poverty, and Climate Change
The Spice of Life • Suhasini Vincent
Review of The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
Planting Ideas • Jennifer Jones
Review of The Nation of Plants: A Radical Manifesto for Humans
