Nature, our teacher
Issue 346 • September/October 2024
In this issue of Resurgence & Ecologist, we explore the myriad ways we are learning from Nature, and how much we still have to discover.
Stephanie Boxall asks whether the built environment can ever be seen as part of Nature, in her brilliant Connected Life article ‘Building a relationship with Nature’. Opening our theme, leadership development facilitator Nicki Davey shares how Nature and its teachings have become firmly and permanently embedded in her offerings to clients.
Satish Kumar emphasises the power of positivity and why it’s important to stay optimistic with our content throughout the magazine and in the wider work of The Resurgence Trust. In our Arts & Culture section, Louis Barnard interviews Britart superstar Marc Quinn, who challenges us to see Nature as an ally, not an adversary, and whose plant-inspired sculptures are on show in his new Light into Life exhibition at Kew Gardens.
Highlights
- Change Everything: Natalie Bennett
- Finding flow, honouring the ebb: Easkey Britton
- Principles of Life: Fritjof Capra
- Nature: our first and best teacher: Nicki Davey
- Lighting the candle: Satish Kumar
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Welcome
Welcome • Susan Clark
We have so much still to learn from the rest of Nature
Regulars
News from our community • Susan Clark
Inspiring people to take positive action
Letters to the Editor
A selection of letters to our editor
Ecologist
Editors' picks • Yasmin Dahnoun
We share our top three stories from the news website focused on environmental, social and economic justice
Debt relief wanted: offering lush forests and protected seas • Roman Goergen
How countries facing bankruptcy are exchanging debt for conservation measures
Change everything • Natalie Bennett
Politics should be what you do, not what you have done to you
Connected Life
Nature’s secret colours • Kate Blincoe
Discovering the hidden world of biofluorescence
Artist’s statement: unloved places • Nessie Ramm
Sharing a passion for road verges and discarded road signs
Building a relationship with nature • Stephanie Boxall
Can the built environment ever be seen as part of Nature?
Finding flow, honouring the ebb • Easkey Britton
Learning from waterscapes to connect with the world
Feature Articles
Principles of life • Fritjof Capra
Life is beautifully organised into networks
Nature our teacher
Nature: our first and best teacher • Nicki Davey
Learning from and with Nature
Celebrating a true educator • Lakshmi Swaminathan
A personal tribute to mentor Didi Contractor
Nature, my teacher • Yasmin Dahnoun
An interview with James Thornton, founder of Client Earth
Finding the heartwood of environmental education • Melissa Glackin
Reporting on a project designed to share core academic writings on climate change
Artist’s statement: learning the transformative process of spinning threads • Hanny Newton
Taking inspiration from the past to create new embroidery work
Wisdom and Wellbeing
As autumn unfolds... • Tiffany Francis-Baker
A new book Ebb and Flow invites us to live with the ever-unfolding seasons
The land as teacher • Sam Hamrebtan
Celebrating the joy of a good harvest
Lighting the candle... • Satish Kumar
On the power of positivity
Dying empty • Rashi Goel
Learning about 'death cleaning'
Art and Culture
The conjunction between poetry and community • Rachel Marsh & Briony Hughes
Highlighting the poetry of Zena Edwards
Light into life • Louis Barnard
Talking 'Nature' with artist Marc Quinn
Enchanting moments • Ruth Millington
Finding solace in the atmospheric paintings of Annette Pugh
Reviews
A bird’s-eye view of a novel concept for cities • Russell Warfield
Review of The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
Ecology with compassion for all • Tiffany Francis-Baker
Review of Cull of the Wild: Killing in the name of conservation
Can we reclaim Englishness? • Alex Niven
Review of Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story
The complexity of love, in all its forms • Rashi Goel
Review of We Loved It All: A Memory of Life
The cognitive symptoms of a warming world • Manon Martini
Review of The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes our Minds, Brains and Bodies
Ecology of the past and future • Edward Davey
Review of Nature’s Ghosts: The World We Lost and How to Bring it Back
Marking the way • Tim Hannigan
Review of Cairn
Podcasts
Hope Springs • Annabel Heseltine
Introducing a new Resurgence podcast
