CONTENTS

Immersion Issue 336 January/February 2023

1 WELCOME 4 NEWS FROM THE

RESURGENCE COMMUNITY 5 EVENTS

Painting by Vitaliia Kalmutska Instagram: vita.kalmutska.art

ECOLOGIST

6 EDITORS’ PICKS 7 WHO OWNS THE WIND? Who is really reaping the benefits of a new offshore wind farm in the North Sea, asks James Marriot 8 LABOUR’S ENERGY

DILEMMA Chris Saltmarsh says Labour’s planned interventions in the energy market don’t go far enough 10 METHANE HOLDS THE KEY Paul Gilding, former head of

Greenpeace International, tells Catherine Early why cutting methane emissions should be the priority now

CONNECTED LIFE

12 A ROOTED LANGUAGE OF

FOOD Carwyn Graves explores how the interweaving of language and food offers true sustenance 16 THE VOICES OF THE WOMEN

FACING CLIMATE CHANGE In The Ants and The Grasshopper, film-maker Raj Patel hands the climate change narrative to the women of a Malawi village. Yasmin Dahnoun reports 20 THE SECRET WORLD OF SOIL Nature writer Marissa Land dives into eco-acoustics to listen in on the sounds of the soil

FEATURE STORY

22 HOME Eco-linguist Ginny Battson explains her philosophy of fluminism, which respects the symbiotic flow between all things

IMMERSION

28 IMMERSED IN WALKING

How walking for protest or pleasure, trespass or treat is always an invitation to immerse ourselves in Nature 30 THE RIGHT TO ADVENTURE Activist and author Nick Hayes asks how, without immersing ourselves in Nature, we will care for and about it 32 TRODS, TRAILS AND TRACKS Stephanie Boxall considers how our walking pathways connect the past with the present

34 INTO THE KYIV THICKETS These wild spaces of Kyiv were once places of refuge. Now they are mined and booby-trapped. Jonathon Turnbull reports 36 SOFT FASCINATION

Amy-Jane Beer explores what it is about flowing water that makes us feel so alive 38 WALK TO COUNTRY, TALK TO

COUNTRY Indigenous voices share their walking stories to reveal the power of talking to the land

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January/February 2023