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CONTENTS Call of the wild Issue 338 May/June 2023 1 WELCOME 4 NEWS FROM THE RESURGENCE COMMUNITY 5 EVENTS Mule Deer, 2021 © Jim Naughten ECOLOGIST 6 EDITORS’ PICKS 7 THE ENVIRONMENTAL FALLOUT FROM WAR – A MOSAIC Exploring the impact of the war in Ukraine on the ecology and environment. Writer Anna Badkhen asked poets, journalists, bloggers and ecologists to share their bereavement 8 THE DRAGON OF WAR War correspondent Zarina Zabrisky tells how she turns to art to make sense of the senseless 9 DEVASTATING WILDLIFE Ukrainian environmentalist Oleksiy Vasyliuk counts the cost for wildlife of a war that disrupts and destroys their habitats, breeding grounds and behaviours 10 MUTUAL AID IN ACTION Just Stop Oil activist Jan Goodey on the realities – some quite unexpected – of his taste of prison life CONNECTED LIFE 12 THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING WITH NATURE Fauna & Flora International’s Abigail Entwistle puts the case for a more diverse definition of Nature conservation 16 ALIEN WORLDS No, not those up in the heavens, but those all around us. Wildlife film-maker Steve Nicholls invites us into the world of insects 18 BRISTOL 2023: A GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE COMES OF AGE The Planet Local Summit will be a pivotal moment for those still hoping for real change, writes Helena Norberg-Hodge 20 WHY ECONOMICS WITHOUT ETHICS IS SO WRONG Satish Kumar pays tribute to the author of Small Is Beautiful, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and which has such an impact on his own life CALL OF THE WILD 28 CALL OF THE WILD How working behind the scenes in museums inspired artist Jim Naughten’s new exhibition 30 THE AGE OF LONELINESS Susan Clark talks with artist/ photographer Jim Naughten about his interpretation of E.O Wilson’s word ‘Eremozoic’ 32 INTO THE WILD When The Ecologist editor Brendan Montague steps into an “educational wilderness experience” his biggest surprise is his own response to the wildlife he encounters 36 TRUE CONNECTION Navigating the wild requires us to pay attention and listen deeply. Angela Maxwell, who spent six years walking the world, learns this the hard way when she finds herself lost in the Australian bush THE SLOW READ 22 BUILDING A NEW MOVEMENT Former editor of the Green Party magazine John Pearce lays out the blueprint for a new environmental movement that puts paid to the notion that caring about the planet is solely an elitist concern. He know what works and what doesn’t and shows us the way forward with what he calls ‘The Three Ps’ 2 Resurgence & Ecologist 22 May/June 2023
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ART & CULTURE 40 PORTRAITS THROUGH PLANTS Annie Warburton explores the work of ceramicist Kate Spragg, who understands that wild plants can stand as a powerful symbol of hope and resilience for overlooked communities 44 FIRST CAME THE LANDSCAPE When a piece of art has been designed to disappear back into the landscape, when, if ever, does it stop being art? Anna Souter speaks with an artist who is testing those cultural boundaries and definitions 48 A WAVE-LASHED WILDERNESS The Finnish author Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomin characters for children, had a special wild place she would retreat to with her partner. PL Henderson explores Jansson’s wilder streak 44 WISDOM & WELLBEING 50 STONE CLUB Artist and Stone Club co-founder Matthew Shaw explains how a thriving community built on a shared love of old stones emerged organically after the various lockdowns 53 COME, SEE REAL FLOWERS OF THIS PAINFUL WORLD Photographer Kathryn Martin introduces her striking wildflower print series 54 THE GLORIOUS WORLD OF WILD FLOWERS Getting to know the wild flowers on your doorstep can help deepen your connection to Nature, writes Stephanie Boxall 56 THE GOLDEN MISFIT Ecotherapist and herbalist Brigit Anna McNeill introduces the glory of dandelion and shares some earthy recipes REVIEWS 58 AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION Zoe Gardner learns how mass migration – which will affect billions – is unavoidable and therefore something that can and should be managed rather than feared, when she reads and reviews Gaia Vince’s book Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval. This book, she writes, jolted her out of her complacency. FURTHER REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE: 60 Hot Take, podcast 61 Hoofprints on the Land: How Traditional Herding and Grazing can Restore the Soil and Bring Animal Agriculture Back in Balance with the Earth by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson 62 Thanks for Sharing by Eleanor Tucker 63 Grounded: A Journey into the Landscapes of our Ancestors by James Canton 64 Twelve Moons: A Year Under a Shared Sky by Caro Giles 65 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer 66 SHOP 68 LETTERS 70 ARCHIVE Editorial Team Susan Clark Helen Banks Nicole Channon Yasmin Dahnoun Rachel Marsh Brendan Montague Emma Randall Russell Warfield The Resurgence Trust Editor Emeritus Satish Kumar PA to Satish Kumar Elaine Green Ambassadorial Assistants Samantha Jones Ged Camille Trust Manager Angie Burke Finance Manager Mark Gough Events Manager Amy Lythgoe-Jones Fundraising Manager Sharon Garfinkel +44 (0)7435 781842 sharon@resurgence.org Outreach Officer Georgie Gilmore georgie@resurgence.org Resurgence & Ecologist is published by The Resurgence Trust, a registered educational charity (no. 1120414) Registered office: The Resurgence Centre, Fore Street, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6AB, UK +44 (0)1237 441293 www.resurgence.org Membership Manager Emily Martin +44 (0)1237 441293 members@resurgence.org Charity Administrator Jenny Routley +44 (0)1237 441293 info@resurgence.org Advertising Sales Dan Raymond-Barker +44 (0)7776 361671 dan@emsm.org.uk Issue 338 Resurgence & Ecologist 3

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ART & CULTURE

40 PORTRAITS THROUGH PLANTS

Annie Warburton explores the work of ceramicist Kate Spragg, who understands that wild plants can stand as a powerful symbol of hope and resilience for overlooked communities

44 FIRST CAME THE LANDSCAPE

When a piece of art has been designed to disappear back into the landscape, when, if ever, does it stop being art? Anna Souter speaks with an artist who is testing those cultural boundaries and definitions

48 A WAVE-LASHED WILDERNESS

The Finnish author Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomin characters for children, had a special wild place she would retreat to with her partner. PL Henderson explores Jansson’s wilder streak

WISDOM & WELLBEING

50 STONE CLUB

Artist and Stone Club co-founder Matthew Shaw explains how a thriving community built on a shared love of old stones emerged organically after the various lockdowns

53 COME, SEE REAL FLOWERS OF THIS PAINFUL WORLD

Photographer Kathryn Martin introduces her striking wildflower print series

54 THE GLORIOUS WORLD OF WILD FLOWERS

Getting to know the wild flowers on your doorstep can help deepen your connection to Nature, writes Stephanie Boxall

56 THE GOLDEN MISFIT

Ecotherapist and herbalist Brigit Anna McNeill introduces the glory of dandelion and shares some earthy recipes

REVIEWS

58 AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION

Zoe Gardner learns how mass migration – which will affect billions – is unavoidable and therefore something that can and should be managed rather than feared, when she reads and reviews Gaia Vince’s book Nomad Century: How to Survive the Climate Upheaval. This book, she writes, jolted her out of her complacency.

FURTHER REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE:

60

Hot Take, podcast

61

Hoofprints on the Land: How Traditional Herding and Grazing can Restore the Soil and Bring Animal Agriculture Back in Balance with the Earth by Ilse Köhler-Rollefson

62

Thanks for Sharing by Eleanor Tucker

63

Grounded: A Journey into the Landscapes of our Ancestors by James Canton

64

Twelve Moons: A Year Under a Shared Sky by Caro Giles

65

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

66

SHOP

68

LETTERS

70 ARCHIVE

Editorial Team

Susan Clark

Helen Banks

Nicole Channon

Yasmin Dahnoun

Rachel Marsh

Brendan Montague

Emma Randall

Russell Warfield

The Resurgence Trust

Editor Emeritus

Satish Kumar

PA to Satish Kumar

Elaine Green

Ambassadorial Assistants

Samantha Jones

Ged Camille

Trust Manager

Angie Burke

Finance Manager

Mark Gough

Events Manager

Amy Lythgoe-Jones

Fundraising Manager

Sharon Garfinkel

+44 (0)7435 781842

sharon@resurgence.org

Outreach Officer

Georgie Gilmore

georgie@resurgence.org

Resurgence & Ecologist is published by The Resurgence Trust, a registered educational charity (no. 1120414) Registered office: The Resurgence Centre, Fore Street, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6AB, UK +44 (0)1237 441293 www.resurgence.org

Membership Manager

Emily Martin

+44 (0)1237 441293

members@resurgence.org

Charity Administrator

Jenny Routley

+44 (0)1237 441293

info@resurgence.org

Advertising Sales

Dan Raymond-Barker

+44 (0)7776 361671

dan@emsm.org.uk

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