CONTENTS

Deep listening Issue 347 November/December 2024

1 WELCOME 4 NEWS FROM OUR

COMMUNITY 5 EVENTS

January Storm v2 by Pine Feroda www.merlynchesterman.com

ECOLOGIST

6 EDITORS' PICKS 7 EARTH PRIZE Susan Clark brings news of a prize that is all about young people making positive changes 8 BUILDING A UNITED FRONT Environmental activist Jan

Goodey writes that we need to step out of our comfort zones 10 EXPLORING ETHICS IN

JOURNALISM Press regulator Impress asked:

“What does ethical journalism mean in 2024?” Researcher Beth Parkes reports

THE SLOW READ

22 FINDING HOPE IN TROUBLED TIMES At the end of another year of global challenges, Edward Davey finds reasons to stay hopeful for 2025

CONNECTED LIFE

12 THE RESURGENCE

INTERVIEW: RUTH ALLEN Taking a deeper dive with geologist turned embodied psychotherapist Ruth Allen 16 FOOD PLANET FUTURE Photographer Robert Dash shares astonishing images of everyday foods, taken from his new book 18 THE ZEPHANIAH FOREST It’s almost a year since

Birmingham poet (and contributor to this magazine) Benjamin Zephaniah died. Katie DanceyDowns reports on a planting project that honours his legacy

DEEP LISTENING

28 RECIPES FOR LISTENING Susan Clark introduces the pioneering work of the late composer Pauline Oliveros 30 LISTENING TO PLANTS James Garside meets Helen

Anahita Wilson, composer-inresidence at London’s Chelsea Physic Garden 34 SPACES FOR LISTENING Brigid Russell and Charlie Jones introduce Listening Spaces, an online initiative that gives people somewhere to both listen and be heard

2 Resurgence & Ecologist

36 TREASURE OF THE HEART In her new book, artist Anna

Chapman Parker offers an invitation to deep listening 38 ARTIST’S STATEMENT:

LISTENING TO EARTH AND ANCESTORS Artist Rachael Mellors describes the deep roots of her art practice

November/December 2024