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Editor-in-Chief Satish Kumar PA to Satish Kumar Elaine Green Associate Editor Susan Clark Designer Rachel Marsh Website Editor Angie Burke Assistant Editor Emma Cocker Editorial Intern Andrea Gear Investigations Editor Andrew Wasley Contributing Editor Lorna Howarth Sub-editor Helen Banks Art Adviser Sandy Brown Poetry Editor Peter Abbs PR and Marketing Sharon Garfinkel +44 ( 0 ) 7435 781842 sharon@resurgence.org Membership Jeanette Gill, Mandy Kessell +44 ( 0 ) 1208 841824 members@resurgence.org Events Manager Peter Lang +44 ( 0 ) 20 8809 2391 peterlang@resurgence.org Office Manager Lynn Batten info@resurgence.org Advertising Manager Gwydion Batten Advertising Sales Andrea Thomas +44 ( 0 ) 20 8886 3102 andrea@resurgence.org Editorial Office Ford House, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6EE, UK +44 ( 0 ) 1237 441293 www.resurgence.org Resurgence & Ecologist is published by The Resurgence Trust, a registered educational charity (no. 1120414) C O N T E N T S No. 276 January/February 2013 1 Welcome Satish Kumar identifies The Great Challenge facing all environmentalists FRONTLINE 4 ACTION FROM THE GRASS ROTS Lorna Howarth reports ETHICAL LIVING 8 RESURGENCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT James Sainsbury, chair of The Resurgence Trust, on the future of the Greens 10 THE TIPPING POINT Oxfam’s depar ting chief executive, Barbara Stocking asks when we will end extreme pover ty 12 SIGNS OF CHANGE Elaine Gilligan, head of Programmes at Friends of the Ear th, suggests doing things differently 14 ALDO LEOPOLD:THE ORIGINAL ECOLOGIST Stephan Harding explains why we still need this man’s thinking 16 STEPPING INTO THE TERROIR Robin Lee explores the role of a sense of place in winemaking ECOLOGIST 19 INVESTIGATION: BIG OIL Susan Clark discovers what we’re really up against 20 INVESTIGATION: BIG OIL Thembi Mutch repor ts on the impact of oil exploration in Africa 22 ENERGY Political correspondent Bibi van der Zee on why there’s no excuse for Britain to lag on renewables 24 FOD Environmentalist Lester Brown on what needs to happen to avoid a breakdown in our food system Cover image: Dipper, original screen print by Kittie Jones www.kittiejones.com 26 FARMING Craig Sams on using locally produced biochar to rebuild a healthy soil 28 BIODIVERSITY Naturalist Mark Cocker on facing up honestly to the challenges ahead 30 INTERVIEW My Green Life: Sharon Garfinkel talks to broadcaster, Jonathan Dimbleby RESURGENCE KEYNOTES 32 VALUE BEYOND MEASURE The author of Sacred Economics, Charles Eisenstein, on why putting a price on Nature is the wrong tack UNDERCURRENTS 36 A TURNING TIDE Tim Flannery Australia’s first Chief Climate Commissioner, on why he believes, although there is still much to do, we have passed a turning point 40 FUTURONOMICS OF FOD Vandana Shiva says we need a new paradigm for the production of food 42 GREN IMPERATIVE Fiona Reynolds, outgoing Director General of the National Trust, on how we can better engage people with environmental issues 44 PATTERNS OF BEAUTY In the first of a new series called Beauty Dialogues, Indian ar tist and thinker Shakti Maira asks Fritjof Capra what he means by beauty 47LETTERS 2 Resurgence & Ecologist Januar y/Februar y 2013
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ARTS 48 POETRY Peter Abbs introduces four modern Greek poets 50 PHOTOGRAPHY: SEBASTIÃO SALGADO India Windsor-Clive on the new exhibition that documents the world’s disappearing wild places 54 ART AS SERVICE African ar tist Romuald Hazoumè tells the October Galler y’s Gerald Houghton it is the duty of every ar tist to work for their community REVIEWS 58 EARTH FREDOMS Michael Mansfield reviews Polly Higgins’ new book, Earth Is Our Business 59 CHANGINGTHE WORLD John-Paul Flintoff reveals how to make a difference in his new book, How to Change the World 60 LAST CAL FOR CAPITALISM Gar Smith reviews Jerr y Mander’s The Capitalism Papers 61 DEBUNKINGTHE MYTH Economist Stephen Lewis reviews David Graeber’s Debt: The First 5,000 Years 62 NEVER-ENDING QUEST Eco-poet Helen Moore reviews Jay Ramsay’s Places of Truth 63 PERSONAL AND POLITICAL Geoff Mead reviews two books on stor ytelling: Our Secret Territor y by Laura Sims and Words of Re-Enchantment by Anthony Nanson 64 NEW ANGLES Helen Scadding reviews Carol Ballenger’s Dartington Hall: One Endless Garden 65 AN URBAN PILGRIMAGE Jon Every takes to walking The Green London Way by Bob Gilber t 66 BIO-ECONOMY Environmentalist Tony Juniper introduces his new book, What Has Nature Ever Done for Us? 67 A MAP OF HOPE Peter Owen Jones gives a shor t review of Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone’s book, Active Hope 68 A TALE OF RESISTANCE Mark Tully reviews From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra 69 RESURGENCE SHOP 70 ADVERTS 32 ditor’s Highlights The Tipping Point “Change isn’t easy, but it is possible. And you only have to look at the history books to see examples of real transformational change – from women getting the vote to the abolition of slavery. Great upheavals led to both the Industrial Revolution and the formation of the United Nations; more recently the digital revolution has transformed communications, commerce and lifestyles.” These are the words of Elaine Gilligan, Head of Programmes at Friends of the Ear th who, in her ar ticle Signs of Change (see page 12) sets out the charity’s five new transformational programmes designed to bring about the muchneed Tipping Point that will force politicians, policy-makers and business leaders to take environmental issues seriously. So, will 2013 be the year that sees the Global Green Movement finally come together to reach – and pass – that Tipping Point. It’s in our sights... 20 INVESTIGATION: BIG OIL As Big Oil heralds a new era of sub-salt drilling - mainly off the coasts of Brazil and Africa the disconnect between what oil and petrol companies say is happening in these regions and what is really going on is alarming and should worry us all, says Tanzania-based Thembi Mutch 36 A TURNING TIDE He’s Australia’s first ever Chief Climate Commissioner and one of the contributors to the new book, Small World, Big Ideas which explores how 11 leading activists found their campaigning feet and what motivates them to carr y on fighting for change.Tim Flanner y tells his own stor y of activism and argues that although there is still much to be done, we have already passed a turning point. 50 EXHIBITION: SEBASTIÃO SALGADO Genesis is the new exhibition by the Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado who has captured the last truly wild places on the planet. Ar ts writer, India Windsor-Clive discovers there is a message of hope behind his all-seeing lens. 65 AN URBAN PILGRIMAGE The ever-changing social and natural histor y of our capital city is brought to life in The Green London Way – a newly reissued book that invites the reader to walk over 100-miles of London’s mostly unknown tow paths, woodlands and commons. Botanist Jon Every took the message to hear t, put on his walking boots and spent five days walking 18 different routes that took him full circle from Stratford Station in the East End and back again. Read his hear tening review. Issue 276 Resurgence & Ecologist 3

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Editor-in-Chief Satish Kumar PA to Satish Kumar Elaine Green

Associate Editor Susan Clark Designer Rachel Marsh Website Editor Angie Burke Assistant Editor Emma Cocker Editorial Intern Andrea Gear

Investigations Editor Andrew Wasley Contributing Editor Lorna Howarth Sub-editor Helen Banks Art Adviser Sandy Brown Poetry Editor Peter Abbs

PR and Marketing Sharon Garfinkel +44 ( 0 ) 7435 781842 sharon@resurgence.org Membership Jeanette Gill, Mandy Kessell +44 ( 0 ) 1208 841824 members@resurgence.org Events Manager Peter Lang +44 ( 0 ) 20 8809 2391 peterlang@resurgence.org Office Manager Lynn Batten info@resurgence.org Advertising Manager Gwydion Batten Advertising Sales Andrea Thomas +44 ( 0 ) 20 8886 3102 andrea@resurgence.org

Editorial Office Ford House, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6EE, UK +44 ( 0 ) 1237 441293 www.resurgence.org Resurgence & Ecologist is published by The Resurgence Trust, a registered educational charity (no. 1120414)

C O N T E N T S No. 276 January/February 2013

1 Welcome

Satish Kumar identifies The Great Challenge facing all environmentalists

FRONTLINE 4 ACTION FROM THE

GRASS ROTS Lorna Howarth reports

ETHICAL LIVING 8 RESURGENCE OF THE

HUMAN SPIRIT James Sainsbury, chair of The Resurgence Trust, on the future of the Greens 10 THE TIPPING POINT

Oxfam’s depar ting chief executive, Barbara Stocking asks when we will end extreme pover ty 12 SIGNS OF CHANGE Elaine Gilligan, head of Programmes at Friends of the Ear th, suggests doing things differently 14 ALDO LEOPOLD:THE ORIGINAL ECOLOGIST Stephan Harding explains why we still need this man’s thinking 16 STEPPING INTO THE TERROIR Robin Lee explores the role of a sense of place in winemaking

ECOLOGIST 19 INVESTIGATION: BIG OIL

Susan Clark discovers what we’re really up against 20 INVESTIGATION: BIG OIL

Thembi Mutch repor ts on the impact of oil exploration in Africa 22 ENERGY

Political correspondent Bibi van der Zee on why there’s no excuse for Britain to lag on renewables 24 FOD

Environmentalist Lester Brown on what needs to happen to avoid a breakdown in our food system

Cover image: Dipper, original screen print by Kittie Jones www.kittiejones.com

26 FARMING

Craig Sams on using locally produced biochar to rebuild a healthy soil 28 BIODIVERSITY

Naturalist Mark Cocker on facing up honestly to the challenges ahead 30 INTERVIEW

My Green Life: Sharon Garfinkel talks to broadcaster, Jonathan Dimbleby

RESURGENCE KEYNOTES 32 VALUE BEYOND MEASURE The author of Sacred Economics,

Charles Eisenstein, on why putting a price on Nature is the wrong tack

UNDERCURRENTS 36 A TURNING TIDE Tim Flannery Australia’s first Chief

Climate Commissioner, on why he believes, although there is still much to do, we have passed a turning point 40 FUTURONOMICS OF FOD

Vandana Shiva says we need a new paradigm for the production of food 42 GREN IMPERATIVE

Fiona Reynolds, outgoing Director General of the National Trust, on how we can better engage people with environmental issues 44 PATTERNS OF BEAUTY In the first of a new series called Beauty

Dialogues, Indian ar tist and thinker Shakti Maira asks Fritjof Capra what he means by beauty 47LETTERS

2 Resurgence & Ecologist

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