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CONTENTS No. 292 September/October 2015 Cover image: Boyhood Line, 2015 by Richard Long Photograph: Max McClure FRONTLINE   4 NEWS ECOLOGIST 10 NO ROOM IN THE MARKET Aditya Chakrabortty meets the new breed of NEW ONLINE   1 WELCOME housing activists 12 NATURE AND JOY Michael McCarthy on how the natural world can inspire us to conserve it 16 FRAMING THE CLIMATE TALKS Laurence and Alison Matthews present a guide for environmental action 18 WHY ARE INDIAN FARMERS DYING? Vandana Shiva highlights the impact of industrialised agriculture KEYNOTES 21 VISIONS OF HEAVEN Philip Pullman on the influence and inspiration of William Blake UNDERCURRENTS 26 ISLAM’S WARRIOR FOR PEACE Heathcote Williams reflects on the life of Badshah Khan 28 I SPEAK FOR THE EARTH James Lovelock outlines the Gaia theory, as published in Resurgence in 1988 30 GREEN MANTRAS Swami Chidanand Saraswati on Hinduism and Nature 33 HEALTH AND HARMONY Ian Skelly on the universal worth of JS Bach 36 SLOW, SMALL AND SIMPLE Satish Kumar meets Japanese activist Keibo Oiwa www.resurgence.org Julia Ponsonby shares her recipe for Dappled Raisin Bread; Lindsay Clarke reviews Helen Moore’s new book of poetry, Ecozoa; Leon Stuparich retraces the Dalai Lama’s footsteps and puts his teachings to the test; and a new gallery feature on ar tist Jo Oakley. www.theecologist.org All the stories environmentalists across the globe are talking about; plus opinion pieces and reviews. Check for new daily content, including regular analysis of key political issues. To contact the editor, email oliver@theecologist.org Social Media Twitter : @Resurgence_mag @the_ecologist Facebook: Resurgencetrust TheEcologist Resurgence & Ecologist App Free access for print members: www.resurgence.org/app 2 Resurgence & Ecologist September/October 2015
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ETHICAL LIVING 40 DIARY Leo Johnson navigates changing environments 41 CONSERVATION Wendell Berry on conserving water 42 FORGIVENESS Scarlett Lewis on choosing love 44 QWERTY SOMETHING Matt Harvey ponders the canine conundrum 45 ACTIVISM An Amnesty International appeal 46 CHOICES Satish Kumar on the source of life 48 DRINK Robin Lee on vineyards at risk 49 FOOD Julia Ponsonby on the move to Real Bread ARTS 50 HE WALKS THE LINES India Windsor-Clive meets the ar tist Richard Long 54 FUSING NATURE AND CONSCIOUSNESS Peter Abbs revisits the poetry of Walt Whitman 56 A TEMPLE FOR THE SELF Simon Olding on Sandy Brown’s ceramic vision Issue 292 REVIEWS 58 THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING Jonathon Porritt reviews Natural Capital by Dieter Helm and What Nature Does for Britain by Tony Juniper 60 END OF AN EPOCH? Dougald Hine reviews The Anthropocene by Christian Schwägerl and Adventures in the Anthropocene by Gaia Vince 61 TOXIC LEGACIES Adam Weymouth reviews Toms River by Dan Fagin 62 GET THE DRIFT Greg Neale reviews Plankton by Christian Sardet 62 THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES Hylton Murray-Philipson reviews The Buddha on Wall Street by Vaddhaka Linn 63 WORDS TO CHANGE THE WORLD Ed Mayo reviews Degrowth edited by Giacomo D’Alisa and others 64 SEA CREATURES, SEA CULTURES? Lucy McRobert reviews The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins by Hal Whitehead & Luke Rendell 65 LETTERS 66 CROSSWORD 67 JOIN OUR JOURNEY 68 ADVERTISEMENTS Editor-in-chief Satish Kumar PA to Satish Kumar Elaine Green Editor Greg Neale Designer Rachel Marsh Assistant Editor Emma Cocker Contributing Editor Lorna Howarth Sub-editor Helen Banks Art Adviser Sandy Brown Poetry Editor Peter Abbs Resurgence Web Editor Angie Burke Ecologist Web Editor Oliver Tickell Fundraising Manager 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 +44 (0)1237 441293 Advertising Sales Rep Andrea Thomas andrea@resurgence.org Editorial Office Ford House, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6EE, UK +44 ( 0 ) 1237 441293 www.resurgence.org 21 Resurgence & Ecologist is published by The Resurgence Trust, a registered educational charity (no. 1120414) Resurgence & Ecologist 3

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CONTENTS No. 292 September/October 2015

Cover image: Boyhood Line, 2015 by Richard Long

Photograph: Max McClure

FRONTLINE   4 NEWS

ECOLOGIST

10 NO ROOM IN THE MARKET Aditya Chakrabortty meets the new breed of

NEW ONLINE   1 WELCOME

housing activists 12 NATURE AND JOY Michael McCarthy on how the natural world can inspire us to conserve it 16 FRAMING THE CLIMATE TALKS Laurence and Alison Matthews present a guide for environmental action 18 WHY ARE INDIAN FARMERS DYING? Vandana Shiva highlights the impact of industrialised agriculture

KEYNOTES

21 VISIONS OF HEAVEN Philip Pullman on the influence and inspiration of William Blake

UNDERCURRENTS

26 ISLAM’S WARRIOR FOR PEACE Heathcote Williams reflects on the life of Badshah Khan 28 I SPEAK FOR THE EARTH James Lovelock outlines the Gaia theory, as published in Resurgence in 1988 30 GREEN MANTRAS Swami Chidanand Saraswati on Hinduism and Nature 33 HEALTH AND HARMONY Ian Skelly on the universal worth of JS Bach 36 SLOW, SMALL AND SIMPLE Satish Kumar meets Japanese activist Keibo Oiwa www.resurgence.org Julia Ponsonby shares her recipe for Dappled Raisin Bread; Lindsay Clarke reviews Helen Moore’s new book of poetry, Ecozoa; Leon Stuparich retraces the Dalai Lama’s footsteps and puts his teachings to the test; and a new gallery feature on ar tist Jo Oakley.

www.theecologist.org All the stories environmentalists across the globe are talking about; plus opinion pieces and reviews. Check for new daily content, including regular analysis of key political issues. To contact the editor, email oliver@theecologist.org

Social Media Twitter : @Resurgence_mag

@the_ecologist Facebook: Resurgencetrust

TheEcologist Resurgence & Ecologist App Free access for print members: www.resurgence.org/app

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