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CONTENTS Listen up! Issue 316 September/October 2019 1 WELCOME FRONTLINE 4 NEWS ECOLOGIST 10 THE LIE OF THE LAND Russell Warfield meets author Guy Shrubsole 13 GOING DEEP There are natural solutions to the climate crisis, writes Charlotte Latimer 14 A FLYING SHAME Swedes are boycotting flights to save the planet, reports Richard Orange 15 GEARED UP TO GO NEUTRAL Copenhagen is leading the way, writes Catherine Early 16 A WARNING FROM FUKUSHIMA Eleanor Rose meets a group of mothers who survived the disaster Cover photograph: Greta Thunberg, 23 April 2019 © FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA / EPA-EFE / Shutterstock 18 DEPARTMENTS FOR PEACE Vijay Mehta explains why every country should have one KEYNOTES 20 LISTENING PRACTICE We need to relearn how to listen to each other, writes Michelle Brenner UNDERCURRENTS: SOUND 26 A ROUSING CHORUS David W. Orr explores the power of music in an age of crisis 29 THE WILD SOUNDSCAPE We need to listen more to the world around us, writes Kara Moses 30 STREETS AHEAD Anna Woods and Marianne Brown reports on efforts to make Edinburgh more liveable 31 TRAFFIC NOISE John Stewart discusses the impact of electric cars NEW ONLINE www.resurgence.org An exploration of people’s desire for spiritual fulfilment – Hilary Davies dives into a new collection of poetry by James Harper Satish Kumar begins our second series of the Resurgence Voices podcast with a conversation about inspiring heroes, including Greta Thunberg, and reflects on his memories of meeting Martin Luther King Our new podcast Resurgence Sounds celebrates slow listening with some living soundscapes from river to sea A gallery feature on artist Lynn Bailey www.theecologist.org 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 Social Media Twitter: @Resurgence_mag @the_ecologist Facebook: Resurgencetrust TheEcologist Instagram: @resurgencetrust Resurgence & Ecologist App Free access for print members: www.resurgence.org/app 2 Resurgence & Ecologist September/October 2019

32 A MOVING TRIBUTE TO TREES Marianne Brown experiences a new tech project in London 33 DEFINING THE ‘PEACE’ IN QUIET New research aims to protect urban tranquillity, writes Sarah Payne ETHICAL LIVING 34 STAND UP FOR THE EARTH Satish Kumar is inspired by recent activism 36 FEEL-GOOD MUSIC Saffron Summerfield talks about the healing properties of birdsong 37 MINDFUL COMPOSTING Nicky Scott explores the alchemy of creating living soil 38 WILD ABOUT FOOD Foraging expert Caroline Davey shares her tips 40 THE TRANQUILLITY OF DARKNESS Tiffany Francis experiences Nature in a different light ARTS 42 SOWING SEEDS FOR REBELLION Gary Cook meets artivists Ackroyd & Harvey 46 GROUNDED FURY Peter Abbs welcomes two new volumes of eco-poetry 48 RISING FROM THE ASHES Lisa Schneidau explores a mythological response to ash dieback 52 LOST AND FOUND Marianne Brown meets artist and author Jackie Morris REVIEWS 56 LET’S GET POLITICAL Russell Warfield reviews A Bright Future: How Some Countries have Solved Climate Change by Joshua S. Goldstein & Staffan A. Qvist and Given Half a Chance: Ten Ways to Save the World by Edward Davey 58 “IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT A FACT” Rachel Marsh reviews Outrage and Optimism, a podcast from Global Optimism 59 A HANDBOOK FOR REBELLION Graham Jones reviews This is Not a Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook by Extinction Rebellion 60 GROWING GAINS Brigitte Norland reviews The Garden Jungle: Or Gardening to Save the Planet by Dave Goulson 61 RECONNECTING THE LANDSCAPE Hugh Warwick reviews The Ecology of Hedgerows and Field Margins edited by John W. Dover 62 WAKING UP TO FUTURE EARTH Anna Turns reviews The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future by David Wallace-Wells 63 IMAGINING A FUTURE IN RETROSPECT Marianne Brooker reviews Ecological Form: System and Aesthetics in the Age of Empire edited by Nathan K. Hensley & Philip Steer 64 A HERO’S LEGACY Huw Wahl reviews the film Sharkwater Extinction directed by Rob Stewart 65 SMASHING THE MUSEUM GLASS Kate Blincoe reviews Extraordinary Insects: Weird. Wonderful. Indispensable. The Ones Who Run Our World by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson 66 MEMBERS’ PAGE 67 SHOP 68 LETTERS 70 ADVERTISEMENTS 20 Editor Emeritus Satish Kumar PA to Satish Kumar Elaine Green Magazine Editor & Podcasts Marianne Brown marianne@resurgence.org The Ecologist Editor Brendan Montague brendan@theecologist.org Designer Rachel Marsh Assistant Editor & Picture Researcher Emma Randall Editorial Assistant Julia Willan Sub-editor Helen Banks Poetry Editor Peter Abbs Trust Manager Angie Burke Finance Manager Mark Gough Fundraising Manager Sharon Garfinkel +44 (0)7435 781842 sharon@resurgence.org Membership & Classified Advertising Jeanette Gill Mandy Kessell +44 (0)1208 841824 members@resurgence.org Office Manager Lynn Batten info@resurgence.org +44 (0)1237 441293 info@resurgence.org Advertising Sales Dan Raymond-Barker +44 (0)7776 361671 dan@emsm.org.uk Editorial Office The Resurgence Centre, Fore Street, Hartland, Bideford, Devon EX39 6AB, UK +44 (0)1237 441293 www.resurgence.org Resurgence & Ecologist is published by The Resurgence Trust, a registered educational charity (no. 1120414) Issue 316 Resurgence & Ecologist 3

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CONTENTS

Listen up! Issue 316 September/October 2019

1 WELCOME

FRONTLINE

4 NEWS

ECOLOGIST

10 THE LIE OF THE LAND Russell Warfield meets author Guy Shrubsole 13 GOING DEEP There are natural solutions to the climate crisis, writes

Charlotte Latimer 14 A FLYING SHAME Swedes are boycotting flights to save the planet,

reports Richard Orange 15 GEARED UP TO GO NEUTRAL Copenhagen is leading the way, writes Catherine Early 16 A WARNING FROM FUKUSHIMA Eleanor Rose meets a group of mothers who survived the disaster

Cover photograph: Greta Thunberg, 23 April 2019 © FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA / EPA-EFE / Shutterstock

18 DEPARTMENTS FOR PEACE Vijay Mehta explains why every country should have one

KEYNOTES

20 LISTENING PRACTICE We need to relearn how to listen to each other, writes

Michelle Brenner

UNDERCURRENTS: SOUND

26 A ROUSING CHORUS David W. Orr explores the power of music in an age of crisis 29 THE WILD SOUNDSCAPE We need to listen more to the world around us, writes

Kara Moses 30 STREETS AHEAD Anna Woods and Marianne Brown reports on efforts to make Edinburgh more liveable 31 TRAFFIC NOISE John Stewart discusses the impact of electric cars

NEW ONLINE

www.resurgence.org An exploration of people’s desire for spiritual fulfilment – Hilary Davies dives into a new collection of poetry by James Harper Satish Kumar begins our second series of the Resurgence Voices podcast with a conversation about inspiring heroes, including Greta Thunberg, and reflects on his memories of meeting Martin Luther King

Our new podcast Resurgence Sounds celebrates slow listening with some living soundscapes from river to sea A gallery feature on artist Lynn Bailey www.theecologist.org 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

Social Media Twitter: @Resurgence_mag

@the_ecologist Facebook: Resurgencetrust

TheEcologist Instagram: @resurgencetrust

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

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