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CONTENTS A lot on our plates Issue 318 January/February 2020 1 WELCOME FRONTLINE 4 NEWS ECOLOGIST 10 BIG STEPS, SMALL FOOTPRINTS Anna Turns looks into Costa Rica’s eco-credentials 13 HIDING TREASURE Carlien Bootsma meets an unusual team returning flat oysters to the North Sea 14 RISING UP IN VIETNAM Alexandre Sisophon reports on a new wave of activism 16 ACHIEVING A JUST TRANSITION Only a people-first approach will succeed, argues Nick Robins 20 A LOT TO LEARN Dave Goulson wonders whether allotments can save the Earth KEYNOTES 22 FLYING IN THE FACE OF REASON Calum Harvey-Scholes investigates how the aviation industry is frying our planet and what we can do about it Cover image: Lulu and Her Lunch © 2017 Vicki Sawyer ® All rights reserved. www.vickisawyer.com UNDERCURRENTS: VEGANISM 28 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Brendan Montague shares the many reasons why he has stayed vegan 30 THE LONG JOURNEY BEYOND VEGANUARY Marianne Brown speaks to Chris Packham 32 AN ALTERNATIVE WORLDVIEW Speciesism lies at the heart of the climate crisis, writes Shaina Rogstad 33 WHAT’S THE BEEF? Brendan Montague reports on recent research 34 SOUL FOOD Marianne Brown finds out why Jains are giving up dairy NEW ONLINE www.resurgence.org A selection of articles from the latest and past issues of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Plus news about events and what is happening at The Resurgence Centre www.theecologist.org Daily news from the frontline of the environmental movement. Sign up for daily, weekly and monthly newsletters and never miss a story. 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 January/February 2020
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36 EYES ON THE PIES Brendan Montague lifts the lid on a family-run business 38 IN THE RUNNING World record-holding athlete Fiona Oakes shares her story 40 OLD VERSUS NEW Polarised thinking will get us nowhere, writes Tara Garnett WISDOM & WELLBEING 42 A HEARTY BEAN-FEAST Miriam Sorrell dishes up a vegan fusion 44 CONVERSATION WITH A TREE Peter Reason connects with the presence and beauty of the sentient world 45 COMEDY OF WHIRRERS Matt Harvey has been tilting at windmills 46 TREES ARE OUR TEACHERS Satish Kumar muses on the wisdom of a humble apple seed 48 THE HIGHEST FORM OF SPIRITUALITY Claudia Goncalves celebrates the higher power of activism ARTS 50 A COMMON THREAD PL Henderson compares the work of May Morris and Vanessa Barragão 55 A QUESTION OF STYLE Maria C. Havstam and Franz P. Schmidt set the scene for an exhibition challenging the concept of fast fashion 60 CELEBRATING ‘OLD NATURE WRITING’ Stephen Moss reviews The House Without Windows by Barbara Newhall Follett and Jackie Morris and The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod by Henry Beston 62 PUTTING A PRICE ON NATURE Sara Melendro reviews Green and Prosperous Land: A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside by Dieter Helm 63 EATING FOR A COOLER PLANET Russell Warfield reviews We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer 64 TWO BRAINS ARE BETTER THAN ONE Nat Dyer reviews The Divided Brain directed by Manfred Becker 64 WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE MEADOW Jules Cashford reviews Thomas Berry: A Biography by Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim and Andrew Angyal 66 MEMBERS 67 SHOP 68 LETTERS 70 ADVERTISEMENTS 28 REVIEWS 58 YOUR HOUSE IS A JUNGLE Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson reviews Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live by Rob Dunn 59 GOING NATIVE Kate Blincoe reviews Invasive Aliens: The Plants and Animals From Over There That Are Over Here by Dan Eatherley Magazine Editorial Marianne Brown marianne@resurgence.org Helen Banks Rachel Marsh Emma Randall Julia Willan The Ecologist Brendan Montague brendan@theecologist.org Marianne Brooker The Resurgence Trust Editor Emeritus Satish Kumar PA to Satish Kumar Elaine Green Trust Manager Angie Burke Finance Manager Mark Gough Resurgence Centre Events Manager Amy Lythgoe-Jones Fundraising Manager Sharon Garfinkel +44 (0)7435 781842 sharon@resurgence.org Outreach Officer Georgie Gilmore georgie@resurgence.org Membership & Classified Advertising Jeanette Gill Mandy Kessell +44 (0)1208 841824 members@resurgence.org Office Assistant Jenny Routley +44 (0)1237 441293 info@resurgence.org Advertising Sales Dan Raymond-Barker +44 (0)7776 361671 dan@emsm.org.uk 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 Issue 318 Resurgence & Ecologist 3

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CONTENTS

A lot on our plates Issue 318 January/February 2020

1 WELCOME

FRONTLINE

4 NEWS

ECOLOGIST

10 BIG STEPS, SMALL FOOTPRINTS Anna Turns looks into Costa Rica’s eco-credentials 13 HIDING TREASURE Carlien Bootsma meets an unusual team returning flat oysters to the North Sea 14 RISING UP IN VIETNAM Alexandre Sisophon reports on a new wave of activism 16 ACHIEVING A JUST TRANSITION Only a people-first approach will succeed, argues

Nick Robins 20 A LOT TO LEARN Dave Goulson wonders whether allotments can save the Earth

KEYNOTES

22 FLYING IN THE FACE OF REASON Calum Harvey-Scholes investigates how the aviation industry is frying our planet and what we can do about it

Cover image: Lulu and Her Lunch © 2017 Vicki Sawyer ® All rights reserved. www.vickisawyer.com

UNDERCURRENTS: VEGANISM

28 FOOD FOR THOUGHT Brendan Montague shares the many reasons why he has stayed vegan 30 THE LONG JOURNEY BEYOND VEGANUARY Marianne Brown speaks to Chris Packham 32 AN ALTERNATIVE WORLDVIEW Speciesism lies at the heart of the climate crisis, writes

Shaina Rogstad 33 WHAT’S THE BEEF? Brendan Montague reports on recent research 34 SOUL FOOD Marianne Brown finds out why Jains are giving up dairy

NEW ONLINE

www.resurgence.org A selection of articles from the latest and past issues of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine Plus news about events and what is happening at The Resurgence Centre www.theecologist.org Daily news from the frontline of the environmental movement. Sign up for daily, weekly and monthly newsletters and never miss a story.

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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