Our age of excess is destroying us, but there is a simple solution.
… has to be taken from somewhere, from the Earth and from Nature. Mass extraction, mass … in our homes and workplaces, and learn the art of living well with less. If 7 billion people on this planet Earth were to accumulate, consume and then …
Forests play a vital role locally and globally, and a new festival taking place this summer in the UK will creatively explore this by bringing together forests, arts, ideas and music. The Ecologist will be there, and ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT explains how you could win a family weekend ticket to be there too!
… explore this by bringing together forests, arts, ideas and music. The Ecologist will be … you need to do is follow us and share this article on social media (Facebook or Twitter) … This Is The Kit, a keynote address from Stuart Maconie, the English festival premiere of …
Our bond with the natural world is ever changing. To look at how books capture this shifting relationship, new research project ‘Land Lines’ is looking for the nation’s favourite nature book. And The Ecologist will be launching a new series of book reviews to celebrate and learn from nature writing, writes ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT. Interested? -- You can get involved in both.
… you. The ‘ Land Lines' project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), … books and poems we choose to read. You can participate by nominating your favourite book … series of nature-inspired book reviews. As part of this ‘Learning from Nature' series, we …
An update from Resurgence & Ecologist editor-in-chief Satish Kumar
… Ecologist website itself by publishing new articles each week. For those who’ve been … environmental courts and linked that to Earth Justice – a performance of a brand new … laws. We’ve also published pieces on how the arts can help imagine a better future, why our …
Springwatch Unsprung presenter Lindsey Chapman talks poetry, Blue Planet II and why we need to amplify diverse voices in the fight against climate change in the first of our new Voices for Nature interview series from our nature editor ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT
… continuing the natural drama. The BBC stalwart reminds us that the natural world is an … some of the challenges that we now face. I started off by asking Lindsey about her own … I took it home in my bike basket and gave it earthworms to eat! “But like all …
Don’t look at a society and think it is so big, so complex, that nothing can change. Don’t think: “I am one single person, what can I do?” That, says Satish Kumar, is despondency; that is pessimism. Instead, whatever you can do, do it. Step by step.
… your tools of communication and learn the art of speaking in such a way that you will open the hearts of other people. Then you will be able to … of Economics. I asked them: “Where is your department for ecology?” And the answer was: “We …
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a seminal book that has inspired contemporary thought on regenerative economics.
… even received in the White House by Jimmy Carter, the then US president. Schumacher told … Beauty As a result of our conversation, I started to take simplicity seriously. However, I … and function need to complement each other. Arts and crafts need to be an integral part of …
Don’t look at a society and think it is so big, so complex, that nothing can change. Don’t think: “I am one single person, what can I do?” That, says Satish Kumar, is despondency; that is pessimism. Instead, whatever you can do, do it. Step by step.
… your tools of communication and learn the art of speaking in such a way that you will open the hearts of other people. Then you will be able to … of Economics. I asked them: “Where is your department for ecology?” And the answer was: “We …
Reflecting on the take home messages from the weekend's UK Green Party conference ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT says she was listening to a party seeking out new spaces for us to come together - to create a new vision and make it reality
… Wainwright | 3rd April 2017 News Green Party Politics Engagement Caroline Lucas … home messages from the weekend's UK Green Party conference ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT says she was listening to a party seeking out new spaces for us to come …
From school dinners to farmers' markets and GM crops, SATISH KUMAR explains why our relationship with food is so important and what he thinks makes food really wholesome.
… From earth to mouth: why food is more than just fuel … in India, our motto was “Those who eat must participate in growing food, and those who grow … think globally but eat locally. Head, heart, hands In 1982, together with some other …
They said it would never work but time has proved those critics wrong. As the inspirational and pioneering Devon centre that combines ecology and spiritual learning celebrates its 25th anniversary, founder and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist, SATISH KUMAR, describes the flourishing of this remarkable and pioneering place of learning
… Satish Kumar Education Environment dartmoor.jpg They said it would never work but … about establishing Schumacher College at Dartington in Devon, people told us: "Your … years at most and then fold. So it is both heartening and gratifying to see that after 25 …
In search of stillness and silence, our Nature Editor, Elizabeth Wainwright, spent a night under the stars in the wilderness (Devon's Dartmoor) which left her feeling reflective about the price we are all paying - humans and Nature - for increasing noise pollution
… under the stars in the wilderness (Devon's Dartmoor) which left her feeling reflective … noise pollution Something urged me up onto Dartmoor the other Sunday night. A combination … to be on Monday morning, and a desire for an earthy, elemental withdrawal. I took a book but …
As Theresa May and her Ministers struggle to make a pact with the DUP, Ecologist Nature Editor, ELIZABETH WAINWRIGHT says we could all do worse than model both leadership and politics on Nature and work together to improve partnership and community, as well as innovation
… on Nature and work together to improve partnership and community, as well as … Sustainability has big brains but little heart. Nature is brains and heart and soul. It has a wise but ever-changing …