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Resurgence & Ecologist magazine has been at the forefront of the environmental and now regenerative movement for almost 60 years. Published by The Resurgence Trust, a small educational, UK charity: www.resurgence.org - championing and celebrating Nature.

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · Nov 20

Hello #Bluesky💙

Established in 1966, Resurgence is one of the most holistic, inspiring magazines that you can find anywhere!

@theguardian.com describes us as the artistic and spiritual flagship of the green movement

#Nature #Environment #Magazine #Charity #Art #Culture #Education #Activism #Hope

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 1d

Step into this conversation & discover why the voice of Satish Kumar continues to inspire generations to reimagine our relationship with the Earth 🌎✨

Root Cause - Episode 8 now live!

Root Cause EP 08 | Satish Kumar | Neil & Momo

YouTube video by NeilandMomo

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 1d

In this episode of the 'Root Cause' by Neil & Momo, Satish Kumar shares insights from a lifetime of service...

#RootCausePodcast #NeilAndMomo #SatishKumar #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #Spirituality #Nature #Sustainability #Ecology #Conservation #RootCause #Podcast #Biodiversity #Permaculture

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 1d

As autumn deepens and #Samhain calls us into the liminal space between light and dark, we are invited to pause, to honour what has passed, and to open ourselves to what is yet to unfold...

Read our latest newsletter online > conta.cc/4pKLuwd

#Autumn #Events #Art #Nature #IndigenousWisdom

Resurgence Talk: Rutendo Ngara

‘Healing in relation: pathways through Nature and Indigenous wisdom’

Wednesday 26 November • 7—8pm GMT • via Zoom

Healing in a time of crisis is more than medicine — it is found in the flow of rivers, rooted in the trees, and carried through ancestral memory. This talk with Q&A weaves science, Indigenous cosmology and the voices of Nature to imagine expanded pathways of resilience and relationality for a shared future.

Rutendo Lerato Ngara is a transdisciplinary scholar and Indigenous Knowledge Systems practitioner from Southern Africa whose work bridges science, healing, Indigenous cosmology and ancestral wisdom. Moving fluidly between western and Indigenous ways of knowing, her pedagogies are relational — rooted in the intelligence of land, river, ritual and rhythm.

Book a #FREE space > https://resurgenceevents.org/events

Water and its many doorways to consciousness

Saturday 1 November • 7—8.30pm GMT • via Zoom

We are excited to share an extraordinary webinar hosted by our friends at The Scientific and Medical Network.

Join Veda Austin as she takes us on a deep dive into the conscious realms of water.

Veda's ground breaking research has proved that water can store and share coherent information within its crystallographic medium, and she has gone much further in exploring the profound connections between water and consciousness. Through her work with the autistic non-speaking community via telepathy and letterboard communication, Veda brings remarkable insights into water’s hidden wisdom.

In this webinar, Veda will explore topics including:

Water’s multiple phases (between 7 and 10)
Water as a reflection of the Divine
Water’s role in healing
The possibility of water seeding life on Mars
Water’s connection to the Akashic records
And so much more!

Buy a ticket > https://scientificandmedical.net/events/veda-austin-water-and-its-many-doorways-to-consciousness/?utm_source=partnersemail&utm_medium=partners&utm_campaign=water&utm_content=resurgence

The art of invitation

Monday 10 November to Thursday 13 November

Hawkwood College, Gloucestershire

This course explores creative ways of activating ourselves and our communities in response to climate, ecological and social challenges.

A hands-on immersive workshop led by professional artists Ruth Ben-Tovim, Lucy Neal and Anne-Marie Culhane, it offers new creative tools for change that can resource you and your projects, groups, communities and organisations. Anybody who is seeking to engage or involve others will benefit.

Buy a ticket > https://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/our-programmes/programme/28256-the-art-of-invitation

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 4d

Jane Goodall's words will remain a guiding light to protect life in all its forms and to imagine a future rooted in compassion.
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With gratitude, we honour her extraordinary legacy of courage, tenderness and hope!

Support her legacy at janegoodall.global

Jane Goodall Institute Global

janegoodall.global

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 4d

Today we look back to Jane Goodall's article 'Moral Evaluation', published in Resurgence in 1998. Jane explained how our future depends not just on biological survival but on the growth of empathy, responsibility, and moral awareness.

Visit > ocean.exacteditions.com/issues/45457...

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 4d

We were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall, a visionary whose life’s work transformed our understanding of animals, nature, and ourselves.
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At this year's Festival of Wellbeing we shared this short clip of Jane talking at a previous FoW event following the Covid 19 pandemic.

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 4d

Natasha Hurley of @foodrise.bsky.social warns: For years global financiers have helped fuel the stratospheric growth of this destructive, extractive industry while using their power & influence to push misinformation about salmon farming – it’s time to stop the financing of industrial salmon farming

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 4d

Rachel Mulrenan, Scotland director at WildFish, says: “Open-net salmon farming is one of the key threats facing our iconic wild Atlantic salmon populations.” Ailsa McLellan, adds: “It is so difficult for communities to fight salmon farms, it’s always a ‘David versus Goliath’ battle!”

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 4d

The catch
Brendan Montague from @theecologist.org travels from #Vienna to #Scotland in search of the solution to #OverFishing - and to the tragedy of the commons.

#Fishing #Salmon #SalmonFishing #SalmonFarming

The catch

Brendan Montague travels from Vienna to Scotland in search of the solution to overfishing – and to the tragedy of the commons

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 4d

A beautiful piece in tribute to a beautiful soul. Rest in peace @manchanmagan.bsky.social 🙏❤️🕊 @irishtimes.com

White Light in a Hollow Country
By Martina Teeny Collender - www.tumblr.com/martinacolle...

White Light in a Hollow Country
By Martina Teeny Collender

I heard the news like a bruise
on the membrane of morning,
how you slipped from dusk’s fingers
while the rain was still speaking
its 99 names.

You, who wandered in Irish syllables,
planting lost words into soil,
calling names back into the throat of place,
now you are the echo, the absence
between two pulses.

I imagine you walking beyond the forest
where the language of birds becomes older than our grief.

You bear a white light on your ribs,
a luminous body no illness could hold,
no sorrow finally contain.

There is a hollow in my tongue
where your voice once dwelt,
in that hollow I gather lost leaves,
tiny seeds of your telling,
trying to plant them back in song.

You spoke of death as the truer land,
one foot already in the other world.

I see you there now,
drinking a language of wind,
turning your face to hidden stars.

But we are left with your books,
your footsteps in bog and forest,
your whisper in the Irish throat,
your challenge: to speak the unsaid.

To walk the land as you did,
listening to its bones
and letting your tongue travel with it.

I will grieve under wildflowers only,
offer my syllables to the wind,
let tears fall as rain does:
naming you, Manchán,
with each word I tend
for you.

Rest in that other country,
you luminous wanderer,
you spirit of words,
we carry your silence with us
until we speak you again.

Manchán Magan. 1970 - 2025

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 7d

Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing
Saturday 4 October 2025, 10am - 5pm BST
Online, via Zoom

"Feeling part of this ecological family gives me hope and fills me with optimism."

resurgenceevents.org/wellbeing25 #FestivalOfWellbeing

Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing

Saturday 4 October 2025, 10am - 5pm BST

Online, via Zoom

"It's been a wonderful day of talks and sharing. Feeling part of this ecological family gives me hope and fills me with optimism. Thank you to all in the Resurgence team. I will take all that is shared here today and share it myself."

*** Ticket holders who cannot attend for the whole day or would like to listen to a talk again will be able to access the event online afterwards. ***

https://resurgenceevents.org/wellbeing25 #FestivalOfWellbeing

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 7d

Our online gatherings invite you to connect with a wider community. Join seasonal meditations and a poetry course that will bring Nature into focus wherever you are.

Read our latest newsletter online > conta.cc/4pRQ1gy

#Nature #Inspiration #Workshops

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 7d

At The Resurgence Centre in Hartland, we’ll be welcoming artists, poets and writers for workshops and evenings of inspiration. Andy from PLANT NEESH returns with the pop-up plant-based supper club.

Read our latest newsletter online > conta.cc/4pRQ1gy

#Art #Writing #Meditation #Food #Film

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 7d

As the season turns colder and days grow shorter, we’re delighted to share a programme of comforting events to carry us through autumn.

Read our latest newsletter online > conta.cc/4pRQ1gy

#Nature #Inspiration #Workshops #Writing #Poetry #Art #Meditation #Food #Film

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 9d

Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing
Saturday 4 October 2025, 10am - 5pm BST
Online, via Zoom

"I'm certainly filled with more optimism and renewed motivation"

resurgenceevents.org/wellbeing25 #FestivalOfWellbeing

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 10d

#FestivalOfWellbeing Timetable

Saturday 4 Oct 2025, 10am - 5pm

Here’s how the day will unfold: a rich programme of talks, reflections and conversations designed to inspire, challenge and connect us.

View the Timetable pdf > resurgenceevents.org/sites/defaul...

Festival of Wellbeing 2025 - Morning Timetable:

10.00 – 10.05am Welcome
Georgie Gilmore, Resurgence Trust Community Engagement Manager

10.05 – 10.45am Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet
Tony Juniper: writer, sustainability adviser, environmentalist.
How can people lead good lives without ultimately hastening global collapse? The answer lies in fairness. Drawing upon more than 40 years of experience in research, practical work, campaigning and advocacy, combined with interviews with globally renowned experts, Tony will reveal the system shifts needed to achieve real, lasting change.

10.55 – 11.30am A River Pilgrimage: Maps, Memory and Walking
Craig Jordan-Baker, writer, lecturer, forager. In this talk, Craig will discuss his 2021 pilgrimage along Northern Ireland’s longest
river, the Bann, and the acclimated book that emerged from that journey: If the River is Hidden. Focusing on how we make meaning from journeys, he will touch on the history of walking as a practice and the power of maps as imaginative tools.

11.40 – 12.15pm Rewilding the Future
Solène Wolff, Entrepreneur, public speaker, environmentalist.
How do we move beyond dystopian narratives and imagine a better one together? In this talk, Solène will explore how cultivating bold, Earth-centred visions can change the path humanity is on. Drawing on her work in systems change and ecological storytelling, she will present rewilding as a gateway to reduce, repair, redesign and
reimagine desirable futures.

12.25 – 1.00pm The Sacred Truth of Nature
Sophie Wisbrun-Overakker, Sustainable business and leadership coach, facilitator, activist.
Nature is conscious, purposeful, self-balancing, resurgent and regenerative. Planetary and human wellbeing are interrelated. Sophie will take us on a journey to the sacred truth of Nature. When we start living, creating, working and building relationships from that sacred place, we and the rest of Nature can thrive.

1.00 – 1.40pm Lunch break

Festival of Wellbeing 2025 - Afternoon Timetable:

1.40 – 2.05pm Love First
Satish Kumar, Peace pilgrim, activist, author
Love represents unity, and truth represents diversity. Everyone has their own truth and their own point of view. This truth diversity should not lead to division. We all need to respect different truths and different points of view and remain united and related. That happens on the basis of love. We should all put love first, and then truth, science or politics.

2.15 – 2.50pm The Right to Rest: the Lessons of Gardening
Diyora Shadijanova, Journalist, writer, book club co-founder
Drawing from her own experience of chronic illness, burnout and the challenges of starting a garden, Diyora will reflect on rest as a fundamental part of wellbeing. She will explore how it is not just personal, but also political.

3.00 – 3.35pm Poetry, the Body and the Earth: an Interactive Reading
Nadia Colburn, Poet, writer, teacher
Giving voice to both trauma and resilience, pain and beauty, Nadia Colburn will read from her book I Say the Sky, invite participants into
meditation, and offer some writing prompts.

3.45 – 4.15pm What the Old Folk Can Teach Us: Lessons from Archaeology
Mary-Ann Ochota, poet, curator, project maker and environmental advocate
Mary-Ann will take us on a whirlwind tour into European prehistory to discover what cave paintings, spindle whorls, dog poo and porridge can teach us about ecosystems, resilience and human tenacity.

4.20 – 4.55pm A Systems View of Wellbeing
Fritjof Capra, Scientist, author, educator
In the systems view of life, which has recently been developed at the forefront of science, living systems are understood as self-organising, fluctuating and continually regenerating networks. In this talk, Fritjof will discuss a corresponding systems view of wellbeing with interdependent biological, social and ecological dimensions.

4.55 – 5.00pm Closing Thoughts:
with Manon Martini, Resurgence Trust Marketing Manager

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 10d

This weekend (Saturday 4 October), the #FestivalOfWellbeing invites us to gather online for a day of inspiration, connection and hope!

In this final introduction to our speakers, we share three voices who will bring fresh perspectives and deep wisdom to the day > conta.cc/4n7K1hM

Festival of Wellbeing • Satish Kumar: Love First

Festival of Wellbeing • Nadia Colburn - Poetry, the body and the Earth: an Interactive Reading

Festival of Wellbeing • Craig Jordan-Baker • A River Pilgrimage: Maps, Memory and Walking

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 12d

Why hundreds of activists are sailing to Gaza on the Global Sumud Flotilla.

theecologist.org/2025/sep/28/...

'We do not accept this genocide'

Why hundreds of activists are sailing to Gaza on the Global Sumud Flotilla.

theecologist.org

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The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 11d

They are perhaps the most influential youth movement you’ve never heard of - and this year marks their centenary.

theecologist.org/2025/sep/30/...

A century of Woodcraft Folk

They are perhaps the most influential youth movement you’ve never heard of - and this year marks their centenary.

theecologist.org

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 11d

Twenty years after its installation, Lucy Shrimpton revisits the public artwork ‘Another Place’, Antony Gormley’s 100 iron statues on Crosby Beach. Originally conceived as a nomadic installation, she discovers a treasure evolving with each new tide...

#AntonyGormley #Sculpture #Displacement #Art

Sands of time

Twenty years after its installation, Lucy Shrimpton revisits the public artwork ‘Another Place’, Antony Gormley’s 100 iron statues on Crosby Beach, near Liverpool

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 15d

Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing
Saturday 4 October 2025
via Zoom

"I definitely need to re-listen to all these wonderful, inspiring and thought-provoking talks."

*** Ticket holders will be able to access the event online afterwards. ***

resurgenceevents.org/wellbeing25 #FestivalOfWellbeing

Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing
Saturday 4 October 2025, 10am - 5pm BST
Online, via Zoom

"I am so glad & grateful that today is being recorded. I definitely need to re-listen to all these wonderful, inspiring and thought-provoking talks. So much to take in, to spread to others and to try and act upon as much as is possible myself."

*** Ticket holders who cannot attend for the whole day or would like to listen to a talk again will be able to access the event online afterwards. ***

https://resurgenceevents.org/wellbeing25 #FestivalOfWellbeing

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 17d

The #FestivalOfWellbeing is a space to explore fresh ideas about how we live, work & care for the Earth. In this newsletter, we take a deeper dive into 3 more of our speakers: @tonyjuniper.bsky.social, Sophie Wisbrun-Overakker + @thediyora.bsky.social

Read our newsletter online at conta.cc/4mTlixz

Festival of Wellbeing • Tony Juniper - Just Earth: How a Fairer World Will Save the Planet

Festival of Wellbeing • Sophie Wisbrun-Overakker: The Sacred Truth of Nature

Festival of Wellbeing • Diyora Shadijanova - The Right to Rest: the Lessons of Gardening

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 18d

Craig Jordan-Baker is a fiction & non-fiction author and is currently working on a book about urban flora, Groundwork, for @transworldbooks.bsky.social. He is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Brighton & will be one of the speakers at the Resurgence #FestivalOfWellbeing 2025

Festival of Wellbeing 2025 | Resurgence Events

Welcome to the Resurgence centre and events site. The Resurgence centre in Hartland is home to The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity that strives to help everyone connect – with each other and ...

resurgenceevents.org

Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 18d

“In coming to know more, the way we see the entire world can change.”

It’s all about a gradual change of perspective, one where we do not simply dream of ‘getting back’ to a Nature we’ve lost, but notice that Nature is here with us and that, crucially, we are that #Nature too...

Knowing the nature near you

Craig Jordan-Baker introduces a whole world of forgotten and overlooked Nature – on an urban doorstep

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Resurgence @resurgencetrust.bsky.social · 22d

Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing
Saturday 4 October 2025, 10am - 5pm BST
Online, via Zoom

"An exceptional day of great generosity and wisdom"

resurgenceevents.org/wellbeing25 #FestivalOfWellbeing

Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing
Saturday 4 October 2025, 10am - 5pm BST
Online, via Zoom

"An exceptional day of great generosity and wisdom"

https://resurgenceevents.org/wellbeing25 #FestivalOfWellbeing

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