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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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Bloodaxe Books

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Next Friday, @pascalepetit.bsky.social will be reading her poetry at The Resurgence Centre in Hartford, Devon alongside author Jay Griffiths.

Tickets available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/there...

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November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM

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We wanted to share this wonderful review from our cover artist @zarialynn.bsky.social via Instagram www.instagram.com/p/DQruuGEkU4k

I think it’s safe to say this is the most beautiful magazine I’ve ever been on the cover of! Wow, I’m so honoured and also just thrilled to now know about Resurgence 🙏

November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM

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Each month, Resurgence hosts a vibrant programme of events that honour our commitment to connecting people with #Nature, with one another, and with the deeper currents of #creativity and awareness that sustain us

Read our events newsletter > conta.cc/4hm3WHE

#Wellbeing #Writing #Talks #Lifedrawing

Ecopoetry course — Treading the Sacred Path

Thursdays 6 to 27 November • 6.30—8pm GMT • via Zoom

Join ecopoet Diana Sanders on a beautiful writing journey that will explore how to bring the essence of the sacred and wild that is within each of us into our writing.

This course is ideal for people who want to develop their writing skills while connecting deeply with the sacred places in and around us. This connection helps us to write more freely and brings a greater understanding and compassion for all the creatures and plants that exist on this planet.

Booking and info: resurgenceevents.org

Resurgence Talks: Rutendo Ngara

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

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

Booking and info: resurgenceevents.org

Festival of Wellbeing Recordings

Recordings from the live event held on 4 October 2025

Widely acclaimed and always hope-inspiring, this year’s Festival of Wellbeing brought together extraordinary change-makers and visionaries who explored what is needed to create wellbeing for people and planet.

Watch recordings from this day of thought-provoking and progressive talks given by some of the world’s greatest thinkers and activists, including Tony Juniper, Fritjof Capra, Mary-Ann Ochota and Satish Kumar.

Purchase and info: resurgenceevents.org

Life drawing group

Tuesday 11 November • 7—9pm GMT

Online via Zoom, and at The Resurgence Centre

Enhance your skills, enjoy the artful company of an experienced model, and indulge in the tranquillity of drawing. Our presenter will guide you through nuanced stances ranging from two-minute warm-ups to an hour-long pose.

Draw from the comfort of your own home in real time via our high-quality technology, or join us at The Resurgence Centre, Hartland.

Booking and info: resurgenceevents.org

November 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM

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#Water is life

This issue will take you on many different journeys, open your eyes to other communities, and share multiple stories, all of which will remind you that we are part of a vast network, one that is sustained and connected by the simple element of water.

#Art by @zarialynn.bsky.social

Water is life

We are all part of a vast network connected by water

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November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM

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Satish Kumar was recently asked to speak at A National Conference on #Children and #Nature: #Education for #SustainableLiving held by Prakriya Green Wisdom School & the Bhoomi Network

We're pleased to share this audio recording: vimeo.com/1132561140 🙏

Find out more: www.childrenneednature.org 🦋

A National Conference on Children and Nature: Education for Sustainable Living

Prakriya Green Wisdom School
Bhoomi Network

Plenary Speaker: Satish Kumar

Co-Founder of Schumacher College and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist

Initiatives to connect with Nature - Around the world

10 OCT, 2025 10:00 am - 10:30 am

October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM

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Susie Campbell

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This is such a beautiful and interesting issue of Resurgence & Ecologist @resurgencetrust.bsky.social - what a privilege for Wastelands to be featured in it! @guillemotpress.bsky.social

Dr Briony Hughes @brihughespoet.bsky.social · 11d

Excited to share that the incredible @susiecampbell.bsky.social is featured in the latest @resurgencetrust.bsky.social - pick up a copy to find out more about ‘waste poetics’ and collaborating with Charlie the dog🩷

Open spread magazine featuring text copy and images of close up textiles

Image of magazine cover - the title of the issue is ‘the gift of water’

October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM

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Highlights from the November/December 2025 issue of Resurgence & Ecologist

In this issue of our #magazine, we focus on one of life's greatest gifts: fresh #water.

We hope you enjoy our selection of #free articles > conta.cc/4o3QkmN

Resurgence & Ecologist - The Gift of Water

October 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM

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Issue 353 • November/December 2025
The gift of #water > www.resurgence.org/magazine/iss...

In this issue we focus on one of life’s greatest gifts: #FreshWater

Cover #Artwork: Lindblad Cove, Antarctica, November 22, 2018. Courtesy of the artist, @zarialynn.bsky.social

October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM

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What might it teach us about ourselves, our world, where we’ve come from and where we’re headed?

@maryannochota.bsky.social discusses how we can act to repair the harm, and proceed with curiosity, humility and care.

#archaeology #anthropology #history #wellbeing

The Ecologist @theecologist.org · 15d

"Our preconceptions are often challenged when we engage with people cross-culturally. What might we discover if we turn that same curiosity to the ancient past?"

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What the old folk teach us

Our preconceptions are often challenged when we engage with people cross-culturally. What might we discover if we turn that same curiosity to the ancient past?

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October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM

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Animals and healing

Friday 14 November, 7—8.30pm GMT

The Resurgence Centre, Hartland

An evening with poet @pascalepetit.bsky.social and author @jay-griffiths.bsky.social exploring how animals can help us heal

Buy a ticket > www.tickettailor.com/events/there...

#Animals #Healing #Poetry #Writing

Animals and healing

Friday 14 November • 7—8.30pm GMT

The Resurgence Centre, Hartland

An evening with poet Pascale Petit and author Jay Griffiths.

Shamans have always said that it is the animals who heal us. Pascale Petit’s work demonstrates poetry as a kind of shamanism, allowing author and reader to shapeshift in the imagination, and the animals are the constant medicine in her work. Jay Griffiths’ new book encompasses how animals heal the society as well as the psyche, electrifying our minds and vitalising our cultures.

Together Jay and Pascale will create an event that shows, through both personal experience and their writing, that animals are our healers. They will be discussing their experiences, reading from their work, and opening up the conversation to the audience.

Buy a ticket > https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theresurgencecentre/1835026/r/bluesky

#Animals #Healing #Poetry #Writing

October 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM

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#Hope is an emotional temper that emboldens the heart to be active, it is a condition, a mood, an aura of being. It is a feat of the imagination, both courageous and ingenious, a vitality that inspires us to take innovative action to defend the world...

Nick Cave, excerpt from The Red Hand Files

October 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM

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Roger Hallam

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The myths of modernity are collapsing. Growth, progress, technology — none will save us. That is why I write in The Ecologist, a rare place for truth. theecologist.org/profile/roge...

Roger Hallam | The Ecologist

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October 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM

Resurgence

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From tales of wild folk to guides toward self-sufficiency, our latest collection from the Resurgence bookshop invites you to explore resilience, creativity and reverence for the natural world > conta.cc/4pKTbCq

#Books #Reading #Nature #Earth #Words #Wisdom

Wild Folk

Special edition with dust cover, signed by Jackie Morris & Tamsin Abbott

Wild Folk: Tales from the Stones is a beautifully illustrated sequence of seven tales, marking the first book- length collaboration between storyteller artists Tamsin Abbott and Jackie Morris.

Each of the tales is a fable of transformation and power, summoned from the ancient stones beneath our feet and transformed by word and image into a portal between past and future. The tales are full of ‘wild folk’, shape-shifting spirits that carry the energy that connects all things.

£25

Order now > https://shop.resurgence.org/product/view/REBK142/Wild%20Folk:%20Tales%20from%20the%20Stones

Join our free event on Thursday 4 December, where Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott will read from Wild Folk: Tales from the Stones and answer questions about their collaboration, illustrating with glass and more.

Book a #FREE space > https://www.tickettailor.com/events/theresurgencecentre/1890171/r/bluesky

Sacred Business

by Nikki Trott

Whether you want to create a thriving business with purpose, attract aligned opportunities, flourish financially and ethically or create lasting impact while staying true to yourself, Sacred Business will show you exactly how to get there, transforming yourself and your business in the process.

Drawing on real stories and insights from Nikki’s own business clients and personal journey as well as eminent founders, CEOs, investors, academics and wisdom teachers, Sacred Business is packed with practical tools, exercises and strategies to inspire leaders to drive meaningful change.

£25

Order now > https://shop.resurgence.org/product/view/REBK141/Sacred-Business

The Self-Sufficiency Garden

by Huw Richards and Sam Cooper

Eat homegrown food all year round and save money on your weekly shop by following a simple plan for self-sufficiency. Huw Richards and Sam Cooper have spent the past two years planning and trialling their self-sufficiency garden in a 10mx13m plot, and now they've worked out the perfect formula.

Grow six portions of nutritious veg a day per person following the authors' month-by-month growing plan, which is realistic and flexible with cost, space and time in mind.

£16.99

Order now > https://shop.resurgence.org/product/view/REBK140/The-Self-Sufficiency-Garden

Earth Pathways Diary 2026

Celebrating the work of artists and writers who share a deep love for the land and a desire to live with appreciation and responsibility for this beautiful planet.

With the lunar and calendar dates of the eight Earth festivals. Includes the phases of the Moon, the signs of the Moon, and Moonrise and Moonset times. Astrological signs of the Sun, UK Sunrise and Sunset. Some astrological information, UK bank holidays, and a 2027 year planner.

£19.15

Order now > https://shop.resurgence.org/product/view/RECP031/earth-pathways-diary-2026

Earth Pathways Calendar 2026

The Earth Pathways 2026 Wall Calendar, Inspiring our connection to the land. Featuring beautiful art work and inspirational writings for each new month.

(with a contribution from Satish Kumar for August)

Celebrate the gorgeous art of artists and writers who share a deep love for the land and a desire to live with appreciation and responsibility for this beautiful planet.

£14.25

Order now > https://shop.resurgence.org/product/view/RECP032/earth-pathways-calendar-2026

October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM

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The cost of #GreenEnergy

Anna Turns journeys to the heart of the #ShetlandIslands in her #review of 'The Shetland Way: #Community and #ClimateCrisis on My Father’s Islands' by @marianne-brown.bsky.social.

Read more > www.resurgence.org/magazine/art...

#Book #Reading #Nature #Sustainable #Energy

The cost of green energy

Anna Turns reviews {cite}The Shetland Way: Community and Climate Crisis on My Father’s Islands{/cite} by Marianne Brown

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October 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM

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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

October 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM

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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

October 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM

Resurgence

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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.

October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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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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October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM

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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

October 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM

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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

October 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM

Resurgence

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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

October 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM

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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

October 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM

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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