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Immersion

EDITORS’ PICKS
WHO OWNS THE WIND? Who is really reaping the benefits of a new offshore wind farm in the North Sea, asks James Marriot

LABOUR’S ENERGY DILEMMA

Chris Saltmarsh says Labour’s planned interventions in the energy market don’t go far enough
METHANE HOLDS THE KEY Paul Gilding, former head of Greenpeace International, tells Catherine Early why cutting methane emissions should be the priority now

12 A ROOTED LANGUAGE OF FOOD

Carwyn Graves explores how the interweaving of language and food offers true sustenance

16 THE VOICES OF THE WOMEN FACING CLIMATE CHANGE

In The Ants and The Grasshopper, film-maker Raj Patel hands the climate change narrative to the women of a Malawi village. Yasmin Dahnoun reports

20 THE SECRET WORLD OF SOIL

Nature writer Marissa Land dives into eco-acoustics to listen in on the sounds of the soil

Painting by Vitaliia Kalmutska Instagram: vita.kalmutska.art

22 HOME

Eco-linguist Ginny Battson explains her philosophy of fluminism, which respects the symbiotic flow between all things

28 IMMERSED IN WALKING

How walking for protest or pleasure, trespass or treat is always an invitation to immerse ourselves in Nature

THE RIGHT TO ADVENTURE Activist and author Nick Hayes asks how, without immersing ourselves in Nature, we will care for and about it

32 TRODS, TRAILS AND TRACKS

Stephanie Boxall considers how our walking pathways connect the past with the present

34 INTO THE KYIV THICKETS

These wild spaces of Kyiv were once places of refuge. Now they are mined and booby-trapped. Jonathon Turnbull reports

36 SOFT FASCINATION

Amy-Jane Beer explores what it is about flowing water that makes us feel so alive

38 WALK TO COUNTRY, TALK TO COUNTRY

Indigenous voices share their walking stories to reveal the power of talking to the land