CONTENTS

Hope and enchantment Issue 342 January/February 2024

1 WELCOME 4 NEWS FROM THE

RESURGENCE COMMUNITY 5 EVENTS

ECOLOGIST

6 EDITORS' PICKS 7 OBITUARY: TIM HARLAND

(1958–2023) Tim was known for his kindness

and gentle nature, writes his partner in life and business, Maddy Harland. He always had time for people, a wry sense of humour and a big smile 8 OUR LIFE IS HERE Artist David Buckland interviews

the Marshallese poet and climate envoy and activist Kathy JetñilKijiner

THE SLOW READ

Artwork by Tuesday Riddell

tuesdayriddell.com

CONNECTED LIFE

12 A STORY OF HOPE Merlin Hanbury-Tenison

introduces the Thousand Year Trust, which is dedicated to restoring Britain’s lost temperate rainforests 16 THE MANGROVE

PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS Inspiring photos that raise

awareness of the importance and fragility of the mangrove ecosystems around the world 18 RIDING THE WAVES OF

CLIMATE ANXIETY What did an 8,000-mile journey

through South America on her home-made bamboo bike teach Kate Rawles about biodiversity?

HOPE AND ENCHANTMENT

28 UNEXPECTED

ENCHANTMENTS Writer Paul Evans explores how

enchantment shifts the focus away from the human in his glorious ‘ode’ to a humble rail-side plant 32 THE STORY OF THE NETTLE

DRESS Filmmaker Dylan Howitt shares an

inspiring fairytale – which is really a deep love story – for our time 36 THE DARK BEFORE DAWN Musician and men’s coach

James Garside shares how he found his way back to hope and enchantment 38 THE EXTRAORDINARY AT THE

HEART OF THE ORDINARY Enlightened GP Gemma

Newman says enchantment has a role to play in restoring the human being to optimum wellness

20 A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS Resurgence & Ecologist editor Susan Clark

sits down with Sacred Activist, global thought leader and modern mystic Andrew Harvey to talk about a new type of hope – Divine Hope – which he says will only show up when we show up. He explains how the emergence of a new consciousness will help us face the challenges ahead and guide us through the darker places we may find ourselves in – emotionally, mentally and spiritually – as we step into a another new year

2 Resurgence & Ecologist

January/February 2024