CONTENTS
Building back hope Issue 326 May/June 2021
1 WELCOME
FRONTLINE
4 NEWS
ECOLOGIST
10 DEFENDING OUR FORESTS Helen Dancer asks if Rights of Nature are the answer 14 A QUESTION OF DEVELOPMENT Brazil has to accept its violent past, writes Tsitsina
Xavante 16 ALL THE WORLD IN A WELSH BLACK OAT Andy Pilsbury and Hannibal Rhoades introduce a
photo essay 18 A PLANT OF GOOD FORTUNE Jonathan Drori extols the virtues of clover 20 CABIN FEVER Lesley Riddoch calls for a renaissance of the Scottish hut 23 ALL ABOARD
Richard Collins shares the story of a community-built boat
KEYNOTES
24 A CALL FOR GREEN SABBATHS Jonathan Schorsch offers a way to put the Anthropocene
to rest – once a week
2 Resurgence & Ecologist
Cover image: Illustration by Cécile Girardin @cecilegirardin
UNDERCURRENTS: GREEN RECOVERY
30 A FAIRER FUTURE BEYOND COVID Clifford Singer introduces our themed section 32 PUTTING CHANGE ON THE MAP An online project celebrates the communities forging a
sustainable future 34 REFRAMING ECONOMICS
Herbert Girardet presents a 12-point plan for recovery 36 WORKING FOR A FUTURE Jonathan Neale calls for global solidarity over ‘climate
jobs’ 38 ON THE MONEY Russell Warfield welcomes a new report on the balance
of wealth 40 VISUALISING THE FUTURE Glasgow gets a glimpse of what could be
WISDOM & WELLBEING
42 LEGACY OF LOVE Satish Kumar reflects on politics and poetry 44 THE FABRIC OF RESILIENCE
Claire Wellesley-Smith shares a project connecting people, place and plants 46 WOMEN OF WORDS Katharine Norbury sets the scene for a new anthology 48 A SEARCH FOR WISDOM Miguel Mendonça begins a journey
May/June 2021