In the first episode of our second series of Resurgence Voices, Satish describes how heroes have influenced his own journey. His 8,000-mile walk for peace in the 1960s started from the grave of Mahatma Gandhi and took him to Atlanta Georgia, where he met Martin Luther King. But the heroes of today have a very different challenge to face. “I think the next revolution will be led by a younger person, by a woman, and I feel that Greta Thunberg is that person,” Satish says. “I think that some kind of divine power but also some kind of unseen, unimaginable, unexplainable force is working through her.” What does Greta think of that? Amid a scrum of journalists at the Mayflower Marina in Plymouth, I get a chance to ask her. ...
We speak to self-described 'circle builder' Laurel Foreman at Wark Farm in the foothills of the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland. We talk about how regenerative farming restores balance in the land and Laurel shares how the farm provides "a safe space" for people going through troubled times. You can read more from Laurel in the March/April issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. Resurgence.org http://warkfarm.co.uk ...
We talk to Lisa Schneidau, author of Botanical Folk Tales, a new book which seeks to reconnect people with the joy, wonder and horror of nature. ...
