Satish reflects on meeting Queen Elizabeth II |
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As the world remembers the life of Queen Elizabeth II, we want to share Satish's reflections with you all.
My wife June and I were once invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace. We were among hundreds of people to greet the Queen. She was humble and gracious. She was receiving people with equanimity and magnanimity. These two qualities she cultivated throughout her life. She restrained from judging and criticising others. She accepted differences and diversities of views and opinions without taking sides. The Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there." The Queen seemed to have taken this philosophy to her heart. People in Britain and around the world appreciated these two rare qualities of equanimity and magnanimity. On the occasion of her passing, we celebrate the life of Queen Elizabeth II. May we ourselves practise equanimity and magnanimity in our own lives.
I have been fortunate to meet King Charles III several times and to have welcomed him to Schumacher College. He has been a supporter of Resurgence, contributing articles to the magazine and sending a personal message of support for Resurgence's 50th anniversary event in Oxford.
King Charles III has embraced the paramount importance of spiritual and ecological transformation. His love for Nature and ancient cultures
has made him a philosopher king.
I am heartened by the new King’s deep and profound care and respect for the natural world and wish him a joyful time in the service of people
and the planet Earth.
Satish Kumar
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Feature Article
The Grain of Nature
by HRH Prince Charles
(Resurgence & Ecologist Issue 202, Sep/Oct 2000)
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"The future will need people who understand that sustainable development is not merely about a series of technical fixes, about redesigning humanity or re-engineering Nature in an extension of globalised industrialisation — but about a re-connection with Nature and a profound understanding of the concepts of care that underpin long-term stewardship." |
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Hope in Action
Practices to Help Us Change the World
Tue 13 Sep • 7.30pm – 9pm • Zoom
Which practices can embed hope and wellbeing into our activism and attempts to create positive change? What can best help us to connect with joy, creativity and community while working to bring about positive change in the world?
Join us in this exploration of practices that can be used by individuals and communities seeking joyful approaches to being the change we want to see.
In this event we will hear from Lynne Segal, feminist academic, activist and author of Radical Happiness, Amisha Ghadiali, founder of podcast and community All That We Are and author of Intuition, and Christabel Reed, co-founder and director of Advaya, EcoResolution and Initiative Earth.
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Resurgence Earth Festival: Autumn Equinox
Guided meditation, Nature connection and self-reflection
Tue 20 Sep • 7pm – 8pm • Zoom • Free
At the Autumn Equinox, we cross the threshold into the darker, slower half of the year, when the nights are longer than the days. Let us greet and honour the darkness while nurturing lightness, contentment and gratitude within us so that we can be resilient and active stewards of the Earth.
As the leaves begin to turn, let us release the old to make way for the new. As hedgehogs and dormice begin their hibernation preparations, let us begin nurturing our ability to rest.
At the Equinox, when day and night are of equal length and evenly balanced, let us embrace the balance offered by the seasonal cycle and embark on a journey that will cultivate greater balance and harmony within us and reciprocity in our relationship with Nature.
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Resurgence Talk with Imandeep Kaur
Transitioning Together: Building Resilience
Wed 28 Sep • 7.30pm – 9pm • Zoom
Throughout her decade-long career, Imandeep Kaur (Immy) has focused on convening and building community, the role of citizens in radical systemic change, and how we together create more democratic, distributed, open source social and civic infrastructure.
Immy is a co-founder and director of CIVIC SQUARE, a public square, neighbourhood lab and creative and participatory platform focused on regenerative civic and social infrastructure within neighbourhoods, working alongside the local neighbourhood to offer a bold approach to visioning, building and investing in civic infrastructure for neighbourhoods of the future. She is an active member of Project 00 and the Doughnut Economics Action Lab Advisory Team.
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Agri-wilding: Inner and Outer Work in a
Fast-changing World
Tasha Stevens-Vallecillo in conversation with Satish Kumar
Tue 4 Oct • 7.30 – 9pm • Zoom
Tasha Stevens-Vallecillo leads the food production at 42 Acres – a retreat centre and regenerative farm that stewards the intention to live in harmony with Nature, self and others. This talk is about a journey to strike a balance between rewilding and food production, the inner work and the outer work, the monetary system, and the need for urgent reimagination of the current paradigm.
Various mixed farming methods are used on this 173-acre site, from producing outdoor medicinal wild mushroom strains to growing biodynamic vegetables, nut and fruit trees and medicinal perennials, and – soon – regenerative beekeeping.
Tasha supports the team at 42 Acres in connecting to the deeper meaning of the centre’s work and mission, weaving together community building, skill shares, moneyless exchanges and spiritual holding to create a web of interconnectivity to meet the challenges and uncertainties of our time.
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Festival of Wellbeing
Care for the climate; care for the Earth; care for the people
Sat 22 Oct • 10am – 6pm • Zoom
We need now more than ever to braid together visions of a more just and regenerative world so that we can work towards a future that prioritises the wellbeing of all people and our precious planet Earth.
Join this day of thought-provoking and progressive talks from some of the world’s most inspiring thinkers and activists, including
Christiana Figueres, Muhammad Yunus, Dominique Palmer, Deborah Meaden and Nicholas Stern.
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The September/October issue of Resurgence & Ecologist is out and the themed section is about of one of our favourite cuppas – coffee: the crop’s historical roots and connections with colonialism, its farming practices, carbon footprint and role in our globalised economy as well as where our relationship with coffee began and its cultural significance today.
You can buy the latest issue, or by becoming a member of Resurgence you can receive this issue along with five others over the course of the year.
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Did you know that you can save with a recurring membership payment?
UK Print: £30/year down from £36/year
Overseas Print: £40/year down from £46/year
Digital membership: £22/year down from £24/year
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Peace of Mind
by Thich Nhat Hanh
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Bringing together ancient wisdom and contemporary thinking on the subject of mindfulness, Peace of Mind is a book that provides a practical foundation for understanding the principles of mind/body awareness.
"You could spend the rest of your life reading and rereading this deceptively simple book; it is that deep" – Rick Hanson, Buddha's Brain
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As one generation is succeeded by another, let us reflect on the world we will pass on to those yet to come. May we endeavour to ensure that it is
a world of peace, harmony and connection.
With all good wishes,
The Resurgence Team
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