With September just weeks away, we invite you to join us

for our landmark 60th anniversary celebration at

Wadham College, Oxford.

In this week’s newsletter, we share the inspiring works of some of our R60 speakers both within and beyond Resurgence.

Explore articles, videos and performances from a rich

melting pot of activists, artists and storytellers, including

Caroline Lucas, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall,

Jonathon Porritt, Satish Kumar, Mya-Rose Craig,

Livia Giuggioli Firth, and many more.

This year marks 60 years since Resurgence's very first Statement of Intent. In celebration of this momentous achievement, we hope you will join us in Oxford for

R60: One with the Earth.

The day’s event will be followed by a delicious three-course fundraising dinner for Resurgence in Wadham College’s 400-year-old dining hall.

Please note: a ticket to the R60 One with the Earth event

grants access to all listed talks and performances.

Fundraising dinner tickets are sold separately.

R60 speakers, artists and activists

How it was for me

by Caroline Lucas, Issue 201, July/August 2000

In this article from the Resurgence archive, Caroline Lucas tells a personal story of peace, politics and protest.

Caroline was the UK’s first Green Party Member of Parliament between 2010 and 2024, and before that served for 10 years in the European parliament. She has also served as both leader and co-leader of the Green Party

of England and Wales. 

A taste of Britain

by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Issue 242,

May/June 2007

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall explores regional food culture in Britain and considers the ‘tyranny of industrial mediocrity’

on our plates.

Hugh is a multi-award-winning writer and broadcaster widely known for his uncompromising commitment to seasonal, ethically produced food. He has earned a huge following through his River Cottage TV series and books, as well as campaigns such as Hugh’s Fish Fight.

Life is sacred

by Satish Kumar, Issue 348, January/February 2025

Satish Kumar says there is no matter without spirit and no spirit without matter and it is this divine entanglement

that makes all of life a gift.

Peace pilgrim, former monk and founder of The Resurgence Trust, Satish has been inspiring global change for

over 50 years.

In his early twenties, Satish was inspired by the British peace activist Bertrand Russell, who was arrested aged 89 at an anti-nuclear demonstration. This prompted Satish’s peace pilgrimage from India to Moscow, London, Paris and America. Walking with no money and depending on the kindness and hospitality of strangers, Satish delivered a humble packet of ‘peace tea’ to the leaders of the four capitals of

the nuclear world.

Turning the red carpet green

A conversation between Livia Giuggioli Firth

and Bay Garnett,

Issue 328, September/October 2021

In this interview from the Resurgence archive, fashion stylist Bay Garnett sits down with Livia Giuggioli Firth to discuss the intersections of human rights, fast fashion and

consumer culture.

Livia is an activist, entrepreneur and powerful communicator on progressive change, with a vast experience in creating compelling frameworks and campaigns with global reach for environmental and social justice. 

Radical economy

by Jonathon Porritt, Issue 354, January/February 2026

Jonathon Porritt challenges a world that is consumed by economic growth and urges the environment movement to embrace and promote a green and regenerative economy.

Jonathon is an eminent writer and campaigner on sustainable development. In 1996, he co-founded Forum for the Future, a leading international sustainable development charity working with businesses and civil society to accelerate the shift toward a sustainable future. He was a co-founder of the Prince of Wales’s Business and Sustainability Programme.

Still searching for peace

by Jackie Morris, Issue 352, September/October 2025

In our archival issue of Resurgence & Ecologist on choosing peace, Jackie Morris shares a powerful argument for peace, through poetry and visual images.

Jackie is an author, illustrator and artist living and working in Wales. Her many award-winning books include collaborations with the author Robert Macfarlane on The Lost Words,

The Lost Spells and The Book of Birds. In partnership with Tamsin Abbott, she created Wild Folk.

Dunt: a poem for a dried up river

by Alice Oswald

Experience Alice Oswald’s award-winning

‘Dunt: a poem for a dried up river’ — a work exploring local geography, ecological grief and ancient mythology.

Alice studied classics at Oxford and then trained as a gardener. She worked in gardens for seven years before publishing her first book of poems, The Thing in the Gap Stone Stile, which won the Forward Prize in 1996.

Generation connect

by Mya-Rose Craig, Issue 328, September/October 2021

Youth leader Mya-Rose Craig compares notes

with Jane Goodall.

Mya-Rose, aka Birdgirl, is a leading birder, conservationist, environmentalist and anti-racism activist.

In 2024, she was included in the Sunday Times’ 25 most influential young people. At 17, she was the youngest British person to be awarded an honorary doctorate for her pioneering work with her charity Black2Nature, which she founded at the age of 13.

The Big One

Talk by Areeba Hamid at Extinction Rebellion’s

London action gathering in April 2023

Areeba Hamid speaks on movement unity and collective action at Extinction Rebellion's ‘The Big One’ — a four-day gathering throughout Westminster and at the

Houses of Parliament.

Areeba is a Co-Executive Director at Greenpeace UK. From 2006 to 2020, she worked at senior levels in Greenpeace offices around the world, campaigning on issues including marine conservation, coal expansion in India, rainforest destruction in Indonesia, and tar sands in Canada and

North America.

How the moon was created

A story told by Peter Chand

at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Once the world was in perpetual sunshine, but the great creator wanted to divide time and give humans time to rest. Peter Chand shares a traditional folk tale from East India at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, as part of

the museum's India Festival in October 2015.

Peter is an international storyteller who has enthralled audiences both near and far with his skilful narration, specialising in traditional tales from his Indian background. He believes that we are all made up of stories, whether that be folk tales from our culture, cinematic classics, faith-based parables, or the stories we tell about ourselves and others. His stories celebrate the light that pervades our lives, and also explore the darkness within us all. Storytelling covers the complete spectrum of human experience. 

Connection, not perfection

Q&A with The Bridge Foundation and Marie Derome

In this interview with Sarah Headeach, Marie Derome demystifies early bonding, reframes ‘good enough’ parenting, and considers complex parent—child emotions.

Marie is a Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and a Lecturer in Infant Observation and Child Development at Exeter University. She trained at the Tavistock Clinic in London. She now supports parents who are struggling to bond with their babies, in her independent clinic in East Devon.

Shining for Love

A music video by Seth Tabatznik

Seth Tabatznik’s ‘Shining for Love’ is a song born in a forest. Every word came from the Nature around: the crow’s call, the cricket singing, the sun shining. It was received...

Seth is an acoustic folk musician, an eco-entrepreneur, and a board adviser to environmental, social and transformational businesses and not-for-profits spanning three continents. 

Street wisdom

A TEDx talk by David Pearl

David Pearl speaks at the American University in Bulgaria, introducing Street Wisdom, a non-profit initiative designed

to transform ordinary city streets into

“invisible universities”.

David is an innovator in the arts, business and

social change. He made his professional performing debut at the age of nine, singing alongside Placido Domingo at the Royal Opera House. His work in the arts has embraced music, theatre, television and film. Today he draws on his eclectic background to design, orchestrate and animate high-stakes meetings and events around the world with

his team at Pearlworks. 

David will be our host and animator on the day for the R60 event at Wadham College.

Fundraising dinner

R60: One with the Earth will be followed by

a fundraising dinner in Wadham College’s dining hall:

three vegetarian courses, wine and coffee.

Dinner 7pm to 9.30pm, with arrival from 6.30pm. 

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