Deepest Winter
The Resurgence Trust
Reconnecting with the Living Planet - through Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, The Ecologist website and regular events.
As we approach the Winter Solstice and the shortest, darkest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, we reflect on the words of French philosopher Albert Camus:
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger — something better, pushing right back.”
These words remind us of the light and resilience we hold within each of us, even during life's darkest moments. At a time when it feels as if the collective globe is approaching its darkest day, we are reminded of our capacity to hope, love, and push back with something better.
This sentiment has always been at the core of Resurgence's ethos, and, through a stance of radical love, active hope and striving towards justice for all our planet beings, we hope to radiate the light within even during Earth's darkest hours.
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For those who love Nature and care deeply for the future of people and planet, there are few gifts as heart-warming as this!
With this festive offer, your loved one will receive six digital hope-filled issues of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, monthly meditations and more.
This is a present that will nourish your nearest and dearest throughout the year — a gift that keeps on giving and one that truly makes a difference, both to your loved one and to our collective future.
Membership benefits include:
Six digital magazines a year?— nourishment for mind, heart and soul
Monthly meditation?— online, live, with Satish Kumar or a guest facilitator, as well as access to a growing library of meditation recordings
Annual online event for members?— a chance to connect with fellow members and leading lights in environment and spiritual fields
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Resurgence archive
Seasonal Light
by Kathryn Aalto, Issue 324, January/February 2021
Kathryn Aalto reflects on the beauty and significance of Winter as a season of quiet transformation. Acknowledging this time of year as a hard one for many, Kathryn shares her experiences of embracing its sensory offerings.
Through exploring the Japanese 72 microseasons calendar, which poetically captures Nature's subtle changes every five days, she highlights the importance of light, scent, and texture in creating joy and beauty during this season, offering practical suggestions for embracing the cold.
Resurgence event
Winter Solstice celebration: guided meditation, Nature connection and?self-reflection
Tuesday 17 December ? 6.30—7.30pm?GMT ??Online, via Zoom
In the depths of Winter, on the darkest day of the year, the light is reborn and the days grow longer. At this special time, let us embrace the deep rest of deep Winter, honouring the Earth’s wisdom that teaches us that rest is a crucial part of the life cycle. Let us practise receiving the insights and illumination offered by the returning light. In the dark, let us dream, envisioning a better world for all life.
Embark on a journey that will bring you into greater harmony with yourself and with the natural world.?We will honour the Earth and our place in the web of life through guided meditation, Nature connection, and self-reflection.
Resurgence event recording
Festival of Wellbeing recordings
Recordings from the live event on Saturday 5 October 2024
Widely acclaimed and hope-inspiring, this year’s Festival of Wellbeing brought together extraordinary change-makers and visionaries who explored what is needed to create wellbeing for people and planet. Watch recordings from this day of thought-provoking and progressive talks given by some of the world’s greater thinkers and activists.
"We are part of an ongoing movement — the evolution of the human race — a very special moment!! Our Happiness Movement is progressing— step by step!!!" — 2024 Festival of Wellbeing Attendee
Resurgence archive
Since the Great Frost
by Kate Blincoe, Issue 342, January/February 2024
Kate Blincoe explores Nancy Campbell’s Nature Tales for Winter Nights, a poignant anthology that transcends its description as a collection of cosy winter stories.
Nature Tales for Winter Nights weaves diverse global voices and forms ranging from fiction to poetry and historical records into a multi-layered narrative that captures the beauty and harshness of winter.
Resurgence event
Connecting with plants and their ecology
Saturday 25 January 10.30am — Sunday 26 January 3pm
The Resurgence Centre, Hartland, Devon
Join us on this two-day course as we explore the cultural and ecological context of ‘weeds’ and ‘invasive’ plants and discover their beneficial properties.
The dominant narrative re plantae non gratae remains one of ‘othering’ and, often, war. This is increasingly being challenged and efforts are being made to positively reframe such plant beings. This might be due to a combined reflection of our collective evolution away from ‘power over’ dynamics to ‘power with’. This in-person short course is intended to support people who are curious about and interested in having more convivial relationships with plantae non gratae.
Early bird tickets available until 31 December
Resurgence podcast
Hope Springs episode 6: Ruby Wax
A Resurgence podcast with Annabel Heseltine
In episode five of Hope Springs, Annabel Heseltine interviews Robin and his son Merlin Hanbury Tenison- both of whom have dedicated their lives to rainforests and the people living amongst them, whether in South America and Borneo or on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall where they live.
In?this series of podcasts we hear from people working on the frontline of the?environmental?crisis and explore what compels them to achieve remarkable things for the natural world.
Resurgence archive
In the Dead of Winter, Life Begins Again
by Peter Abbs, Issue 312, January/February 2019
At the heart of Winter there is an all-but irrepressible impulse to believe in the continuation of being, a passion for renewal, the birth of new life.
Against the incoming dark, we light candles. We bring in the evergreen tree and cover it with presents and life-affirming symbols. On our gates and doors we hang wreaths, mandalas bright with holly berries, to attest to the unity of existence, the eternal cycle of return.
In the same spirit of avowal the poems gathered here celebrate the metaphoric moments of transformation, moments of hope, however simple, as the weather darkens and the year changes.
We hope you enjoy these offerings from Resurgence?
honouring a season of quiet reflection and transformation,
bringing hope and embracing the forthcoming turning of the year.
With all good wishes,
The Resurgence Team