My sketches have been published on Resurgence & Ecologist!

Four of my sketches have been published in the latest issue of the UK Magazine Resurgence and Ecologist. I’m so excited about this!

Resurgence & Ecologist, which started publication 45 years ago, is one of the (or the) longest-running environmental magazine in Britain, It’s published bimonthly and covers an eclectic mix of ecology, social justice, philosophy, spirituality, sustainable development and the arts.

They have a pretty cool vision:

At a time when climate change, international terrorism and chronic world poverty are showing the fundamental fragility and unsustainability of the present world order, Resurgence presents a vision of the future where economics enhances ecology, politics preserves peace and democracy ensures social justice. It is a vision where humanity is at ease with itself and is in harmony with the natural world; a vision where spiritual fulfilment and material wellbeing are in balance and science is in constant conversation with wisdom; a vision where political pragmatism is not in conflict with the culture of compassion; a vision where corporate responsibility is not an impediment to business success; a vision where social justice and economic equity are the backbones of national and international trade; a vision where human needs are met within the renewable resources of the earth and human rights are not in contradiction with the rights of nature.

Resurgence & Ecologist Vision

I have to admit that I find mesmerizing to see my work in print. You can see my sketches in the gallery below. They illustrate an article by Mothiur Rahman entitled “A civil right movement to save the planet” that describes Extinction Rebellion and their approach to climate action. One of my sketches even made it to the table of contents!

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Among other things, Mothiur Rahman’s article discusses Extinction Rebellion’s strategy in the context of the distinction between human rights, which protect to the rights of the individual (such as private property, the right to privacy, and freedom from discrimination) and civil rights, which are critical to participate and engage with social and political movement (such as freedom of assembly and expression).

This might explains why the magazine selected those particular four sketches: a large panorama sketch of one of the first protest held by Extinction Rebellion in London, a demonstration organized by Extinction Rebellion in Seattle, the Google walkout in Seattle in November of last year to denounce gender discrimination, and a portrait of Greta Thumber striking for climate in front of parliament building in Stockholm.

They mailed me a printed copy of the issue, so I had a chance to look at the entire magazine. It’s a great publication with gorgeous illustrations and I’m very proud to have been able to contribute to it.