Early June is the time to celebrate World Ocean Day, when people and communities around the world engage in collective actions to create a better future with an abundant ocean and stable climate. 

In this newsletter, we honour our connection with water — the ocean, rivers and other watercourses — and introduce our new trilogy, ‘How well do we know water?' Hosted by Pete Yeo, this series will explore our relationship with this fundamental presence in our world.

We also invite you to take a journey into the rich Resurgence archive, including a featured article by Chris Smith highlighting the essential role of rivers and water in sustaining life amid climate change.

Trilogy: How well do we know water?

Tuesdays, 18 June to 2 July 7.30—9pm BST • Zoom

Fascinating insights are bubbling up around the fringes of our collective awareness in relation to water, challenging our knowledge and assumptions. This new webinar series with host Pete Yeo asks the question,

'How well do we know water?'

Join guest speakers from around the world to explore the new and ancient depths of our watery world and how the revelations therein can profoundly inform our individual and collective realities.

The divinity of water: Veda Austin

Tuesday 18 June • 8.30—9pm* BST • Zoom

The first of three speakers in our trilogy of talks on water, Veda Austin is a water researcher, public speaker, mother, artist and author. She has dedicated the last 10 years to observing and photographing the life of water.

She believes that water is fluid intelligence, observing itself through every living organism on the planet and in the universe. Her talk focuses on water in its ‘state of creation’, the space between liquid and ice.

 It is via Veda's remarkable crystallographic photos that water reveals its awareness, not only of creation, but also of thought and intention,

through imagery.

* Please note the later time of this talk, due to the speaker's location.

Curious to know more about Veda Austin's research? Here's a short video by Veda introducing the idea of intelligent water.

Wild Weekends are a series of life-affirming retreats birthed from this land and our team. Each invites disconnection from technology and everyday pressures, and reconnection with something much more profound.

The 42 Acres landscape includes a seven-acre lake perfect for wild swimming and water immersion. Enjoy the lake and sauna as well as a wealth of other Earthy amenities with 42 Acres' Wild Weekends — connect to the Earth, revitalise the body, and refresh the mind

Chris Smith highlights the essential role of rivers and water in sustaining life amid climate change. Emphasising the need to respect and nurture water resources, he recounts the devastating floods in Cockermouth and warns of increasing weather extremes.

Outlining the crucial functions of water, Chris advocates for better water management and conservation, urging a societal shift

to view water as a precious, finite resource.

Sam Bleakley explores the intimate and intuitive relationship

that surfers have with the ocean.

He highlights surf culture as a gateway to Earth empathy, with many surfers advocating for ocean conservation as a result of their bodily connection to the waves. He questions how we might harness this holistic oceanic knowledge

through collective activism.

Dive deeply into the intelligence of your body and breath through guided mindful movement and a reflective practice. 



When we can welcome our wholeness with unconditional love, we can meet the world with compassion, curiosity and a willingness to act wholeheartedly.

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