Satish Kumar

EDITOR EMERITUS, RESURGENCE

Satish will be speaking on the Garden Stage on Saturday 24 August.

'Love of Food & Food of Love'

Food is the greatest gift from the gods, from the universe, from each other and to each other, we take care of the planet earth by taking care of our food. By doing right we do right to the planet. People ask , “there are too many big problems, such as climate change, soil erosion, pollution and waste. Where do we start?” My answer is, “Start with food”.  Satish Kumar will expand on this theme in his talk.

A former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, Satish Kumar has been quietly setting the global agenda for change for over 50 years. He was just nine when he left his family home to join the wandering Jains, and 18 when he decided he could achieve more back in the world, campaigning to turn Gandhi’s vision of a renewed India and a peaceful world into reality. Inspired in his early 20s by the example of the British peace activist Bertrand Russell, carrying no money and depending on the kindness of strangers, Satish embarked on an 8,000-mile peace Pilgrimage to the then leaders of the world’s four nuclear powers.

In 1973, Satish settled in the United Kingdom taking up the post of editor of Resurgence magazine, a position he held for 43 years, until his 80th birthday in 2016. He now holds the title of Editor Emeritus. He was the guiding spirit behind a number of now internationally respected ecological and educational ventures including, Schumacher College in South Devon, where he is still a Visiting Fellow.

His autobiography, No Destination, first published by Green Books in 1978, has sold over 50,000 copies.