NOTESWe’ve been cooking up nourishing dishes of food to share; we’ve been mending the soil and learning not to dig; we’ve been channelling our grandmothers’ superpowers; we’ve been playing with mud. We’ve stitched a journal instead of writing one; we’ve been making podcasts designed to inspire; and we’ve been learning how to sew on a button. What small actions have you been taking?SOUL FOODJaya Modi shares the making of The Elephant’s Secret Kitchen collaborative cookbookMENDING THE SOILBefore you can grow crops, you have to grow soil. *Jessica Seaton learns howWASTE NOT, WANT NOTMy grandmother, the eco-warriorMIND GAMESHow a Japanese playground pastime became an adult therapyA STITCH IN TIMEClaire Wellesley-Smith records a life in needlecraftLISTEN UPJessica Ferrow and Livvy Drake launched their podcast Woke & Confused earlier this
year; an accessible show on the everyday environmental dilemmas of our time
MENDING OUR WAYSTamsin Blanchard on why making good is more than just putting a patch on itFIX IT UPCreative director Sean Lehnhardt-Moore on the business of mending a Belstaff jacket