Climate Assembly
Join Extinction Rebellion's Jamie Kelsey Fry has he facilitates a closing 'Climate Assembly' in the Hot House, together with three expert 'witnesses' to open the session - Clare Farrell (XR), Roberto...
Speaker(s): Jamie Kelsey Fry, Clare Farrell, Roberto Martinez, GreenpeaceAsylum Speakers
Hear the voices that too often go unheard - from the humans behind the headlines and the political rhetoric. Podcaster, motivational speaker and author Jaz O'Hara's work amplifies the stories and...
Speaker(s): Jasmin O'HaraIncarnation – The Great Denial
The Apostle's Creed manages to squeeze thirty three years of Jesus life into a comma separating the Virgin Mary from Pontius Pilate. St Paul speaks of the 'Gospel of Christ', but how much did he know...
Speaker(s): John BellProfits vs Prophets? How we make polluters pay
The fossil fuel industry is making millions every day, while people in climate-vulnerable countries pay the bill. How can the prophetic voice of the church challenge the profiteering of the fossil...
Bringing Down Goliath: How Good Law Can Topple the Powerful
Our legal system often feels like it only works for the rich and powerful - for those who have the means to use the courts to enforce their will and defend their interests. But we can fight back....
Speaker(s): Jolyon MaughamTaxing times
Gross inequality, the cost of living crisis, the climate emergency. What role could taxes play in addressing the enormous challenges of our times? What can we - as citizens, consumers, and businesses...
Speaker(s): JustMoney MovementScared to Death
What happens as we're dying? What's the best way to support a dying person? Is hospital the best place? Let's look at all the wisdom we've forgotten. Let's be curious about dying. Let's know more,...
Speaker(s): Kathryn MannixAre You Listening?
When we're supporting someone through a difficult time, we may want to 'do something' to help them. Often, the most helpful thing we can offer is deeply attentive listening. Sounds easy? You'd be...
Speaker(s): Kathryn MannixIn the beginning, God made bisexuals
Mining the memories embedded in his acclaimed memoir, Out of the Woods, Luke Turner explores how forests can help us find new understandings and happiness in our human sexuality. Luke is a writer and...
Speaker(s): Luke TurnerShooting the messenger – is our freedom to protest disappearing?
Disruptive protest has been vital in the struggle to secure justice and social change. As the environmental emergency intensifies and climate protesters are desperately seeking change, the government...
Speaker(s): Melanie Nazareth, Jonathan HerbertMad World
Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability justice, queer liberation and mental health; art and creativity; prisons and abolition; and alternative models of...
Speaker(s): Micha Frazer-CarrollRadical Funerals
Ru Callender has been a self-taught radical undertaker for over 20 years, setting up The Green Funeral Company in 1999 and described in The Good Funeral Guide as one of 'The best undertakers of all...
Speaker(s): Ru CallenderTrans Liberation and Feminist Futures
The trans liberation and feminist movements have a long shared history. Ruth Pearce will discuss mutual struggle and collaboration in campaigns for sex equality and gender freedom. Join her to hear...
Speaker(s): Ruth PearceBurned Out Fighting For Climate Justice
We are no longer talking about climate predictions - the crisis is happening now. But we must neither throw our hands up in defeat nor hide away in despair. The planet, its people and other creatures...
Speaker(s): Ruth ValerioThe invisible infrastructure of climate change
In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change, science is pulling its punches, diplomacy is picking the wrong battles, and economics has been fighting for the other side. Simon Sharpe argues we must...
Speaker(s): Simon Sharpe