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Battle for the Biosphere

Doughnut Economics ringmaster Kate Raworth juggles the profound tensions between the deep designs of nature and of finance. Will finance inevitably eat the Earth, or can it be redesigned to be in...
Speaker(s): Kate Raworth

In the dead of night. The reality of living under military occupation.

Look through the eyes of Muhanad Al Qaisy, a third-generation Palestinian refugee from Dheisheh camp in Bethlehem, as he shares a glimpse into the daily realities of life under military...

How to be a Half-Arse Human

Perfectionists and procrastinators welcome! Come and learn about the power of radical mediocrity as we make peace with slap-dashing life, work out what is ACTUALLY worth our time and live better...
Speaker(s): Leena Norms

The Genesis of Hope: Marilynne Robinson in Conversation

Where does the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of the Gilead sequence find hope? What role does fiction play in building a better world? Marilynne Robinson explores the relationship between self,...
Speaker(s): Marilynne Robinson, Andrew Tate

How To Take On Big Oil And Win

Blurb: Tessa Khan is a climate campaigner & lawyer who has successfully campaigned against major UK oil fields, like Cambo and Rosebank. At a crucial moment for the fight against new oil & gas, Tessa...
Speaker(s): Tessa Khan

Save Our Retirements: How to Build a Pension System for People and Planet

The UK government is carrying out the biggest pensions review in a generation – but it's ignoring the climate and nature crises and our societal inequality. With £3 trillion of our money in the...
Speaker(s): Andrew Finney, Phoebe Edmonds, Jesse Griffiths

This is Not Another AI Panel: This is a Panel for the People

In the late 1950s, Marv Minsky, one of the early pioneers of Artificial Intelligence, excitedly turned to a colleague and gushed, "We're going to make machines intelligent. We are going to make...
Speaker(s): Hannah Silva, James Stewart, Kester Brewin

Worldwide Woken Spurred

We're international baby! Not content with showcasing the UK's finest wordsmiths on site, World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker now brings the best poets IN THE WORLD to the best audience in the...
Speaker(s): Harry Baker, Len Pennie

What’s Got Into You?

What is in the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe? The health of person and planet are inextricably linked; join ecological doctor Jenny Goodman to ask how can we un-poison both?
Speaker(s): Jenny Goodman

Revd Canon Dr Duncan Dormor

Revd Canon Dr Duncan Dormor, General Secretary of USPG. Duncan assumed the role of General Secretary at USPG in January 2018. An Anglican priest, published author, teacher, and public speaker, he...

Sepi Golzari-Munro

Sepi is an independent analyst, writer, and broadcaster specialising in climate and the clean energy transition. Her experience across energy diplomacy, policy and politics at international and...

Richard Swan

Richard Swan is an inspirational choir director and music educator who specialises in giving high quality musical participatory experiences to all, particularly those with little or no musical...

Quaker Arts Network

The Quaker Arts Network is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It operates primarily in the United Kingdom and welcomes the participation of people from other...

John Davison

John Davison is a teacher, writer, artist and football coach. John's art tends to be fast, high energy piece created on location, often at gigs and festivals. John does make figurative images too,...

Kathryn Underwood

Kathryn has been bringing laughter to festivals for three years. She enjoys sharing the joy of laughing for no reason, with as many people as possible. Kathryn has also recently trained as a Pilates...