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Mona Arshi, Jackie Kay & Karen McCarthy Woolf: Nature Matters

Wednesday 13 August 10:15 - 11:15

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In an effort to decolonise the art of nature writing, Faber's Nature Matters anthology draws together work by nearly 80 different poets from the African, Asian, and Caribbean diaspora, on themes encompassing climate crisis, protest, Indigenous wisdom and…
 

Alice Mah & Madeleine Watts: Tragedies and Miracles

Wednesday 13 August 13:15 - 14:15

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Two writers grappling with our ties, commitments, and inheritance in the wake of environmental catastrophe come together to discuss their compelling new books with Caoilinn Hughes…
 

Philip Marsden & Vanessa Taylor: How We Use the Natural World

Thursday 14 August 10:30 - 11:30

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The natural world, and humanity's fraught relationship with it, slips into focus in this event…
 

Kerri Andrews & Roger Clough: Walking for Life

Monday 18 August 10:15 - 11:15

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Writers Roger Clough and Kerri Andrews are both walkers and both at a crossroad. Clough's Oldenland interrogates how we learn to be old, while Andrews' Pathfinding brings mothers in the outdoors to the fore…
 

Adam Alexander, Andy Hamilton & Mo Wilde: Wild Solutions

Monday 18 August 11:30 - 12:30

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From foraging to seed saving, and the joy of rediscovering nature, Adam Alexander, Andy Hamilton, and Mo Wilde offer practical wisdom and philosophical insights. Join them for a wide-ranging discussion about how cultivating a deeper connection with…
 

Nicholas P Money & Siôn Parkinson: The Possibilities of Mushrooms

Monday 18 August 15:00 - 16:00

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Mushrooms can be misunderstood, even feared, so when Margaret Atwood said at last year's Festival, 'mushrooms are going to be big in the future', we knew we needed to go deeper. They're used as food, building material, positive environmental disrupters……
 

Tony Juniper & Friederike Otto: Fighting Climate Injustice

Tuesday 19 August 17:45 - 18:45

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The climate crisis isn't just about the environment; it's about the way global inequality means the world's most vulnerable people are being hit first and hardest. So argues physicist and climate researcher Friederike Otto, whose Climate Injustice looks…
 

Chantal Lyons, Sophie Pavelle & Peter Cairns: Landscape, and Beavers, and Boars (Oh, My!)

Wednesday 20 August 10:00 - 11:00

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Sharing their deep understanding of what we're lucky to have in nature and how to repair the damage done, Wainwright Prize-­shortlisted author of Groundbreakers, Chantal Lyons, To Have or to Hold author Sophie Pavelle, and photographer and rewilding…
 

Aja Barber, Alena Ivanova & Anna Freemantle-Zee: Wear and Repair

Thursday 21 August 12:00 - 13:00

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We all know to shop second-hand, avoid microplastic fibres, and celebrate re-wearing – but is this enough to make fashion sustainable? How much power do we really have as consumers? Today Aja Barber (author of Consumed), Anna Freemantle-Zee (founder of……
 

David Farrier & Alex Riley: Life Unstoppable

Thursday 21 August 13:15 - 14:15

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Our planet teems with life – across four billion years of evolution, organisms have adapted to thrive in even the most inhospitable environments. This fascinating conversation will take you from the highest peaks to the ocean’s depths as David Farrier……