Date/Time
Date(s) - 31/10/2020
10:00 am - 6:30 pm
A sense of wellbeing is what really matters in life. We need a new movement of awareness and action to bring meaning to life and to put community wellbeing at the heart of political and social decision-making. Instead of economic growth, we need growth in wellbeing. The Festival of Wellbeing will explore these ideas. Expect inspiring speakers and entertainment.
The event will celebrate 50 years of The Ecologist, with speakers focusing on the key environmental issues of our time.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Livia Firth, environmentalist and founder of Eco-Age
- Robin Hanbury-Tennison OBE, explorer and president of Survival International
- Satish Kumar, editor emeritus, Resurgence & Ecologist
- Bella Lack, environmentalist
- Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, School of Health Sciences, City, University of London
- Lord Richard Layard, emeritus professor of economics at LSE and co-founder of Action for Happiness
- Jonathon Porritt, environmentalist and co-founder of Forum for the Future
- Nick Robins, Professor in Practice in Sustainable Finance at LSE
- Merlin Sheldrake, biologist and author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
- Sir Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project
- Gelong Thubten, Buddhist monk, meditation teacher and author
- Mark Vernon, psychotherapist and author
- John Vidal, journalist and former environment editor, The Guardian.
More information on speakers can be found here.
Tickets £10.50 or Concession £5.50 including booking fee.
This event will raise money for The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity (no. 1120414).
The Resurgence Trust is grateful to a number of sponsors for the Festival including Network of Wellbeing, Weleda and Alara.