With my Ecologist ‘hat’ on, I recently chaired a session at the inaugural Timber Festival. Tony Greenham, Economics Director at the RSA, John Everitt, Chief Exec of The National Forest, and I chatted about community banks; the Saddleworth moor fires; Doughnut Economics; forests; news and more. Trees, festivals, ideas…. bliss!
| Date: | 7th July 2018 |
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| Event: | Timber Festival: panel session |
I recently spoke at a Libraries Unlimited and Arts Council England event in London, which looked at the social and financial value of libraries. I was invited to speak and be part of a panel discussion after someone came across this blog I wrote about how libraries and social entrepreneurs might mutually support each other. Books, community and ideas = my kind of event!
| Date: | 5th July 2018 |
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| Event: | Talk: Libraries and Social Entrepreneurs |
In the next three weeks, I’m going to these three talks at the RSA in London:
1. Creating Freedom — filmmaker Raoul Martinez will tackle “economics, philosophy, politics, criminology, psychology and environmentalism, and shows that the more we understand how the world shapes us, the more effectively we can shape our world.”
2. Together Is Better — “global bestselling author and leadership guru Simon Sinek offers inspiration and advice for finding purpose and fulfilment in life and work through our connection with others.”
3. The Power of Disorder to Transform our Lives — “renowned economist Tim Harford explains that embracing chaos and mess is the only way to be truly creative, innovative and resilient.”
So what?
We’ve received great feedback and had stimulating discussions following our inaugural Learning from Nature workshop, and so we’d love you to join us for our second such workshop, in Battersea Park, London. Come and Learn from the wonder of nature, and explore how to use it to unlock potential and help transform your thinking.
Thank you both for your planning and consideration which has gone into this event. Great space and energy! – Learning from Nature participant
The facilitators are very relaxed in the holding of the group. Lovely to spend time connecting to nature. – Learning from Nature participant
You can register at the link below. I hope to see you in nature on 11th October!
| Date: | 11th October 2016 |
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| Time: | 17:30-19:30 |
| Event: | Learning from Nature |
| Venue: | Battersea Park |
| Location: | London |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
Yesterday I was lucky enough to be in an audience at the RSA in London, watching Krista Tippett in conversation with Elizabeth Oldfield (who is Director of the think tank Theos).
Krista Tippett is a bit of a role model of mine. She’s a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times best-selling author. In 2014, she received the National Humanities Medal from Barack Obama for “thoughtfully delving into the mysteries of human existence.”
Event: The impact of faith based agencies on global health
I’ll be talking about the charity I co-lead, Community Health Global Network, and looking at how we engage with faith leaders and faith communities to collectively improve community health and wellbeing.
“In September 2015, the United Nations agreed seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs), aimed at creating a world free from extreme poverty, inequality and injustice and aiming for a sustainable relationship with the environment. The third of these goals focuses on achieving health and wellbeing for all people.
In July of 2015, the Lancet launched a ground breaking series of articles that sought to look in depth at the impact of faith based organisations, faith communities and faith leaders on global health. Their overall conclusion was that the churches needed to be more health literate, while health bodies, development agencies and governments needed to be more faith literate.
The SDG summit was opened by Pope Francis, and a number of satellite meetings showed that in wider development there is an increasing willingness to engage with faith groups in at least some parts of the global development community and the UN. With this new global agenda on development in general, and health in particular, what part can Christian mission agencies, churches and healthcare organisations play? How can we work effectively with secular bodies, and what areas of difficulty and controversy still exist for such joint working?”
| Date: | 12th July 2016 |
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| Time: | 11-4pm |
| Event: | Global Connections event: The impact of faith based agencies on global health |
| Topic: | Impact of faith based agencies on global health |
| Venue: | CMF |
| Public: | Public |
As well as being on the Ministry of Entrepreneurship (MOE) Operating Board, I’m pleased to have been invited to speak at the upcoming MOEvement conference. I’ll be speaking about listening — in International Development, and in our own lives.
“With 140 delegates, speakers, sponsors and volunteers the MOEVEMENT conference aims to deliver fun, learning and inspiration. There will be countless ways to connect and engage with community members, speakers and delegates.”
If you’re looking for new ideas, a new community, and bags of inspiration, this event is for you!
| Date: | 14th July 2016—16th December 2018 |
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| Time: | 08:30 |
| Event: | MOEvement Conference |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |