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Welcome

Our Main Stage host is Radio 1Xtra presenter, Swarzy Macaly.

We鈥檒l kick off the day with a film from 鲍鱼tv Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt and special guests Madame Gandhi (Artist and Activist), Satish Kumar (Founder and Director of Programmes of the Schumacher College, International Centre for Ecological Studies) and Isabella Tree (Co-owner of Knepp Estate/rewilding project and author of Wilding), all giving the lowdown on nature and insights into the creative potential of collaborating with it.

Creative Keynote

Keynote creative interview with Charlotte Moore (鲍鱼tv Chief Content Officer and Sponsor) and special guest, Hamza Yassin (Wildlife cameraman, photographer and presenter).

Gameshows go Wild

We take a leaf out of the quiz show playbook to explore insights from 鲍鱼tv Audiences and others around nature. How much do audiences care about nature? What鈥檚 the gap between what they think they know and reality? And what鈥檚 the best way to engage them? Hosted by Randy Feltface (Host of Randy Feltface鈥檚 Destruction Manual on 鲍鱼tv Radio 4).

鈥淭he future is already here 鈥� it's just not very evenly distributed鈥�*

Speakers Jodie Bond (Head of Creative, Local Storytelling Exchange), Gareth Jenkins (Head of Creative, EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services) and Wren (Lauren) James (Writer, Lecturer and Story Consultant on projects like Heartstoppers) discuss: What could a low pollution, high nature world look like? The entertainment industries and culture have been, in general, much better at exploring potential dystopias than a future in which the world meets its targets 鈥� but it鈥檚 hard to inspire audiences about an unknown, unimagined destination. In response, we look for pockets of the future in the present. Where are they happening? What do they look like? And, crucially, for a world in which content has a life on streaming platforms for years and successful formats last decades, what do they mean for all genres that want to stay evergreen?

*William Gibson, American sci-fi writer

Lunch

Immerse yourself in our nature rich playlist, or get outside and take part in a self-guided nature connection experience (a window box or street tree is all that鈥檚 required).

Creating Content that Connects

Are the challenges of climate change and nature loss fundamentally ones of connection 鈥� connection with nature and the planet that鈥檚 our home; connection with time and understanding the consequences of our actions; connection with each other 鈥� or the ability to disagree agreeably 鈥� in an increasingly polarised world? If so, what does this mean for creating content that truly connects with audiences? How can entertainment bring people together, accommodate different perspectives and help reconnect us, during a shared viewing or listening experience and beyond? See Rebecca O'Brien (Independent Film Producer of projects including I, Daniel Blake, Harvest and more), Chris Packham (Naturalist and TV Presenter) and Raeeka Yassaie (Communications Coordinator and Spokesperson at Parents For Future UK) in discussion.

Three Lightning Talks

Personal perspectives to fire your imagination.

What can we learn from nature? Discover the world of biomimicry with Michael Pawlyn (Architect, writer and speaker, Exploration Architecture), from new ways of manufacturing inspired by glass sponges to imagining cities that could function like forests.

Why are we so W.E.I.R.D and does it matter? Sarah Stein Lubrano (Writer and Researcher) presents: Much cognitive science, behavioural economics, and psychology has been based on research with participants from Western, Educated, Industrialised, Rich, and Democratic populations. Studies including people from other cultures have revealed that the rest of the world doesn鈥檛 think in the same way鈥� 

Food, love and land 鈥� the ultimate form of communication? Join Asma Khan (Chef/Owner and UN WFP Chef Advocate) in exploring how food is our language of love with the land; how eating in harmony with nature doesn鈥檛 need to cost a fortune; and how making the ingredients the hero opens up a treasure trove of opportunities 鈥� for home cooks and creatives alike.

The Superpower of Diversity

In this final session we get to the heart of the topic with Ade Adepitan (TV Presenter & Paralympian), Miranda Lowe (Principal Curator and Museum Scientist, Natural History Museum London) and Jason Singh (sound artist, nature beatboxer and facilitator): just why is diversity in nature so important and what are the risks of losing it? What does access to natural diversity mean for human mental health and wellbeing? And how can we apply nature鈥檚 insights into what makes a functioning ecosystem to our own industry, to harness the power of diversity in the range of stories we tell; protagonists we platform; creatives who get commissioned.