I’ll be speaking at Emergent Generation’s gathering that brings together their network of 18 – 35 year old young farmers, growers, advisers, entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers, vets, chefs, artists, educators, campaigners, students, and the curious.
This year the focus is on ReconnectingTown and Country – building understanding across rural and urban perspectives.
Emergent Generation focus on their community of 18-35 yr olds, but older supporters are welcome too. If you have an interest in our farming and food system and how we can shape a fairer, greener, and more resilient future, then this event is for you. I’ll be speaking on the Friday evening.
Tickets available for full weekend / Thurs and Friday only / Saturday and Sunday only; Bursary funding is available so all can attend
Online, or in person: Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR
I’ll be hosting this brilliant evening of short talks from six speakers – packed with tales of adventure to entertain and inspire, our speakers will take us from the art and rocks of the Isle of Skye, to literacy in Zambia, to hiking with kids in the Italian Dolomites, to nomadism in Mongolia, to a quest to Krakatoa, to being a UN intern in Panama. Then chat to the speakers (and me!) in the historic surrounds of the Royal Geographical Society.
Tickets: Online – Member £5, Non-member £6; In-person – Standard RGS Member £10, standard RGS Non-Member £12, Student FREE (use code MLSTUDENT at checkout); Reduced price if you need it for whatever reason: use code ML50 at checkout for half price tickets
What the Old Folk Can Teach Us: Lessons from Archaeology
@ Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing
Saturday 4 October 2025
10am – 5pm
Online
Archaeology provides incontrovertible proof that people have always been messy and complicated – we hold contradictory beliefs, do strange things and create wild stories to explain the world around us. I will take us on a whirlwind tour into European prehistory to discover what cave paintings, spindle whorls, dog poo and porridge can teach us about ecosystems, resilience and human tenacity.
Part of a day of powerful talks and meaningful conversations at this annual Festival of Wellbeing – an online gathering of thinkers, writers and changemakers exploring the connections between inner transformation and outer change hosted by the Resurgance Trust.
This year’s line-up includes Satish Kumar- Peace activist and founder of The Resurgence Trust; Diyora Shadijanova- Award-winning journalist and climate book club founder; Sophie Wisbrun-Overakker- Nature reconnection facilitator; Fritjof Capra- Renowned physicist and systems thinker; Tony Juniper CBE- Environmentalist and Chair of Cool Earth and Natural England.
Dartmoor Wild Camping: We won, now what? @ Kendal Mountain Festival 2025
Friday 21 November 2025
time tbc
In conversation with Lewis Winks, Devon-based researcher, writer and campaigner with Right to Roam. Earlier this year the Supreme Court decided that the bylaws of the Dartmoor commons *did* mean that members of the public could wild camp on the moor. But Dartmoor remains the only place in England and Wales where the public have a legal right to wild camp (aka backpack camp) without advance permission from the landowner. In other places wild camping is tolerated, but it’s still strictly trespassing. It’s a different story over the border in Scotland, where people have the right to roam responsibly (on foot, horse, canoe or bike) and wild camp on most land – with reasonable exceptions for protecting people’s privacy, work and protecting growing crops. It’s a default of access, not a default of exclusion. So the ‘win’ on Dartmoor isn’t the end – what next for the campaigners, for Dartmoor, and for the future of public access to the countryside in the UK?
The Whispers of Rock: In conversation with Anjana Khatwa @ Kendal Mountain Festival 2025
Saturday 22 November 2025
11am – 12pm
Brewery Arts Centre – Malt Room, Kendal, Cumbria
From the hallowed stones of Stonehenge to Petra’s crimson facades, from mountains that scrape the sky to grains of sand beneath our feet, rocks have shaped the course of human life.
Celebrated earth scientist Anjana Khatwa has spent her life tracing the deep memory of rocks. With a bold weaving of science, ancient lore and voices from Indigenous traditions, she reveals how rock has been shaped by time — and how, in turn, it has shaped us. And in the quiet spaces between science and story, she reflects on how the earth’s deep wisdom guided her through life’s fiercest storms — reminding us that the natural world still whispers to those who choose to listen.
I’ll be interviewing Anjana about her brilliant new book.
