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May 14 @ 10:00 - 16:00
£12 – £24
This is the first in a series of all-day sessions (in person or online) in which a panel of experts will discuss and answer questions on a “Faultline” within current sustainability policies. This session focuses on reconciling farming and nature.
Is modern farming sustainable? Many believe the answer is no: its impacts on both climate and biodiversity are too high.
Yet the remedies proposed fall into two opposing camps. One is to improve farming practices to become more wildlife-friendly and share the land with Nature; the other is to intensify production in some places, in order to leave land exclusively for nature in others. The dilemma is integration versus differentiation.
Faultlines 1 will discuss these options – everyone is invited to take part in the discussion.
Organised by Peter Harper, Sam Cooper, Stuart Reynolds (all University of Bath) and Will Reynolds (Centre for Alternative Technology).
Confirmed speakers include: George Monbiot (via Zoom), journalist, author, and environmental and political activist; Patrick Holden CBE, UK organic dairy farmer and campaigner for sustainable food and farming; Lynn Dicks, Professor of Ecology at the University of Cambridge; Mark Lynas, author and journalist; Hannah Needham, strategic natural capital expert and habitat restoration specialist; Dustin Benton, policy advisor at Forefront Advisors.