Cool design, sustainable futures
Unearthed talks sponsored by
Day 1. Friday 9 June
Biophilic design and climate change
How can biophilic design reduce the impact of climate change. What is biophilia and how can it be applied to design to improve our environment?
Hosted by Oliver Heath with guest panellists Hugo Bugg (Harris Bugg Studio), James Scully (Recork) and Vanessa Champion (Journal of Biophilic Design)
Cooling gardens hosted by Sam Peters
How do we future proof our gardens against the twin threats posed by global warming and biodiversity decline while maintaining their beauty and ensuring they are safe havens for people and wildlife to co-exist and flourish together.
Hosted by Sam Peters with guest panellists Darryl Moore (Gardening in a Changing World), Daniel Combes (Daniel Combes Garden Design) and Sally Gouldstone (Seilich)
Sponsored by SolCell
Save our species
What can we do to reverse the devastating effects of human activity on nature and biodiversity. What role can rewilding and regenerative farming play in averting a collapse in biodiversity which would have catastrophic effects for humanity?
Hosted by Oliver Heath with guest panellists: Martin Lines (Nature Friendly Farmers Network), Paul Cherry (Groundswell Agriculture) and Dave Brown (National Trust)
Sponsored by SolCell
Day 2. Saturday 10 June
People, Planet, Profit
After centuries of linear economic systems built largely on consumption of carbon and natural resources, what are the alternative models for the future and how can we help steer our financial systems towards a more equitable world for people and planet?
Hosted by Sam Peters with guest panellists: Julia Davies (We Have The Power), Siddarth Shrikanth (Case for Nature) and Dr Maria Carvalho (Climate Economics Natwest Group)
Sponsored by Coutts & Natwest
Taking the heat out of farming
What innovations are available to farmers to help improve yields without damaging the environment and exacerbating climate change? And what role does carbon sequestration have for landowners looking to play their part in achieving net zero?
Hosted by Oliver Heath with guest panellists: Helen Browning (Soil Association), Jess Abis (Farmers Footprint) and Tom Mettyear (Haddon Copse Farm)
Sponsored by Country & Town House
Paying the price for food
Food security has not been under threat during modern times to the extent it is today. How do we maintain the drive to more localised food production, which most consumers want, while keeping costs down and the quality of produce up?
Hosted by Oliver Heath with guest panellists: Peter Prescott (Cultjar), Nick Sinfield (Teals), Jenny Chandler (A Good Appetite)
Sponsored by Country & Town House
Day 3. Sunday 11 June
Nature writing: the new perspective of working-class women
The historic canon of nature writing is overwhelmingly white, middle class and male but the picture is changing. Why has the genre been dominated by what one could arguably describe as a certain type of privileged man for so long, and what are the implications for people and planet when our natural world is seen through this narrow lens? Who are the new female voices in nature writing and what might we learn from their different perspective?
Hosted by Karen Brazier (FOLDE) with guest panellists: Jeni Bell (Seeking Wild Sights) and Nicola Chester (On Gallows Down)
Sponsored by SolCell
Muddying the waters
In the past couple of years we have discovered the shocking extent to which our rivers and watercourses are being polluted with vast quantities of raw sewage routinely pumped into them by water companies who seem to have abdicated moral responsibility.
With a ‘chemical cocktail’ of sewage, slurry and plastic pollution entering our waters on a daily basis, what can we do to restore our river systems to their former glory and prevent them dying for good?
Hosted by Sam Peters with guest panellists: Ewan Jones (Brue Crew), Tim Smedley (The Last Drop), Nick Measham (Wildfish) and Brontie Ansell (Lawyers for Nature)
Sponsored by PYTCH
The rise of B-Corp
With a growing movement of purpose-driven businesses and organisations established not just to make profit but to help people and planet, what role can B-Corp certification play in driving up standards of accountability, transparency and social responsibility?
What is B-Corp? And what motivates people who run businesses which care about their environmental and societal impact?
Hosted by Sam Peters with guest panellists: Mark Tremlett (Naturalmat), Catherine Coward (The Good Crowd), Jordan Tomkins (PYTCH)
Sponsored by PYTCH