The Great Debate is proud to announce a full line up of debates and talks for the Green Phoenix festival at Gibside, Newcastle, 20-22 August with activists, writers, academics and practitioners exploring a broad range of topics including: What is Sustainable Culture?; Are we masters of our own destiny?; The Borders of Reality; Food and Water Security; Energising Innovation; Limits to Imagination; The Legacy of Multiculturalism; Limits to Growth in 21st Century; and Limits to Freedom.
Speakers include Tony Allan, 2008 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate; Daniel Ben-Ami, author Cowardly Capitalism, Ferraris for All: In Defence of Economic Progress; Niel Bowerman, co-founder and former Executive Director, Climatico, co-founder, The Climate Justice Project; Jonathan Cainer, the nation’s favourite astrologer; Andrew Calcutt, University of East London, editor Rising East; Rita Carter, author The Brain Book, Mapping the Mind; Mike Childs, Head of Climate, Friends of the Earth; Suzy Dean, journalist, researcher and writer on democracy, multiculturalism and cities; Alex Hochuli, writer, researcher in ethical consumerism; Clive Lord, founder member of the Green Party; Diana Mavroleon, producer-presenter, Resonance fm, contributor, Confluence Magazine; Amir Saeed, Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland; Oscar Watson, Director, Intercultural Arts; James Woudhuysen, author, Energise!: A Future for Energy Innovation
Full details of the programme can be found at http://www.thegreatdebate.org.uk/GrPhoenx10.html
Tickets available through The Green Phoenix festival site at http://www.greenphoenixfestival.org.uk<http://www.greenphoenixfestival.org.uk/>
On October 19th Northumbria University will be hosting The Great Debate Head to Head: Economic Growth: Bane or Boon? with Jonathon Porritt and Daniel Ben-Ami (see http://www.thegreatdebate.org.uk/FutureEvents.html#PorritBenAmi) – this is a free event but booking is essential – contact Remy Buchanan: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
For "The Spaces of Democracy and the Democracy of Space" network website
<http://www.spaceofdemocracy.org/>http://www.spaceofdemocracy.org<http://www.spaceofdemocracy.org/>
For Radical Politics Today magazine
http://www.spaceofdemocracy.org/resources/publications/magazine/magazine.html<http://www.spaceofdemocracy.org/resources/publications/magazine.magazine.html>
For more on the book What is radical politics today?, published in 2009 by Palgrave MacMillan
<http://www.spaceofdemocracy.org/resources/resources_bookstoread.html>http://www.spaceofdemocracy.org/resources/resources_bookstoread.html
Jonathan Pugh
Senior Academic Fellow
Director "The Spaces of Democracy and the Democracy of Space" network
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
5th Floor Daysh Building
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
United Kingdom
Honorary Fellow, The Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster
|