Interdependence Day

New Economics Foundation

Saturday 20 October 2007

Interdependence Day 2007

Saturday 20 October, 11.00am - 5.00 pm (doors open 10.00am)

Royal Geographical Society, Kensington Gore, London,

(nearest tube South Kensington)

£10/7.50 concessions advance, £12/9.50 on the door

Ticketline: 0871 424 4444 or www.ticketline.co.uk

Hosted by nef (the new economics foundation) and the Open University,

Speakers: Mark Lynas, author of High Tide: the truth about our climate crisis,
Anuradha Vittachi, co-founder of the Oneworld Network, Andrew Simms, policy director of nef (the new economics foundation) and author of Tescopoly: How one shop came out on top and why it matters, Ann Pettifor, Executive Director of Advocacy International, Co-founder of the Jubilee 2000 debt campaign, Raj Patel, activist and author of Stuffed and Starved, James Marriott, founder of Arts Activist network PLATFORM, Heather Ackroyd, of Acrkoyd Harvey, the artists who this summer grassed over the national theatre, and Jon Plowman, BBC Head of Comedy

Films: Mangetout, the Award-Winning and rarely viewed Modern Times
Documentary, Cheatneutral, the film of the internet phenomenon which unmasked carbon offsetting and Revolutionary cycling cinema

Activities: Pick-up a prescription at the Doctor's Surgery - a drop-in workshop with experts to help diagnose and cure the world's problems, Play your part in crafting a new map of global Interdependence in the historic map room ; Hear the latest thinking from key international figures who will offer their own Declarations of Interdependence; Soak up the mini-film festival in the Ondaatje Theatre and question top artists, film-makers, TV and web producers about new ways of looking at the world; Play Climatetalk and devise new ways of acting on climate change; Question whether growth is possible in a debate hosted by Radio 4's 'Material World'; Debate the defining question of our time, Do good lives have to cost the earth?; Dive into the deep water through the 'Water Salon' from the Dirt Café; hear about the impact of globalisation on the production of local cheese from Patricia Michelson, owner of La Fromagerie ; Get sticky with the Carbon Map - tracing the trail of the global oil and gas trade and its effects; Sew a subversive stitch with Guerrilla Craft; Meet artists, designers and authors who are working with environmental change; Join the 'participating in change' workshop to explore ways we can all engage with environmental issues; Get to the core of it by celebrating Apple Day with games, tastings, music and poetry; explore an installation highlighting global interdependence and ecological debt made from locally salvaged materials.

Interdependence Day 2007:

In a host of talks, workshops, music, film, art and games, Interdependence Day 2007 will explore what it means to live in an interdependent world. For anyone who cares about the earth and the people we share it with, Interdependence Day will provide a space to share ideas, meet like-minded people and debate globalisation and environmental change.

The new and extraordinary challenges that lie before us at the start of the twenty-first century - creeping globalisation, climate change, both seemingly
unstoppable and impossible to fully comprehend - can appear beyond the control of any one person. Finding a way to overcome this fear, and an awareness of the need to take a fresh approach to the defining questions of our time are the inspiration for Interdependence Day 2007.

Interdependence Day will reveal our sometimes 'hidden' connections with other
people, other communities and the natural world, and how we all depend on each other. By mapping the world as it really is, and as it could be, we can find out way to a world where good lives for all don't cost the earth. Help us make new maps for an Island planet.