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Hay Festival 2020: #futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country

JANE DAVIDSON, JONATHAN BOSTON, BECKY RICKETTS AND CAROLINE LUCAS

#FUTUREGEN: LESSONS FROM A SMALL COUNTRY, WALES AND THE WORLD

Hay Digital 2020,  Sunday 31 May 2020

In #futuregen, Jane Davidson explains how, as Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing in Wales, she helped create the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015—the first piece of legislation on Earth to place regenerative and sustainable practice at the heart of government. Unparalleled in its scope and vision, the Act connects environmental and social health and looks to solve complex issues such as poverty, education and unemployment.

It’s a living, breathing prototype for local and global leaders as proof of what is possible in the fight for a sustainable future. Davidson is joined by Caroline Lucas MP, Becky Ricketts, President of the Students’ Union UWTSD and incoming President of the National Union for Students in Wales, and Jonathan Boston, Professor in the Wellington School of Business and Government, who advises the New Zealand government on their policy for future generations. 

Chaired by Andy Fryers.

Watch on Hay Player here.

Interview - Farmaheaven: A film about the One Planet Development in Wales

A video about the One Planet Development scheme in Wales. OPDs have emerged as a solution to some of the problems facing people without huge financial resources who want to live and work on agricultural land. This film takes two examples of OPDs in south-west Wales and includes an interviews with Matt and Charis Watkinson of Beeview Farm, Erica Thompson, a climate scientist who runs an OPD in a cluster of small-holdings near Whitland, and Jane Davidson, a former member of the Welsh Senedd and the main promoter of OPDs and the unique Well-being of Future Generations Act which makes Wales a world leader in sustainable, regenerative development.