About this Event
How can we nurture visions of the good life that preserve nature and protect the interests of future generations? Can new institutions help us to re-invigorate democracy? Can creativity inspire us to conserve what we love? How can we become the ‘good ancestors’ we would wish for our kids, in the world they will inherit?
CUSP and the Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development are delighted to invite you to the latest in the series of dialogues on the Nature of Prosperity, hosted by Dr Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury. This event is held online and will also celebrate the previously unpublished authors who responded to CUSP's call on Nature Writing and the Common Good.
CONTACT
The event is free of charge, but places are limited. For enquiries, please email events@cusp.ac.uk. Register on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nature-of-prosperity-dialogue-saving-the-good-life-tickets-123012538815
AGENDA
11.15 | Introduction and Welcome—Graham Smith (FDSD Chair, Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy)
11.20 | Becoming a good ancestor: reframing democracy for tomorrow—Rowan Williams (Poet and Philosopher, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury) in conversation with Jane Davidson (Pro Vice-Chancellor Emeritus UWTSD, author of '#futuregen'), Roman Krznaric (Philosopher, author of 'The Good Ancestor') and Rebecca Willis (Professor in Practice at Lancaster University, author of 'Too Hot to Handle?').
12.35 | Q&A with participants
13.00 | Lunch and Vision Project
14.00 | Nature Writing and the Common Good—Kate Oakley (CUSP, Glasgow University) and Ian Christie (CUSP, University of Surrey) introducing the aims of CUSP's New Nature Writing call
14.15 | Excerpt from a finalist: Orlaith Delargy
14.25 | Writing about Nature: beyond caricature and nostalgia—Tim Jackson (Economist and playwright, Director of CUSP) in conversation with Louisa Adjoa Parker (Writer, Poet and Diversity Consultant), Madeleine Bunting (Writer and former Guardian Columnist, author of 'Labours of Love, the Crisis of Care') and Jessica Lee (Writer and environmental historian, author of 'Two Trees Make a Forest')
15.15 | Q&A with participants
15.35 | Excerpt from a finalist: Mahima Sukhdev
15.45 | Reflections on the day: Rowan Williams
16.00 | Close
ABOUT
The Nature of Prosperity Dialogue is a series of public debates engaging young and old alike across business, policy and civil society in one of the most vital questions of our time: what does prosperity mean in a world of environmental and social limits?