Greenprint Forum: Fighting for a Sensible Fish Future
Event 1 • •
Venue: Elmley Foundation Theatre
With half of all the fish caught in the North Sea thrown back dead, parasites in farmed fish and raising ocean temperatures all causing problems, what is the future for fish? Fisheries minister Richard Benyon joins Peter Duncan of the Marine Conservation Society, Andy Hickman, fisheries campaigner for the Environmental Justice Foundation and other guests. Chaired by Geoffrey Lean.
The Greenprint Forum
Greenprint is the Festival’s sustainability project. The Greenprint Forum forms part of the programme of managing and mitigating our environmental impact and has been running for five years. Please join in and contribute to the sessions and the debate at hayfestival.org/greenprint.
To book a full day ticket to all 6 Greenprint sessions for £15, please call the box office.
We begin a 96-hour reading of the King James Authorised Version of the Bible that will run in two 4-hour sessions daily in parish churches on either side of the border. Full listings will be online at hayfestival.org/bible. All welcome.
Entry to this event is free but you must obtain a ticket
Genetically modified food has been on the agenda for years and the argument rages over the benefits versus the risks. With climate change comes the increased occurrence of extreme weather events from droughts to floods, salination to big freezes. Is GM part of the answer to ensuring food supplies in these conditions or can traditional agriculture cope? Chaired by Louise Gray.
Greenprint is the Festival's sustainability project. Since 2005 we have been working to minimise carbon emissions, reduce waste and study the causes and effects of climate change. Please join in and contribute to the sessions and the debate at hayfestival.org/greenprint.
To book a full day ticket to all 6 Greenprint sessions for £15, please call the box office
With the steady abolition of regulations on commodity markets during the mid-1990s, food staples such as wheat, cocoa, sugar, meat and coffee are all now global commodities. Has this freedom to speculate in food prices enabled new investment into traditional agriculture, or has it led to unsustainable food price spikes which have little or no bearing on the real cost of food? Chaired by Geoffrey Lean.
Greenprint is the Festival's sustainability project. Since 2005 we have been working to minimise carbon emissions, reduce waste and study the causes and effects of climate change. Please join in and contribute to the sessions and the debate at hayfestival.org/greenprint.
To book a full day ticket to all 6 Greenprint sessions for £15, please call the box office.
It is natural that we focus on individual issues within the environment; however, they are all interconnected and treating issues in isolation risks ignoring the larger impacts. Working within the ecological limits of the planet requires careful management of all resources and we have to prioritise: but what should those priorities be? Environmental campaigner and author Mark Lynas talks to Jane Davidson, former Minister for Environment (Wales) and the new Director of INSPIRE.Greenprint is the Festival's sustainability project. Since 2005 we have been working to minimise carbon emissions, reduce waste and study the causes and effects of climate change.
In the first of a series of events with soldiers, politicians and journalists discussing conflict resolution, the distinguished Falklands War veteran and charity hero discusses his life and writing, choosing his desert island books, music and films.
Can you imagine a world without fish? This compelling documentary looks at the devastating effect of over-fishing and the campaign for a sustainable marine environment. Followed by a Q&A with the Director.
Greenprint is the Festival's sustainability project. Since 2005 we have been working to minimise carbon emissions, reduce waste and study the causes and effects of climate change. Please join in and contribute to the sessions and the debate at hayfestival.org/greenprint.
To book a full day ticket to all 6 Greenprint sessions for £15, please call the box office
An exploration of the development of Wales’ oldest political party, some of its heroes and villains and how its more prominent members have shaped Welsh and British history, with special reference to the late Festival Vice-President and President of the European Movement in Wales, Lord Richard Livsey of Talgarth.
The four male choirs – Cor Meibion Talgarth Male Choir, Builth Male Voice Choir, Cor Meibion Aberhonddu and Rhayader & District Male Voice Choir – join forces for a special tribute concert in honour of the much loved Brecon and Radnor MP and Festival Vice-President who died last year. Compèred by Glyn Powell.
All proceeds will fund free tickets for local schools
The programme will include the following (some items may change):
SET 1 Conductor: David Hatton (musical director Rhayader); Accompanist: Bethan Rees
Rachie / My Lord What A Mornin' / Softly as I leave You / An American Trilogy
SET 2 Conductor: Luned Jones (musical director Builth); Accompanist: Ann Bufton
Soldiers' Chorus / Take Me Home / O Gymru / Gwahoddiad
INTERVAL
SET 3 Conductor: Lynnette Jones (musical Director Aberhonddu); Accompanist: Aled Hopton
Audience participation in Cwm Rhondda. Comrades in Arms / Myfanwy / Hine e Hine / Hafan Gobaith
INTERLUDE
SET 4 Conductor: Morwen Pugh (musical Director Talgarth); Accompanist: Val Whiston
O Isis & Osiris / Speed Your Journey / Troyte's Chant / Amen
Greenprint Forum Screening: Mine – Story of a Sacred Mountain
Event 10 • •
Venue: Llwyfan Cymru – Wales Stage
When a giant London-based mining company came to mine India’s Niyamgiri hills for aluminium ore, the only thing standing in their way was the Dongria Kondh tribe. How did the Dongria take the company on – and win back the mountain they revere as a God? Followed by a Q&A chaired by Greenprint Director Andy Fryers.
Greenprint is the Festival's sustainability project. Since 2005 we have been working to minimise carbon emissions, reduce waste and study the causes and effects of climate change. Please join in and contribute to the sessions and the debate at hayfestival.org/greenprint.
To book a full day ticket to all 6 Greenprint sessions for £15, please call the box office
Further reading: An interview with Stephen Corry and an article by Joanna Eede.
This event has taken place
In association with Survival International and sponsored by E.ON
