Planet Assembly at Hay Festival
Hay Festival 2023 launched Planet Assembly, a series of solutions-focused workshops exploring the dramatic policy transformations that are needed to tackle the acute climate and biodiversity emergencies. Hosted by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton and special guests we explored the core topics including energy, health, food, mobility, water, fashion, biodiversity and where and how we live. Our Planet Assemblies have articulated that we simply can't wait for governments and businesses to lead the way. We are the people that we're waiting for.
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Saturday 27 May 2023
Planet Assembly 1: Energy – What Must Change? A Thought Laboratory
Bring your best ideas to this solutions-focused workshop session. Facilitated by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton and joined by key speakers to be announced, we’ll look at the key issue of energy, discussing the scale of the issue and a range of solutions.
Read NowSunday 28 May 2023
Planet Assembly 2: Health – What Must Change? A Thought Laboratory
Bring your best ideas to this solutions-focused workshop session. Facilitated by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton and joined by key speakers to be announced, we’ll look at the key issue of health, discussing the scale of the issue and a range of solutions.
Read NowMonday 29 May 2023
Planet Assembly 3: Food – What Must Change? A Thought Laboratory
Bring your best ideas to this solutions-focused workshop session. Facilitated by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton and joined by key speakers to be announced, we’ll look at the key issue of food, discussing the scale of the issue and a range of solutions.
Read NowTuesday 30 May 2023
Planet Assembly 4: Mobility – What Must Change? A Thought Laboratory
Bring your best ideas to this solutions-focused workshop session. Facilitated by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton and joined by key speakers to be announced, we’ll look at the key issue of mobility, discussing the scale of the issue and a range of solutions.
Read NowWednesday 31 May 2023
Planet Assembly 5: Water – What Must Change? A Thought Laboratory
Bring your best ideas to this solutions-focused workshop session. Facilitated by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton and joined by key speakers to be announced, we’ll look at the key issue of water, discussing the scale of the issue and a range of solutions.
Read NowThursday 1 June 2023
Planet Assembly 6: What We Wear – What Must Change? A Thought Laboratory
Bring your best ideas to this solutions-focused workshop session. Facilitated by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton and joined by key speakers to be announced, we’ll look at the key issue of what we wear, discussing the scale of the issue and a range of solutions.
Read NowFriday 2 June 2023
Planet Assembly 7: Biodiversity – What Must Change? A Thought Laboratory
Bring your best ideas to this solutions-focused workshop session. Facilitated by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton and joined by key speakers to be announced, we’ll look at the key issue of biodiversity, discussing the scale of the issue and a range of solutions.
Read NowSaturday 3 June 2023
Planet Assembly 8: Where and how we Live – What Must Change? Thought Laboratory
Bring your best ideas to this solutions-focused workshop session. Facilitated by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton and joined by key speakers to be announced, we’ll look at the key issue of where and how we live, discussing the scale of the issue and a range of solutions.
Read NowSunday 4 June 2023
Planet Assembly 9 – Call To Action with Tony Juniper and Emily Shuckburgh: Results of the Thought Laboratory
Come along to hear the results from the week of Planet Assembly public workshops led by sustainability entrepreneur Andy Middleton, Chief Exploration Officer at the TYF Group. At this concluding event, we’ll launch the urgent call to action generated from these intense brain-storming discussions, with Tony Juniper, Chair of Natural England, and Emily Shuckburgh, Director of Cambridge Zero.
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