Change Everything: an evening with Natalie Bennett

Join Natalie Bennett for an evening of exploring how we survive the intersecting crises we find ourselves in: by changing everything!

We are living in a social, political, economic and environmental emergency. The status quo is profoundly unstable; change is inevitable. Now is the time to get together to build a far healthier and more balanced world. Natalie Bennet's book Change Everything is the result of conversations with thousands of people. In it, she suggests a wholly possible, and essential, Green vision - rooted in principles of health and shared resilience.

From Universal Basic Income to free education, from less stuff but more life, to genuine democratic opportunities for all, Natalie Bennett brings together a holistic, hopeful and practical vision for the future.

Our speaker:

Natalie Bennett, or Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle for really formal occasions, was leader of the Green Party of England and Wales 2012- 2016, and entered the House of Lords in 2019. That’s meant a decade travelling the country speaking at public meetings, in schools, colleges and universities, and hearing about the many great grassroots efforts being made to tackle our polycrises. She has degrees in agricultural science, humanities and social science, reflecting her passion for joined-up, systems thinking, rather than reductionist, 20th-century- style approaches. She was editor of the Guardian Weekly, chief sub- editor on the Bangkok Post, and a volunteer at the Thai National Commission on Women’s Affairs. She grew up on the lands of the Wallumedegal people in northern Sydney.

This event will be chaired by Hannah Allum. Senior Bookseller at Lighthouse, Master of Zoology (if we're being fancy) and all around nature nerd.