Discussions

Our participatory discussions in the Barn explore contemporary issues and debates around the ideas of ‘Plenty’ - How do we live with the least effort for the optimum effect? How can nature’s abundance and diversity on that open up new ways of thinking and living? From landscapes to orchards, more than human species to transition justice, we will explore our place in the world and how this connects to our purpose and shared futures.

The Far Orchard – Developing Networks of Care

Public artists Jo Hodges and Robbie Coleman will discuss their latest participatory arts project – The Far Orchard and invite audiences to take part in an exploration of how we can use networks of care to help restore and reinforce a sense of community, wellbeing and connection with the natural world.

This participatory session will explore how we might rethink traditional ways of doing things - with questions such as; can The Far Orchard model help us think about distributed networks as alternatives to centralised planning and decision making? As we move into an uncertain future, could finding new ways of sharing and extending care help us build our collective resilience?

Tools for Mutual Flourishing: how to live well within planetary boundaries

Join Luke Delvin, member of the Enough! Scotland collective and Executive Director of the Centre for Human Ecology for a discussion exploring community and ecosystems.

Using insights from human ecology, degrowth and traditional knowledge, together we’ll examine how to create lifeways that nurture, regenerate and restore self, community and ecosystems – and have a great time doing it!

‘This land is your land; this land is my land’: Reimagining a just transition.

Join social anthropologist Annabel Pinker, writer and teacher Michael Malay, and climate activist Scott Herrett in this two-part session/encounter as they weave together storytelling, sound, image and embodied practice/ movement. Recognizing that we must reshape our relationship with nature in response to ecological devastation - journey with them to discover how transition justice both locally and elsewhere might be reimagined.

Plenty? a festival exploring more and less brings people and communities together to create an abundance of joy, well-being and sharing of collective experiences.

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