Polly Higgins’ Footsteps – Stop Ecocide
It was the first Seed Festival here at Hawkwood that inspired visionary earth lawyer Polly Higgins to move to Stroud, where she spent her last five years in her true community and spiritual home. Join her closest colleagues for a walk through the beautiful grounds to share memories and inspirations. Let your steps be joyful… we promise she’ll be smiling.

Chrysalis mobile arts, culture and learning space – Encounters
Chrysalis a beautiful  mobile arts, culture and learning space for gatherings and exploration of all kind will be visiting the Seed Festival. Encounters Arts who have co-designed and made Chrysalis with the hands and imagination of hundreds of people in South Devon and Torbay will be hosting Chrysalis. Drop in and take part in some of encounters  tried and tested creative, playful, and reflective activities. Chrysalis will also be open as a pop up venue for anybody to use during the festival  just add your name to the blackboard outside if you want to host something. Encounters create the conditions for a creative caring connected world where we learn to flourish together living within the earths limits. 

Trees, Woods and People – from outrage to separation to now – Woodland Trust
It’s taken 800 years for us to acknowledge the debt we owe to trees. But the leaves are turning with the Tree Charter. This ground-up, people-led accord articulates our very modern relationship with some of the planet’s oldest inhabitants. Now all we need to do is bring it to life…

Climate for electric cars? Anthony Simpson
I used to be normal. Then 15 years ago I attended a talk by a climate scientist which changed everything about my life and career. Recently, following two years with the University of Reading researching and modelling electric vehicle charging, I now work for leading EV leasing company DriveElectric to develop smart EV charging solutions. The talk aims to answer some of the key questions – are EVs really greener? How close is the EV transition? Can our electricity system cope?  And does it matter when I charge the car? Finally, I hope to convince everyone why embracing smart meters is a vital step towards net zero.

Prayer for the Planet – Active Service Sanjula Manthe
Sanjula a Healer and workshop leader from the Osho community and Findhorn has been working in different styles of healing and meditation over many years . She will guide you into an active healing and pray ritual for the earth and ourselves. Taking the time in deep silence to re align our natural balance to Mother Earth..

eARTh  is Art as Prayer  EXHIBITION by Azul-Valerie Thome
An exhibition and a practice of making beautiful ART and CRAFT for the mending of our connection with EARTH while activating the world of our longing through this ritual making.

It includes the new series Dark Matter, Anima Mundi as well as the Archetypal Daimon Series.  Azul will be opening the exhibition by the spring with Grief Composting Circles Ritual at 11am Saturday.

Re-generation Festivals Talk – Lonan
Re-generation Festival started in Spain in 2017 with the idea of putting on a festival that wasn’t just leave no trace, but instead left the land in a better state than when we found it. Tree planting and workshops combined with bands and DJs for a weekend of ecological hedonism.
 

data2Dclaire
is an art installation focused on creating awareness through interactivity on environmental issues. By including data our purpose is to create empathy, aiming directly at enhancing people’s consciousness in order to generate behaviour change and stimulate pro-environmental actions. We want to communicate people’s environmental impact, motivate and consequently encourage pro-environmental response. 

Rediscover Hemp – the original seed of life! Hempen Co-operative
There is evidence to suggest that hemp was the first ever cultivated crop and maybe even the plant that taught us the seed to plant process. Until 100 years ago this plant was abundant, its only now that we are rediscovering hemp and its ability to change our world.

Community strength and deep adaptation – Alan Heeks
In the turbulent times ahead, local communities could be vital. This session will be a shared exploration of how to raise and harness community strength, drawing on experience from Alan’s Future Conversations project and his involvement with Jem Bendell’s work on Deep Adaptation to climate change.

Nature in Mind? What your biology teacher never told you – Roger Duncan
This talk will explore a kind of madness at the core of the developed world that has separated the growth of human cultural systems from the destruction of the environment on which these systems depend and will invite you to radically reimagine the relationship between humans and nature.

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Plant-based for the planet: is it worth it? William Gildea
We often hear that plant-based is better for the environment, but by how much? Is it worth the effort? Are there better diets for the planet? Find out at this engaging 101 on food and the climate, and get some fresh tips on how to plate up for the planet.

Three years to transform soil, landscape, community – Biodynamic Association
Biodynamics? See examples of soil transformation, bare fields becoming nature-rich farms. Gardens become places of transformation for the individual, family, community and nature. Biodynamics brings wellbeing to your soil, your soul and your insects. Join the garden rebellion – bring yours alive, soil soul and spirit.

Living With Trees – Robin Walter
Why have we lost most of our trees and woods? What role do trees play today? Despite our conquest of nature, trees remain important features in our lives and our landscapes. With an active engagement with trees, we can start to restore the web of life and our place in it.