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We’re very excited to welcome Greenpeace UK into the fold. Greenpeace are arguably the world’s best known environmental organisation, and bring a wealth of expertise and experience in the field of direct action to The Bigger Picture.

Next up is the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. For over 30 years, Bianca Jagger has campaigned for human rights, social and economic justice and environmental protection throughout the world. She’ll be speaking at The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence on 24 October 2009.

Paul McCartney’s Meat Free Monday campaign has also joined the Bigger Picture, encouraging everyone to cut down their meat consumption for the sake of the climate.

We’re also pleased to add the DEA, who do great work trying to encourage sustainable thinking and learning in education, and Project Dirt, a community hub for environmental projects.

Over at Speakers‘ Corner, we’re pleased to welcome Anna Minton, author of the agenda-setting Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the 21st Century City, which received a glowing five-star review in TimeOut, making it a must-read for city dwellers everywhere.c

Three more speakers are confirmed for The Bigger Picture, a Festival of Interdependence on 24 October 2009.

Nick Dearden, head of Jubilee Debt Campaign, will be joining nef’s own Sargon Nissan for an interactive odyssey through the history of economics.

Jody Aked, a senior researcher at nef’s centre for well-being, will be explaining the science behind her project Five Ways to Well-being.

And finally Edgar Kampers, a leading innovator in the field of complimentary currencies, will be joining nef’s Josh Ryan-Collins for an exploration of alternative forms of money which can benefit both the environment and local economies.

Filmmaker David Sington and the founder of LINE (London Islamic Network for the Environment) Muzammal Hussein are the latest confirmed speakers for The Bigger Picture: A Festival of Interdependence on Saturday 24 October 2009.

David is an award-winning documentary maker, who has specialised in making films on environmental and scientific subjects. We’ll be screening David’s film In the Shadow of the Moon, which tells the story of the men who walked on the moon, and their experience of viewing our fragile planet from the outside. You can view the trailer of In the Shadow of the Moon, and the other films we’ll be showing at our new Films page.

Muzammal has been a pioneer of developing Islamic approaches to environmental issues and is the founder of the London Islamic Network for the Environment (LINE).

Both are fantastic additions to an already impressive line-up of speakers. We’ll be publishing details about which sessions they’ll be speaking in soon, so watch this space.

Dr Stephen Spratt, chief economist at nef (the new economics foundation), and Professor Tim Lang, from the centre for food policy at City University, London, are the newest addition to The Bigger Picture’s line-up of speakers.

With over thirty speakers now confirmed, you won’t want to miss The Bigger Picture: A Festival of Interdependence, 24 October 2009. So register today to receive updates and get priority admittance at the events.

The author, scholar and president of the Board of the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam, Susan George, is the latest high-profile addition to our growing list of speakers for The Bigger Picture: A Festival of Interdependence happening on 24 October.

We’ve also added a range of researchers and experts from nef (the new economics foundation), including Lucie Stephens, who heads up nef’s research on co-production and the core economy, and Sargon Nissan, who works on community finance, banking reform and ethical investment.

The latest partner organisation to sign up with The Bigger Picture is The Centre for Sustainable Fashion, at the London College of Fashion. And with them, we have another speaker: Dr Frances Corner, Professor of Art and Design Education at the college.

We’re also looking for volunteers to help us to keep things running smoothly on 24 October.

Joe Smith of the Open University, Claire Melamed of ActionAid and David Boyle of nef (the new economics foundation) are the latest confirmed speakers at the Bigger Picture: a Festival of Interdependence, happening on 24 October 2009.

Since we publically announced the event last Thursday, we’ve had an incredible surge of interest. Over a hundred people have registered in the space of a few days. If you’d like to join them, receive updates about the events and get priority entrance on the day, then please head over to the registration page.