Saturday 24th October 2009
The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence
The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence is a free interactive, living exhibition staged in the dramatic setting of the Bargehouse on London’s South Bank, brought to you by nef (the new economics foundation) and a host of partner organisations.
The main exhibition will take place on Saturday, 24 October when the whole venue will be opened for one day only.
Time: 10.30 – 19.30
Location: Bargehouse, South Bank.
View a list of speakers
Ration Me Up: Concerned about climate change? Feeling helpless and doomed? Then pay a visit to the Ministry of Trying to Do Something About It and pick up your Carbon Ration Book. Ration Me Up shows you your fair share of the world’s resources, revealing just how simple it is to minimise your impact on the planet.
Big Conversations: With over forty-five leading thinkers, activists, authors and artists attending The Bigger Picture, you can be sure of a good debate. You can take to the soapbox yourself and join the conversation, or just sit back and let your mind be expanded by our experts. View a list of all our speakers.
Skill-sharing: Forsake your dependence on energy-hungry consumer gadgets and start doing things for yourself in our re-skilling workshops. Learn to bake real bread, build a thermal solar panel, make incredible crafts and perform other handy feats. When the oil shortages come, you’ll be grateful you came along. View all workshops and exhibits.
Art galleries: The works of leading contemporary artists will be on display during the festival, inspired by the issues of the day. View all workshops and exhibits.
Tales of how it turned out right: If we’re going to meet the social, economic and ecological challenges of our time, we need to start telling new stories about where our world is heading. Join our resident bards and recite your own transition tale in our storytelling sessions.
Film screenings: We’ll be showing the best documentaries on environmental, economic and social issues. Watch trailers and clips.………..
Doctor’s surgeries: Have you ever wanted to talk climate change with a real atmospheric physicist? Or discuss the building blocks of a happy life with an expert on well-being? Or perhaps you just want to grill an economist about the financial crisis. Get your burning questions answered by someone in the know at our Doctor’s Surgeries.
Five Ways to Well-being: Using nef research on easy actions to make us happier, we’ll be encouraging visitors to Connect with each other, Keep Learning, Be Active, Take Notice of the things around them, and Give something to others throughout the day.
The After-Party: Single Cell Collective bring you an evening of folk-funk at the Halo Bar in Battersea. View details.
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Make sure you register online today. The Festival is completely free to attend, but we’d love you to give us a donation if you’re able.
Disabled access: Bargehouse is a four-storey building, the first three floors of which have disabled access. Due to the high level of programme content, we have decided to use all the space, but we have tried to ensure as much access to our speakers and various activities throughout the day, in other parts of the building. Please contact us in advance if you require any assistance, or have any specific questions, and we will do everything we can to help.