George Monbiot on re-wilding; 27June

How can we manage a site’s landscape, ecological and human history, yet safeguard our archaeological and natural heritage? 

Event Programme and Brochure – open as pdfs

Hosted by Hill Dickinson, LLP,  The Balance, Pinfold Street, Sheffield S1 2GU.

Online booking – only 50 places

Registration & networking:  3.15pm. Start: 3.35pm – Finish 7.00pm prompt

Event Chairman: John Grant, Action for Involvement

Workshop with short presentations on key issues from:

• Liz Ballard, CEO, Sheffield Wildlife Trust;
• George Monbiot, Academic, Writer & Guardian Columnist;
• Mark Fisher, Hon Research Fellow, Wildlands Research Inst;
• Lynn Crowe, Sheffield Hallam University;
• Roy Taylor, RSPB Area Manager, Peak District National Park & Humber Estuary;
• Jon Stewart, General Manager, National Trust – Peak District;

Facilitators: Perry Walker, New Economics Foundation (nef) Fellow & Wendy Stern, Action for Involvement’s Founder & Chairman.

At this event we will:

• Draw on our speakers’ knowledge, expertise and values to learn how they will affect our prized Moors.
• Share insights, network, draw out key issues and give our speakers feedback on their vision.
• Help all those present to clarify values relevant to this case and understand the interplay of harmonious and conflicting values affecting our Moors.
• After hearing briefly from our speakers’, we’ll form small groups where their second role will be to engage with you in a workshop format giving high levels of inter-activity and a far more satisfying experience for a 3 hour event.

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Action for Involvement is keen to broaden exposure to these issues and make best use of the time available using a workshop format to give far higher and more satisfying levels of interactivity for a 3 hour event