Rewild the Rich! How to Take Back our Countryside with Joel Scott-Halkes

Tuesday May 7th
Doors & drinks 6.30pm; Talk starts 7pm

Talk and discussion with Wild Card cofounder Joel Scott-Halkes, ahead of our day walk across Knepp Wildland on Saturday May 11th.

The British countryside is dying. Pollinator numbers are falling, ecosystems are collapsing and species are dying out fast. But how can this be happening in a nation of nature lovers? The answer is simple: Everyday citizens like us have lost control over the land we love.

With 50% of Britain owned by less than 1% of its population it is aristocrats, royalty, corporations and large institutions who now decide the future of our landscapes. This puts us in a truly precarious position. As we stare down the barrel of the climate and nature emergency, we find ourselves with no democratic control over our most important environmental resource: land.

In this politically and ecologically charged talk, Joel will take a deep dive into the practice of rewilding, the astonishing mismanagement of our countryside by private landowners and the ambitious but practical ways we, as citizens, can take back our land. From radically democratising the UK’s huge areas of common land to executing “citizen take overs” of the UK’s big institutional landowners like The Church and National Trust, Joel will lay down a route map for a wilder and fairer Britain.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 6.30pm for drinks. Talk starts at 7pm.

£8 Kairos Club Member, £15 Non-member, £10 Concession (student or struggling financially), £20 Supporter. Food and drinks complimentary.