Double Event: Night & Day and Defending the Planet on the Margins

Darkness and Light

Adventuring writers Dan Richards and Julian Hoffman talk about their new books, Overnight and Lifelines with broadcaster and author Dr Adam Rutherford. Overnight investigates the who, what and how of the nocturnal world, from shift workers to wildlife and from nightmares to twilight conviviality. Lifelines chronicles a journey to a new life and land and discovery of a true home. Community, found in sometimes unexpected places, is a shared theme.

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Defending the Planet on the Margins

How can an ancient forest be fully protected if it spans different borders or how can a river that runs through multiple countries be kept clean and healthy? How do we save the planet when states, communities and economies view their ecological responsibilities so diffently? Can global sustainabiity overcome national interests?

Author Alex Preston chairs this year's CLF environmental event with a discussion panel on finding solutions with travel author Peter Fiennes, marine biologist and Director of the Ionian Environment Foundation, Simon Karythis, and environmental writer Julian Hoffman, who will inspire us with some hopeful success stories from his tri-frontier home.