1 week on line summer school-there may exceptionally be some part of this event which is hybrid with our nature centre depending on covid.

Monday 30th August- Friday 3rd September 2021- on line or in part hybrid if safe to do so)

(Also this event can be taken as part of our major summer school - week 4)

Recalibrating our relationship with nature. Embracing nature as within us and we are within it.

The challenges in 2021 with international regimes.

Who are we as humans

How the pandemic was caused by our devastation of nature and our economic systems

Values, valuation and valuing

Ecosystems services, nature based solutions

Equality inclusion

Sessions:

Day 1 Introduction to Philosophy and nature

Poetry in Nature. Understanding nature in 2021- what is means to us now

Stopping the 6 th ever mass extinction of species.How has it happened and what can we do? What does it mean to value nature- values, valuation and valuing nature.

Nature, monotisation, commons, ecosystems, use value -and needs of nature and people and other species, the planet and its systems.

Day 2 How we rebuild our economy and live within nature? What do we need to do to stop the 6th mass extinction of species.

Recalibrating our own relationships with nature- opening ourselves up to nature

Our role in protecting the nature we meet- nature as personal interactions

Examples and workshops and lectures- going out in nature around the lovely centre

Day 3 Taking forward our new understandings and perspectives

Stopping the 6 th ever mass extinction of species. Our new role

Working in the real world in 2021 in the context of IPBPES and the COP26 United Nations Conferences

Understanding that the role of ecosystem services and nature based solutions and more technological and privatised agriculture are being promoted this year- and how to counter that to ensure that nature can be encouraged to flourish again and to enhance the biodiversity.

Day 4

Natural capital, environmental movements

Green Economics - Enclosure - Other sentient beings - Intelligence of Octypus and other creatures.

Human nature and our evolution in nature

Capital and economics, women, indigenous people, agroeconologist-

Agriculture and food- biodiversity

United Nations.

Economy privatisation and nature and the role of the state as intermediary between us and nature.

Literature and philosophy- introduction to the changing philosophy of nature

Preparing our input and response to the pandemic -and the role of the United Nations IPBES

Day 5 Putting it all together at our lovely education centre near Glastonbury

(This will be subject to the covid situation otherwise it will be either hybrid or on line)

NB Should the covid situation be too challenging we can run this event on line event hybrid too.