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CTP's workshop at the 2025 #FofD @festofdebate.bsky.social was about finding ways to make decisions by putting people and place at the heart of the conversation. We've created a blog with our partners from SY Ecofit and SYMCA about how it went.
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Yesterday at Soft Ground, we heard from Sheffield Community Land Trust about their plan to take our city back into common ownership, providing affordable housing and cultural spaces right in the city centre 🏘️
#Sheffield #CommunityLandTrust #FofD
Join us at The Showroom tonight for a free screening of a powerful documentary exploring how Sheffield’s social enterprises are leading systemic change in response to the interconnected social, economic, and environmental challenges of our time.
Free tickets ⬇️
#Sheffield #FofD #SocialEnterprise
It was my absolute pleasure to speak with Joycelyn Longdon for the #FofD @festofdebate.bsky.social.
Please also buy her fantastic 📖 Natural Connection: What indigenous wisdom & marginalised people teach us about environmental action
www.penguin.co.uk/books/454481...
A photo of two people sitting on a stage in conversation in front of an audience. Behind them is a projection with the cover of Joycelyn Longdon's book 'Natural Connection' and the words "Festival of Debate presents Joycelyn Longdon: Natural Connection. In conversation with Rei Takver"
"The idea that pausing and thinking and giving space for reflection is an elitist thing is very flawed. Those of us who don't work in research are still theorists and have stories to tell"
Joycelyn Longdon in conversation with @rtakver.bsky.social on Wednesday evening 🌱
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Super proud to be part of the ##UnravellingBiofilms workshop at the #FoFD @festofdebate.bsky.social.
We were chats to folks about sewage fungus, river pollution and our hopes for the Don and her catchment... whilst crafting!
#Crochet #NeedleFelting #SciArt
@sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social
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"We need to integrate logical, emotional, and moral aspects when interpreting and presenting evidence"
We're learning about 'Public Research for Public Good: Closing the Health Gap', with @felly500.bsky.social ⚖️
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We're looking forward to hosting our @festofdebate.bsky.social #FofD #Sheffield event tomorrow: 'Public Research for Public Good: Closing the Health Gap' with @felly500.bsky.social @joelangley.bsky.social Fiona Marshall and Naeema Ahmed.
It's a sell out! festivalofdebate.com/2025/public-...
The planet actually needs you to use more plastic! 🌎
Join us for our @festofdebate.bsky.social event where our Co-Director, Tony Ryan, will challenge common perceptions and outline an alternative, sustainable future for plastic.
📅 Wed 28 May, 7pm
Book here ⬇️
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#FofD #Sheffield
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On Wednesday, we hosted @compassoffice.bsky.social and Who Is Your Neighbour? to explore conversations that disrupt division and build democracy 💬
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"Retrofit is an essential component of decarbonisation – and if done properly, offers huge opportunities to build community wealth"
Yesterday at the @thegreenestate.bsky.social, we learnt all about creating resilient places through the built and natural environment with SY Ecofit.
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"Striving for 'perfection' is as fruitless as it is exhausting"
From our workshop this morning on 'Working Well: Avoid Burnout and Create Balance and Joy'.
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Audience listening to Manuchehr speak at Activism Across Borders event in Victoria Hall
"When I came here I discovered a new alphabet of fighting injustice" - Manuchehr, from Iran/Sheffield
His contribution to 'Activism Across Borders' @festofdebate.bsky.social last night was a political education and an inspiration for the audience.
Refugees are more than victims and survivors
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"The media have a role to play that perpetuates crises. When you put your TV on, the NGOs will have an advert that focuses on who needs food in a war zone, and not the political nature of [the conflict]"
– Boucka Koffi speaking at our @symaag.bsky.social event on 'Activism Across Borders'
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Exciting and nerve-wracking to be hosting this event at #FofD organised by Opus Independents
Details below!
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"The kind of people in this book have not been written about. These are amazing people who have changed Britain"
@lanre-bakare.bsky.social in conversation with @desireereynolds.bsky.social about 'We Were There', his book telling the story of Black Britain beyond the capital.
#FofD #Sheffield
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'What if Heart of the City was Replicated in Castlegate?' 🏗️
We spent an inspiring day yesterday with Sheffield Civic Trust and the Sheffield Society of Architects, imagining what a thriving future for Castlegate might look like.
#FofD #Sheffield #Castlegate
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"Sheffield's collections came from around the world, some dating back 150 years ago this year. There is an active conversation about should they, shouldn’t they, return objects"
We're at @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social asking: should museums return objects? 🖼️
#FofD #Sheffield
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"There are huge chunks of our economy that are destructive and totally unnecessary for human wellbeing, and should be scaled down"
@jasonhickel.bsky.social is outlining the need for degrowth in the most damaging sectors of our economy.
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“The study of money, above all other fields in economics, is one in which complexity is used to disguise truth or to evade truth, not to reveal it..."
A quote from John Kenneth Galbraith, 1975, to open our session on 'Public Finance Black Hole – The Big Lie'
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"We've reduced our reliance on coal from 40% in 2012 to zero now. It's a good example of how you can rapidly decarbonise the grid"
We're hearing from activists with @stopcambo.bsky.social Sheffield about the transition to a world without fossil fuels.
#FofD
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"The economy is not just made up of the market and the state. In that boxing match we don't see the role of unpaid care work, the household, and the commons"
– 'Doughnut Economics' pioneer @kateraworth.bsky.social in conversation with Indy Johar and James Lock at Festival of Debate.
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"It's great that the human race has autistic people, because having the ability and capacity to see the world in a different way is really important"
– @johnharris1969.bsky.social in conversation with Melissa Simmonds at Festival of Debate 💬
#FofD
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"In the current system, young children are seen simply as 'empty vessels' to be imprinted with the tenets of neoliberalist ideology, and pitted against each other rather than encouraged to creatively collaborate and co-operate"
📅 Challenging Neoliberalism in Early Childhood Education
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We kicked off Festival of Debate 2025 last night with an event exploring the next steps for the Sheffield City Goals – an exciting project to empower our neighbourhoods and inspire young changemakers.
See what's coming up 👉 festivalofdebate.com
#FofD #Sheffield #CityGoals
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Did you know that most of the events at this year's Festival of Debate are absolutely free? 🤔
Here are a few highlights from the programme that you can enjoy without paying a penny 👇🧵
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#FofD #Sheffield #SouthYorkshire
A screenshot of an excerpt from an email newsletter that reads: "Sheffield's Festival of Debate is about to start, so we asked five people across the local climate movement for their recommendations Jenny Carpenter from Global Justice Sheffield: There are two outstanding FoD events that I wouldn't miss for world: they are Kate Raworth on Doughnut Economics (25 April) and Jason Hickel on Degrowth (29 April) - wonderful opportunities to discover how to live joyfully within boundaries in the face of climate change. Steph Mullen from Kids Plant Trees: I'm drawn to two events in particular - Exploring Frontiers: A Rights of Nature Just Transition (13 May) and Joycelyn Longdon: Nature Connection (21 May) - creative explorations of our connection with nature and each other, and how these connections can help us shape a better future. Gareth Roberts from Regather: I missed the premiere, so I'm looking forward to watching Social Enterprising the Transitions Ahead (28 May), which is a powerful documentary capturing how social enterprise in Sheffield is helping to navigate – and lead – the transitions we all face. Veronica Broomes from the Sheffield Sustainability Network: With the growing trend of people being economically active beyond 'retirement age', influenced either by personal choice or circumstance, 'Sharing stories for more inclusive aging' (14 May) caught my eye. Also 'Rebirth of Mother Earth' (30 May), a local initiative by artists with global insights drawn from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. John Grant from XR Scientists: No recommendation from John, but a plea - "I can’t wait to hear some discussions/presentations/issues which allow me to have active hope for the future, I’m fed up with being scared, depressed and angry.”
Ahead of the start of Festival of Debate 2025 next week, South Yorkshire Climate Alliance asked five people across the local climate movement what they're looking forward to at this year's festival.
Here's what they had to say! ⬇️
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"We really hope people who attend this year's festival come away with a renewed sense of hope, as well as the tools to make change in their streets and in their neighbourhoods"
Some excellent coverage of Festival of Debate 2025 from the BBC! ⬇️
#FofD #Sheffield #UKPolitics #Politics #SouthYorkshire
Activism Across Borders
SYMAAG event at Sheffield's @festofdebate.bsky.social
📅Tues May 6
🕖7-8.30
We hear about refugees as victims of persecution in countries of origin then victims of UKs Hostile Environment.
But we're here because we are activists too!
festivalofdebate.com/2025/activis...
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📣 We're at #FofD in #Sheffield 2025! Our event, Collaborative Policy Making for Thriving Places on Thu 22 May 14.00-16.00, The Workstation S1 2BX. We’ll explore how different ways of making decisions can achieve benefits for people, place and planet. www.tickettailor.com/events/festi...
