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Tom Heap – Land Smart: How to Give People and Nature the Space to Thrive

We need land for so many of humanity’s growing needs, such as food, renewable energy, carbon storage and housing. Traditionally, we’ve taken it from nature, but the mounting toll of extinction and pollution has meant a rethink is essential. 

In Land Smart, Tom Heap, presenter of BBC’s Countryfile, R4’s Rare Earth and The Climate Show on Sky News, tours the British countryside meeting farmers, scientists, conservationists and warehouse managers who are solving the most pressing challenges facing our countryside and the world, showing that if we use land cleverly it can give both humanity and nature the space to thrive on just the one planet. 

 

Chaired by Alison Freeman

Tickets £12/£10

 

“A terrific book… Every page is a challenge to how we think about the good earth about us, our climate, our soil, our food and how we live our lives. Land Smart is a call for positive change that we must not ignore.”Michael Morpurgo

 

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Booking Information

  • Priority Booking for Festival Friends opens at 08.00 on Friday 7th of March. Tickets go on general sale from Monday 10th March.
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Location

Theatre, Queen's Hall, Hexham

Date

03 May 2025

Time

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Cost

£12/£10 (concs)

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