The Lancaster Environment Lecture invites internationally renowned speakers to deliver a lecture on an environmental topic of social significance. Delivered annually, it provides an intellectually rigorous platform for engagement with the public on the most pressing issues around climate change and the environment.
Forthcoming Lecture
Past Lectures
Another England is Possible
On April 25, the ever-inspiring Green MP Caroline Lucas delivered the third annual Lancaster Environment Lecture, in conversation with Edward Simpson of Lancaster University.
Only if we can change our mindset and see how inextricably our own well-being is linked to and dependent on our natural environment....will we be able to rise to the existential threats of our time – the climate and nature emergencies.
Feeding the World without Devouring the Planet
In May 2023, author, Guardian columnist and environmental campaigner George Monbiot delivered a brilliant, compelling lecture on our food systems and their environmental impact.
Food production is the primary cause of habitat destruction, the primary cause of deforestation, the primary cause of wildlife loss...and yet, it’s surrounded by a kind of moral force field.
Earth Democracy
Vandana Shiva gave the inaugural Lancaster International Fiction Lecture as part of Litfest 2022. You can catch up via the online streaming platform Crowdcast.
Vandana Shiva: Earth DemocracyWe're told more science, less poverty. But everywhere I see more poverty... I'm told economic growth removes poverty, but wherever a system destroys people's lives we have more poverty.