Event Details

In partnership with Litfest, Lancaster University is delighted to welcome leading environmental campaigner and author Bella Lack to give the 2025 Lancaster Environment Lecture on Thursday 15 May in the Margaret Fell Lecture Theatre at Lancaster University at 7.00pm.

Drawing on her book Children of the Anthropocene, Bella Lack will discuss the stories of young people on the frontline of the environmental crisis all around the world, and through them dive into some of the greatest challenges facing her generation. And using the entrepreneurial, hopeful and ambitious actions of these individuals, she'll outline some of the most powerful solutions being employed to tackle the environmental crisis. 

After the lecture, Bella will be in conversation with writer and environmental activist Matt Sowerby to explore issues raised by her talk, followed by an extended conversation with the audience in the room and the audience online.

Bella's book, The Children of the Anthropocene, has been described by Caroline Lucas as 'An inspirational manifesto for change' and by Dara McAnulty as 'Astute, erudite and crystalline'.

Bella Lack is a conservationist and environmental activist and author of The Children of Anthropocene. She co-founded Reserva Youth Land Trust in 2020, which has projects in Ecuador, Colombia and Panama, and in 2021 she presented the documentary ANIMAL, with Jane Goodall.

Matt Sowerby is a climate writer and activist, working to find hopeful approaches to living in a climate crisis. His essay 'Hope is the thing with flippers' won the international 2024 Nature Chronicles Prize. He is also the Programmes Lead at The Resilience Project, a youth-led non-profit helping young climate changemakers find their peace, their power and their people.