This year’s festival will run from 12th April to 26th May and there are too many events to list on Alt-Sheff! (But a selected few are listed on our site). The 2023 programme is now published, it looks like, as usual, a fantastic mix of controversial themes and inspiring speakers. Book early to avoid disappointment! For more information see Festival…

Join Sheffield-based climate communications charity, Hope for the Future, for an online panel discussion exploring how we can influence our politicians to take fair, timely and decisive action on climate change. The panel will delve into different approaches for enacting social change, reflecting on their own expertise and experiences of campaigning. With recent changes in Extinction Rebellion’s primary tactics making headlines,…

Language is a critical part of how we see, understand, and consequently shape and inhabit the world. Many indigenous languages speak in stories that act as a foundation for holistic and experiential learning, passing down teachings across generations. These stories serve as blueprints for how we can live in balance and reciprocity with the earth and our more-than-human kinfolk, from…

Property rights are increasingly recognised as a structural problem and one of the root causes of the crises of climate change, biodiversity and inequality. Property rights, taken for granted as the foundation of ‘civilised’ societies, are themselves arbitrary legal fictions that vary across histories, jurisdictions, and worldviews. Yet the idea of ownership, an exclusive and almost-total dominion over the ‘owned’,…

There are many benefits of spending time outdoors in nature – reduced stress and anxiety, improved physical health, connection with others, to name a few. However, not everyone is able to do so easily or regularly. What impact is this having on us, our children, families and communities? Join experts from organisations working to help nature and communities in Sheffield…

Regenerative society is emerging, amidst the current permacrisis. How do we activate positive change? How do we re-imagine a human, planet-centred – not profit-centred – society? This talk will: share tales of hope; analyse what blocks regenerative solutions; describe the emerging “new story” of a free, equal, mutual and regenerative society, drawing on Rudolf Steiner’s alternative to both Karl Marx…