Conversation

Environmental Campaigns: Past and Present

Foyle Rooms

Join us for a fascinating dive into the history of environmental activism with environmental experts Dr Toby Butler, Tom Burke, Fiona Harvey and Fatima Ibrahim. The panel discussion is inspired by environmental campaigns featured in Resistance.

Sun 4 May 2025, 3

Sun 4 May 2025, 3 - 4pm

Turner Contemporary Rendezvous, Margate, Kent CT9 1HG

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About the event

Dr Toby Butler, Historian, Tom Burke, Director of Third Generation Environmentalism, Fiona Harvey, Journalist and Fatima Ibrahim, Director of Green New Deal Rising, join us in the Foyle Rooms for a dive into the history of environmental activism inspired by environmental campaigns featured in Resistance.

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About the speakers

Dr Toby Butler

Dr Toby Butler is a public historian with a wide-ranging skill set developed in higher education, the third sector and the media industry.

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Tom Burke

Tom Burke is Co-Founder and Director, Third Generation Environmentalism, and an Honorary Professor at Imperial and University College, London.

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Fiona Harvey

Fiona Harvey is an award-winning journalist who has covered the environment since 2004, first at the Financial Times and subsequently for the Guardian newspaper.

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Fatima Ibrahim

Fatima Ibrahim is the co-founder and director of Green New Deal Rising, a youth movement fighting for a transformation of the economy to stop the climate crisis and build a world in which we can thrive.

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