MB x Think Like a Forest

What do we tell our children about the world they are inheriting?

The MovingBeyond team first met author and climate thinker Ben Rawlence in 2022 at our gathering in Cardigan, Wales. We are delighted to host this special London event exploring the themes of his powerful new book

Through a series of moving, honest and often surprising letters written to his daughters over more than a decade, Ben reflects on what it means to parent in a time of ecological crisis. What knowledge should we pass on? What future are we preparing our children for? And how do we speak honestly across generations about the world that is unfolding?

By turns dark, hopeful, funny and deeply human, Think Like a Forest invites us to rethink not only how we raise our children, but how we live.

The evening will include:
• A short reading and reflections from Ben Rawlence
• Audience Q&A
• Informal food, drinks, conversation and connection

Copies of the book may be available to purchase on the night.

Guests are encouraged to support REinsTate’s community bar alongside purchasing tasty South Asian street food from Manzoor Ahmed who will be set up outside.

Ben Rawlence is an award-winning writer and environmental thinker, and co-founder of Black Mountains College, a new institution dedicated to responding to the climate and ecological emergency. He is the author of The Treeline, City of Thorns and Radio Congo, and has written for the Guardian, New York Times, London Review of Books and the New Yorker.

We’re delighted to be hosting this event at REinsTate.

The REinsTate Project, led by ReSpace in Silvertown, Newham, is transforming the long-disused Tate Institute (est. 1887) into a vibrant community and cultural hub. Rooted in sustainability and heritage, REinsTate brings local residents, artists and organisations together to reuse, recycle and reimagine neglected spaces as places of creativity, collaboration and renewal.

MovingBeyond is a not-for-profit initiative that brings together changemakers across sectors — from grassroots organisers to business leaders — to explore how we can move beyond broken systems and collaborate towards a just, regenerative future. Through immersive gatherings, we spark collaboration, challenge assumptions and invite deep connection, all rooted in place and co-designed with community.

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