Hopeful Humanity Green Party Conference Fringe

Saturday 7 September, 11.30-16.30
Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount St, Manchester M2 5NS

As part of the Green Party Autumn Conference 2024 we are holding a day of engaging talks and radical thinking and of hope for a better world.

Come along to hear from organisations and speakers such as Molly Scott Cato, Climate Majority Project, Adfree Cities, Compass and more to be announced!

No need to be a Green Party member or voter, all are welcome.

Hopeful Humanity Timetable

12pm - 1:15pm
Our Space not Ad Space: reclaiming public space from harmful advertising
Ad-Free Cities
Councils and communities are resisting outdoor ads and reimagining public space for people, not corporate profit. Join Adfree Cities, Greenhouse Think Tank and Green councillors for this panel / Q&A event for everyone from activists to policymakers.

1:30pm - 2:45pm
Where do those who are genuinely committed to a cooperative approach to politics go next? Compass
With a new Labour government in the most progressive parliament ever elected, where do those who are genuinely committed to a cooperative approach to politics go next? Join Molly Scott Cato, Rupert Read, and Frances Foley for a crucial Compass discussion about how we can build a truly pluralist democracy in the UK, and the role of the Green Party in that.

3pm - 4:15pm
Changing the world with four MPs?
Climate Majority Project/Green House Think Tank
We need radical and far-reaching change if there is to be any chance of averting climate and ecological catastrophe. How could four MPs be parlayed into the opportunity for such change?
Chair: Christina Coleman, Green Councillor
Rupert Read, co-Director of the Climate Majority Project
John Foster, Green House Think Tank