This summer, we held our first ever ABCs of the New Economy Festival at Ashton Court in Bristol. And our sixth festival! Our festival photographer, Pete Millson, was there again to capture the panel discussions, workshops, sustainable food, and live music.
Panel session Transforming City Economies with Hani Salih from the Quality of Life Foundation, Rachel Laurence from the Center for Thriving Places, Ben Beach from Unit 38, and Danny Balla from the Bristol Commons Network
Open Space sessions hosted by the Bristol Commons Network
Questions from the audience
Panel session ‘What’s the future of new economies?’ with … Matt Fazal from Power to Change, Eliza Hostin Silva from Bristol University, Tim Crabtree from Wessex Community Assets, and Alice Hemming from Co-operative Futures
Panel session ‘Unlocking space: meanwhile use to community ownership’ with Bex Trevalyan from Platform Places, Juliet Can from Stour Trust CLT, Victoria Barrow Williams from People Dem Collective, and Andy Edwards from Makespace Oxford
Festival organisers Jonny Gordon-Farleigh and Adam Rich keeping things running smoothly
Sunshine in the courtyard
Engaging workshops at the Courtyard Stage
Panel session ‘How we built a membership organisation’ with Suzanne Orchard from Stir to Action, Eliz Mizon from the Bristol Cable, Richard Daws from Komedia Bath, and John Atherton from workers.coop
‘Field building hackathon: alternative pathways to neighbourhood development’ with Naomi Rubbra from Footwork, and Bex Trevalyan from Platform Places
Informal networking
And live music from Afro Cluster!
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