Katapult Future Fest 2023: A Catalytic Confluence of Minds for a Better Future

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Katapult Future Fest 2023 served as a vibrant crucible for global change-makers, innovators, and thought leaders. Set against the backdrop of Oslo, the event was a celebration of ideas and innovation, dedicated to solving the world's grand challenges. 

Service Please, by The Conduit & Design Hotels: Veronica Reed, Co-Founder Carlota Hotel

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Welcome to The Conduit’s podcast series, Service Please. This series will be focusing on ethical and sustainable hospitality, engaging with a diverse range of industry experts and a variety of individuals across different sectors, disciplines, roles and levels. From supply chains to sourcing, waste management to wellbeing and welfare – what problems need tackling and what does the future of hospitality look like?As part of our series The Conduit has teamed up with the brilliant Design Hotels on a series spotlighting some amazing individuals who have created incredible, responsible places to stay around the world. For 30 years Design Hotels has been at the forefront of a movement in travel, by curating a global collection of independent, design-driven hotels that function as social hubs and spaces for purposeful experiences, connection and curiosity.In this episode we are joined by Veronica Reed, the co-founder and architect behind Carlota hotel in the UNESCO-protected old town of Quito, Ecuador.Set inside the house where Veronica’s partner was born, Carlota became Ecuador’s first certified B Corporation hotel in October 2019.

London Climate Action Week at The Conduit

This year, The Conduit is proud to be an Official LCAW Hub partner and will be hosting a range of high-level activities alongside relevant events for members to participate in.

Why the Pursuit of Perfection is Bad for Your Health

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Society places impossible pressures on each and every one of us to be perfect. How can we resist and preserve our mental health? LSE behavioural scientist Thomas Curran joins us with answers.

Activism Triumphs: The Power of People Driving Change

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From #MeToo to fighting for justice for Grenfell, we’ll hear from the activists who have been at the heart of these people-powered campaigns what it takes to come together and win change.And we’ll be joined by campaigning experts to breakdown the strategies, tactics and tools that are needed to win.

Life Stories: Nemonte Nenquimo & Silvana Nihua in conversation with Alison Sudol

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Join us for an intimate conversation between three extraordinary and inspiring women taking action to protect the natural world.

How to Survive a Crisis

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In this live talk, Sir David will show how anyone can survive - and even thrive in - crises when using methodologies employed by the British intelligence agencies. This is an unmissable event for anyone interested in the state of our world - and how we might improve it. 

Solutions to the Biodiversity Crisis – May 26th

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Hosted by Chirrup.ai, this face-to-face and webcast discussion at The Conduit on 26 May 2023 will bring together panellists and participants from the worlds of research, innovation, technology, food production, manufacture, retail, investment and policy to make the connections between the global goals and local solutions to the biodiversity crisis.

The MPs We Deserve

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In 1997, Martin Bell became an 'anti-sleaze' MP, but things seem to be getting worse as Parliament becomes more synonymous with the S-word.Is there a way out of this very public mess?

The Case for Nature: Balancing the Head and the Heart

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To tackle the twin biodiversity and climate crises, we will need to reimagine our relationship with nature.Part of the answer lies in valuing the services that nature provides us, and making the economic case for individuals, governments or businesses to halt destruction and invest in restoration instead. But alongside that economic imperative lies a deeper, intrinsic one that requires philosophical and moral reflection from all of us.