'Sea, Land & City': Film Screening and Panel Discussion

A dynamic session exploring how we can work together to scale nature restoration across sea, land and city in the UK.

The UK is one of the most nature depleted and nature disconnected countries in the world. Yet nature holds remarkable potential to address some of our most pressing environmental and societal challenges. But how do we harness that power together?

In partnership with Wonderoom, The Conduit presents ‘Sea, Land & City’ – an award-winning short film and initiative — to connect people and business to nature positive solutions and stories. Join founder and filmmaker Mairead Cahill as she journey’s across South West England to explore pioneering nature-based solutions in action. From the reintroduction of beavers to the restoration of our rainforests and coastlines, to ‘living pontoons’ to clean our cities waterways, we get up close to see the solutions and people involved. The film explores how these types of solutions support our mental health and wellbeing and the health of our economy and climate.

After the screening, a panel of experts will discuss the opportunity to take a connected approach to scaling nature based solutions in the UK and how leaders, businesses and communities can all get involved. Taking place right after London Climate Action Week and looking ahead to COP30, this session will provide key insights on how we can better work with nature and each other to support our collective health and resilience.

Event Schedule:

6:00pm – Doors open
6:15pm – Event starts
6:45pm – Panel discussion begins
7:30pm – Event ends, time for drinks and networking

Speakers:

Will Kirkpatrick is a Senior Sustainability Adviser to The Crown Estate, working with the Chief Sustainability Officer and the leadership team, to deliver on their environmental and social impact ambitions. He was part of the core team that developed The Crown Estate’s Nature Recovery Ambition. Building on his background, where he was Head of Social Impact and Sustainable Development at O2, Will’s role is to collaborate with external and internal stakeholders to develop climate, nature and social strategies that will galvanise support and become embedded within the business.

Whitni Thomas is Head of Corporate Finance at Triodos Bank UK. Founded in the Netherlands and considered to be one of the world’s leading sustainable banks, Triodos has been operating in the UK for 30 years offering sustainable banking and financial services for individuals and organisations. The bank offers current accounts, savings products, and investments that work to create a positive impact on society and the environment. Whitni joined Triodos in 2006 and initially worked making investments in ethical businesses and helping to grow the bank’s presence in the social investment market. She is also responsible for the crowdfunding platform (www.triodoscrowdfunding.co.uk) launched in 2018 to offer direct investments. Whitni started her career at JP Morgan where she worked for six years in New York and London structuring debt for leveraged buy-outs, before heading up the access to finance team at the think tank New Economics Foundation.

Claire Traynor is the Chief Commercial Officer at Nattergal, a leading UK Nature restoration business that is delivering nature recovery at scale to provide vital benefits for society and sustainable financial returns. She is passionate about bridging the perceived gap between commercial and economic growth and a sustainable future. Claire has over 20 years of commercial and strategy experience in the corporate sector, working predominantly with major food and beverage businesses after starting her career as a management consultant. Her enthusiasm for Nature is compounded by a love for outdoor sports.

Mairead Cahill is the Founder of Wonderoom – a nature strategy, impact and multimedia company. She is the filmmaker and host behind Wondreroom’s ‘Sea, Land & City’ – an award winning short film and initiative to showcase the power of nature-based solutions to support both our mental health and wellbeing and the health of our economy and climate. The purpose of ‘Sea, Land & City’ is to connect people and business to nature based solutions and stories that they can be a part of. She brings 20 years’ experience working on nature, climate, business and storytelling. Her work focuses on creating powerful digital and physical learning and impact opportunities to support people, nature and business to thrive. She leads Wonderoom’s nature positive work with pioneering brands and leaders including Salesforce, The Crown Estate, Triodos Bank UK, Waterbear, Blue Marine Foundation, Nattergal, Highlands Rewilding, Tortoise Media and Evening Standard. Previously she was an Associate Partner at Dalberg and Head of Strategy for BT’s consumer and entertainment business and has impact start-up experience in London, Nairobi and San Francisco.

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