A Daisy Through Concrete: 2011

Friday 27 May 2011

Hay on Wye Festival!

Hi folks,

I've got a new wave of tour dates to put up here soon, but here's a quick one for next Tuesday - if you're at the Hay Festival then come and see me in the This Is Rubbish tent!

This Is Rubbish is a brilliant project that rescues "waste" (i.e. surplus) food and transforms it into fantastic feasts. Here's their full timetable for Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st May - note that I'm scheduled for 2pm on the Tuesday, and may also be performing at the Tuesday night feast (tbc):

MONDAY 30TH MAY:

11am - 12pm Breakfast Roundtable: Talk food powers - policy makers vs supermarkets
with guests including Andrew Simms, author of Tescopoly. Served with breakfast bites.
12pm - 1pm Waste Drama! acting on our waste with rubbish games and waste wordplay
1pm - 2pm Lunch Roundtable: Talk food production - methods and madness
with special guests including Harriet Lamb, Director of the Fairtrade Foundation. Served with light lunch snacks.
2pm - 3pm Is This Rubbish? Re-Writing Waste; writing and performance workshop
3pm - 4pm Low Carbon Cook Off Compete and eat!
4pm - 5pm Varied Veggies and Fanciful Fruits vegetable puppet making and stories

TUESDAY 31ST MAY:

11am - 12pm Speak with your Mouthful Food love and poetry play for all ages
12pm - 1pm Low Carbon Cook Off Compete and eat!
1pm - 2pm Lunch Roundtable: Talk food future with special guests including
Clare Patey, artist & curator, Iain Cox, Ecostudio & Martin Bowman, Food Not Bombs. Served with light lunch snacks.
2pm - 3pm Food Off! Surplus snacks and quiz with Danny Chivers, legendary performance poet & author of the ‘No Nonsense Guide to Climate Change’
3pm - 4pm Tea & Tales with Talia Dream up delicious poetry & eat your words over tea.
7pm - 9pm FEAST Dine on delicious discards transformed into delectable dishes in a 3 course intimate feast. Entertainment by ‘Bard’. Text 07966071073 to book.

Hope to see you there!

Danny x

Monday 18 April 2011

New tour dates for April/May

Just a quick post to update you all on my ongoing book / performance tour! I’m roaming around the country doing a rather unusual series of talks/gigs, mixing poetry, tales of protest, climate change news and bad jokes. It would be great to see you at any of the times and places listed below.

In the meantime, remember you can read the first chapter of my new book for free here, see me performing my anti-cuts poem here, and watch me wearing a terrifying T-shirt at last week’s BP AGM here.

Thanks so much to all of you for your ongoing support,

Danny x

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LIVERPOOL, Saturday 23^rd April, 7pm: Talk and performance at the Next To Nowhere Social Centre (next door to News From Nowhere bookshop), basement of 96 Bold St, L1 4HY - http://www.newsfromnowhere.org.uk/noticeboard/bookshopevents/index.php

MANCHESTER, Sunday 24^th April: Talk and performance at the OKasional Café, tbc (email me for more info)

CAMBRIDGE, Monday 25^th April, 7.30pm: Performance for Headstand, at The Emperor, Hills Road. https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106539526099131

ST ALBANS, Tuesday 26^th April, 7.30pm: Performance at Rrrants at the Goat Inn, 37 Sopwell Lane, AL1 1RN. https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108247199260634

WALTHAMSTOW, Friday 6^th May, 7.30pm: Night of the Green Poets at the Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street, E17 9AH. https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152139374849507

LONDON, Monday 16^th May, 7.30pm: Talk and performance at Pogo Café, 76 Clarence Road, Hackney, E5 8HB.

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, Thursday 19^th May, 7.30pm: Performance at Rrrants at the Olde Kings Arms, 41 High Street, HP1 3AF

WOOD FESTIVAL (TBC), 20^th – 22^nd May, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire. http://www.thisistruck.com/wood/

UPPSALA UNIVERSITY, Sweden, 24^th-25^th May: Talk, workshop and performance at the “Challenging Uncertainties” conference for Education in Sustainable Development, http://www.challenginguncertainties.se/

CARDIFF, Thursday 2^nd June: Talk and performance organised by local Friends of the Earth groups, details tbc (email me for more info)

LONDON, Sunday 5^th June: Performance at the London Green Fair, Regents Park, precise times tbc (email me for more info) http://www.londongreenfair.org/

That’s probably enough for now, but there are more gigs and talks in the pipeline for Edinburgh, St Andrews, Birmingham, Leeds, Narberth (oh yes) and of course the Glastonbury Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe. Watch this space…

Wednesday 2 March 2011

It's here!

It starts arriving in shops this week. It's all rather exciting.

The book is a friendly pocket-sized overview covering climate science, targets, solutions, history, politics, and what action we can usefully take, all in one handy little guidebook. It's intended both as a primer for people new to the topic (or confused about it) and also as a "where are we at and where do we go from here" update for more experienced campaigners. As you'd expect, I've scattered the text with as many weird analogies, bad jokes, cheeky asides and snippets of verse as possible, and have done my best to leave the reader feeling positive and empowered rather than sunk in doom and gloom.

We're pestering various media outlets to review it, I'll let you know how that goes. It's already had a very positive review in Green Prophet, a Middle East environmental magazine.

It's available on Amazon, and direct from the New Internationalist website, but it's much better to support your local independent bookshop if you can. You can find your nearest independent bookstore on this website here. If your local bookshop doesn't have a copy yet, they should be very happy to order it in for you (why not suggest they order a few more for the shop while they're at it...?).

New Internationalist is a publishing cooperative that puts out all kinds of great books but has only a small marketing budget. That means that I'm relying heavily on word of mouth to get this out there. Do you have friends or relatives who ought to read this book? If so, please put a good word their way (or maybe buy them one as a super-thoughtful gift). While you're campaigning to save your local library from the spending cuts, why not drop in and suggest they buy a copy (this works far more often than you'd think)? Plus, of course, once you've read the book it would be wonderful if you could write up your thoughts in a reader review on Amazon, and of course share it all over the Twitbookosphere.

I'm also launching into a major run of talks and performances to plug the book all over the UK. Why not come and say hi at one of the events below? If there isn't one near you yet, drop me a line on dannychivers@excite.com with any suggestions for likely venues and we'll see what we can sort out.

Thanks for all your support everyone!

Danny x

Wed 2nd March, 6.30pm: Talk at the Dialogue Society, London on the topic of social movements

Friday 4^th March, 7pm: Panel member, “A Million Climate Jobs” meeting, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford

Sat 5th March, 8pm: Evening poetry performance at 6 Billion Ways, London. http://6billionways.org.uk/

Tue 8th Feb, 6.30pm: Panel member at "Energy Union" event, Darwin Lecture Theatre, Malet Place, University College London

Fri 11^th March, 7.30pm: Short talk at the opening night of the Conversations with the Earth festival, The Old Book Binders, 9 Green Street, Oxford

Sat 12th March, 7pm: Poetry performance at Re:Versing The Damage, part of the Conversations with the Earth festival, The Old Book Binders, 9 Green Street, Oxford

Sat 19th March: Climate activist poetry workshops, Visions for Global Justice (Scottish campaigners’ convention run by WDM), Renfield St Stephen’s Centre, Bath Street, Glasgow, near King’s Theatre. http://www.wdm.org.uk/events/scottish-campaigners-convention.

Sun 20^th March, 2pm: Talk and performance at the Manchester University student anti-cuts occupation, Roscoe Building, Brunswick St, Manchester, M13

Mon 21st March, 8pm: Talk at Green Drinks Newport (Shropshire), The Royal Victoria Hotel, St Mary’s Street, Newport TF10 7AB. http://newport21.org.uk/

Thursday 31^st March: Performance in support of Pete The Temp’s great new poetry show “Pete The Temp verses Climate Change”, Ovo Theatre, St Albans, http://www.ovotheatre.org.uk

Fri 1st April, 7pm: Book launch event at RISC, 35-39 London Street

Reading, RG1 4PS

Weds 13^th April - Weds 20th April: Various dates to be confirmed as part of the Tar Sands Speaker Tour, featuring Indigenous activists from Canada and organised by the UK Tar Sands Network and Indigenous Environmental Network: www.no-tar-sands.org.uk

Tues 26th April: Poetry performance at Rrrants, The Goat Inn, 37 Sopwell Lane, St Albans, http://www.rrrants.com

Friday 6^th May: Poetry performance at the Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe St, Walthamstow, E17 9AH. http://www.hornbeam.org.uk

Sun 15^th May – Weds 18^th May: Talk and performance sometime this week at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth (tbc) http://www.cat.org.uk/

Thurs 19th May: Poetry performance at Rrrants, The Olde Kings Arms 41 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 3AF. http://www.rrrants.com

Fri 20^th May – Sun 22^nd May: Poetry at the Wood Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire (tbc)

Sat/Sun 18/19 June: Speaking and performing at the SW Friends of the Earth regional gathering (tbc)

Thurs 23rd - Sun 26th June: Poetry at the Speakers' Forum, Glastonbury Festival, various times

Weds 13th July, 7.30pm: Talk at Warborough & Shillingford WI, The Greet Hall, Sinodun View, Warborough, OX10

August: Talk and workshop at Methodist Fellowship event, also possible performance at the Edinburgh Fringe (if I get my act together)

Wednesday 12 January 2011

Undercover and over-the-top

This week, I was meant to be on trial at Nottingham Crown Court on a bizarre trumped-up protest
charge. However, the trial spectacularlycollapsed due to revelations about an undercover cop
who had infiltrated the UK environmental movement. Yes, my life has become a dodgy spy novel.

I’ve written up the full story for the New Internationalist. To my knowledge, it's the only account of
the whole bizarre affair from beginning to end that you can find online. Check it out:

Undercover and over-the-top: the collapse of the Ratcliffe trial

Weird weird world.

My other exciting news is...I’ve written a book! It’s called “The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate
Change”, and it’s my attempt to write an accessible and fun pocket-sized overview of this
complex scary mega-subject, combining all the basics with the latest facts and analysis. It goes
through the science step-by-step in non-technical language, explaining the key evidence and
debunking common misconceptions with the help of (inevitably, for me) bad puns and daft
analogies. It then covers climate targets, solutions, history, politics, and the way forward, with
top tips on how you can go beyond recycling and lightbulbs and actually change stuff for the
better, all in one handy little guidebook. It’s also got a poem in, obviously (I wonder if you can
guess which one?).

The book hits the shops in March, but you can read the first chapter for free and/or order an
advance copy from the New Internationalist website here:

The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change

Please do spread the word to anyone who might be interested. I’m thinking about organising a
book tour, so if you’re part of any sort of local group that might be interested in a combined
climate talk and poetry performance, let me know!

Finally, if you haven’t already seen it my poetry video on the government spending cuts and tax
dodgers is still online here.

Best wishes for 2011 everyone!

Upcoming Appearances

17/06/2015: Guest poetry performance at the "Resistance is Fertile" poetry slam, Ovada arts space, Oxford, 8pm: https://www.facebook.com/events/1096258550389675/
25/06/2015: Re-enacting the story of BP or not BP? live onstage! 1pm, Speakers Forum, Green Futures Field, Glastonbury Festival
26/06/2015: Poetry as part of the Rabble Rousers team, 5.30pm, Toad Hall stage, Green Futures Field, Glastonbury Festival
27/06/2015: "Arrest That Poet!", 11am, Speakers Forum, Green Futures Field, Glastonbury Festival
28/06/2015: Poetry as part of the Rabble Rousers team, 5.00pm, Speakers Forum stage, Green Futures Field, Glastonbury Festival
10/07/2015: "Arrest That Poet!" at the Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse, 7.30pm: http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/show/?eventid=3431

Previous Appearances

30/05/2015: Poetry and storytelling at Reclaim the Power camp, Didcot
27/05/2015: Poetry at Reclaim The Power fundraiser, The Hive, Dalston
22/05/2015: Performance at "Flocking Environmentalists" event, Isis pub, Oxford
18/05/2015: Speaking about oil sponsorship at PCS Culture Sector conference, Brighton
16/05/2015: Performing the story of BP or not BP?, Kindling stage, Wood Festival
18/02/2015: "Arrest That Poet!" at Green Party benefit gig, Gonzo's bar, Norwich
14/02/2015: "Arrest That Poet!" at anti-fracking fundraiser, 1 in 12 Club, Bradford
21/01/2015: Performance at the "Anti-Slam", Old Fire Station, Oxford
21/11/2014: Double bill gig in London with Pete the Temp: "Arrest That Poet!" AND "Pete the Temp vs Climate Change". Free Word Centre, Farringdon, London, 6.30pm
22/10/2014: Performance in Parliament Square for Occupy Democracy
10/10/2014: "Arrest That Poet" at House of the Commons event, Methodist Church, Cowley Rd, Oxford
04/10/2014: Eco-poetry workshop for Methodist Independent Schools Trust, Swindon
21/09/2014: Performance in Exter College chapel, Oxford as part of "Tipping Point" event, http://www.tippingpoint.org.uk
10/09/2014: Poetry at "New Frontlines of Development: Private Security Companies and Corporate Extraction" by War on Want, at the British Academy, Carlton House Terrace, London, 6pm
24/08/2014: Performance of "Arrest that Poet!" at Rebel Soul stage, Shambala Festival, 5.00pm
22/08/2014: Performance of "Arrest that Poet!" at Rebel Soul stage, Shambala Festival, 6.45pm
14/08/2014 - 20/08/2014: Performances and talks at "Reclaim the Power" anti-fracking action camp, Blackpool, www.nodashforgas.org.uk
02/08/2014 - 13/08/2014: "Arrest That Poet!" Edinburgh Free Fringe show, Stafford Centre, Edinburgh, 18.15 daily (except Thurs 7th)
26/06 - 29/06/2014: Various talks and performances at the Speakers Forum and Toad Hall, Green Futures Field, Glastonbury Festival
23/06/2014: "Arrest That Poet!" Edinburgh warm-up show, Newport Green Drinks, The Pheasant Inn (The Phez), Upper Bar/High Street, Newport Shropshire, TF10 8NB, 8pm
20/06/2014: "Arrest That Poet!" Edinburgh warm-up show at the Balham Free Fringe, London
16/06/2014: Demonstration of cycle and solar power sound system at Rob Newman's "New Theory of Evolution" show, Pegasus Theatre, Oxford
23/05/2014: Performance at "Flocking Environmentalists" event, Isis Farmhouse, Oxford
17/05/2014: "Arrest That Poet!" Edinburgh warm-up show, Olives Bar, Norwich (Greenpeace benefit gig)
13/05/2014: Guest slot at Oxford Hammer & Tongue, OId Fire Station, George Street, Oxford 8pm
03/05/2014: Talk and performance at "Breaking the Frame" event at Unstone Grange
01/05/2014: Performance on the Oxford Playhouse's soapbox, out on the streets as part of the May Morn celebrations, Oxford!
23/04/2014: "Arrest That Poet!" Edinburgh warm-up show, Cambridge, Burleigh Arms
15/05/2014: "Two Energy Futures" talk at Lush shop, Manchester
14/04/2014: "Two Energy Futures" talk at Lush shop, Sheffield
05/04/2014: "Arrest That Poet!" and Reclaim Shakespeare talk/performance at the Wise Words festival, Canterbury
08/03/2014: Benefit gig for the Barton Moss anti-fracking protectors, Irlam Steel Club
05/03/2014: Poetry at the Firry Mic, Fir Tree pub, Iffley Rd, Oxford 8pm
22/02/2014: Speaking on how a 100% renewably powered world is possible at the Warwick Climate Forum, http://www.warwickclimateforum.org/
11/02/2014: Oxford Hammer & Tongue, Old Fire Station
19/01/2014: Performance as part of surprise theatrical protest in BP-sponsored Tate Britain, with the Reclaim Shakespeare Company - http://bp-or-not-bp.org/news/shakespearean-flashmob-hits-bp-sponsored-tate-britain
20/12/2013: Special performance of "Arrest That Poet!" at the Aspire charity Christmas party, Oxford
02/12/2013: Poetry performance at the "Push Your Parents" ethical investment event, EPA Science Centre, Museum Rd, Oxford
22/11/2013: Performing poetry at Palestine Solidarity benefit gig (supporting Cosmo), Port Mahon, Oxford
25/10/2013: Surprise protest performance as part of the Shell Out Sounds choir inside the Shell-sponsored Royal Festival Hall: http://shelloutsounds.org
20/08/2013: Performance of "Arrest That Poet!" at the Reclaim the Power camp, Balcombe
13/08 - 14/08/2013: Performances at Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as part of the Free Fringe at the Fiddler's Elbow and Banshee venues
28/07 - 04/08/2013: Talks and workshops at Young Friends of the Earth Europe summer camp, Lofoten, Norway
27/06 - 30/06/2013: Performance as part of the "Rabble Rousers" poetry troupe with Lucy Ayrton and Merrick, Various times, Speakers Forum, Greenfields, Glastonbury Festival.
18/05/2013: Talk and performance at Wood Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire
27/04/2013: Poetry Workshop at City Circle Saturday School, London
17/04 - 19/04/2013: Talk, workshop and performances at the EUAC National Conference, Nottingham
03/03/2013 - Talk at the E-Campaigners Forum in Oxford, about No Dash For Gas
13/02/2013 - "The History Professor from the Future: how we solved the climate crisis". Talk/performance for the Oxford University People & Planet Society, Oxford Hubs
29/11/2012 - Performing poetry at the Lake Street Playgroup fundraising gig, 8pm, 1 Folly Bridge, Oxford
24/11/2012 - Speaking and performing at the Warwick Climate Forum, See www.warwickclimateforum.org/
18/11/2012 - Shakespearean theatrical anti-BP flashmob at the British Museum, 3pm. Seehttp://bp-or-not-bp.org/news/shakespearean-flashmob-hits-bp-sponsored-british-museum/
15/11/2012 - Late poetry gig at the Albion Bookshop, Walton Street, Oxford, 9.30pm.
13/11/2012 - Poetry performance in St Andrews, hosted by the People & Planet society, 8pm.
12/11/2012 - "The History Professor from the Future: how we solved the climate crisis". Talk/performance at the University of Edinburgh, 7pm at the Chaplaincy
10/11/2012 - Speaking about No Dash For Gas at the New Putney Debates, London - see http://thenewputneydebates.wordpress.com/
15/10/2012 - Surprise stage invasion at the Shell-sponsored climate change conference, Chatham House. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lEjgPePdUg
12/10/2012, 8pm - Slam The Cuts at the Cuts Cafe, London. With Claire Fauset, Pete the Temp and Street Lighting Man.
09/10/2012, 8pm - Hammer and Tongue Poetry Slam, the Old Fire Station, Oxford
28/09/2012, 1pm - Farewell poetry performance at ActionAid UK
21/09/2012 6.30pm - Surprise anti-BP Shakespearean performance at the British Museum, with the Reclaim Shakespeare Company. See http://bp-or-not-bp.org/news/british-museums-shakespeare-late-sees-surprise-anti-bp-performances
15/09/2012 - Panel debate about sustainability and the arts, followed by an evening poetry performance, at the Friends of the Earth National Conference, London - http://www.foe.co.uk/events/conference_7967.html
12/08/2012 - Poetry performance at the Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire, as part of a debate on consumerism
03-04/08/2012 - Various talks and performances at the Green Gathering, Chepstow, with Occupy London
28/07/2012 - Poetry and Guerrilla Shakespeare at the Counter Olympic Network demonstration, London
26/07/2012 - Chairing the Green Party Leadership Hustings, Friends Meeting House, Oxford
22/07/2012 - Guerrilla performance with the Reclaim Shakespeare Company at the British Museum, London (www.bp-or-not-bp.org)
13-15/07/2012 - Various talks and performances at the Latitude Festival, with Occupy London
07 - 08/07/2012 - Various talks and performances at Lushfest, Dorset, with Cyc du Soleil
27/06/2012 - Guerrilla performance with the Reclaim Shakespeare Company at the Roundhouse Theatre, London (www.bp-or-not-bp.org)
16/06/2012 - Talks and poetry at the Alternative Rio+20 Conference, SOAS, London
01/06/2012 - "The History Professor From The Future" talk at The Museum From The Future, Old Fire Station, Oxford
26/05/2012 - Undercover cop talk and poetry performance at Friends of the Earth Cymru Conference, Hawarden
25/05/2012 - Poetry at Greenpeace Birthday Fundraiser, East Oxford Community Centre
12/05/2012 - Poetry at "Environmental Rock" mini-festival, The Hobbit Pub, Southampton
05/05/2012 - Poetry and "Guided Tour of the 1%" at Occupy London/350.org "Connect the Dots" climate action day, St Paul's, London
19/04/2012 - Poetry performance at the Occupy Brookes camp, outside the Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford Brookes University
18/04/2012 - Poetry at The Firry Mic, The Fir Tree, Oxford
10/04/2012 - Performance at Hammer & Tongue Slam, Old Fire Station, Oxford
30/03/2012 - Poetry performance at "Not the Oxford Literary Festival", Albion Beatnik Bookshop, Oxford
24/03/2012 - Climate science talk and poetry performance at alternative Rio+20 conference, Feminist Library, London
25/02/2012 - Climate talk and eco-poetry workshop at Warwick University Go Green Week
23/02/2012 - eco-poetry workshop and climate change talk, hosted by the Welwyn Hatfield Interfaith Group, Howe Dell School, Hatfield
13/02/2012 - climate change workshop at the "Energy Academy" training event for energy assessors, Trafford Hall, Chester
05/02/2012 - 4.30pm, climate action workshop at Tent City University, Occupy London, St Paul's
03/02/2012 - 9.30pm, poetry performance at the Oxford Climate Forum, Turl Street Kitchen
30/01/2012 - 7.30pm, Climate workshop and book talk for Cambridge WDM, Friends' Meeting House
22/01/2012 - 6pm "Economic justice and climate justice" workshop at the Bank of Ideas, Sun Street (Occupy London)
22/01/2012 - 2pm "Climate Catch-up" workshop at the Bank of Ideas, Sun Street (Occupy London)
14/01/2012 - 3pm performance on the steps on St Paul's as part of Occupy London's Arctic ice event.
14/09/11 - 20/12/11: I was out of the country for some flightless travel around the Med by boat, bus, train and camel.
07/09/2011 - "Undercover and Over-the-Top" talk for Derby WDM group, The Voicebox, Foreman St
06/09/2011 - "Undercover and Over-the-Top" talk for Kendal WDM group
27/08/2011 - poetry performance at the Aeon Festival, Devon
24/08/2012 - "Undercover and Over-the-Top" talk at the Lectern pub, Brighton
02/08 - 04/08/2011 - Talks, performances and workshops at the Woodcraft Folk CoCamp, Walesby Forest Activity Centre
01 and 02/08/2011 - Talk and workshop at Methodist School of Fellowship, Swanwick, Derbyshire
21/07/2011 - 7pm "Undercover and over-the-top: how an undercover cop made my trial collapse" - talk/performance hosted by Radish bookshop, Chapel Allerton, Leeds
20/07/2011 - 8.00pm Talk/performance hosted by the local WDM group, Marine Hotel, Marine Parade, Saltburn
19/07/2011 - 7.30pm "Undercover and over-the-top: how an undercover cop made my trial collapse" - talk/performance at City Screen Basement, York
18/07/2011 - Talk/performance for Macclesfield WDM, St Michael's & All Angels Church, Market Place
14/07/2011 - 7.30pm, Performance as part of "Deep Green Delights" mini-festival, Leytonstone Library 6 Church Lane, Leytonstone E11 1HG London
13/07/2011 - 7.30pm, Talk for Warborough & Shillingford Women's Institute at Greet Hall, Sinodun View, Warborough OX10
11/07/2011 - Talk/performance in London, hosted by local WDM groups, at WDM head office, Oval
08/07/2011 - 7.30pm "Some good news for a (climate) change" - book talk hosted by WDM Manchester, 461 Parrs Wood Rd, Didsbury
07/07/2011 - 7.30pm Talk about climate action, undercover cops, slam poetry and my new book, hosted by Friends of the Earth Cymru at The Dingle Club Spring Gardens, Jesse Rd, Narberth
06/07/2011 - 7.30pm Book talk hosted by Friends of the Earth Cymru at the Milgi Lounge, City Rd, Cardiff
30/06/2011, various times - Performance at Lushfest, Dorset, with Cyc du Soleil
26/06/2011 - 2.15pm Triple-bill performance with Claire Fauset and Merrick, Speakers' Forum, Greenfields area, Glastonbury Festival
25/06/2011 - 2.15pm Talk on "Undercover Police and the Green Movement", Speakers' Forum, Greenfields area, Glastonbury Festival
24/06/2011 - 2.15pm Triple-bill performance with Claire Fauset and Merrick, Speakers' Forum, Greenfields area, Glastonbury Festival
22/06/2011 - Talk and performance at Sustainable Schools Conference, County Hall, London
20/06/2011 - 10.30am, Climate workshop at People and Planet Summer Gathering, http://peopleandplanet.org/navid12328
15/06/2011 - 7pm, Talk/performance at Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London
14/06/2011 - 2pm, Eco-poetry workshop at Sustainable Schools conference, De Montfort University, Leicester. www.dmu.ac.uk/schoolsevent
13/06/2011 - 2pm - 5pm talk, workshop and performance at Birmingham University, Arts Building.
07/06/2011 - Eco-poetry workshops at Keys Meadow School, Enfield
05/06/2011 - Performance at the Speakers Forum, London Green Fair, Regents Park
31/05/2011 - Workshop and performance at the "This Is Rubbish" tent, Hay-on-Wye Festival
24 - 25/05/2011 - Talk, workshop and performance at the “Challenging Uncertainties” conference for Education in Sustainable Development, http://www.challenginguncertainties.se/
16/05/2011 - 7.30pm, Talk and performance at Pogo Café, 76 Clarence Road, Hackney, London, E5 8HB
12/05/2011 - Performance at FARM shop, Dalston, London
06/05/2011 - 7.30pm, Night of the Green Poets at the Hornbeam Café, 458 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, E17 9AH
04/05/2011 - Talk and performance at Free Hetherington occupation, University of Glasgow
03/05/2011 - Talk and performance for St Andrews University One World Society, St Andrews
02/05/2011 - Talk and performance for Edinburgh University People & Planet group
26/04/2011 - 7.30pm, Performance at Rrrants at the Goat Inn, 37 Sopwell Lane, St Albans, AL1 1RN
25/04/2011 - 7.30pm, Performance for Headstand, at The Emperor, Hills Road, Cambridge.
24/04/2011 - Talk and performance at the OKasional Café, Manchester
23/04/2011 - 7pm: Talk and performance at the Next To Nowhere Social Centre (next door to News From Nowhere bookshop), basement of 96 Bold St, Liverpool, L1 4HY
01/04/2011 - Book talk at RISC, Reading
30/03/2011 - Performance at Oxfordjam Cabaret, Jam Factory, Oxford
24/03/2011 - Performance at the Open Arts Cafe, London
21/03/2011 - Book talk at Newport Green Drinks, Shropshire
20/03/2011 - Book talk at the Manchester University student occupation
19/03/2011 - Activist poetry workshop, WDM campaigners conference, Glasgow
18/03/2011 - Eco-poetry workshops at Fulham Girls School, London
12/03/2011 - Re:Versing The Damage, The Old Bookbinders, Oxford, part of the Conversations with the Earth Festival
08/03/2011 - Renewables talk at Energy Union event, UCL
05/03/2011 - Poetry performance at 6 Billion Ways, Rich Mix, Bethnal Green, London
04/03/2011 - Uphall Primary School Poetry Day
02/03/11 - 6.45pm, Climate talk at the Dialogue Society, London
27/02/2011 - Book talk at Green Party Spring Conference, Cardiff
25/02/2011 - Albany Road Fest, Manchester
23/02/2011 - Hammer & Tongue Oxford, Cafe Tarifa, Cowley Road
22/02/2011 - Poetry gig for Warwick Green Week, University of Warwick
19/02/2011 - Workshop and performance at the Bristol Climate Forum, University of Bristol Union
16/02/2011 - Eco-poetry workshop and performance at Claremont High School
02/02/2011 - Slam The Cuts poetry night at the Cuts Cafe, Leeds
29/01/2011 - Carbon footprint workshop and performance, Family Fun Day at Dorchester Village Hall
20/01/2011 - Performance at Upbeat Open Mic, Cambridge
17/01/2011 - Performance after the Birmingham University student occupation
08/12/10 - Eco-Day at Claremont High School, London
03/12/10 - Sustainable Schools Conference, Brighton
29/11 - 02/12/10 - Gateway Primary School Eco-Week
23/11/10 - Wallingford School Eco-Day
18/11/10 - "Doug's Lunch" talk at Balliol College, Oxford, 1 - 2pm
17/11/10 - "Fib Dems" chicken flashmob, Liberal Democrat offices, Oxford
13/11/10 - Footprint 10th Birthday Party, The Common Place, Leeds
13/11/10 - Climate science and politics talk, "Runaway Climate Challenge" conference, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
06/11/10 - Shared Planet Party, University of Birmingham
03/11/10 - Sustainable Schools Conference, Birmingham
30/10/10 - Campaign against Climate Change Concert, Friends' House, Euston, London
25/10/10 - Climate change panel debate at Exeter College, Oxford (speaker)
13/10/10 - Sustainable Schools Conference, County Hall, London
09/10/10 - Poets at the Players', Players' Theatre, Nantwich Words and Music Festival, www.wordsandmusicfestival.com
15/09/10 - Dorchester Abbey Climate Change Panel (speaker)
18/08 - 25/08/10 - Camp for Climate Action, various times
09/08/2010 - Woodcraft Folk Venturer Camp, Little Eaton, Main Marquee
23/07 - 25/07/10 - Secret Garden Party, One Taste tent with Hammer & Tongue
25/06 - 27/06/10 - Glastonbury Festival Speakers' Forum, Tadpole Stage and Climate Camp Stage, various times
23/05/10 - Wood Festival, Braziers Park, Oxfordshire. Hammer and Tongue tent with Cyc du Soleil
17/06/10 - Sustainable Schools Summer Conference, County Hall, London
16/05/10 -Secret Back Garden Party, Cowley, Oxford
05/05/10 - Hammer & Tongue Oxford Final, Cafe Tarifa, 8pm
01/05/10 - Mayday sun-chasing tour of Oxford with Cyc du Soleil - The Plain, Radcliffe Square and Broad Street
24/04/10 - Green Party fundraising gig, Magic Cafe, Oxford, 7.30pm
18/04/10 - Acoustic Night, Malmaison Hotel, Oxford
17/04/10 - No Sweat fundraiser gig, 6pm-9pm, Pages of Hackney
15/04/10 - Oxfordjam at the Jam Factory, Oxford, 10pm
18/03/10 - Supporting Franz Nicolay (ex-Hold Steady) at Cafe Tarifa, Cowley Road, Oxford
14/03/10 - Bristol University Green Week Gig, White Bear pub, St Michaels Hill, Bristol, 8pm
08/03/10 - George's Jamboree, The Chester Arms, Chester Street, Oxford, 8pm
06/03/10 - People & Planet Regional Training, East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road
04/03/10 - Catweazle Club, East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road
04/03/10 - Uphall Primary School, Ilford, London
03/03/10 - Hammer & Tongue Slam, Cafe Tarifa, Cowley Road
25/02/10 - Sustainable Schools Conference, County Hall, London
20/02/10 - National Climate Camp Gathering, Bristol
14/02/10 - We Love Earth Festival, Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley, London, 2pm - 6pm
13/02/10 - Oxford Climate Forum, University of Oxford, http://www.oxfordclimateforum.org
10/02/10 - Oxhub Climate Debate, Saskatchewan Lecture Theatre, Exeter College, Oxford
03/02/10 - Hammer & Tongue Slam, Cafe Tarifa, Cowley Road
26/01/10 - Creative Tuesdays at Cafe Tarifa, Cowley Road
18/12/09 - With Thea Gilmore at the Oxford Academy, Cowley Road.
05/12/09 - Camp for Climate Action, Trafalgar Square!
04/12/09 - "Just Enough" debate, performance and panel member, University College London
21/11/09 - The Shared Planet Party, University of Manchester
11/11/09 - Eco-campaign fundraiser, 8pm Magdalen College Auditorium, Oxford
04/11/09 - Cycle-powered entertainment, eco-fashion show, University of Reading
02/11/09 - Sustainable Schools Autumn Conference, County Hall, London
28/10/09 - Oxford vs. London Poetry Battle, Glitterbeast Night, Bacchus Bar, Hoxton, London
24/10/09 - The Anarchist Bookfair, Queen Mary & Westfield College, London
24/10/09 - The Bigger Picture, several performances (including to the queue outside!), OXO building, South Bank, London
19/10/09 - One World Week performance night, Cafe Mondial, University of Reading
17/10/09 - The Great Climate Swoop, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Nottinghamshire
14/10/09 - Hammer and Tongue, Cafe Tarifa, Cowley Rd, Oxford
08/10/09 - Oxford University Freshers' Fair, Exam Schools
03/10/09 - Pete The Temp's Leaving Party, East Oxford Community Centre
01/10/09 - Radio 4 National Poetry Slam Semi-Final, broadcast on Radio 4 at 11pm
26/08 to 02/09/09 - Camp for Climate Action, Blackheath, London
18/08/09 - "Creative Tuesdays" at Cafe Tarifa, Cowley Road, Oxford
01/08/09 to 02/08/09 - Arcane Festival, nr Tiddington, Oxfordshire
28/07/09 - "Horseplay" at the Sanctuary Cafe, Hove, Brighton, 8pm
13/07/09 - Essendine Primary School, Maida Vale, Eco-Poetry Day
08/07/09 - Reading International Solidarity Centre, Eco-Poetry Day (with Hammer & Tongue)
07/07/09 - The Firry Mic, The Fir Tree, Iffley Rd, Oxford
07/07/09 - Bournemouth School for Girls, Eco-Poetry day (with Hammer & Tongue)
03/07/09 - Ringwood School Eco Day (with Hammer & Tongue)
02/07/09 - Radio 4 Poetry Slam, South East Heats, Brighton
24/06 - 28/06/09 - Glastonbury Festival, Speakers Forum, Greenfields AND Tripod Stage, Climate Camp field
16/06/09 - Sustainable Schools Conference, County Hall, London
31/05/09 - Wychwood Festival, Hammer & Tongue Stage, 9pm
08/04/09 - Supporting Dan Reed, Bullingdon Arms, 8pm, Cowley Road, Oxford
06/04/09 - Hammer & Tongue Slam Final, 8pm, Baby Simple, Cowley Road, Oxford
06/04/09 - Lights, Climate, Action! 6pm - 8pm, The Cellar, off Cornmarket, Oxford
04/04/09 - University of Nottingham, Crocus Cafe, 8pm, "Verbal Remedies" political performance tour with People & Planet and the New Internationalist
02/04/09 - Balliol Unplugged, Eco-gig at Balliol College, Broad Street, Oxford
30/04/09 - University of Aberdeen, The Tunnels, 8pm, "Verbal Remedies" political performance tour with People & Planet and the New Internationalist
27/04/09 - University of Edinburgh, 8pm, Teviot Row House, "Verbal Remedies" political performance tour with People & Planet and the New Internationalist
25/04/09 - St. Andrews University Poetry Slam, On The Rocks Arts Festival, 8pm Students' Association, St Andrews
24/04/09 - Stirling University, Robbins Building, 8pm, "Verbal Remedies" political performance tour with People & Planet and the New Internationalist
11/04/09 - The Lean Green Poetry-Crunching Machine, Oxfringe Festival. 9.15pm, The Brewery Gate, St Thomas Street, Oxford, OX1 1JJ
06/04/09 - Poetry and a Pint, 8pm, Chester Arms, Chester St, Oxford OX4
03/04/09 - Fossil Fools Day poetry and music event, Global Cafe, Reading
01/04/09 - Climate Camp in the City, various performances and workshops, Bishopsgate, London
26/03/09 - Performance and Poetry Workshops, Hitherfield Primary School, Streatham
15/03/09 - Age of Stupid Screening, Vue Cinema, Reading (post-screening talk and poetry performance)
13/03/09 - Area 51, Westminster University Harrow Campus, 8pm, "Verbal Remedies" political performance tour with People & Planet and the New Internationalist
10/03/09 - Halo Bar, Gloucester Rd, Bristol, 8pm, "Verbal Remedies" political performance tour with People & Planet and the New Internationalist
04/03/09 - Hammer & Tongue monthly slam, Baby Simple, Cowley Road, Oxford
02/03/09 - East Slope Bar, Sussex University, Brighton, 8pm, "Verbal Remedies" political performance tour with People & Planet and the New Internationalist
24/02/09 - Warwick University Poetry Slam 7pm, Kami Bar, "Verbal Remedies" political performance tour with People & Planet and the New Internationalist
24/02/09 - Sustainable Schools Conference, County Hall, Westminster, 10am - 4pm
23/02/09 - Goldsmiths College Students Union, New Cross, London, 8pm
13/02/09 - People & Planet Go Green Week, Alley Cat, Curry Night and Poetry! South Oxford Community Centre, 7.30pm
12/02/09 - Durham University, Van Mildert College, 8pm, "Verbal Remedies" political performance tour with People & Planet and the New Internationalist
14/01/09 - Wednesdays Do Matter, The Inspiral Lounge, 250 Camden High Street, Camden Lock, London (WDM Fundraiser), 7.30pm
12/01/09 - Acoustic Night, Halo Bar, Gloucester Rd, Bristol
20/12/08 - Helen & Tom's Leaving Party, Victoria Hall, Stafford Rd, Sheffield
19/12/08 - Swiss Concrete Presents..., The Wheatsheaf, High St, Oxford
13/12/08 - Gappy Tooth Industries Winter Warmer, 3pm - 11pm, Jericho Tavern, Oxford
01/12/08 - London Hammer & Tongue, with Byron Vincent, Green Note Cafe, 106 Parkway, 8-11pm
27/11/08 - Peace Festival, Lancaster University, Pendle Bar, 8pm
22/11/08 - Shared Planet Conference, Saturday night party, Birmingham University
10/11/08 - Schools Climate Change Conference, Lyndhurst
01/11/08 - Halloween Party at the East Oxford Community Centre
14/10/08 - Firry Mic at the Fir Tree, Oxford
12/10/08 - Words and Music Festival, Nantwich. Supporting Don Paterson, 11.30am, Nantwich Museum, and afternoon acoustic session at Costa Coffee(!). http://www.wordsandmusicfestival.com
07/10/08 - Jam Factory, Oxford
31/08/08 - Urban Green Fair, Brixton, http://urbangreenfair.org
08/08/08 - Climate Poetry Night at the Camp for Climate Action, nr. Kingsnorth power station, Kent
12/07/08 - Radio Foreplay at Fuel Bar, Manchester
11/07/08 - EMERGE Recycling 10th Anniversary Event, Moonlight Bar, Manchester
26/06 - 29/06/08 - Speakers' Forum, Glastonbury Festival
30/05 to 01/06/08 - Wychwood Festival (with the New Internationalist and Hammer & Tongue), Cheltenham
07/05/08 - Islington Council Climate Change Partnership - Annual Awards
06/05/08 - Hammer and Tongue Slam Final, The Vaults Cafe, Oxford
02/04/08 - Oxfringe, Comedy & Poetry at Far From The Madding Crowd (www.oxfringe.co.uk)
29/03/08 - Oxfringe / Gappy Tooth Industries gig at the Wheatsheaf, High St, Oxford (www.oxfringe.co.uk)
08/03/08 - International Slam, Oxford vs. New York Live Link-Up! Science Oxford, St Clements, Oxford and The Nuyorican, New York, 8 – 11pm GMT, 3 - 6pm EST
29/02/08 - Supporting Stornoway at the Jericho Tavern, Oxford, 9pm
16/02/08 - Open mic poetry night, The Shop, Jesus Lane, Cambridge
16/02/08 - "Climate Change - What Next?" conference, Cambridge University (with the Student Climate Project)
12/02/08 - Kenyan Red Cross Fundraiser, St Cross College, Oxford
29/01/08 - Workshop / performance, Creative Writing & Climate Change event, Oxford University Centre for Environment
14/12/07 - Workshop / performance, Forum for the Future Masters programme, London
07/12/07 - "White Night" Oxford Celebrations, History of Science Museum
04/12/07 - Hammer & Tongue Open Poetry Slam, East Oxford Community Centre
01/12/07 - Student Climate Project Gathering, East Oxford Community Centre
30/11/07 - The Sweatbox, Wantage
16 & 17/11/07 - Workshop and performance, Shared Planet conference, Sheffield
30/10/07 - School Assembly, Cherwell School, Oxford
20/10/07 - Interdependence Day, The Royal Geographic Society, South Kensington
12/10/07 - "This Poem Is Sponsored By...", Reading International Festival, World Cafe, RISC, Reading
02/10/07 - Oxjam Poetry Slam, The Vaults, Oxford
22 - 23/09/07 - Truck Festival, Steventon
07/07/07 - Climate Camp Benefit Gig, East Oxford Community Centre
30/06/07 - VSO Benefit Gig, East Oxford Community Centre
28/06/07 - Re:Versing the Damage, Circomedia, Bristol
21 - 24/06/07 - Corporate Watch Poets On Tour, Poetry & Words Stage and Speakers Forum, Glastonbury Festival
18/06/07 - Corporate Watch Book Launch @ Acoustic Night, Halo Bar, Bristol
17/05/07 - New Internationalist 400th Issue Celebration, Oxford
15/05/07 - Words and World, The Vaults, Oxford
01/05/07 - Hammer & Tongue Slam Final, The Old Fire Station, Oxford
02/02/07 - Corporate Watch 10th Anniversary, Escape, Oxford
7/11/06 - Hammer & Tongue Poetry Slam, The Zodiac, Oxford

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