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Festival of Thrift is a multi-award winning festival. We have been celebrating sustainable living since 2012 providing a voice for sustainable issues globally and locally. Each year we build a unique, fun and sustainable national event that celebrates heritage and contributes to the future prosperity of Tees Valley. We actively focus on community cohesion by targeting communities with less access to cultural activities and highlighting the skills and creativity of our region’s artists and cr ...
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Listen to Stella Hall ( Creative Director 2013- 2022) as she and Simon Preston talk about the 10 years of Festival of Thrift and how it has grown and flourished over the years.Festival of Thrift
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Festival of Thrift was thrilled to welcome Booker Prize–winning author Ben Okri who will read from his 2021 book ‘Every Leaf a Hallelujah’. Telling the story of a young girl’s quest to save her dying mother—and planet Earth, this charming, environmental fable for adults and children won The Guardian’s Children's and Young Adults Book of the Year. B…
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Is sustainable fishing a myth? Maybe we should just stop eating fish altogether? These are the questions on the minds of millions who watched the recent Netflix eco-documentary Seaspiracy. So, how can we ensure there is a future for everything that lives in the ocean and all those who depend on it? with: Jean-Luc Solandt – Marine Conservation Socie…
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Even in the midst of a climate crisis, ‘apocalypse fatigue’ is a growing problem – we’re getting weary of the endless bad news and the moral dilemmas we increasingly face. Then ‘rewilding’ comes along and they’re bringing back wolves and it sounds really exciting! Or is it just a seductively-named fad? This fascinating discussion reveals the astoni…
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