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Festival of Debate presents Jessica den Outer: The Forest Fights Back, A Global Movement for the Rights of Nature

In association with the River Dôn Project6pm Doors, 6.30pm startAll tickets will include one complem…

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Now Then magazine@nowthenmag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"The question is no longer whether Nature has rights, but when the rest of the world will follow by recognising Nature’s rights to exist, thrive and evolve" Before joining us at @festofdebate.bsky.social next week, we've an exclusive extract from Jessica Den Outer's new book The Forest Fights Back⤵️

Next event! 📅 On 21 May we welcome Jessica den Outer to Sheffield. In 'The Forest Fights Back', Jessica explores a groundbreaking global movement taking on the legal system to recognise the rights of rivers, forests, and mountains to exist 🏞️ Tickets ➡️ buytickets.at/festivalofdebate/2149276

Festival of Debate returns for 2026! 🥳 We might not be running a full festival programme this year, but fear not! We're instead hosting a series of special events throughout 2026 inviting some of the most exciting and innovative thinkers of our time to Sheffield⤵️ #Sheffield #FofD #FestivalofDebate

“That is the river telling us that it's not having this constrained situation anymore, and it's going to try to create a more meandering course” Connecting Limbs is an amibitious project to enhance 800m of the River Sheaf, using techniques that mimic those found in nature. ✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social

Connecting Limbs: In the race to restore Sheffield's hidden rivers, can natural and industrial heritage coexist?

As a new project gets underway to transform Sheffield’s most “unnatural” river, we hear how the Sheaf can go from just-about-surviving to thriving.

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How can we re-forge communities of place, passion &purpose? The River Dôn Project in #Sheffield is #Bioregionalism in action: #AI & digital mapping to curate care for the river accidentalgods.life/be-like-wate... #AccidentalGods #Podcast w @jonnydouglas.bsky.social of @weareopus.bsky.social

Be like Water: Becoming Nature Again with the River Dôn Project and Jonny Douglas

Clean Water is part of our heritage and a basic Right of being alive. We should be able to drink from our river, swim in our seas. This week we explore the River Dôn Project which is working to create...

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"I think we have a responsibility to witness the losses that are happening in the more-than-human world" @sammgreg.bsky.social spoke with @joannacdobson.bsky.social, a #Sheffield writer and researcher whose work focuses on the role the living world plays in narratives around trauma🌱 #RightToThrive

Dr Joanna Clare Dobson - “The River Don has a right to thrive in its own right, because it's alive and it's something we should deeply respect”

As part of our Right to Thrive series on the future rights of nature, we speak to a Sheffield-based researcher who explores the relationship between trauma and the living world.

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🌱 13 May - Exploring Frontiers: A Rights of Nature Just Transition Join @riverdonproject.bsky.social to explore the entangled nature of change-making, as we try to navigate the complex relationships between humans & nature that we all live in every day. ⬇️

Exploring Frontiers: A Rights of Nature Just Transition

In partnership with The River Dôn ProjectHumans are part of nature, but often act as if we are separ…

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Join us today at 5pm in the Showroom Café, Sheffield for our #shAFF Talk - 'Exploring the Future Rights of Nature' FREE to attend www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2025-shaff...

2025 ShAFF Non-Film Events

We're proud to bring you a whole host of things happening over ShAFF weekend that aren't part of the film programme. Click 'Get Tickets'

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We had an absolute ball running our Water Quality Live Lab at @riverdonproject.bsky.social Faethm exhibition with @weareopus.bsky.social @hiveit.co.uk @hallam-biosci-chem.bsky.social and @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social. Shout out to @amycartergordon.bsky.social, that girl knows how to throw a party

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Our BMRC researchers run #LiveLab @KelhamIslandMuseums. Everyone was invited to participate in #environmentalresearchstudy +run water quality testing. Thrilled to see open practice going live and becoming a citizen scientist myself by using dipstick tests to measure nutrient levels in river water.

ICYMI: Amy Carter-Gordon spoke to Radio Sheffield about Fæthm, a new exhibition exploring the significance of the River Don 🌊 Amy was joined by Alban from @riverdonproject.bsky.social to talk about how can rethink our relationship with nature Listen back from 2:13:00 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC Radio Sheffield - Paulette Edwards, 05/03/2025

Guests, great music, updates and your stories for your mid-morning with Paulette.

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Join us Thurs 6 March at the Millennium Gallery to kick off British Science Week! Explore the science of colour—from fluorescent microscopy revealing nature’s beauty to chemical reactions shaping beer’s hue and taste 🍺 @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social @hallam-biosci-chem.bsky.social Find out more ⬇

Late: The Nature of Science

Get ready for an evening of crafty activities and scientific endeavours in this special after hours event at the Millennium Gallery.

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Join us at Kelham Island Museum for fæthm, an exploration of the cultural and environmental significance of the River Don 🌊 The free exhibition will debut a public art installation at Kelham Island Weir and artworks from Hallam artist-researchers. Find out more ⬇ www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-art...

"There's something about water, isn't there. People go where the energy flows" New research by @sheffielduni.bsky.social student Oliver Eales explores how people who live and work alongside the Don relate to #Sheffield's biggest river. @sammgreg.bsky.social reports ⬇️ @riverdonproject.bsky.social

What does the River Don mean to the people of Sheffield?

Four people who live and work alongside the Don explore their relationship to the river and how it could be better cared for, as well as the positive and negative impacts it has on their lives.

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What does it mean to build an agreement for collective responsibility and stewardship? Join @darkmatterlabs.bsky.social for 'A walk along the River Don' 🗓️ Sat Dec 14, 9:45-11:30am 🎟️ Booking and details actionnetwork.org/events/agree... #RiverDonProject

How do we care for the ecosystem and nurture the conditions for us to all thrive? Join @darkmatterlabs.bsky.social for Agreement-making with the Ecosystem: 'A walk along the River Don' 🗓️ Sat Dec 14, 9:45-11:30am 🎟️ Booking and details actionnetwork.org/events/agree... #RiverDonProject

Connect with some of the collaborative partnership exploring the furture rights of nature. go.bsky.app/KyrUVqR

We were thrilled to be invited to the @sheffielduni.bsky.social School of Law’s first-ever ‘Tech Play Day’ with @weareopus.bsky.social last week! Engaging with students about technology in an interactive way was a fantastic experience. #UniversityOfSheffield #InteractiveTech

Very proud to be part of @riverdonproject.bsky.social 🏞🐟🦫 Over the summer we wrote this article on the Rights of Nature, the role of universities and interdisciplinarities. Had a lovely time writing it with Alban and the team @amycartergordon.bsky.social doi.org/10.3351/ppp....