Live Joyfully with Lower Impact
Online with Satish Kumar & Mukti Mitchell
Wednesday 30th August, 7–9pm UK
Carbon Consciousness: Live Joyfully with Lower Impact
Get inspired through a concrete, personal action plan to improve your quality of life, reduce your carbon footprint and monitor it with carbon consciousness experts Satish Kumar and Mukti Mitchell
An Unforgettable Evening Conversation
Two members of Britain’s greenest family, Satish Kumar and Mukti Mitchell, Father and Son, share stories and impactful messages from their inspirational lives – inviting you into a practical exploration about what more you can do to tread lightly on the planet, while living a deeply fulfilling life.
Our time together will address questions like:
- “What more can I do to make a difference?”
- “How can I live a lower carbon lifestyle, without me/my family suffering a lower quality of life?”
- “How can we influence others to create change?”
Registration Fee £25
An Intergenerational Dialogue
If you are interested in soil, soul, society, carbon, consciousness and community – this conversation is for you! Be a part of a lively discussion that transcends age, gender, profession, location and life stage.
Registration Fee £25
What to Expect
Get inspired through a concrete, personal action plan to improve your quality of life, reduce your carbon footprint and monitor it with the Carbon Savvy calculator.
Outline of the Conversation
Part 1: (20 minutes)
Father & Son
Satish Kumar and Mukti Kumar Mitchell share a little of their experience of the father-son relationship in the context of their environmental vocations and then ask each other one question each about their lives.
Part 2: (20 minutes)
Satish Kumar
Soil, Soul, Society – How to apply these in our daily lives
Part 3: (20 minutes)
Mukti Kumar Mitchell
Carbon, Consciousness, Community – How to live a low carbon lifestyle
Part 4: (30 minutes)
Q&A and Interactive Session on how to improve your quality of life, reduce your carbon footprint, and monitor the improvements using the Carbon Savvy quality of life and carbon footprint calculators.
‘Exciting and innovative, [Satish and Mukti] raise awareness of low carbon solutions. At this critical moment in the earth’s history, we need to reach out to people in every way possible.’
Stephen Tindale, Executive Director, Greenpeace UK
Your Presenters
Satish Kumar
Peace-pilgrim, life-long activist, and former monk, Satish Kumar has been inspiring global change for over 50 years. He undertook a pilgrimage for peace, walking for two years without money from India to America for the cause of nuclear disarmament. Now in his 80s, Satish has devoted his life to campaigning for ecological regeneration and social justice. He is a world-renowned author and international speaker, founder of The Resurgence Trust, and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist – a change-making magazine he edited for over 40 years.
Mukti Mitchell
Carpenter, sailor, speaker, writer and eco-entrepreneur, Mukti Mitchell sailed around Britain in a zero-emission microyacht in 2007, to promote the benefits of low carbon living. Endorsed by the Prince of Wales, the Prime Minister, and political and environmental leaders, the tour reached an audience of 10 million. In 2010, Mukti founded a company devoted to insulating period properties, saving over 15,000 tonnes of CO2 and set up Carbon Savvy, offering online tools which make it simple to understand personal carbon footprints and easy-to-follow recommendations for reducing it.