The Tabula Project: Clearing Obstructions

Socrates once declared “The unexamined life is not worth living”. 

We need to observe ourselves with a higher degree of detachment. We are often burdened with conflicting thoughts and feelings, which hinder us - as individuals and as a society. 

We need to strip away the false preconceptions and misperceptions we labour under if we are to remove the main obstacles to progress.

Participants will be encouraged to reflect on the following questions:

• What do you consider to be the main obstacles to progress on tackling climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
• To what extent do these obstacles stem from current thinking and approaches to policy, and how might they be overcome?
• How might we develop a more sustainable ethos that would enable a response to the climate crisis commensurate with the scale of the challenge?

Agenda

10:00 Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
10:05 Artist’s presentation on The Tabula Project ‘Clearing the Mind’
10:15 Chair introduces the keynote speakers

• Patrick Harvie MSP, former Co-Leader of the Scottish Greens and Net Zero, Constitution and External Affairs spokesperson for Scottish Greens
• Paul Campion, CEO at TRL
  
• Professor David Begg, former UK Government Advisor & Visiting Professor at Plymouth University
  

10:55 Roundtable discussion
11:40 Q&A
11:55 Chairs’s closing remarks