We are delighted to announce our new virtual Green Culture 2020!!
This year we are honouring the Women in Environment
and we are excited to share their stories and inspire you with their individual contribution to the global green agenda.
Join us online 18-20 September 2020!
Stay tuned for more info, full line up and programme!
KEY NOTE SPEAKERS
Prince Nikola II Petrović Njegoš
Crown Prince of Montenegro
Green Culture residential speaker and supporter
fondacija-njegos.org/en/
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Founder and director of Local Futures and
The International Alliance for Localisation (UK/US)
localfutures.org
Moderator
Matt Lane
Director of Events and Community Outreach for Love the Sea and Founder of Cultivate Media
(US),
www.lovethesea.org
The International Alliance for Localisation (UK/US)
lovethesea.org
Green Culture 2020 Speakers
Click on the names for more information and video introduction
Anna Simpson
Director and Chief Innovation Coach
(HK)
fluxcompass.org,
The Futures Centre,
forumforthefuture.org
Deborah Curtis
Founder and director,
The House of Fairy Tales (UK)
houseoffairytales.org
Dr. Elizabeth Allison
Associate Professor
of Ecology and Religion
at the California Institute
of Integral Studies in
San Francisco, California
(US)
Dr. Ifeyinwa Rita Kanu
Founder/Director,
IntelliDigest LtD
(UK)
IntelliDigest.com
Irina Janevska
Co-founder and president
of the Organization for
Social Innovation
“ARNO“
arno.org.mk
(MK)
Dr. Maja Manojlovic
Lecturer | Faculty Advisor
for WII Pedagogy,
UCLA Writing Programs (US)
Martha Bissman
Sustainable Energy
Expert/Engineer,
Politician, Activist
(AT)
Nicola Peel
Environmental Educator,
Speaker, Solutionist (UK)
nicolapeel.com
eyesofgaia.com
seclimatealliance.uk
Nicole Watson
Founder and CEO
econic earth foundation (CA)
econicearth.org
Tigrilla Gardenia
Nature-Inspired
Leadership Mentor,
and Plant Intelligence
Expert
(IT)
tigrillagardenia.com
Victoria Nestor
MSc Environmental engineering,
Environmental Science educator,
Environmental Consultant
(UK)
Kristin Tièche
Executive Producer & Creative Director
theinvisiblemammal.com
Dijana Tomik Radevska
Multimedia artist,
designer and art curator
(MK)
komradrug.com.mk
Marta Minarkova
Interior and furniture designer
Re-use & eco design
(MK)
spin.mk
Artistt and Alternatives: Lunchbreak Intermezzo:
Chelsey Needham
Innersense Guru
Yoga instructor
(UK)
innersense.guru/yoga
Leena Viie
International
Bellydance Artist,
Feminist, Activist
(IN)
leenaviie.com
Green Culture 2020 Programme
Green Culture 2020 Programme schedule tbc
Central European Summer Time (CEST)
18 September
6-8pm
Live at Hotel Splendid, Montenegro
Green Start-up Pitch fest
(Start-ups present projects in front of a panel of investors)
19 September
All talks will be recorded and made available on the website for Lifetime access pass holders
Moderator: Matt Lane (Hawaii,US)
9am Introduction: Matt Lane
9.20am Welcome note: Vesna Sokolovska, Founder of the Green Culture project
Keynotes:
9.30am Prince Nikola II Petrović Njegoš,
Crown Prince of Montenegro | Ecology Cutlture and Solidarity
9.45am Helena Norberg - Hodge |
The Future is Local, The Future is Feminine
10.05 Honouring 3 ladies - environmentalists who left us prematurely:
Wangari Mathaii (passed away 9 years ago this September)
Polly Higgins (last April)
Naziha Mestaoui (this April)
Morning session
10.35am Dr. Ifeyinwa Kanu
Enhancing Sustainability/Resource Efficiency/Circularity through Tech/Data and Treating Climate Emergency as Emergency
11am Anna Simpson
Why today's challenges demand futures thinking - and how to begin
11.25am Tigrilla Gardenia
Facilitating Nature Inspired and Spiritual Solutions for Social, Personal and Professional Challenges
11.50am Martha Bissman
Climate Change: How Covid-19 pandemic will change the battle to slow down global warming
12.15pm Morning wrap up and takings
12.25 - Lunch break
12.15- 12.45 Chelsea Needham -- Live yoga
12.45- 1.15pm- Leena Viie -- Live Belly Dancing
1.15- 1.45pm- Stunflower music Live
Afternoon session:
2pm Deborah Curtis in conversation with Stephen Whitehead and Julie Ward
Great Imagining: Innovative Environmental Education
2.40pm Frankie Turk
RE-PEAT- Young People Co-Creating a Peatland Paradigm Shift
3.05pm Drita Llolla
Sustainability by Interrelating Art, Politics and Science: The case of Seanema Film Festival
3.30pm Short break 20 mins
- The connection between Bats and Coronavirus : Wildlife is not to blame, short film by Kristin Tieche
4pm Victoria Nestor
Nanotechnology and sustainability
4.30pm Wrap up remarks
5pm Introducing the programme for the following day
20 September
10am Dr. Maja Manojlović
XR Experiences for Actionable Environmental Consciousness
10.30am Marta Minarkova and Dijana Tomik Radevska
Shoot the breeze with Marta and Dijana
(Artists in conversation)
11am BOOM short eco documentary made during the lockdown by Lehla Eldridge and Anthony Eldridge Rogers
11.30am Nicola Peel
When Will Nature Have Rights?
12 Morning wrap up and takings
12.15 - Lunch break
3 rooms to choose from
- Meditation/Yoga – Chelsea Needham
- Theatre play – Gabriela Sosa
- The connection between Bats and Coronavirus : Wildlife is not to blame, short film by Kristin Tieche
Afternoon session:
2pm Irina Janevska
Green Entrepreneurship as a higher octave of the social economy: empowering social and environmental impact through green businesses
2.30pm Ana Karanfilovska, Irena Apostolova, Angela Dzepovska, Daniela
Waste appeal
3pm Kristin Tieche
The Connection Between Bats and Coronovirus: Widllife is not to Blame
3.30pm Maisa Arias
Ecocide
4pm Short break 15 mins
4.15pm Nicole Watson
Lighting Lives
4.45pm Dr. Elizabeth Allison
Healing human-Earth relations through spiritual ecology
5.15 Wrap up and Outcomes
5.30-5.45 Close with short meditation for Mother Earth
Green Culture 2020 Start-up Pitch Fest
18 September at 18h Hotel Splendid, Budva
Open call for investors to support our Start-ups

Our main Investors and Start-up Mentors


Matt Black
Serial Entrepreneur, Investor,
Philanthropist, Author,
Feminist, Environmentalist
Maverick Thinker,
Changemaker,
Futurist, Speaker
matt.black

Marc Allenet
Digital Jersey Ambassador,
EBRD Approved Adviser
Certified Blockchain Adviser,
Certified Investment Adviser
LinkedIn profile
Ruben Vergara Meersohn
Entrepreneur, Speaker & Thinker
(MN)
rubenvergaram.com