Founded in 2011, Repowering London empowers communities by establishing solar energy cooperatives. Their aim is to increase communities' resilience by lowering their energy bills, and providing the professional skills needed to install solar power. In an age of climate change, monopolistic energy providers, and fuel poverty, making projects like this work is crucial to achieving prosperity.

Agamemnon sits on the UK Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Community Energy Contact Group, has an MBE for his service to the British Empire, was named one of the 50 Most Impactful Green Leaders globally, is a London Leader, and has also founded, Brixton Energy, Clean Marine, Energy Garden, Community Energy England The Edible Bus Stop, The Edible Overground.

IGP Soundbite | Agamemnon Otero | Community-owned clean energy in London

Dr. Priti Parikh (Programme Director MSc EFID) from Civil, Environment and Geomatic Engineering shares her experiences of working on the provision of infrastructure in settings such as slums. The seminar focuses on how infrastructure and engineering can transform living conditions and alleviate poverty. Priti discusses nature friendly approaches for infrastructure provision, innovative partnership models and gender friendly infrastructure provision which is crucial for transforming slums.

IGP Director's Seminar | Priti Parikh | Infrastructure for Slum Upgrading

Nicola Bacon is the Founding Director of Social Life, a social entreprise that specialises in research and community projects exploring how people are affected by changes in the built environment.

Social Life was set up in 2012 by the Young Foundation. All their work explores the relationship between people and places. Social Life work with the private sector, local government, housing associations and community organisations on research and practical projects to investigate how the built environment affects everyday experience, and the practical implications of this. This talk explores their work in London and beyond and how they are working with different stakeholders to shape change.

IGP Soundbite | Nicola Bacon | Social Life: Cross-sector innovation and placemaking

Professor Guy Standing discusses the transformational role Basic Income can play in the 21st Century. He takes a historical look at the development of rentier capitalism and the progressive loss of rights of citizenship, and thinks about Basic Income as a means of achieving social justice. Professor Standing dedicated his speech to the 800th birthday of the Charter of the Forest: 'one of the most subversive documents in history'.

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