Urban Growing

Andy Hamilton: New Wild Order

Stanfords

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Stanfords, 29 Corn Street, BS1 1HT

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Join forager, author, dad, and everyday fella Andy Hamilton as he answers his own call of the wild, and discovers how it might just save his life – and yours.

Food is the keystone of culture and our culture could benefit from a touch of the wild. Having worked with Bristol’s wild food for over 20 years Andy Hamilton has experienced the nutritional and mental health benefits of wild food. Using scientific, historical and anecdotal evidence he maps out a wild food future and uses that as a basis for his New WILD order, suggesting that many of physical and mental health problems arise from the disconnect with our happier and healthier wild selves.

About New Wild Order

This book is not about aspirational living; it’s about practical living. It’s about looking at the world around you and finding where it’s at fault, rather than blaming yourself. It’s about dropping the comfortable prisons we create for ourselves to find the real freedom and happiness we deserve.

New Wild Order cover

We live in a world that is overfed but malnourished, sunlight deficient, overly competitive, sedentary, and sleep deprived. Our blood pressure and stress levels are at record highs, our mental health at record lows. Our eyes are strained from looking at screens all the time, and our backs are killing us. We buy far too much of what we don’t need, and we aren’t even pooing in the right position!

Yet step outside, maybe walk a few minutes down the road, and you will inevitably see plants bursting with nourishment, hear calming birdsong, breath in fresh air, move your stiff body. Perhaps we have the answer to all our modern malaises right here, outside our own homes. Perhaps it is time for a New Wild Order.

£6.00 Ticket Only: Andy Hamilton: New Wild Order Ticket price includes a glass of wine or soft drink and 15% off New Wild Order, and any other purchases made on the evening 

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