FREE WEBINAR | Can a good story help us envision a better future? Hosted by authors Steve Willis and Jan Lee.
Tuesday 8th July 2025, 15:00 – 16:00 BST.
Synopsis:
The news shows us a future of doom and gloom – and so does Hollywood. How can strategic use of popular film and fiction help us envision (and implement) a better version of the future?
Steve Willis and Jan Lee, authors of Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism and Defying Futility will share details about how fiction can change the world, and how it can be put to practical use in innovation and climate action.
Hosts:
Steve Willis is an engineer and innovator with decades of experience providing solutions to environmental problems for large scale industries. He is also the initiator of the No More Fairy Tales climate fiction anthology produced for COP27. Steve continues to work on large scale climate solutions, including a CO2 sequestration mineralisation process which can be deployed at the million tonne scale.
Genevieve Hilton (pen name: Jan Lee) is an award-winning freelance environmental journalist and author. Prior to devoting herself full-time to writing, she worked in corporate affairs and sustainability in the Asia Pacific region from 1994 to 2024. There, she led ESG and communications in Asia Pacific for Lenovo, as well as Corporate Citizenship and External Communications Asia Pacific for BASF.
See the full Net Zero Week 2025 webinar series here.
