What's on
Browse our in-person and online events, including our Monday night lectures, regional events and teacher CPD sessions. You can also watch a selection of our past talks.
Summit Photo 2025 - info and tickets
This September, join us for Summit Photo, your unique chance to hear from renowned photographers. Book tickets for one day, two days, or the entire weekend.
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A night on the extinction express
Join award-winning conservationist Sacha Dench on a journey flying alongside Bewick’s swans from Russia to the UK by paramotor. Find out why we need conservation efforts without borders and, as Sacha calls it, an MI5 for nature.
Monday night lecture supper – 22 September
Stay for supper at the Society on 22 September after our Monday night lecture and meet other members and their guests.
Walking the mountains of Spain
Phil Lawler talks about walks he has discovered, or created, in three Spanish regions.
Summit Photo evening lecture: Chris Packham
Join us for an evening lecture with TV presenter and environmental activist Chris Packham at this year's Summit Photo.
The power of story: Frans Lanting
One of our greatest living biosphere photographers, Frans Lanting will present our inaugural Summit Photo keynote presentation.
An elephant never forgets
A behind-the-scenes, illustrated talk from Sophy Roberts about her new Sunday Times bestseller, A Training School for Elephants, which weaves past and present in travels that take her from Iraq to India, the DRC and Tanzania, finishing up at a convent with an elephant on Lake Tanganyika.
Climate change under political extremism
As far-right movements gain ground across Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Join experts for a discussion on sustaining climate action amid political shifts on both sides of the Atlantic.
School Member lecture: Inequality - the next crisis and children – Danny Dorling
School and Student Members are invited to come along to this lecture to hear from leading academic, Danny Dorling, on the topic of inequality. This event is being held exclusively for the Society's School and Student Members only.
The rise of green finance: can banks prevent climate disaster?
Dr Liam Clegg explores if financial institutions at local, national and international level help to mitigate climate change.
Oman - The Jewel of Arabia: a 30-day journey to Arabia Felix
Lecture on The Jewel of Arabia expedition: 30 days on foot, by camel and 4x4 in Oman in the 1927 footsteps of British Explorer Bertram Thomas.
The library of lost maps
James Cheshire spent three years uncovering the treasures of a long-forgotten map library for his book The Library of Lost Maps. Sharing the contents of this archive, he will reveal the power of maps and their makers to transform our world.
Clearing a path through the new world disorder
Former Major General Rob Thomson from The HALO Trust, the world’s largest mine clearing NGO, will discuss how a changing geopolitical order marked by great power competition, increased conflict, and the retreat of multilateralism is affecting human development and security.