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Series of thought-provoking talks on topics that affect culture and society.

Series of thought-provoking talks in which the speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society

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Four Thought: Series 2: Episode 36: Tim Smit: Britain's Not Broken

Tim Smit: Britain's Not Broken

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Episode 36: Tim Smit: Britain's Not Broken

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Tim Smit argues that if we learn to trust one another, Britain could be great again.

Tim Smit says Britain is very far from broken. In fact, he argues, it is a really good country, and if people learn to trust one another again, it could be wonderful.

Tim Smith says Britain is very far from broken. In fact, he argues, its are a really good country, and if we learn to trust one another again we could be wonderful.

Pointing to the success of collaborative ventures he started, like the Eden Project and Big Lunch, he suggests we should set ourselves the goal of energy independence. 

This, he says, would be as much about the symbolism as the environmentalism: a vivid demonstration that far from being a dying culture, we are in fact a vigorous one.

Four Thought is a series of talks which combine thought provoking ideas and engaging storytelling. 

Recorded in front of an audience at the RSA in London, speakers take to the stage to air their latest thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect our culture and society.

Producer: Giles Edwards.

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