This Summer, Lift, one of the Europe's leading arts festivals, arrives at Southbank Centre. As well as art performances, screenings and talks, this year sees the launch of ‘The Lift’- the interactive Lift Festival hub and a new venue for fresh conversation which involves: artists in mass one-on-one, open-space events, artist talks, debates and panel discussions such as ‘Parliament and climate change.’ This will be taking place on 5th and 6th July in the beautiful mobile structure, housed in Theatre Square behind the Royal Festival Hall.

One particularly interesting activity to go to is 'A night with TippingPoint and Fellow Travellers' happening this saturday 7:30pm-9:30pm, costing £5. With lively climate change discussions, a Green House Quiz, a session to create your own bubble-free brand-it ensures that you will get to the heart of some ecological issues whilst keeping you on your toes. Since 2005 TippingPoint has brought artists and scientists together to explore global warming, working together with the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University.

Other sessions you can move and shake down to include: the climate change talk at 1.30pm by the Cape Farewell Youth Voyagers and at 3:30pm you can get info on how to set up Transition Town, whereby a future with less oil is explored. There are a variety of topics such as: Report from Bangladesh, Mapping the London Flood Plains Cycle Ride and Walk, the absurdity of the world picture offered us to keep your mind stimulated. So why not scroll through the list of talks on the Lift Festival website and grab a ticket whilst you're at it! Enjoy the Summer sun whilst dipping into engaging topics which are effecting us today. Get involved. Get informed.