HUMAN POTENTIAL
Mindstruck Institute at Glastonbury 2024
Wed 26 Jun
|Somerset, England
The Institute was involved in a series of events at the iconic Glastonbury Festival in June 2024
Time & Location
26 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST – 30 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
Somerset, England, Worthy Farm, Worthy Lane, Pilton, Shepton Mallet BA4 4BY, UK
About the event
Mindstruck, City, University of London and Professor Gillian Forrester’s Me, Human team were part of the Science Futures at Glastonbury 2024 with a pitch focused on medicinal mushrooms. Trudi, Chris and Gemma developed a public engagement demo that included a commissioned artistic sculpture of a range of medicinal mushrooms, mushroom themed games, poster materials and information designed to be accessible and fun. We were also delighted to introduce “Mufasa” to Glastonbury – a beautiful real-life Lion’s Mane specimen that generated a huge amount of interest and awe! Special thanks to Chris for sourcing our centrepiece!
Mindstruck was also featured in a number of events on the Laboratory Stage in Science Futures.
Gemma and Chris took part in a fascinating panel discussion hosted by BBC’s Justin Rowlatt titled “The science and magic of medicinal mushrooms”.
Trudi and Justin Rowlatt took part in an expert panel discussion on Eco-anxiety highlighting the need…