Sarah Wilson in Conversation with Damon Gameau

From New York Times bestselling author and journalist Sarah Wilson comes a deeply moving, wise guide to finding beauty and meaning in a collapsing world.

It’s hard to escape the feeling that something is deeply wrong with our world . . . that life has become precariously off-balance. We are hit hourly with headlines about climate catastrophes, tumbling democracies and fertility rates, AI singularity and nuclear threat, increasing economic inequality and genocidal slaughter, and the rise of technofascist and authoritarian rule.

Why now, and why everything, all at once?

In I Eat the Stars, Sarah Wilson argues we are undergoing what every sophisticated civilisation before us has – complex systems collapse.

But how do we continue to live as sensitive, tender-hearted humans amidst such a tumultuous shift? What does life look like when the systems we rely on deteriorate? How do we make financial decisions? Should we be prepping or homesteading? Should we be having kids? How do we hold the grief and process the moral injuries? And, so importantly, how do we avoid succumbing to doom and despair?

In I Eat the Stars, Sarah Wilson delves into these pressing questions (and her answers are rarely the obvious ones!). Drawing on wisdom gained from more than 200 conversations with scientists, energy futurists, historians, philosophers, game theorists and spiritual leaders, Wilson takes readers on an intimate journey as she lays out a path for living fully, meaningfully and beautifully through these troubled times.

Our predicament, she argues, is ultimately an urgent call to us all to relish what is valuable to us – “to eat the stars” – and to return to our humanity once again.

I Eat the Stars empowers. With her warm, incisively intelligent, wise and down-to-earth voice, Wilson creates a space for readers to confront their fears and anxieties about our uncertain future, guiding us toward one rooted in truth, kindness, justice, creativity, community, and to step up as “warriors” to meet this moment.

What if, she asks, this new world we’re entering is more stunning than we’d ever imagined?

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About Sarah Wilson:

Sarah Wilson is a multi-New York Times bestselling author, journalist, social philosopher, international keynote speaker and philanthropist. Sarah leads dynamic, global conversations about modern philosophy, creativity, existential risk, and climate change via her keynote speaking, Wild podcast, and her Substack and social communities. She lives nomadically, but is based between Paris and Sydney, and is a compulsive hiker and adventurer.

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About Damon Gameau

Damon Gameau is an Australian film director, speaker and author. His documentary That Sugar Film won multiple awards worldwide and the book was a bestseller in Australia and published in 20 countries. He also directed the feature documentary 2040 and authored an accompanying book 2040: a Handbook for the Regeneration. Damon co-founded Regen Studios with Anna Kaplan where together they work with philanthropists and partners to build comprehensive impact campaigns for their films, raising money for ecological solutions and awareness in classrooms, boardrooms, and Parliaments around the world. Recent projects include Regenerating Australia and his most recent film, Future Council. Damon’s TEDx Sydney talk ‘went viral’ via the global TED platform.

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When: Friday 22 May 6:30pm

Where: Banksia Room, Elements of Byron Resort, 144 Bayshore Drive, Byron Bay

Tickets: $40 General Admission | $35 Festival Friends

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This event is proudly presented in partnership with Elements of Byron Bay.