CCS Easter Newsletter
TL;DR:
Join us next Friday for a panel on climate and migrant justice
Register your interest for the upcoming Green Societies Workshop
Our Cambridge Journal of Climate Research is launching on May 2nd, with a talk by our foreword author Sir David King!
Sign-up for our interactive and collaborative Climate Fresk Workshop as part of Green Week
And check out all the other Green Week events, ranging from focus groups on the plant-based food transition to clothes swaps!
If revision has been taking over your Easter break and you’ve missed us, why not:
Check out our YouTube playlist of past event recordings to learn about everything from Nature-Based Solutions to Climate and Gender to Climate Policy!
Check our our latest podcast episode for the latest Climate News or any of our longer episodes on COP28, musicology and ecology, clean tech and energy engineering, gender and climate justice, climate activism in Cambridge, and the Plant-Based Cambridge campaign!
We also have a series of exciting events planned for Easter term alongside Green Week - check them out right below!
💜 from Haley and the rest of the CCS Committee
📅 Upcoming Events
April 26th, 7-8pm: Climate and Migrant Justice: Exploring the Interconnections Click here to sign-up!
Up to three times as many people are being displaced annually as the result of natural disasters than from conflict or violence. Yet there are no existing protective frameworks for climate ‘migrants’, nor a legal definition. This CCS panel discussion will explore the issues surrounding climate migration as well as potential solutions, with expert legal, social justice and communications perspectives.
April 29th, 5-7pm: Plant-Based Cambridge x Ethical Affairs - SU transition focus group
Join the focus group in the SU Lounge to feedback and contribute to the SU's transition towards plant-based food provision!
End of April / Early May: Green Societies Workshop Click here to register your interest!
There will be another green societies workshops at the start of next term!. Register your interest to be notified when the time and location is confirmed. This is for anyone at all interested in starting or helping with a college environmental society, or with any college-based sustainability efforts.
May 1st, 1-3pm: In-depth with Cambridge University Endowment Fund: Green Officers + SU Event
Find out more about how colleges are managing their endowments, with a focus on decarbonisation and divestment. Location TBC (likely the SU)!
May 2nd, 6:30pm: Cambridge Journal of Climate Research Launch Event Click here to sign-up!
The first ever edition of our student research journal ‘The Cambridge Journal of Climate Research’ is being released, with diverse articles on topics ranging from climate law to carbon credits and mining practices. We have a foreword by Sir David King, who will give a talk at the launch event. You’ll also get an exciting opportunity to meet all the article authors at the event and there will be space for networking afterwards.
Sir David King is the founder and chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and founder of the Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge. Previously he held the position of permanent Special Representative for Climate Change for the UK from September 2013 until March 2017. He was the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor from 2000 to 2007, during which time he raised awareness of the need for governments to act on climate change and was instrumental in creating the Energy Technologies Institute.
May 2nd: Sustainable Banking Stalls
Find out more about the power of sustainable banking, at student-ran stalls in a college nearby. Each stall will be able to tell you about the climate credentials of your bank, with a climate league table of UK banks. The stall will also give you the opportunity to switch banks, with QR codes for Monzo, Triodos and more!
May 3rd, 11am: Get a free plant-based lunch at West Hub Café
You can get a free plant-based lunch in return for being recorded answering a few questions about sustainable food at the West Hub Café!
May 4th, 2-5pm: Climate Fresk Workshop Click here to sign-up!
This workshop will inform you about the complex causes, effects and mechanisms of climate change (according to the IPCC report) through an interactive collaborative game, and then empowers you to find ways to take action.
Spaces are limited so sign the Google form to secure your spot ASAP!!
All participants gain the opportunity to be trained FOR FREE as qualified Fresk facilitators for a big-scale cliamte education event planned for freshers in October!
May 4th, 10-11:30am: Connect with Nature Yoga Click here to sign-up!
Join us for a gentle yoga session in the Selwyn Gardens as a way to de-stress this exam term. Perfect for beginners. Limited spaces are available, with priority being given to Selwyn students.
May 4th, 12-3pm: Clothes Swap with Sidney’s Environmental Society
Have some old clothes to get rid of or want to find some new ones? Come join us at the Clothes Swap, everyone is welcome - whether or not you’re making a donation!
🍃Pesticides Free Campaign
Synthetic pesticides are routinely used in and around the built environment, and in green spaces to treat unwanted vegetation and insects. HOWEVER, pesticides are damaging to the environment; they are also a public health and disability rights issue. Together with other harmful practices such as over-mowing, they are a major cause of biodiversity loss, and by killing off invertebrates they also drive other animals such as hedgehogs and birds towards extinction.
Pesticide-Free Cambridge is now joining forces with Cambridge Climate Society to tackle ongoing pesticide-use in Cambridge’s colleges.
This is a relatively low commitment but highly powerful way you can help people and nature in your college!
Read more about the campaign at https://www.pesticidefreecambridge.org/colleges-campaign
💚 More Opportunities
2024 Cambridge Climate and Sustainability Forum (CCSF)
CCSF is an annual student-run forum supported by Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Hub. The main event in early May will cover a range of methods used by diverse groups to adapt to and mitigate environmental crises. This will involve:
Talks from international sustainability leaders and organisations
Panel discussions
Workshops
Green fair with networking opportunities
Sign-up to the mailing list here!
ClimateImpact AI Hackathon
The ClimateImpact AI Hackathon is happening on May 7-8 at the Royal Institution in London, and it's an incredible chance for students, professionals, and sustainability champions to put their AI skills to the test in tackling real-world climate challenges.
Rainforest Builder Carbon Project Analyst
Rainforest Builder is an integrated nature tech company focused on the restoration of tropical forests at landscape scale and are looking for a Carbon Project Analyst, taking on a variety of roles related to carbon projects. Please send a resume and cover letter to Cassie Coash, Chief of Staff at hiring@rainforestbuilder.com to apply for
the role.
Global Spark
Passionate about social impact and entrepreneurship? Global Spark, a global non-profit that empowers students to tackle social impact and global development challenges, is recruiting new volunteers for the 2024-25 team! Get the opportunity to work with partners such as BCG, Google, and the Gates Foundation, to run events that engage and impact thousands of students globally!