CCS Newsletter 13/5
TL;DR:
Committee applications for the 2024/25 academic year are now open! Apply today or check out the application pack here for more info.
Join the half-day event today on activism and science around the climate and biodiversity crises!
Check out the upcoming Panel on Climate Anxiety
A Food and Climate Research Symposium is also coming up!
Graduating soon? Join the Cambridge Alumni Society for Sustainability!
💜 from Haley and the rest of the CCS Committee
📅 Upcoming Events
May 13th, 1:30-4:45pm: Activism and science: what space is there in science for activism around the climate and biodiversity crises? Click here to sign-up!
Does the discrepancy between scientific findings and the lack of climate and biodiversity action mean that science and scientists may, or even should, engage in climate and biodiversity activism? And, if so, what would this mean for the traditional conceptions of science as value-free and objective? A panel discussion, speakers corner, and a series of workshops are on today in the Alison Richard Building!
May 22nd, 4:30-6:30pm: Climate Anxiety Panel Click here to sign-up!
Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion on Climate Anxiety and emotional responses to the climate crisis featuring renowned experts in psychology, activism, and sustainability. This two-hour session at Bradfield Room, Darwin College, will explore the intersection of climate change and emotional wellbeing.
May 28th, 11:00am-6:00pm: Food and Climate Research Symposium Click here to sign-up!
June 13th, 10:00am-5:30pm: Cambridge Climate and Sustainability Forum 2024: Global Perspectives Click here to get your tickets!
The Cambridge Climate and Sustainability Forum (CCSF) is back, with networking, inspiring speakers, panel discussions and engaging workshops! There will be a diverse range of field leaders at the event, speaking on their lived experience working within the green sector, and the conference aims to cover a diverse range of ways to address the current environmental crisis. There will be two amazing keynote speakers, as well as inspiring panellists who will take part in our two panel discussions on ‘Sustainable Development for All’ and ‘Business and Innovation’. There will also be six workshops where you can engage with the themes of decolonisation, conservation, education, technology, zero waste and business. The event will also include a green fair where you can network with speakers and local sustainability organisations.
🍃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
Attention soon-to-be alumni!
Cambridge Alumni for Sustainability serves to connect Alumni of the University of Cambridge who share a common interest in sustainability and working towards net zero. This group aims to facilitate discussion and networking as well as host online and in-person events. For more information and to sign up to the newsletter check out their website and LinkedIn Group.
Climate Activism Interview Request
Maya is looking for climate activists to interview for her MPhil dissertation, which aims to take an intersectional/sociological view of climate activism in the UK to explore how climate mobilisations navigate diversity and difference, as well as the role that identity plays in informing the individual/collective strategies of climate mobilisations. Anyone interested can contact Maya at mah232@cam.ac.uk.