CCS Newsletter 3/6
TL;DR:
An event on total ethics fashion and the climate crisis is happening tomorrow!
Sign-up for our World Oceans Day networking event with Cambridge Alumni for Sustainability on Saturday
Join us for a CCS picnic on the 15th June!
Sign-up for Climate Fresk Training on the 21st here to be able to facilitate workshops! There will be a catch up session on the 16th for people who haven’t attended a workshop yet but want to do the training.
We’re still recruiting for the next committee! Apply today or check out the application pack here for more info.
The Cambridge Journal of Climate Research is now officially published - check it out to learn about topics ranging from Errors in Climate Litigation, to Rewilding of Large Terrestrial Herbivores, to Free Bus Travel!
💜 from Haley and the rest of the CCS Committee
📅 Upcoming Events
June 4th, 6:00pm: Total ethics fashion and the climate crisis Click here to get your tickets!
The fashion industry plays an enormous role in the climate crisis, and it’s some of the most unethical supply chains that cause the most harm, namely, those derived from animals.
Founder and author of Total Ethics Fashion, Emma Hakansson, is visiting for a lecture and Q&A on ‘Total Ethics Fashion’, which demands people, our fellow animals and the planet are considered all at once, always prioritised ahead of profit, never viewed as distinct when our wellbeing is interconnected.
If you want to learn more about fashion’s impact, the parts of the industry in most need of radical change, and how citizens can mobilise to produce change, please come along!
June 8th, 4:00-7:00pm: World Oceans Networking Event! Click here to sign up!
Please join us for our first ever networking event with Cambridge Alumni for Sustainability on Saturday June 8th! We will have a short presentation for World Oceans Day followed by drinks at BrewDog.
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.
June 15th, 12pm: CCS Picnic
The end of year CCS Picnic is always a fun event and a great chance to celebrate with everyone! There will be some food and drinks there but feel free to bring anything you want. The picnic theme is Northern Lights - dressing up on theme is highly encouraged.
June 16th & 21st, 2:00-5:00pm: Free Climate Fresk Training Click here to sign-up!
Thanks to Cambridge Zero funding, this training will give you a globally recognised qualification to run climate education workshops in the uni (e.g upcoming CCS event for freshers) or anywhere else you like!
This training session is for anyone who will have attended a climate Fresk workshop by the 21st. If you haven’t but want to, don’t worry, sign up via the same link! CCS are also running a catch up workshop earlier in May week, or alternatively you can do the workshop online (go to climatefresk.org/world/registration-workshop/general-public/).
The Fresk workshop is a playful and collaborative climate education workshop that empowers you with knowledge about the mechanisms of climate change according to IPCC report data.
Places are limited so secure your spot ASAP.
June 20th, 16:30-17:45: Behavioural Insights Meet Conservation Science: Steering Human Behaviour to Protect The Environment - Cambridge Judge Business School Click here for more information here
Human behaviour is at the core of many conservation challenges, from animal-human interaction to consumption patterns that cause habitat loss, to wildlife trade and poaching. The speakers from Rare’s Center for Behaviour and the Environment and TRAFFIC will share inspiring case studies where behaviour change made a real difference. The speakers will discuss the exciting potential of behavioural science for conservation.
This event will be moderated by Dr Malte Dewies, Research Associate, El-Erian Institute of Behavioural Economics and Policy.
🍃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 & Links
Here’s the Plan podcast
Here's The Plan is a new youth-led climate podcast, hosted by activists Bella Lack and James Miller. In this series they assemble a 10-step plan to rescue their generation's future, featuring interviews with top changemakers from all walks of life. Tune in to learn how Costa Rica's Environment Minister doubled the country's tree cover, how 6 children took 32 countries to court over climate inaction, and how we can exploit hidden tipping points in the economy to dramatically accelerate decarbonisation.
Insure Our Future
Insure Our Future is a new campaign empowering students to pressure insurance companies to end their complicity in the climate crisis through their role in insuring fossil fuels. They have two calls next week to introduce the campaign, their plans and how you can have an impact. They’ll both cover the same topics, so you’ll only want to attend one.
Sign-up now using the links below:
Cambridge Water’s Young Innovators’ Panel
Cambridge Water is looking for young people who have a connection to south Asian or Indian subcontinent cultures, and a view on how culture and/or faith shapes water usage in these communities.
Cambridge Water is keen to hear from any young people who feel they have a connection to this topic. This connection could come from personal experience of being a part of one of these cultural groups, or having a strong interest in these cultures through wider family or friends. Young people will gain valuable work experience from taking part, working closely with senior executives at Cambridge Water to bring their views as young adults into the company’s decision-making process for the future.
Sign-up and apply here by June 10th
For more information contact the Blue Marble team: cwpanel@bluemarbleresearch.co.uk or call 07732901572
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.