Letters from CCS: Week 2
Hope everyone is doing well and ready for another letter of events!🌍💚
Remember that applications are LIVE for our Mentoring Programme, apply now!
College Green Society Workshop #1 is tomorrow @ 4pm!
Register interest now for the Cambridge Climate Ideathon 🌍
Trinity Hall Catalysts programme taster this Thursday @ 5pm
Seminar on Law & Climate Crisis this Friday @ 4pm
💚 Eleanor and the whole CCS committee
📅 Upcoming Events
College Green Society Workshop #1 - Tomorrow 4pm @ The Latimer Room, Clare College
What? Join us for our first workshop of the year! We’ll be offering knowledge shares on various aspects of college environmental policy (think catering, banking, divestment, net zero plans…) plus organising cross-college collaborations for the term. It’s also a chance to meet other likeminded students, and to learn from each others experiences.
Who? Whether you’re a Green Officer, a student involved with a college environmental soc, want advice on starting one, OR advice any other campaign within your college.
📅 Wednesday 15th October
⏰ 4 - 5.30pm
📍 Latimer Room, Clare College Old Court (CB2 1TL)
Please drop in whenever you can once lectures / practicals are over for you.
I’ll be around in the room from 3.30pm onwards if you have any individual questions OR if you just want to chat about how the uni and college governance systems work regarding sustainability.
Shreya (sp2068)
Student Advisory Team, CCS 🌱
Cambridge Climate Ideathon Launch event - Saturday 25th October 2pm @ Bowett Room, Queens’ College
The Cambridge Climate Ideathon brings together Cambridge students that are passionate about protecting the planet for a three-week creative challenge to imagine new ways to work towards the following Earthshot goals:
Fix Our Climate
Clean Our Air
Protect and Restore Nature
No business experience? No problem. This is about creativity, collaboration, and learning how ideas can develop into meaningful change.
Choose the challenge you want to address and find like-minded people for your team at our launch event. We’ll then have weekly (recorded) webinars where you’ll learn practical skills for designing user experiences, framing your ideas within a business context and delivering a confident, compelling pitch. Finally, join us on 14th November to present your team’s developed idea to our panel of supportive judges and the wider community.
Launch Event: 2-4pm on 25th October, Bowett Room, Queens’ College
Webinars: Online
Pitching Event: 5-8pm on 14th November, Fitzpatrick Hall Theatre, Queens’ College
Trinity Hall Catalysts programme taster - Thursday 16th October 5pm @ 16 Mill Lane
Trinity Hall Catalysts is a social impact programme open to all University of Cambridge students who want to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges. Through hands-on learning, the programme helps participants develop the skills, tools, and networks needed to create meaningful change.
We’ll be holding an information session at 5pm on Thursday 16 October at 16 Mill Lane for students who’d like to learn more about the programme, how it works, and how to get involved this year — pizza provided!
Further information available here!
Seminar on Law and the Climate Crisis - Friday 17th October 4pm @ Hughes Hall
The Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis welcomes Lord Robert Carnwath CVO Friday 17th October 4pm @ Hughes Hall. See the pamphlet below for further information and register for free here.
🌍 Research Roundup
A quick reminder about this term’s first Climate Research Night focused on polar research on Thursday, 23rd of October at 6PM in the St. Johns’ Auditorium! Would you like to present? Don’t hesitate to reach out to jt934@cam.ac.uk.
🤝 CCS Mentorship Programme
Remember that our popular climate Mentorship Programme is now open for applications 🎉
This is your chance to:
🤝 Build a genuine relationship with a professional in your area of interest.
🧠 Unlock tailored knowledge sharing and strategic learning.
🚀 Gain personalized guidance on climate careers and advocacy work.
The best part? It’s intentionally flexible. We know student life is busy, so the scope, focus, and timeline are kept informal and open, allowing your exchange to be fully tailored to your goals.
Don’t miss this chance to build a relationship that will define your career path.
Apply now! Deadline: Wednesday, October 22nd. We will contact successful mentees by email if there is a match.
That’s all for now! Enjoy the coming week 🎉