Letters from CCS: Week 3
Welcome everyone to another letter of climate events and info delivered right to you!🌍💚
Applications CLOSE tomorrow for our Mentoring Programme: apply now!
Polar Research Night is this Thursday @ 6pm (St Johns’ Auditorium) 🐻❄️
Cambridge Climate Ideathon Launch event is this Saturday @ 2pm (make sure to register interest now!) 💡
Cambridge Zero Climate & Sustainability Education Consultancy Project apply by midday TODAY!
Want to get involved with CCS? Rolling applications open now!! 🎉
And so much more! Keep on reading…
💚 Eleanor and the whole CCS committee
📅 Upcoming Events
Homerton Politics in conversation with Sarah Lunnon - Today (Tuesday 21st) 5:15pm @ Fellow’s Auditorium, Homerton College
We are kicking off this year’s speakers events with a high-profile climate activist. Sarah Lunnon has a background as a Green Party councillor and has been a coordinator and representative of Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain. Lunnon is also the co-founder of Just Stop Oil. She is a powerful speaker, having interviewed on the BBC, This Morning, LBC and Sky News. Lunnon’s message that the urgency of the climate crisis necessitates what many would consider radical and extreme methods of civil disobedience has provoked much discussion.
This evening is a joint event with Homerton Changemakers, which will commence at the Griffin Bar at 5.15pm before moving to the Fellow’s Auditorium at 5.30pm for the Q&A session.
The topic question for the evening will be: What are the limits of civil protest? We look forward to diving into discussion on various interconnected topics including, but not limited to:
the current state of the climate crisis;
structural and systemic barriers to protest within the UK in light of recent court cases and legal changes;
the question of the efficiency of civil disobedience with regards to climate action.
Anyone is welcome, all degrees and colleges. We look forward to seeing you there!
Green Careers Networking Event - Wednesday 22nd October 6pm @ Student Services Centre, Bene’t Street
CCS will be at the Cambridge Green Careers Fair! Visit our stall to connect, learn about sustainability opportunities, and discover our new recruitment cycle of the mentorship system.
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
Cambridge Greens Intercollegiate Pub Quiz - Friday 24th 8pm @ Clare Cellars
On the 24th of October at 8pm there will be an intercollegiate pub quiz at Clare Cellars, organised by Cambridge Green Officers. Bring along your pens, your pals, and your passion for quizzing to what is sure to be a great night. Plus, in true Green style, there are plant prizes for the winning team! 🌱
Newnham Green and Social Justice Society Activist-Academic Panel - Wednesday 29th October 6:30pm @ Newnham College
💚 Get excited for our Activist-academic Panel, featuring five incredible panellists including students and academics who are organisers or policy makers!
SO much knowledge and experience will be shared! The event will begin with set questions to the panel, highlighting topics like hope, art, research, and advice. You will have the opportunity to ask any burning questions in the Q&A session or 1-1 during designated time at the end of the event.
Everyone who is eager to learn how they can juggle their role as a student/academic with their drive to push for systemic improvements and ethical institutional organisation is welcome!
📍: Newnham College, Sidgwick Hall
📅: Wed 29 Oct, 18:30-20:30
Seminar on Law and the Climate Crisis - Friday 31st October 4pm @ Hughes Hall
In the second event of this year’s Cambridge Seminar Series on Law and the Climate Crisis, Harj Narulla, a barrister specialising in climate change law at Doughty Street Chambers, will make the case for climate reparations. Come to the David Attenborough Building on 31 October to join the seminar and stay for networking afterwards, or join online via Zoom.
🌍 Research Roundup
Join us for this term’s first Climate Research Night focused on polar research.
📅 Thursday, 23rd of October at 6PM
📍 St. Johns’ Auditorium
The event will bring together researchers from across departments to present and discuss their work. Come listen to some of the fascinating and important climate research that academics and students alike are working on at Cambridge! Our speakers are:
Dr Michelle Maclennan, Antarctic extreme weather
Polina Sevastyanova, machine learning in Climate Science
Dr Helen Wheeler, beavers and socio-ecological resilience in Inuit Nunangat
Dr Jean de Pomereu, the history of polar ice sheets and the visual culture of Antarctica
Evangeline Rowe, aerial photography and glaciers
🤝 CCS Mentorship Programme
LAST CHANCE to apply for our popular climate Mentorship Programme 🚨
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 (tomorrow!!). We will contact successful mentees by email if there is a match.
🌍 Cambridge Zero
Cambridge Zero are a staff team aiming to maximise the University’s contribution to a zero-carbon world. They have two education-related opportunities this academic year:
Become a Climate & Sustainability Education (CSE) Consultant to identify examples of sustainability teaching in departments and highlight opportunities for more.
Or, join the new CSE Student Advisory Board to shape the future of learning and teaching at Cambridge.
Also: Join the Cambridge Zero mailing list for updates on events, internships, funding and more.
💚Join the CCS Committee NOW!
The Cambridge Climate Society is looking to recruit its new student committee for the 2025/26 academic year! This is a hugely exciting opportunity to get involved with running and shaping an impactful student organisation, forging links across Cambridge and beyond.
Before you get started, make sure to check out our Application Pack 25/26 with detailed information on each role available.
There is no deadline for applications, as we are assessing them on a rolling basis. You can expect to hear back from us within two weeks. Terms for engagement will be mutually defined when starting the role and may either be until the end of the academic or calendar year.
Please reach out to Niklas (ngt30, President), Kaden (kp613, Vice-President) and Lea (lm2037, Vice-President) with any queries!
Apply here! We really look forward to reading your responses and meeting you soon!
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Let’s shape the future of climate action through creativity and collaboration! 🌱💫
Big well done if you’ve made it this far! Enjoy the coming week 🎉