PANEL DEBATE -- Climate Change control strategies: Top-down or bottom-up?
chaired by Professor Howard Griffiths; speakers include Professor Steve Yearly, Bob Ward and more TBC
hosted by The Triple Helix
Friday, March 1: 6-7pm in the McCrum Lecture Theatre (Bene’t Street, next to the Eagle Pub)
WORKSHOP - Vegetarian Cooking Workshop: Super Salads
the second of an ongoing series of low-carbon cooking workshops hosted by Cambridge Carbon Footprint
Materials will be provided, but donations are appreciated to help cover costs (recommended £5/person); limited places are available -- please contact to register ([email protected] or 01223 301842)
Monday, March 4: 6:30-8:30pm at the CCF office on Milton Road
LECTURE -- Mitigating the effects of methane and manure: A small insight into reducing emissions in UK agriculture
a talk by Emily Scott (MPhil student in Land Economy)
hosted by the Cambridge Zero Carbon Society
Wednesday, March 6: 1-2pm in the Dirac Room of the Fisher Building, at St. John’s College
LECTURE -- Overcoming peak water: Moving to sustainability
a talk by Dr. Peter Gleick (President of the Pacific Institute)
part of the 11th Distinguished Lecture Series on Sustainable Development
Wednesday, March 6: 6-7:30pm in Lecture Theatre 0 of the Engineering Department
LECTURE -- From invasion to restoration: How enlightened are New Zealand’s conservation policies?
a talk by Dr. David Coomes (Department of Plant Sciences)
part of the Cambridge Conservation Seminars series hosted by the Department of Geography and Department of Zoology
Wednesday, March 6: 5-6pm in the Large Lecture Theatre of the Department of Geography
PANEL DISCUSSION: Global Warming & Equitable Development: Ethical and Political Priorities
chaired by Lord Williams of Oystermouth (Rowan Williams -- Master of Magdalene College, former Archbishop of Canterbury)
panel members include Professor Sir Brian Hoskins (Director of Grantham Institute of Climate Change), Professor Richard Lindzen (Professor of Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Professor Sir Colin Humphrey (Director of Research in the Department of Materials Science, Cambridge), Professor John Loughlin (L'Ordre des Palmes Academiques, Von Hugel Institute Director, Cambridge), Professor Christopher Whitty (Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for International Development), and Lord Deben (John Selwyn Gummer -- Chair of Committee on Climate Change).
hosted by The Fisher House and the Von Hugel Institute
Wednesday, March 6: 5pm in the Fisher House (Guildhall Street, Cambridge CB2 3NL)
FESTIVAL -- Eat Cambridge event! Food and Drink Market
http://www.eat-cambridge.co.uk/guildhall-food-drink-market/
Saturday, March 9: 10:30am-4pm in the Guildhall (Cambridge city centre)
LECTURE -- Low Carbon Road Freight Transport
a talk by Professor David Cebon (Department of Engineering)
hosted by the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Monday, March 11: 5:30-6:30pm in the Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre of the Department of Chemistry
LECTURE -- Re-Thinking Development: Planning and Accountability at the Edges of Governance
a talk by Dr. Peter Houtzager (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex)
hosted by CRASSH
Monday, March 11: 5-7pm in seminar room SG1 of the Alison Richard Building
PANEL DISCUSSION -- Science Festival event! The cost of conservation
festival event #6; pre-book at www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival
Monday, March 11: 8-9pm in Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 (Mill Lane, CB2 1RX)
LECTURE -- End use energy demand
a talk by Julian Allwood (Department of Engineering)
hosted by Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR)
Tuesday, March 12: 11am in the conference room of 4CMR (top floor of 21 Silver Street)
PANEL DISCUSSION -- Can the food-security agenda and the conservation agenda be reconciled?
an event chaired by Nathalie Pettorelli (Institute of Zoology)
talks include:
Tuesday, March 12: 6-7:45pm in the Meeting Rooms of the Zoological Society of London (Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY)
PANEL DISCUSSION -- Science Festival event! The future of energy
chaired by Tim Radford (former Science Editor at The Guardian); speakers include Cambridge researchers Richard McMahon, Julian Allwood, Emily Shuckburgh and Tony Roulstone
festival event #25; pre-book at www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival
Wednesday, March 13: 7:30-8:45 in the Riley Auditorium of Clare College (Queen’s Road, CB3 9AJ)
LECTURE -- Re-wilding: Putting natural processes back on track
a talk by Dr. Frans Vera (Staatsbosbeheer, Netherlands)
part of the Cambridge Conservation Seminars series hosted by the Department of Geography and Department of Zoology
Wednesday, March 13: 5-6pm in the Large Lecture Theatre of the Department of Geography
CONFERENCE -- Cambridge Climate and Sustainability Forum 2013: Local Action, Global Change?
for more information and to buy tickets: www.cambridgeclimateforum.org
Friday, March 15: 9:30am-5:30pm (registration begins at 8:45am) in the Department of Engineering
EVENT -- Second-hand style: Wear it, love it, share it!
a fashion show and release of a new photo collection produced by Cambridge Carbon Footprint
Friday, March 15: 7-9:30pm at the Arbury Community Centre (Campkin Road, CB4 2LD)
LECTURE -- Economics for a Finite Planet
a talk by Professor Tim Jackson (Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Surrey)
part of the 11th Distinguished Lecture Series on Sustainable Development
Wednesday, March 20: 6-7:30pm in Lecture Theatre 0 of the Engineering Department
LECTURE -- Science Festival event! What’s in a footprint?
a taste of Cambridge Carbon Footprint’s six-session course, “Carbon Conversations”
festival event #115; pre-book at www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival
Wednesday, March 20: 7-9pm at the Friends Meeting House (Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA)
LECTURE -- Supply chain risk and resilience
a talk by Mukesh Kumar (Institute for Manufacturing)
hosted by Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR)
Tuesday, March 26: 11am in the conference room of 4CMR (top floor of 21 Silver Street; enter through 19 Silver Street)
chaired by Professor Howard Griffiths; speakers include Professor Steve Yearly, Bob Ward and more TBC
hosted by The Triple Helix
Friday, March 1: 6-7pm in the McCrum Lecture Theatre (Bene’t Street, next to the Eagle Pub)
WORKSHOP - Vegetarian Cooking Workshop: Super Salads
the second of an ongoing series of low-carbon cooking workshops hosted by Cambridge Carbon Footprint
Materials will be provided, but donations are appreciated to help cover costs (recommended £5/person); limited places are available -- please contact to register ([email protected] or 01223 301842)
Monday, March 4: 6:30-8:30pm at the CCF office on Milton Road
LECTURE -- Mitigating the effects of methane and manure: A small insight into reducing emissions in UK agriculture
a talk by Emily Scott (MPhil student in Land Economy)
hosted by the Cambridge Zero Carbon Society
Wednesday, March 6: 1-2pm in the Dirac Room of the Fisher Building, at St. John’s College
LECTURE -- Overcoming peak water: Moving to sustainability
a talk by Dr. Peter Gleick (President of the Pacific Institute)
part of the 11th Distinguished Lecture Series on Sustainable Development
Wednesday, March 6: 6-7:30pm in Lecture Theatre 0 of the Engineering Department
LECTURE -- From invasion to restoration: How enlightened are New Zealand’s conservation policies?
a talk by Dr. David Coomes (Department of Plant Sciences)
part of the Cambridge Conservation Seminars series hosted by the Department of Geography and Department of Zoology
Wednesday, March 6: 5-6pm in the Large Lecture Theatre of the Department of Geography
PANEL DISCUSSION: Global Warming & Equitable Development: Ethical and Political Priorities
chaired by Lord Williams of Oystermouth (Rowan Williams -- Master of Magdalene College, former Archbishop of Canterbury)
panel members include Professor Sir Brian Hoskins (Director of Grantham Institute of Climate Change), Professor Richard Lindzen (Professor of Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Professor Sir Colin Humphrey (Director of Research in the Department of Materials Science, Cambridge), Professor John Loughlin (L'Ordre des Palmes Academiques, Von Hugel Institute Director, Cambridge), Professor Christopher Whitty (Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for International Development), and Lord Deben (John Selwyn Gummer -- Chair of Committee on Climate Change).
hosted by The Fisher House and the Von Hugel Institute
Wednesday, March 6: 5pm in the Fisher House (Guildhall Street, Cambridge CB2 3NL)
FESTIVAL -- Eat Cambridge event! Food and Drink Market
http://www.eat-cambridge.co.uk/guildhall-food-drink-market/
Saturday, March 9: 10:30am-4pm in the Guildhall (Cambridge city centre)
LECTURE -- Low Carbon Road Freight Transport
a talk by Professor David Cebon (Department of Engineering)
hosted by the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Monday, March 11: 5:30-6:30pm in the Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre of the Department of Chemistry
LECTURE -- Re-Thinking Development: Planning and Accountability at the Edges of Governance
a talk by Dr. Peter Houtzager (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex)
hosted by CRASSH
Monday, March 11: 5-7pm in seminar room SG1 of the Alison Richard Building
PANEL DISCUSSION -- Science Festival event! The cost of conservation
festival event #6; pre-book at www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival
Monday, March 11: 8-9pm in Mill Lane Lecture Room 9 (Mill Lane, CB2 1RX)
LECTURE -- End use energy demand
a talk by Julian Allwood (Department of Engineering)
hosted by Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR)
Tuesday, March 12: 11am in the conference room of 4CMR (top floor of 21 Silver Street)
PANEL DISCUSSION -- Can the food-security agenda and the conservation agenda be reconciled?
an event chaired by Nathalie Pettorelli (Institute of Zoology)
talks include:
- Food security: Is biodiversity doomed? -- Iain Gordon (Chief Executive of the James Hutton Institute)
- Sustainable Intensification, Food Security & Biodiversity Conservation -- Charles Godfray (Hope Professor and Director of the Oxford Martin programme for the Future of Food, Oxford University)
- Crop wild relatives: the biodiversity that underpins food security -- Nigel Maxted (Senior Lecturer in Genetic Conservation, University of Birmingham)
- Global food security, biodiversity conservation and the future of agricultural intensification -- Teja Tscharntke (Department of Crop Sciences, University of Gottingen, Germany)
Tuesday, March 12: 6-7:45pm in the Meeting Rooms of the Zoological Society of London (Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY)
PANEL DISCUSSION -- Science Festival event! The future of energy
chaired by Tim Radford (former Science Editor at The Guardian); speakers include Cambridge researchers Richard McMahon, Julian Allwood, Emily Shuckburgh and Tony Roulstone
festival event #25; pre-book at www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival
Wednesday, March 13: 7:30-8:45 in the Riley Auditorium of Clare College (Queen’s Road, CB3 9AJ)
LECTURE -- Re-wilding: Putting natural processes back on track
a talk by Dr. Frans Vera (Staatsbosbeheer, Netherlands)
part of the Cambridge Conservation Seminars series hosted by the Department of Geography and Department of Zoology
Wednesday, March 13: 5-6pm in the Large Lecture Theatre of the Department of Geography
CONFERENCE -- Cambridge Climate and Sustainability Forum 2013: Local Action, Global Change?
for more information and to buy tickets: www.cambridgeclimateforum.org
Friday, March 15: 9:30am-5:30pm (registration begins at 8:45am) in the Department of Engineering
EVENT -- Second-hand style: Wear it, love it, share it!
a fashion show and release of a new photo collection produced by Cambridge Carbon Footprint
Friday, March 15: 7-9:30pm at the Arbury Community Centre (Campkin Road, CB4 2LD)
LECTURE -- Economics for a Finite Planet
a talk by Professor Tim Jackson (Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Surrey)
part of the 11th Distinguished Lecture Series on Sustainable Development
Wednesday, March 20: 6-7:30pm in Lecture Theatre 0 of the Engineering Department
LECTURE -- Science Festival event! What’s in a footprint?
a taste of Cambridge Carbon Footprint’s six-session course, “Carbon Conversations”
festival event #115; pre-book at www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival
Wednesday, March 20: 7-9pm at the Friends Meeting House (Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA)
LECTURE -- Supply chain risk and resilience
a talk by Mukesh Kumar (Institute for Manufacturing)
hosted by Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR)
Tuesday, March 26: 11am in the conference room of 4CMR (top floor of 21 Silver Street; enter through 19 Silver Street)
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