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Green Society

This archive features recent webinars from the Green Society's 2020 Easter & Michaelmas Term programmes.

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How to use the power of social media for good?
Adeel Khan (Sail4Kashmir)

Watch the recording from 13 May 2021

 

Engaging with architectural heritage in a changing climate: Views from academia and practice
Professor Henrik Schoenefeldt (University of Kent School of Architecture and Planning)

Watch the recording from 29 April 2021

 

Climate Fail: How the green movement made climate change worse... And how we can fix it
Zion Lights (science communicator)

Watch the recording from 7 April 2021

 

Community Scale Engagement: Collective Action on Carbon
Professor Douglas Crawford-Brown (Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge & Director of Cambridge Science and Policy Consulting)

Watch the recording from 11 March 2021

 

The Ice is Melting: The Impact of Global Warming on the Arctic and Beyond
Ms Marie-Anne Coninsx (Former EU Ambassador at Large for the Arctic [2017-2019])

Watch the recording from 25 February 2021

 

Can Fashion be Sustainable?
Ms Svetlana Dourassoff (Head of Advanced Concepts at PANGAIA)

Watch the recording from 28 January 2021

 

The Post 2020 Conservation Pathway
Dr Resson Kantai Duff (Director, Community Conservation Ewaso Lions-Kenya)

Watch the recording from 25 November 2020

 

Is it a Bird, is it a Plane? No.... it's a Wildlife Trust Drone
Mr Josh Hellon (Monitoring and Research Manager, The Wildlife Trust BCN)

Watch the recording from 11 November 2020

 

Cambridge Councillors Green Talk
Cllrs Alex Collis and Josh Matthews (Cambridge City Council)

Watch the recording from 28 October 2020

 

Bees and Beekeeping: A Cambridge Perspective from CBKA
Dr J Paul Schofield, Mr Jonathan Baynes, Dr Bill Block (Cambridgeshire Beekeepers' Association)

Watch the recording from 14 October 2020

 

How COVID-19 Changes the Way Protected Areas Impact Local Communities
Dr Nikoleta Jones(Principal Research Associate, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge)

Watch the recording from 28 May 2020

 

 

Crossing Borders - W. H. Hudson and the Pioneers of Conservation
Conor Jameson (professional conservationist and author)

Watch the recording from 14 May 2020

 

 

The Changing Arctic, its Challenges and Global Impact
Marie-Anne Coninsx (Wolfson Alumna and former Ambassador EU Ambassador at Large to the Arctic)

Watch the recording from 30 April 2020

 

 

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Cambridge Festival - Ancient Greek shield-bands: Inside the mind of a hoplite

19/03/2024 at 17.30

What can the decoration of ancient Greek shields tell us about the mindset of hoplite warriors?

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Wikipedia edit-a-thon

20/03/2024 at 14.00

Most of us regularly use the encyclopaedia to check on dates, names, ideas, and world events. But we sometimes spot errors we want to correct, citations that need adding, or are itching to add content. Now is your chance!

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Graduation Ceremony

23/03/2024 at 09.00

Graduation ceremonies are the culmination of students’ hard work and commitment, and a moment to celebrate the completion of their Cambridge degree.

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Art Exhibition: 'After News Before Bed'

24/03/2024 at 10.00

Visit Wolfson's latest exhibition 'After News Before Bed' featuring work by emerging artist Enej Gala, winner of the Wolfson Royal Academy Schools Graduate Prize.

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Testing Your Idea Workshop

06/04/2024 at 13.00

A transformative workshop exploring the art of finding repeatable and scalable business models.

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