COP26 at Wolfson - green week of activities 18-24 Oct
To access any livestream (from Lee Hall): youtube.com/user/WolfsonCollegeCam
All Week
Wolfson Biodiversity Study Photo Competition | 18-24 Oct | submit online | Green Society |
Item&Food donate'n'take | 18-24 Oct | Club Room | Green Society |
Mon 18 Oct 2021 - Culture
The Climate Therapy Listening Bench | 12:00-14:00 | Betty Wu Garden (bench) | The Cambridge Climate Therapists |
Launching COP26 at Wolfson: Arts & Media Exhibition | 14:00-15:00 | Chancellor's Centre, Foyer | S&C Hub |
Wikipedia Workshop: Expanding Access to Climate Knowledge | 15:00-16:00 | Lee Hall | Wikimedia Foundation |
The Poetry of Climate Change 1990-2021: The EcoPoets | 17:30-18:30 | Club Room | Jonathan Louth |
Culture-Day Chats: Organic Wine Tasting | 20:00-22:00 | Fuchs House | WCSA Ents + S&C Hub |
Tues 19 Oct 2021 - Technology & Nature-based solutions
Planned Obsolescence: Controlling the Small Stuff > watch the live-recorded event here |
12:00-12:45 | Lee Hall/online | Jonathan Louth |
Sustainability services: the most important ecosystem no one knows about > watch the live-recorded event here |
13:00-13:30 | Lee Hall/online | Josh Matthews |
Cambridge Resilience Webs: a free resource >Zoom join here |
13:30-14:00 | online (Zoom) | Charlie Barty-King |
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds: Sustainable Guitars via STEM | 14:15-15:00 | online (Zoom) | Dr. Fernando Bravo |
Composting 101 | 15:00-16:00 | Club Room | Green Society |
Green Talk: The Wolfson Gardens & Well-being > watch the live-recorded event here |
17:00-18:00 | Lee Hall/online | Oscar + Millie |
End Game: The Sustainability Escape Room | 18:30-19:30 | Lee Room | Sachi Shah |
Daily Round Up: Refreshments in the Club Room | 20:00-22:00 | Club Room | S&C Hub |
Wed 20 Oct 2021 - Sustainable Development
Botanical Garden Visit (guided) | 13:00-15:00 | Meet at flagpole | Wolfson Gardeners |
Is sustainable development possible in the Arctic? | 16:00-17:00 | online (Zoom) | Marie Anne Coninsx |
Daily Round Up: Refreshments in the Club Room | 20:00-22:00 | Club Room | S&C Hub |
Thurs 21 Oct 2021 - Human Rights, Policy and Law
POSTPONED: Legal Sustainability: The need to rethink Law holistically | POSTPONED | POSTPONED | Markus P. Beham |
RoundTable: Human Rights, Policy & Law > Human rights: why a 'Just Transition' matters > Making sure "green" supply chains are just > Tackling Deforestation through Community Land Rights > Towards a Global Pact for the Environment > Roundtable Discussion Watch the live-recorded event here. |
16:00-18:30 | Lee Hall/online | Speakers Elizabeth Wild Josh Matthews Natascha Kersting Alice Adami Global Pact Moderator Helle Porsdam |
Daily Round Up: Refreshments in the Club Room | 20:00-22:00 | Club Room | S&C Hub |
Fri 22 Oct 2021 - Urgency, Action, Ambition, Adaptation
Workshop: Coping with the Climate Crisis | 10:30-12:30 | Seminar Room | The Cambridge Climate Therapists |
Roundtable: Urgency, Action, Ambition, Adaption > Wolfson College CO2e Review > How nice should we be to the oil and gas industry? > Decarbonising a Cambridge College > Adaptation is as urgent as mitigation of climate change > Improving building energy efficiency - where are we? > Design thinking and cultivating a culture of adaptation > Roundtable Discussion Watch the live-recorded event here. |
16:00-18:30 | online + Gatsby Room | Speakers Stephen Hoath Josh Matthews Marie Anne Coninsx Hui Ben Golnar Malek Moderator Helene Hoffman |
Daily Round Up: Refreshments in the Club Room | 20:00-22:00 | Club Room | S&C Hub |
Sat 23 Oct 2021
Botanical Garden Visit (guided) | 13:00-15:00 | Meet at flapole | Wolfson Gardeners |
Litter Picking Wolfson Community Initiative | 14:00-15:00 | Meet at flagpole | Green Society |
POSTPONED: Design and Technology for Sustainable Development | POSTPONED | POSTPONED | Iria Heitel |
Green Week Dinner | 19:00onwards | Dining Hall | S&C Hub |
Daily Round Up: Refreshments in the Club Room | End of Green Dinner onwards | Club Room | S&C Hub + Green Society |
Sun 24 Oct 2021
Sustainable Coffee Tasting | 16:00-18:00 | Club Room | WCSA Ents |
Repair & Reuse Workshop | 16:00-18:00 | Club Room | Green Society |
Welfare Tea & Cake | 16:00-18:00 | KSJ or Combination Room | WCSA Welfare |
Green Film Night ("2040") | 20:00-22:00 | Lee Room | S&C Hub + Green Society |
Wolfson College is hosting a week of activities - COP26 at Wolfson - in the build up to the important United Nations COP26 Climate Conference, hosted in Glasgow, November 2021.
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