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COP26 at Wolfson
COP26 at Wolfson - green week of activities 18-24 Oct
1) How can we make sustainability fair and equitable for all?
2) What is the role of corporate vs government vs personal responsibility?
3) What is the role of adaption and mitigation?
4) How do we limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees?
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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Led by a working group of ~20 individuals, including current students, Fellows, staff, expert Wolfson alumni, and friends.
What's on
Humanities Society: Places of Tenderness and Heat - The Queer Milieu of Fin-de-Siècle St. Petersburg
17/05/2022 at 17.45
Join Dr Olga Petri on a narrated tour of late imperial St. Petersburg and its male queer milieu.
Wolfson Termly Christian Service
17/05/2022 at 18.15
Take some quiet time out at the end of a busy day and share in this act of College worship.
Science Society: What were the first molecules of life on Earth?
20/05/2022 at 17.45
What were the first molecules of life on earth? Join Dr Sam Roberts for a deep dive into why DNA and RNA have become the key molecules of life.
New exhibition: 'Kill or Cure'
21/05/2022 at 10.00
Lethal or life-giving? Wolfson's exciting new art exhibition explores the potential within elements of the natural world to ‘Kill’ and/or ‘Cure’, depending on applications, dose and usage (Saturday and Sundays, 10am - 5pm).
Humanities Society: Science as a Cultural Human Right
24/05/2022 at 17.45
The Humanities Society organises regular talks spanning a wide range of topics. Every Tuesday during term time. Register to receive zoom details.
News
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11th Wolfson Research Event to showcase innovative student research
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