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The Wolfson College Interdisciplinary Research Hub on Sustainability & Conservation is experimenting with convening interested individuals and organisations to inform, educate, and explore disruptive solutions to combat the destruction of the natural world.
Destruction of the natural world is the international problem of our times and a truly interdisciplinary challenge. As the risk of environmental collapse effects us all, our work draws from Wolfson’s international and diverse network, membership and friends to trigger the deep changes needed to wider global systems. We accomplish this through an interdisciplinary focus, multi-generational collaboration and systems thinking.
Contact: sc-hub@wolfson.cam.ac.uk
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Page updated: Wed 31 March 2021
Drawing on Wolfson's strengths of diversity and inclusion, the S&C Hub connects returning professionals, new students from 85+ nations, world-leading researchers and engaged external individuals and organisations. We convene a wide variety of disciplines, generations and networks through events, projects, mentoring and more.
An ever-developing approach for 2021 is set out in our Theory of Change.
In our Theory of Change (ToC), we use the metaphor of a tree and the language of ‘branches’ to describe sets of activities that share a characteristic. No one branch is ‘above’ the other. By nurturing each branch you feed the others and our Theory of Change, the tree, grows. An interactive ToC graphic is currently in development.
A graphical timeline of our ToC and events programme 2021
The ToC and timeline are accompanied by a textual strategy document that describes each branch and its activities (Feb 2021, currently being updated).
We seek to nurture a community of ambition, leadership and action. Through our maturity of experience and global reach, we hope to appropriately equip the future 'green' decision makers and thought leaders across disciplines and industries for the betterment of the natural world and global society.
Our legacy Theory of Change documents:
Version 1 - Lee Hall session - 8 Oct 2020
Version 2 - Proactive Members and Convenors - 11 Nov 2020
Version 2.5 - Kickstarting a Green 2021 @ Wolfson - 26 Feb 2021
Version 3 (current) - under construction
Green Society Green talk - Climate Fail: How the green movement made climate change worse... And how we can fix it | Wed 7 April (18:00-19:00) |
Monthly meet up | Fri 30 April |
WRE: How to be more interdisciplinary confident & friendly | Tues 4 May (14:30-16:30) |
Event | Date (Time) |
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Milestone: Wolfson Research Event (WRE) |
28-30 April |
WRE: Wolfson S&C Stories (posters) | Wed 28 - Fri 30 April |
Green Society Green talk - Climate Fail: How the green movement made climate change worse... And how we can fix it | Wed 7 April (18:00-19:00) |
Monthly meet up | Fri 30 April |
WRE: How to be more interdisciplinary confident & friendly | Tues 4 May (14:30-16:30) |
COP26: Climate Exp0 - Green Recovery poster presentation (Wolfson S&C Stories) | Mon 17 May |
Monthly meet up | Fri 28 May |
Monthly meet up | Fri 25 June |
Milestone: S&C Hub Anniversary Week (S&C AW) |
5 - 11 July |
S&C AW: Wolfson S&C Stories (posters + booklet) | Mon 5 - Sun 11 July |
S&C AW: Want/Offer list | Mon 5 - Sun 11 July |
S&C AW: Pathway to a sustainable future: Wolfson's Who's who - views from many disciplines | Mon 5 July |
S&C AW: System's of Sustainability & Conservation | Wed 7 July |
S&C AW: Beyond Net-Zero: what does a restorative College look like? | Fri 9 July |
Monthly meet up | Fri 30 July |
Monthly meet up | Fri 27 Aug |
Monthly meet up | Fri 24 Sept |
Structuring the Cambridge S&C platform | Thurs 15 Oct |
Milestone: COP26 at Wolfson |
18 - 31 Oct |
Monthly meet up | Fri 29 Oct |
Milestone: COP-26 Climate Change Conference |
1 -12 Nov |
COP26: Climate Anxiety | tba |
Monthly meet up | Fri 26 Nov |
S&C Hub 10 year timeplan | Wed 15 Dec |
Event | Date (Time) |
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Kickstarting a Green 2021 @ Wolfson > find the live minutes document here. |
Fri 26 Feb 2021 (16:00-17:00) |
Hub Progress + Looking Forward - S&C Hub Open meeting |
Mon 14 Dec 2020 (13:00-14:00) |
ASEAN Emerging Researchers Hub - Challenges in Global Development: Sustainability and Conservation |
Mon 30 Nov 2020 (09:30-11:30) |
Devising our Theory of Change | Thur 8 Oct 2020 (12:30-13:30) |
Why do we care and the beginnings of action - S&C Hub |
Fri 11 Sept 2020 (13:00-14:30) |
Issues we care about - S&C Hub |
Fri 10 July 2020 (13:00-14:00) |
The Wolfson Living Lab is for interest or academic projects that have an actionable or demonstratable ‘green’ impact to the Wolfson community, site or wider network. Some suggested areas of interest for Wolfson Living Lab projects:
These are as a guide only, if you have a compelling idea, please still get in touch!
There are multiple funds up to £500 available for Living Lab projects. Either for equipment, resources or remuneration for your time. All applications will be considered on their own merit. To apply, download our form here and once complete send to sc-hub@wolfson.cam.ac.uk to arrange a meeting.
Here is a list of our current Living Lab projects:
A project to compile and recognise Wolfson's past and current efforts in the area of S&C. We want to comprehend, acknowledge and celebrate our strengths, weaknesses, network and past successes to be most as productive yet ambition as we can be. Therefore, we seek your Wolfson sustainability and conservation story...
...see some examples and tell us your story here.
Contribute...
Stories working group...
Konstantinos Korakakis
Golnar Malek
Steve Evans
Matthias Wong
Charlie Barty-King
We are keen to welcome many others on to this project. If you would like to join our working group, please get in contact 🐺 sc-hub@wolfson.cam.ac.uk
Waste to Art projects consist, well, of getting creative with waste to produce art.
Food Waste to Art (Santiago Sottil)
A series of three still lifes, in the style of the 'old masters', created with leftover food collected from the plates of Wolfson’s cafeteria customers. The goal is to raise awareness of food waste by starting with our own plates. The still lifes will be displayed in Lent term in the Gallery, next to the Cafeteria.
To highlight the environmental impact of the food, each work will include a short description with an estimation of the value lost, carbon emissions, and water requirements. A list of practical tips to reduce household food waste will also be displayed at the end of the exhibition.
Recycled Waste to Art (Anne Waburi)
Information incoming.
A project to aid Wolfson College in converting all its outdoor CFL light fittings to more sustainable LED fixtures.
Contribute...
People
Caleb Deck
Neil Newham (Wolfson's Clerk of the Works)
Interactive webs of environmental (and some social justice) related organisations in Cambridge ⛳️ covering both the City and the University:
All code and data is open source on github; university and city.
There is little cross-talk between the multitude of Cambridge-based groups working towards the same common good. This project is an effort to combat this is and curate a helpful map of all 'green'-related institutes, centres, departments, societies and organisations in the Cambridge area. On each map, click on a node to be taken to the organisations website. If your organisation isn't yet included but you would like to be, get in contact: sc-hub@wolfson.cam.ac.uk
The time to act is diminishing, the need for a concerted and international Sustainability and Conservation Hub is growing.
Contribute...
People
Lena Morrill (University web)
Charlie Barty-King (University web)
Volunteers from Transition Cambridge (Cambridge-town web)
Volunteers from Cambridge Doughnut (Cambridge-town web)
Sustainability takes centre stage at Wolfson College - article
Green Society of Wolfson College - article and Society webpage
Green Talks - termly lecture series, all recordings here
Green Impact Gold Award 2019-2020 and Student Leadership Award (Charlie Barty-King) - article
Green Impact Gold Award 2017-2018
Green Impact Gold Award 2016-2017 and Environmental Improvement Award (Alain Kilajian) - article
We are open to all people: public, professional and academic 🌿
The growing list of S&C Hub members.
Are you a Wolfson College member past or present? Join Wolfson Connect, the College's official Alumni portal.
Members who are proactively involved in our projects and organisational meetings.
Santiago Sottil
Zach Whit
Anne Waburi
Caleb Deck
Keshav Srinivasan
Konstantinos Korakakis
Nyandire Reinhard Bonke
Rae White
Golnar Malek
Charlie Barty-King
The organising group
Charlie Barty-King
Sian Cook
Steve Evans
John French
Rae White
Matthias Wong
Nyandire Reinhard Bonke
Konstantinos Korakakis
Caroline Elvidge
A growing (currently incomplete) list of the Wolfson's fellowship working within the themes of sustainability or conservation.
Professor Steve Evans
Professor John French
Professor Alexei Lapkin
Professor Dick Fenner
Interactive webs of environmental (and some social justice) related organisations in Cambridge ⛳️ covering both the City and the University:
All code and data is open source on github; university and city.
The time to act is diminishing, the need for a concerted and international Sustainability and Conservation Hub is growing.
Maps developed by volunteers from Transition Cambridge, Cambridge Doughnut, Lena Morrill and Charlie Barty-King.
Global issues today are simultaneously individual, collective and societal; everyone should have a say in how to resolve them.
Contact: sc-hub@wolfson.cam.ac.uk
Donations in support of the Sustainability and Conservation Hub can be made through Wolfson's Annual Giving page - https://wolfson.cam.ac.uk/annualgiving
Chose "Other" in Designation and type "S&C Hub Fund".
Alternatively, discuss with the fundraising office: development-admin@wolfson.cam.ac.uk.