[SPN-Discussion] Eco-Seminars: A series of free online Eco-Seminars organized by the Cambridge Schools Eco-Council (UK)

Ira Feldman ira at greentrack.com
Mon May 18 10:07:40 PDT 2020


Reminder - if interested, please do register now for this free online Eco-Seminar series for kids.

Note the special session — Climate Change, Energy Policy and Sustainable Communities - Tuesday, May 19 — coming up tomorrow! 

Register for free over Eventbrite and participate online over Zoom, 4-5pm (UK time)

Very warmest,
Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, DPhil (Oxon), MEM (Yale), BCL&LLB (McGill), BA Hons


Online Eco-Seminar 3: 

Climate Change, Energy Policy and Sustainable Communities - Tuesday, May 19
Child author speaker: Jasper Chin-Moody,  UN Voices of Future Generations Childrens Initiative Child Author, Australia.
Eco-Council speaker: Harry Auld, Cambridge Schools Eco-Council Councillor and Treasurer, UK.
Global Expert: Professor Laura Diaz Anadon is a University of Cambridge Climate Change Policy Professor, University of Cambridge Peterhouse Bye-Fellow, C-EENG Fellow, Energy Policy Research Group Associate Researcher, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Research Associate, 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Lead Author.
Local Expert: MS Helene Kotter is an architect who owns her own practice, with the main focus on creating sustainable, beautiful and affordable homes. She is a member of the Voice's of Future Generations Children's Book Series Leadership Council and an active member in her local food bank.
Cambridge Schools Eco-Council and Voices of Future Generations Childrens Initiative are teaming up to host a mini-series of free 60 minute Online Eco-Seminars - raising awareness of key sustainability challenges and solutions, while schools have been forced online in many countries. 

Children, students, families and members of the public can register for free over Eventbrite and participate online over Zoom, 4-5pm (UK time) each fortnight from Tuesday 21 April to Tuesday 16 June. 

Each Online Eco-Seminar focuses on a key sustainable development goal, such as Climate Action (SDG 13), Protecting and Restoring Life on Land (SDG 15) or Agriculture and Food Systems (SDG 2). Each Online Eco-Seminar includes student and expert speakers.

Register first here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/eco-seminars-tickets-103270430638 <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/eco-seminars-tickets-103270430638>

Over zoom, after a 15 mins for tech testing and interactions from 3:45pm to 4pm, student Eco-Councillors and UN Voices of Future Generations child authors / ambassadors, together with world-class experts, will provide a 25-minute introduction to a sustainability challenge, and discuss creative local and solutions. For a further 25 minutes, participants can ask questions and discuss potential solutions and ways to raise education and awareness interactively, followed by a 10-minute closing from the experts and youth speakers by 5pm.

Please note: Students participate with permission under supervision of parents/guardians from their homes.

Best, 
Cassie 
Program Volunteer
 <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/eco-seminars-tickets-103270430638>	
Eco-Seminars <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/eco-seminars-tickets-103270430638>
A series of free online Eco-Seminars organized by the Cambridge Schools Eco-Council
www.eventbrite.ca <http://www.eventbrite.ca/>
Ira Feldman
founder & managing director
Sustainability Curriculum Consortium
1-202-669-1858
ira at curriculumforsustainability.org <mailto:ira at curriculumforsustainability.org>
www.curriculumforsustainability.org <http://www.curriculumforsustainability.org/>







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