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Reimagining our Relationship with Nature

Tanaya Nair and others

Wednesday, 30th April 2025, 7:00pm - 8:15pm

Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery researcher, Tanaya Nair will be taking part in a discussion between an artist, a scientist and a climate activist to explore our relationship with nature. Together, they’ll delve into questions like how we can create new, healthier ways of relating to non-human species. We’re part of the natural world. This […]

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From Balconies to Alleys: How to Make Our Towns and Cities Greener?

Jason Williams

Wednesday, 30th April 2025, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

We’re excited to be supporting this event in partnership with The Oxford University Museum of Natural History Join Jason Williams, aka The Cloud Gardener, for an inspiring evening at Oxford’s Natural History Museum as he shares insights from his recent Churchill Fellowship research. Traveling across Europe and Asia, Jason explored how urban greenspaces—from small balconies […]

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Opportunities and challenges of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

David Cooper - Convention on Biological Diversity. Deputy Executive Secretary.

Wednesday, 25th September 2024, 4:00pm - 5:30pm

A discussion with David Cooper – Convention on Biological Diversity. Deputy Executive Secretary. David played a leadership role in finalising the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP-15 in Montreal, and will once again be Secretary of the COP. After a short talk about the prospects and priorities for COP16, which takes place in Cali, […]

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Rolling out into the world : An ‘Art x science’ workshop

Tanaya Nair and Hannelie Warrington-Coetzee

Tuesday, 9th July 2024, 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Producing conventional knowledge in the academic sense does not automatically inspire action or change. Art, as a revolutionary connection tool, can unite science and society to create change because it articulates these diverse types of knowledge visually, immersively and deliberately. Eco-art or ecological art, is often described as experimental exploratory inquiries that drive change rather […]

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The ecology and conservation of atolls

https://youtu.be/-HyYiy5tFas

Friday, 28th June 2024, 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Over one third of Indo-Pacific islands are atolls. Nevertheless, atolls remain largely unrecognised as a distinct ecosystem type, beyond being recognised for their smallness and perceived depauperate floras and faunas. However, atolls are systems with a remarkable and unique biogeography and ecology that transcend classic boundary thinking of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms. Recognising atolls […]

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The Return of the Mermaid: Revitilizing the Lerma Wetlands in the highlands of Central Mexico with the guidance of the Mother of the Waters

Mindahi Bastida and Geraldine Encina

Friday, 21st June 2024, 4:15pm - 5:15pm

Abstract The Lerma Wetlands in the highlands of Central Mexico have been home to Otomian peoples for at least ten thousand years. In their belief system, the rich biodiversity in the sweet water wetlands and the valley was the fruit of the generosity of Creation Mother, the Tlanchana, who would show in her favorite springs, […]