Cultivating Education for Sustainability
Dan Baron Cohen will speak about his time as a community arts educator in MarabáCity, Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon. He is an eco-cultural activist who has dedicated his past 21 years to developing a 'transformance pedagogy' (sustainable transformation through performance).
Tuesday, 11 June 2019, 4 - 5 pm, DAB
Role of non-protected tiger habitat in securing future of India's wild tigers
The Wake of the Whale: Human and Environmental Implications of Whaling in the Caribbean and North Atlantic
Friday 15 March
Author Professor Russell Fielding discussed artisanal whaling in St. Vincent & the Grenadines and the Faroe Islands, and issues related to conservation, cultural traditions, and globalized networks of food, information, and pollution.
Was a very popular event with Russell giving a honest and frank insight into whaling in these regions which generated a rich and interactive Q & A.
Bio: Russell Fielding is an environmental geographer and an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, USA. He has studied artisanal whaling traditions throughout the Atlantic since 2005, with field sites in the Faroe Islands, Newfoundland, and St. Vincent.
Desert Island Memory Sticks with Professor Julia Jones
November 2018
UCCRI hosted a leadership talk with Professor Julia Jones (University of Bangor) on the 13th November. Professor Jones shared key moments and memories from her conservation career with early career researchers from across the University, and was interviewed by Zoology PhD student Charlotte Payne.
