Dear all,
As we look towards our fifth week of lockdown, society is gradually learning how to utilise technology so that we can stay connected from our homes. This week’s newsletter features links to online courses and activities, as well as suggestions for what to read, watch, and listen to to stay engaged with sustainability. Show your support for environmental protection on Earth Day, Wednesday 22nd April, by using the hashtag #UEAEarthDay2020 on Instagram and Twitter. Online Courses and Events UEA Global Environmental Justice MOOC UEA’s next Global Environmental Justice MOOC starts on Monday 20th April. This free online course explores how injustice is a common feature of many environmental problems, and how sustainable environmental management requires attention to justice. You can sign up here. EarthFest Live Wednesday 22nd April marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Earth Day. In honour of this occasion, Creatively United for the Planet is offering a free online EarthFest webinar series, taking place every day from 7:00pm to 8:30pm from Sunday 19th-Saturday 25th April. Presenters will explore a multitude of transformational possibilities and creative solutions to move us forward. You can register for free here. “It’s changed my whole life!”: how inclusive development through clean cooking biogas improves people’s livelihoods, health and environment in a Kenyan fishing community Air pollution from household cooking is a known killer worldwide, causing up to 4.2 million premature deaths each year. But poor households still rely on wood fuel and charcoal for cooking in many countries, degrading forest resources, and causing ill health, especially in women and young children. Renewable energy sources can provide part of the solution, occupying a ‘sweet spot’ in the Sustainable Development Goals, including energy, poverty reduction, clean air, and reduced deforestation. From 3:30pm to 5:30pm on Wednesday, 22nd April, Dr Natasha Grist will be presenting her research on clean cooking biogas in Kenya as part of the DEV Research Seminar. You can join via this link. Volunteer Responses to COVID-19: what can we learn moving forward? The UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation and the Institute for Volunteer Research both based at UEA are hosting a webinar on volunteer responses to COVID-19 at 1:00pm on Thursday 30th April. Sharing experiences from Sierra Leone, Nepal and the UK, the panel will critically reflect on key learnings gained through their volunteer initiatives’ responses to the current health pandemic. Register here for free. Reset TV Online Programmes Social and climate justice movements Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Animal Rebellion (AR) have launched Alone Together, a regenerative rebellion in response to coronavirus. Both organisations have produced programmes of online events, workshops, talks, and support sessions to bring people together in new ways, focusing on digital learning, personal and collective wellbeing, community resilience, and outreach. Click here for the XR programme and here for the AR programme. Read Books The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) is the great lost scientist: more things are named after him than anyone else. There are towns, rivers, mountain ranges, the ocean current that runs along the South American coast, there's a penguin, a giant squid - even the Mare Humboldtianum on the moon. Humboldt predicted human-induced climate change as early as 1800, and The Invention of Nature traces his ideas as they go on to revolutionize and shape science, conservation, nature writing, politics, art and the theory of evolution. He wanted to know and understand everything and his way of thinking was so far ahead of his time that it's only coming into its own now. 101 Ways to Go Zero Waste by Kathryn Kellogg Kellogg breaks zero waste living down to 101 simple, easy steps as a practical blueprint for reducing waste in one part of your life at a time. If you're just getting started reducing your waste, this book is perfect for you, as it provides you with simple switches, DIY recipes, and words of wisdom to remind you that zero waste living is not about perfection, but about making better choices. Watch Broken: Netflix Documentary series The series shows how popular consumer items, such as makeup and disposable furniture, come at a high environmental price. 21st century consumerism has been making products dangerous for consumers through cost-cutting production and marketing. This docu-series might just change the way you buy and consume things, by shocking you enough to want to take action. Cowspiracy: Netflix Documentary This documentary explores the destruction that animal agriculture does to the environment, and interrogates why many environmental activist groups do not address this key contributor to the climate crisis. BOSH.TV Live Cookalongs Vegan cooking duo Henry Firth and Ian Theasbye are doing live cooking videos on YouTube to inspire creative cooking during lockdown. These videos are also available to watch on they’re channel afterwards, so check them out for some new recipes that are kind to the planet. Listen Outrage and Optimism This podcast brings together the team behind the Paris Agreement, discussing current affairs in relation to the climate crisis, and finding the balance between outrage and optimism in the fight to protect our planet. They also discuss the changes we can make as individuals, and interview politicians and public figures with varying perspectives on sustainability. An interesting listen! The Disclosure Podcast Vegan Educator Ed Winters, ‘Earthling Ed’, discusses topics surrounding veganism, morality, ethics, and the environment. During some episodes he invites guests with whom he brings some of these topics to conversation and debate, including one episode with environmental activist and filmmaker Jack Harries which considers the question ‘Can you be a non-vegan environmentalist?’ If you are keen to do even more listening, you can find a great compilation of different sustainability and conservation related podcasts here. We hope you are all staying safe and well during these uncertain times. The Sustainability Network Team Help us improve! Contact us on social media or write to [email protected].
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