Sustainability Talks

The impact of policy on the low-carbon transition: opening the black box of energy technologies

User Professor Laura Diaz Anadon, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.

Tuesday 26 June 2018, 14:30-15:30

Hidden problems in the global wind industry

User Dr Jim Platts, Institute of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.

Friday 15 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

House Coslett (COS207), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

GSI Seminar - Using stories in energy research: Snapshots of three approaches

User Dr Rosie Robison, Dr Chris Foulds, Dr Mel Rohse (Global Sustainability Institute).

Tuesday 24 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB002), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Debating Nature's Value Conference

User Speaker to be confirmed.

Wednesday 11 April 2018, 09:30-19:00

House Helmore (HEL113), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

GSI / Environmental Law seminar - Richard Buxton Law

User Matthew McFeeley and Hannah Brown, claimant lawyer at Richard Buxton Environment and Public Law Firm.

Tuesday 10 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

The Status of Mini-Grids: Are they the 'next' big thing, or an un-economic diversion?

User Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy, UC Berkeley.

Wednesday 10 May 2017, 11:00-12:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB111), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Cambridge Sustainable Food Hub

User Duncan Catchpole, Cambridge Organic Food Co.

Friday 28 April 2017, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB113), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Sustainability and health – what are the issues

User Stefi Barna, University of East Anglia.

Monday 03 April 2017, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

What are you worth? Valuing ourselves and our natural environment

User Prof Aled Jones, Global Sustainability Institute.

Thursday 23 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Fast Fashion: Slowing it down

User Kristen Nuttall, Appso-Supro.

Thursday 16 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

Thinking of becoming an Entrepreneur: What questions will you be asked?

User Paul Mantle, Frontier IP Group.

Thursday 16 March 2017, 16:00-17:00

Greening up the Cavendish and the University: the Maxwell Centre as a test case

User Ottavio Croze.

Thursday 09 February 2017, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Organisations + Change: Lessons for Sustainability?

User A panel of speakers from different disciplinary perspectives.

Friday 27 January 2017, 14:00-15:30

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Failing States, Collapsing Systems

User Nafeez Ahmed, Author, Security Scholar and Journalist.

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 16:00-17:30

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Book Launch & Talk: Failing States, Collapsing Systems

User Nafeez Ahmed, Visiting Fellow of the Global Sustainability Insititute.

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 16:00-17:30

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Responsible Futures: A twenty-first century university

User Sammi Whitaker, Anglia Ruskin University.

Thursday 08 December 2016, 13:00-14:00

House Coslett Building (COS 107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

The great devolution debate

Please let us know if you plan to attend this event at gsi-info@anglia.ac.uk

User Panel of experts from academia and local government.

Tuesday 22 November 2016, 13:00-15:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB214), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

All paths lead to rain: The social construction of a water crisis in India

User Dr Zareen Bharucha, Anglia Ruskin University.

Friday 11 November 2016, 12:00-13:00

France’s Nuclear Energy Transition: Turning Points in National Policy and Innovation

User Dr. Kathleen Araújo, Stony Brook University.

Thursday 13 October 2016, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 207), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

SO WHAT is the Global Sustainability Institute?

User Meet the team!.

Tuesday 20 September 2016, 16:00-17:30

Energy Catalyst

User Michael Priestnall, Lead Technologist in Energy for Innovate UK.

Thursday 19 May 2016, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Spending time in a low carbon society: Less stuff, more fun?

User Angela Druckman, University of Surrey.

Friday 22 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Fuel cells and hydrogen – moving towards a low carbon economy

User Gareth Hinds, National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

Thursday 21 April 2016, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 109), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Opportunity Peterborough’s Role in the Development of a Sustainable City

User Trevor Gibson, Opportunity Peterborough.

Friday 15 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Nurturing a political economy for a sustainable future: technology, innovation, and science

User David Bent - Forum for the Future.

Thursday 17 March 2016, 16:00-17:00

House Marconi Building (MAR 102), Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford.

Bringing together energy and water: a useful Nexus or just another network?

User Michael Green and Chris Foulds, Global Sustainability Institute.

Wednesday 16 March 2016, 12:00-13:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Nigeria: energy past to climate future

User John Ward, Vivid Economics & Norbert Edomah, Global Sustainability Institute.

Wednesday 09 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 107), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Change agency: working with difference and conflict

User Laurie Michaelis.

Tuesday 23 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 006), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Sustainability in performing arts: “So shines a good deed in a naughty world”

User James Phillips, Global Sustainability Institute.

Wednesday 17 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 027), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Reclaiming Sustainability - a talk based on the book ‘Sustainability: a cultural history’, by Ulrich Grober

User Ray Cunningham.

Wednesday 03 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

Living Laboratory for Sustainability

User Emily Dunning - Coordinator of the Living Laboratory for Sustainability.

Thursday 21 January 2016, 16:00-17:00

House Optometry Building 102, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Après Paris: Exploring the shadow of COP21

User David Wasdell, Director of the Apollo-Gaia Project.

Monday 14 December 2015, 13:00-15:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 207 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

The Pope and the planet: religion in climate change

User Ian Christie (Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group, University of Surrey).

Wednesday 02 December 2015, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 207 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Role Models: research models to answer policy questions

User Mr. Davide Natalini (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, uk) James Woodcock, Centre for Diet and Activity Research.

Tuesday 24 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 006), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Unusual questions/ extraordinary answers

User Hands-on exhibition bringing new perspectives to sustainability.

Thursday 12 November 2015, 16:00-18:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 207 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Co-production: an inclusive approach to climate action

User Dr Candice Howarth (Global Sustainability Instititute).

Thursday 12 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 002), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

Clim'art' therapy: where do climate change, the arts and psychotherapy meet?

User Panel Discussion with artists Ackroyd & Harvey, Marina Velez and Zoe Svendsen led by Dr Renee Lertzman (Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC).

Thursday 29 October 2015, 18:30-20:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 109 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Environmental melancholia

User Dr Renee Lertzman (Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC).

Monday 26 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

House Room 302, Helmore Building (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Limits to growth - a new generation

User Irma Allen and Roberto Pasqualino (Global Sustainability Institute).

Friday 23 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

Piezoelectric nanogenerators: Power solutions for autonomous devices

User Dr Sohini Kar-Narayan, Lecturer Department of Materials Science.

Thursday 21 May 2015, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 027 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Who should value nature?

Lunch provided

User Dario Kenner, Why Green Economy.

Wednesday 29 April 2015, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 005 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Remaking our future: a radically different approach

Lunch Provided

User Rob Shaw, Director of Sustainability & Climate Change, LDA Design.

Friday 24 April 2015, 13:00-14:00

Patents in theory and in practice

User Dr Anwar Gilani - Venner Shipley.

Thursday 16 April 2015, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 027 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Why we get back under the duvet when climate change is mentioned...

Lunch Provided)

User Speaker to be confirmed.

Wednesday 15 April 2015, 13:00-14:00

A remarkable set of contemplations

User Craig Bennett - Friends of the Earth.

Thursday 12 March 2015, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 109 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Sustainability success: Leadership influence or serendipity?

User Prof Janet Haddock-Fraser, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences & Dr Peter Rands, Director of Sustainability Development Canterbury Christ Church University.

Tuesday 10 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 109 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Soil erosion in Britain – is it a problem?

User Dr Bob Evans, Global Sustainability Institiute .

Wednesday 25 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Beyond the pit latrine - developing new tools for organic waste management in the global south

User John Mullet - SOWTech Ltd.

Thursday 12 February 2015, 16:00-17:00

An ideal limit for the performance of large wind farms

User Dr Paolo Luzzatto-Fegiz.

Thursday 22 January 2015, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB) 220 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

The age of climate resilience

User Dr David Viner, Principal Advisor for Climate Resilience, Mott MacDonald.

Wednesday 19 November 2014, 16:30-18:15

House Coslett Building 124 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

The age of climate resilience”

User Dr David Viner, Principal Advisor for Climate Resilience, Mott MacDonald.

Friday 14 November 2014, 16:30-18:15

House William Thatcher Room, Fitzwilliam College.

Making bamboo a high tech material for large wind turbine blades

User Dr. Jim Platts.

Wednesday 12 November 2014, 19:00-20:00

House The Long Room, Murray Edwards College.

The Effect of transport policy/regulations on emissions

User Professor Nick Collings.

Wednesday 22 October 2014, 19:00-20:00

House Coslett Building 124 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

You can’t stop progress

Sustainable Lunch Provided. Free to attend.

User Rupert Read, Reader in Philosophy, University of East Anglia.

Monday 06 October 2014, 13:00-14:00

Meeting the challenges of cancer through nanotechnology.

User Quentin Harmer.

Monday 01 September 2014, 16:00-17:00

Energy vs materials availability. Equivalent or different?

User Professor David Cahen, Weizmann Institute of Science.

Monday 23 June 2014, 16:00-17:00

House Coslett Building 124 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Feasibility of Wind & Solar Energy Systems for Large Geographic Domains

User Dr Christopher Clack, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Monday 23 June 2014, 13:00-14:00

Current Issues in Energy Policy

User Dr Chi-Kong Chyong (Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge).

Monday 12 May 2014, 16:00-17:00

House LAB 222 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

GSI Research Seminar Series - When and how will human society collapse?

User Dr Aled Jones, Director of the Global Sustainability Institute (GSI).

Tuesday 29 April 2014, 13:00-14:00

The future of Artificial Photosynthesis - academic curiosity or real-world application?

User Dr. Erwin Reisner (Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge).

Monday 31 March 2014, 16:00-17:00

Electric buses - can they really compete on the front line?

User Professor John Miles.

Monday 17 March 2014, 16:00-17:00

The future of biodiversity in tropical landscapes

Come along for this very special lunchtime talk to find out about the future of biodiversity! Feel free to bring your own lunch, but light refreshments will be also provided.

User Ed Turner, Department of Zoology.

Thursday 13 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

House LAB 222 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

GSI Research Seminar Series - Operationalising resilience: linking the conceptual and practical for a more sustainable world

User Speaker to be confirmed.

Tuesday 11 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

House LAB 027 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

GSI Research Seminar Series - Ethical Consumption vs. Sustainable consumption

User Dr Dan Welch, Sustainable Consumption Institute.

Friday 28 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Trapping CO2 using sponge-like materials

Slight refreshment will be provided.

User Pu Zhao, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Thursday 27 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Mapping Methane in the Arctic

User Dr Michelle Cain, Centre for Atmospheric Science, Dept of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.

Darwin College Science Seminars

Thursday 20 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cassandra's Climate

User Michael Sheppard, Emeritus Schlumberger Fellow, Schlumberger.

House 1 Newnham Terrace, Darwin College.

Thursday 06 February 2014, 13:10-14:00

The relevance of botanic garden greenhouses in the modern era

User Alexander Summers, Botanic Garden.

Thursday 30 January 2014, 13:00-14:00

House LAB 222 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

GSI Research Seminar Series - Climate change and Migration

User Alex Randall, Climate Outreach Information Nework.

Wednesday 29 January 2014, 13:00-14:00

Business-oriented Solutions for Resource Recovery and Reuse at Scale in Developing Countries

User Luca Di Mario.

Monday 27 January 2014, 16:00-17:00

House LAB 222 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

GSI Research Seminar Series - Professor Tim O'Riordan - 'Redefining Sustainability in a Post Austerity Britain'

User Professor Tim O'Riordan OBE, DL, FBA, University of East Anglia.

Friday 17 January 2014, 13:00-14:00

Open-ended inorganic nanotubes: band-gap and bands-engineering of a photo-catalyst

User Dr Gilberto Teobaldi.

Monday 16 December 2013, 16:00-17:00

Jugaad Innovation: A Frugal, Flexible and Inclusive Way to Grow

User Prof Jaideep Prabhu, Judge Business School.

Monday 02 December 2013, 16:00-17:00

House LAB 005 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

The Passivhaus Building Standard: Questioning the energy saving magic bullet

User Chris Foulds, Global Sustainability Institute, ARU.

Monday 02 December 2013, 13:00-14:00

House Buckingham Room, Magdalene College.

Mysterious goings-on around Antarctica

See this map for the venue location: http://www.zerocarbonsociety.org/wordpresszcs/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Picture3.png

User Alek Petty, Earth Sciences Department, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, UCL.

Wednesday 27 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

House Buckingham Room, Magdalene College.

Using underwater robots to observe the rapidly melting Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica

See this map for the venue location: http://www.zerocarbonsociety.org/wordpresszcs/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Picture3.png

User Louise Biddle, University of East Anglia.

Wednesday 20 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

House LAB 216 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Nuclear Weapons and the Global Sustainability Agenda: time to abandon traditional forms of Sovereignty?

User Paul Ingram, BASIC.

Tuesday 19 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

House LAB 005 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Goings on in the engine room: How the hidden layer of our mind connects with the future of the planet

User Professor Chris Rapley, UCL.

Friday 08 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

House Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory.

Winton 2nd Annual Symposium on Materials Discovery

User For full list of speakers visit http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/materialsdiscovery.

Monday 30 September 2013, 09:00-18:00

Using sunlight-activated photo-catalysts to disinfect water

User Dr Vasant Kumar.

Monday 09 September 2013, 16:00-17:00

The Cambridge Forum for Sustainability and the Environment

User Dr Rosamunde Almond.

Monday 12 August 2013, 16:00-17:00

Energy efficient magnetic cooling technology

User Dr Sibel Ozcan.

Monday 15 July 2013, 16:00-17:00

Creating Impact from Research

User Dr Andrea Cantone and Dr Gillian Davis, Cambridge Enterprise.

Monday 17 June 2013, 16:00-17:00

Biological photovoltaic systems

User Prof Chris Howe, Department of Biochemistry.

Monday 20 May 2013, 16:00-17:00

Can you build a computer without using roads? Where we are going we don't need roads!

User Dr Chris Forman, Institute for Manufacturing (IfM).

Monday 18 March 2013, 16:00-17:00

House Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St Johns College.

Mitigating the effects of methane and manure: A small insight into reducing emissions in UK agriculture

User Emily Scott, MPhil, Land Economy .

Wednesday 06 March 2013, 13:00-14:00

House Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St Johns College.

Agricultural adaptation and crop diversity: How developing countries can adjust to climate change

User Stella Nordhagen, PhD Student, Department of Land Economy.

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

Sustainability and Architecture

User Prof Koen Steemers, Head of the Department of Architecture.

Monday 25 February 2013, 16:00-17:00

House Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St Johns College.

Translating knowledge about climate change into policy: Lessons from the use of climate science in biodiversity conservation policy in England

User David Christian Rose, PhD Student, Department of Geography.

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

House Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St Johns College.

Is black the new green? The potential role of biochar in climate change mitigation

User Laura Plant, MPhil Student, Land Economy.

Wednesday 13 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

House Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St Johns College.

Thinker-doers: Adding value in a climate crisis

User Gracen Johnson, MPhil Student, Land Economy Faculty.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

House Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St Johns College.

The Eating Local Challenge: Thinking about the contribution food makes to climate change

User Helen Karapandzic, Cambridge Carbon Footprint.

Wednesday 30 January 2013, 13:00-14:00

House Dirac Room, Fisher Building, St Johns College.

Biofuels, indirect land use change and greenhouse gas emissions: A perfect storm of incomplete science and irresolvable politics?

User James Palmer, PhD Student, Department of Geography .

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 13:00-14:00

Improving industrial energy efficiency through technology, process and behaviour innovation - policy applications of research

User Niall Mackenzie, DECC.

Monday 21 January 2013, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building 222, Anglia Ruskin University, East Rd, Cambridge.

Health, healthcare, sustainability and climate change. Line in the sand or head in the sand?

Lunch will be provided

User David Pencheon, NHS Sustainable Development Unit.

Monday 17 December 2012, 13:00-14:00

House Wordsworth Room, St John's College, First Court (on left hand side).

Food for Thought: ‘Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Organisms’

User Emma Cross, PhD Student, Dept. of Earth Science, British Antarctic Survey..

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

House Wordsworth Room, St John's College, First Court (on left hand side).

Food for Thought: ‘Carbon Foot-Printing’

User Jon Coello, PhD Student, Dept. of Engineering & the Environment, University of Southampton..

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building 222, Anglia Ruskin University, East Rd, Cambridge.

Art and the environment

Lunch will be provided

User Dave Pritchard, CIWEM Arts and Environment Network Steering Group.

Monday 19 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

House Wordsworth Room, St John's College, First Court (on left hand side).

Food for Thought: Ecosystem Services & Sustainable Land Use Practices in Social-Ecological Systems

User Aiora Zabala, PhD Student, Dept. of Land Economy..

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Smart energy meters for all - sustainability panacea or waste of money?

User Dr Michael Pollitt, Judge Business School.

Monday 12 November 2012, 16:00-17:00

House Wordsworth Room, St John's College, First Court (on left hand side).

Food for Thought: ‘Transitions to Climate Change Resilient Cities’

User Marta De Olazabal, PhD Student, Dept. of Land Economy.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

House Wordsworth Room, St John's College, First Court (on left hand side).

Food for Thought: 'The Air Quality and Climate Tradeoffs in Road Transportation.’

User Uven Chong, PhD Student, Dept. of Engineering.

Wednesday 31 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

House Wordsworth Room, St John's College, First Court (on left hand side).

Food for Thought: Can the US and China build trust to establish institutions?

User Michael Tai, PhD Student, Centre for Development Studies.

Wednesday 24 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building 222, Anglia Ruskin University, East Rd, Cambridge.

What do Students, Farmers, Scientists and Skeptics have in common?

Lunch will be provided

User Aimee Roberts, Ella Wiles, Lydia Wade.

Monday 22 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

House Wordsworth Room, St John's College, First Court (on left hand side).

Food for Thought: 'Shallow Geothermal Systems for Space Heating and Cooling’

User Denis Garber, PhD Student, Energy Efficient Cities Initiative.

Wednesday 17 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

Climate finance: barriers and opportunities

User Dr Aled Jones, Anglia Ruskin University.

Monday 24 September 2012, 16:00-17:00

House Lord Ashcroft Building 222, Anglia Ruskin University, East Rd, Cambridge.

Water meter debate: vital for adapting to climate change or doomed to failure?

Lunch will be provided

User Andy Brown (Anglian Water) and Dr James Jenkins (University of Hertfordshire).

Monday 24 September 2012, 13:00-14:00

What scientists can do for sustainability that CEOs and Ministers can't

User Matthew Brown.

Monday 23 July 2012, 16:00-17:00

The limits to energy and material efficiency

User Jonathan Cullen.

Monday 02 July 2012, 16:00-17:00

Sustainable Manufacturing and the Myth of Efficiency

User Winton Community.

Monday 28 May 2012, 11:00-12:00

Energy Efficient Lighting

User Winton Community.

Monday 30 April 2012, 16:00-17:00

House Helmore 201 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Does gender matter to sustainable development?

User Professor Clare Griffiths, University of Chester.

Monday 30 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

Biofuels

User Winton community.

Monday 16 April 2012, 16:30-17:30

House Sawyers Building 005 (Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford Campus).

Strategic decisions, climate change and resources

User Julie Winnard, Ford.

Monday 16 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

House Coslett 408 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Climate models and uncertainty

User Erica Thompson (Imperial College London) and Emma Boland (University of Cambridge).

Monday 19 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The next 40 years

User Professor Jorgen Randers (Professor of Climate Strategy at the Norwegian Business School ; Co-author of Limits to Growth).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Making peace with the Earth

User Dr Vandana Shiva ( Navdanya International, India and the International Forum on Globalisation).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 18:00-19:30

House Michael Ashcroft Building 007 (Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford Campus).

The Politics of Energy Policy

User Robert Jones, former advisor to UK Government.

Monday 05 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable capitalism: if not now, when?

User Jonathon Porritt CBE (Director of Sustainability, Forum for the Future).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 18:00-19:30

Tea time conversation

User Winton community.

Monday 27 February 2012, 16:30-17:30

Hydrogen fuel cells

User Winton community.

Monday 20 February 2012, 14:30-15:30

House Helmore 201 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

Science and Technology in Parliament

User Dr Stephen Allen, Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.

Monday 20 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Making Progress Toward Sustainable Societies in the Context of Global Climate Change

User Dr Don Huisingh (Senior Scientist in Sustainable Development, University of Tennessee ).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 15 February 2012, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The power of markets to protect nature

User Ian Cheshire (Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher Group).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 18:00-19:30

House Michael Ashcroft Building 002 (Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford Campus).

Bradford University’s Ecoversity journey: barriers and breakthroughs

User Peter Hughes, Centre for Educational Development, University of Bradford.

Monday 06 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Materials - with both eyes open

User Dr Julian Allwood (Cambridge University Engineering Department).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 18:00-19:30

House Helmore 201 (Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus).

I don't believe in Climate Change

User Dr David Viner, Red Kite Enterprise and Environment.

Monday 23 January 2012, 13:00-14:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Urban water security - a possibility or pipedream?

User Dr Kalanithy Vairavamoorthy, Director, School of Global Sustainability, University of South Florida.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 04 May 2011, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Decarbonising the transport system

User Professor David Cebon and Professor Nick Collings ( Cambridge University Engineering Department) and Mark White (Jaguar Land Rover).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 16 March 2011, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Managing the risks of regional climate change using knowledge action networks

User Profesor Charles Kennel (University of California, San Diego; formerly , Director of the Scripps Institute of Oceanogaphy).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 09 March 2011, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

A Sustainable Future- The Leadership Challenge of our Time

User Dr Goran Carstedt ( Chairman of the Natural Step International and Senior Director of the Clinton Climate Change Initiative).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 02 March 2011, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Energy - an industry view on the obstacles and opportunities

User Professor Ellen Williams ( BP Chief Scientist, formerly Director of University of Maryland Material Research Science and Engineering Centre).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 23 February 2011, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainability and the Perfect Storm (title to be confirmed)

User Professor Sir John Beddington (Government Chief Scientific Advisor and Head of the Government Office for Science).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 02 February 2011, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Energy Security and UK Energy Policy

User Professor Ian Fells (Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at Newcastle University).

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 26 January 2011, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Towards a sustainable hydrogen economy

User John Andrews - Associate Professor RMIT University.

House LT6, Engineering Department.

Wednesday 24 November 2010, 16:30-17:30

Cambridge Climate

Climate Change and Health

User Multiple speakers.

House Riley Auditorium, Gillespie Centre, Memorial Court, Clare College, Queen's Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AJ.

Saturday 20 November 2010, 09:00-17:30

House Riley Auditorium, Gillespie Centre, Memorial Court, Clare College, Queen's Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AJ.

Treating carbon addiction in the NHS: sustainable clinical practice

User Dr Frances Mortimer, Campaign for Greener Healthcare.

Wednesday 17 November 2010, 11:30-00:00

House Riley Auditorium, Gillespie Centre, Memorial Court, Clare College, Queen's Road, Cambridge, CB3 9AJ.

Secondary Health Benefits of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

User Prof Douglas Crawford-Brown, 4CMR, University of Cambridge.

Wednesday 17 November 2010, 09:40-00:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Taming leviathan - dealing with (dis)integrated water management (RESCHEDULED from 21st April)

This talk has been re-scheduled for 12th May, (postponed from 21st April)

User Professor Richard Ashley, Peninne Water Group, Sheffield University.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 12 May 2010, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainability in action at University of California San Diego: the campus as a living laboratory

User Professor Paul Linden, Director Sustainability Solutions Institute, University of California, San Diego.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 05 May 2010, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Delivering genuine sustainability in the built environment - obstacles and opportunities

User Dr David Strong CEO, Inbuilt Ltd; Board Member of UK Green Building Council.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 10 March 2010, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

The Energy Efficient Cities Initiative

User Steven Barret, Ruchi Choudary and Ying Jin - University of Cambridge.

House LT2, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 10 March 2010, 17:00-18:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Cities of the Future

User Paul Brown, Executive Vice President CDM Camp Dresser and McKee Inc..

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 24 February 2010, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Chemical Looping Combustion: One Technology for the Clean Utilisation of Coal

User Dr John S Dennis - Reader in Chemical Reaction Engineering, University of Cambridge.

House LT2, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 24 February 2010, 17:00-18:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

You must be joking; Cities as a force for good in the environment

User Professor Bruce Beck, University of Georgia.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 17 February 2010, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Energy Transitions: Slow Transformations and Difficult Substitutions

User Dr Vaclav Smil - Distinguished Professor, University of Manitova.

House LT2, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 17 February 2010, 17:00-18:00

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Reducing Energy Consumption in Paper Making using Advanced Process Control and Optimisation

User Dr Paul C Austin - Senior Research Fellow, University of Cambridge.

House LT2, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 03 February 2010, 17:00-18:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Roadmap to 2050

User Professor David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, LR0.

Wednesday 27 January 2010, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Concentrator Photovoltaics (CPV) for Europe: Economics, Technical and Social Issues

User David Faiman - Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel), Ben Gurion National Solar Energy Centre.

Monday 07 December 2009, 17:00-18:00

House Queens' College, Buttery & Erasmus Room.

Global Video Conference on the Copenhagen Treaty

User Various.

Saturday 28 November 2009, 11:30-16:00

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Cambridge University Eco-Racing: Solar Cars

User Martin McBrien - Cambridge University Eco Racing Founder.

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 17:00-18:00

Engineering Fundamentals of Energy Efficiency

User Jonathan Cullen - University of Cambridge.

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Wednesday 11 November 2009, 17:00-18:00

PAS 2050: The BSI/Defra/Carbon Trust Specification for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Products and Services

User Professor Roland Clift - Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey.

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Wednesday 28 October 2009, 17:00-18:00

T2: How adding intelligence can dramatically reduce energy consumption – cheaply

User Pilgrim Beart - AlertMe.

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Wednesday 14 October 2009, 17:00-18:00

Cradle to Cradle Design

User Bill McDonough William McDonough and Partners.

House Cambridge Unuiversity Engineerintg Department, LR0.

Wednesday 07 October 2009, 18:00-19:30

Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research Seminar Series

A Green New Deal: Climate Change Mitigation as an Economic Stimulus

This talk is part of the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR) seminar series. Please bring your lunch.

User Dr Alex Bowen, Principal Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

House Land Economy Laundress Lane seminar room 1.

Friday 05 June 2009, 12:30-13:30

Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research Seminar Series

The Effect of Energy Prices on Operation and Investment in OECD Countries: Evidence from the Vintage Capital Model

This talk is part of the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR) seminar series

User Dr Karsten Neuhoff & Dr Jevgenijs Steinbuks. Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge.

House Land Economy Laundress Lane seminar room 1.

Friday 29 May 2009, 14:30-15:30

Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research Seminar Series

On the rebound: could energy efficiency improvements backfire?

User Hugh Parnell - Cambridge Energy Forum (CEF), Dr Terry Barker - 4CMR, Dr Philip Sargent - CEF, Steven Sorrell - University of Sussex, Blake Alcott, Prof Roger Kemp - Lancaster University, Dr Tim Foxon - University of Leeds, Tina Dallman - UK govmt DEFRA.

House Pitt Building, Trumpington Street.

Thursday 14 May 2009, 13:30-17:10

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

William MCDonough (CANCELLED)

User William McDonough Author of "Cradle to Cradle".

House CANCELLED.

Wednesday 06 May 2009, 00:00-00:00

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

Beyond GDP Growth: measuring real progress in a developing country

All welcome, admission free. To book, please email directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Pavan Sukhdev, Chair of Deutsche Bank's Global Markets Centre, Mumbai.

Thursday 30 April 2009, 17:15-18:30

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

The Arctic on the Edge: Policy Issues in Canada's Back Yard

All welcome, admission free. To book, please email directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Dr Peter Harrison, Skelton-Clark Fellow in the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

Thursday 19 March 2009, 17:15-18:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Innovating to sustainability

User Professor Charles Ainger, MWH Ltd and Centre for Sustainable Development, Cambridge University.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 11 March 2009, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

The role of fuel cell technology in a low carbon economy

User Nigel Brandon, Professor of Sustainable Development in Energy - Imperial College.

House LR2, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 04 March 2009, 17:00-18:00

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Departmental Seminars

Sustainable Organic Fuels for Transport

User Dr Richard Pearson, Lotus Engineering, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.

House Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Chemical Engineering.

Wednesday 04 March 2009, 15:30-16:30

Wildlife and Environment

Alternatives to Fossil Fuels

David MacKay is a wonderful speaker: lively, funny, wonderfully clear and easy to follow. Do not think that you cannot understand the problem, or that talks by professors of physics are not for you. Professors are not what they used to be!

User David MacKay, Professor in the Department of Physics, CU.

House St John's Church Hall, Hills Road, opposite Homerton College.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 19:30-21:45

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainability in the resources sector

User Paul Skinner Chairman Rio Tinto.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

A sustainable technology strategy for engineers

User Dr Karel Muldur, TU Delft The Netherlands.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 18 February 2009, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Transportation in a Climate-Constrained World

User Andreas Schäfer, Lecturer in Architecture - University of Cambridge.

House LR2, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 18 February 2009, 17:00-18:00

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

Darwin in his time - and in ours

Free admission, all welcome. To register, please email directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Professor Sir Robert May, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford.

Thursday 12 February 2009, 17:15-18:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Water, health and sustainable development

User Dr Jamie Bartram, Co-ordinator of Water, Sanitation and Health at the World Health Organisation.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 11 February 2009, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Development - great green dream or impossible ambition?

User Tony Juniper, former Director of Friends of the Earth.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 04 February 2009, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Energy use in the University of Cambridge

User Paul Hasley, University Energy Manager - University of Cambridge.

House LR2, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 04 February 2009, 17:00-18:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The role of engineering in entering the ecological age

User Peter Head OBE FREng FRSA Director of Sustainability, Arup.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 28 January 2009, 18:00-19:30

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

Can Climate Engineering be a Sensible Plan B?

Free admission, all welcome. To register, please email directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Dr Steve Koonin, Chief Scientist, BP.

Thursday 22 January 2009, 17:15-18:30

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

Understanding Environmental Risk Perceptions: Climate Change, Energy Choices and Public Engagement with Science

User Nick Pidgeon, Professor of Psychology, Cardiff University and ESRC Climate Change Professorial Fellow.

Thursday 27 November 2008, 17:15-18:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Energy efficiency opportunities from heat pumps

User Alex White - Senior Lecturer in Thermofluids, University of Cambridge.

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Wednesday 26 November 2008, 17:00-18:00

Britain’s building stock: a carbon challenge

User Michael Kelly - Professor of Technology, University of Cambridge.

Wednesday 12 November 2008, 17:00-18:00

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

The New Food Security Debate: Should the UK produce as much of its own food as possible?

All welcome, admission free. To book, please email directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy, City University.

Thursday 30 October 2008, 17:15-18:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Energy plans that add up

User David MacKay - Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge.

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Wednesday 29 October 2008, 17:00-18:00

Carbon aspects of the cycles of metals

User Thomas Graedel - Professor of Industrial Ecology, Yale University.

Friday 17 October 2008, 17:00-18:00

What to do with the CO2 we can’t eliminate?

User Mr. Derek McLeish (Carbon Sciences Inc).

Wednesday 24 September 2008, 14:15-15:00

The Future of Electric Vehicles & Fuel Cells

User Mr Richard Blundell (Think UK) and Mr Michael Evans (CMR Fuel Cells).

Wednesday 24 September 2008, 12:30-13:15

The Possibilities – Changing How We Approach Design

User Mr. Ross Lovegrove (Lovegrove Studios).

Wednesday 24 September 2008, 11:45-12:30

Public Policy

User Speaker TBC (AEA Technology).

Wednesday 24 September 2008, 10:30-11:15

Education of Climate Change at Cambridge & Beyond

User Professor David Mackay (Cambridge University).

Wednesday 24 September 2008, 09:45-10:30

Behaviour Change and the Role of NGOs

User Mr Duncan McLaren (Friends of the Earth Scotland) and Mr Gavin Starks (AMEE).

Wednesday 24 September 2008, 09:00-09:45

Solar Power: Incentives for Scaling Up

User Panel (chair: Prof. Peter Guthrie).

Tuesday 23 September 2008, 15:00-15:45

Large Scale Deployment of Solar Energy, Working with Policy and Investment

User Prof. Doenitz (MAN/ Solar Millennium), Dr. Joachim Reiss (Q-Cells) and Dr. Harry Zervos (IDTechEx).

Tuesday 23 September 2008, 14:00-15:00

Delivering Sustainable Energy Solutions; an Energy Company View

User Mr Angus Norman (EDF).

Tuesday 23 September 2008, 13:30-14:00

Commitments Through Policy and Incentive Schemes: Facilitating Innovation & Investment

User Panel (char: Mr Nick Butler).

Tuesday 23 September 2008, 11:45-12:30

Energy Efficient Cities - An Integrated Approach to Achieving Low Carbon

User Prof. Ann Dowling (University of Cambridge) And Clare Shuttleworth (White Young Green).

Tuesday 23 September 2008, 11:00-11:45

Venture Capital, Risk and the Business of Global Climate Change - A Global View

User Mr. Bernie Bulkin (Vantage Point Venture Capital) and Prof. Michael Manielli (ZYen, London Accords).

Tuesday 23 September 2008, 09:45-10:30

Policies for an Environmentally Sustainable Economy

User Mr. Roman Webber (Deliotte) and Paul Ekins (Green Fiscal Commission).

Tuesday 23 September 2008, 09:00-09:45

Fundamental Challenges to Investment in Sustainable Energy in Transition Economies

User Panel (chair: Prof. David MacKay).

Monday 22 September 2008, 16:00-16:45

Nuclear Power – What else?

User Dr Fabian Roques (CERA).

Monday 22 September 2008, 15:15-16:00

Role of Business in Responding to Climate Change Risks and Opportunities

User Leo Johnson (Pricewaterhouse Coopers).

Monday 22 September 2008, 14:00-14:45

Overview of Alternative Technology Expansion & Its funding

User Filipe Santos (Martifer Solar) and Sarah Forrest (Goldman Sachs).

Monday 22 September 2008, 13:15-14:00

Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air

User Prof David Mackay (Cambridge University).

Monday 22 September 2008, 11:30-12:15

The Economics of A Zero Carbon Society

User Dr Terry Barker (Tyndall Centre, 4CMR).

Monday 22 September 2008, 10:45-11:30

Global Context of Energy Crisis

User Prof Robert Watson (DEFRA).

Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research Seminar Series

Monday 22 September 2008, 09:30-10:15

Policies for Reducing Personal Carbon

Registration Required:

User Dr Terry Barker, 4CMR, and others.

House Pitt Building, Trumpington Street.

Friday 16 May 2008, 13:45-18:00

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, New Hall, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

International environmental governance

Admission free; all welcome. To register, email: directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Professor Bob Watson, Chief Scientific Adviser, DEFRA.

Thursday 01 May 2008, 17:15-18:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Climate Change and Ecosystem Services: Science, Economics and Ethics

User Professor Robert Watson (Chief Scientific Advisor, DEFRA and Director of Strategic Development at the Tyndall Centre).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 30 April 2008, 18:00-19:30

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, New Hall, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

Ocean Acidification: the other CO2 problem

Admission free; all welcome. To register, email: directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Professor Nick Owens, Director, British Antarctic Survey.

Thursday 24 April 2008, 17:15-18:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Development at the Eden Project

User Tim Smit (Eden Project).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 23 April 2008, 18:00-19:30

Department of Engineering, Production Processes Group Seminars, Institute for Manufacturing

Engineering fundamentals of energy efficiency

User Jonathan Cullen (Department of Engineering).

House Seminar Room B at the Institute for Manufacturing, Mill Lane.

Friday 14 March 2008, 11:30-12:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Carbon Footprinting: Industry, People, the Universe and Everything

User Professor Adisa Azapagic (Manchester University).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 12 March 2008, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Lighting for the 21st Century

User Colin Humphreys - Professor of Material Science, University of Cambridge.

House LR1, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 12 March 2008, 17:00-18:00

Queens' College Politics Society

National and International Environmental Policy and Climate Change

User Sir Martin Holdgate.

House Erasmus room, Queens' College.

Friday 07 March 2008, 19:30-21:00

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, New Hall, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

Creating a healthy environment: challenges facing China

Admission free; all welcome. To register, email: directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Sian Griffiths, Professor of Public Health, Chinese University, Hong Kong.

Thursday 06 March 2008, 17:15-18:30

Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research Seminar Series

Physical Limitations on Energy Supply

User David J.C. MacKay, Physics Department.

House Land Economy Laundress Lane seminar room 1.

Wednesday 05 March 2008, 17:10-18:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Development in the Built Environment; Progress or Procrastination?

User Professor Peter Brandon and Dr Patrizia Lombardi (Salford University).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 27 February 2008, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Can we live on renewables?

User David MacKay - Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge.

House LR1, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 27 February 2008, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research Seminar Series

Beyond Bali: Status and Prospects for International Cooperation

User Christine Zumkeller.

House Mill Lane Lecture Halls, Room 2.

Friday 15 February 2008, 17:00-18:30

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, New Hall, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

The Economics of Climate Change: Governments, Companies and Households

Admission free; all welcome. To register, email: directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Adair Turner, Former Director-General of the CBI.

Thursday 14 February 2008, 17:15-18:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Creating a Better Place - the Environment Agency - and shaping sustainability

User Baroness Barbara Young, Chief Executive of Environment Agency.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 13 February 2008, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

High efficiency, low emissions: Power generation on the road to thermotopia

User John Young - Professor of Applied Thermodynamics, University of Cambridge.

House LR1, Engineering Department, Inglis Building.

Wednesday 13 February 2008, 17:00-18:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Climate change, peak oil, and the coming global energy crisis

User Dr Jeremy Leggett (Solar Century).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 06 February 2008, 18:00-19:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Directions to 2050

User David Hone - Group Climate Change Adviser, Royal Dutch Shell.

Wednesday 30 January 2008, 17:00-18:00

House Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, New Hall, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF.

Travelling 1st class on the Titanic?

Admission free; all welcome. To register, email: directorate@unep-wcmc.org

User Barbara Young, Chief Executive, Environment Agency.

Thursday 24 January 2008, 17:15-18:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The challenges of managing the American foreign aid program post-9/11 in Pakistan and Afghanistan

User Mark Ward, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 23 January 2008, 18:00-19:30

Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research Seminar Series

Drinking in the last chance saloon: what hope for 2° C?

User Dr Kevin Anderson, University of Manchester & Dr Terry Barker, University of Cambridge.

House Mill Lane Lecture Halls, Room 1.

Monday 26 November 2007, 13:45-15:00

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Material, Energy and Climate Change

User Ernst Worrell, Lead-author of the Fourth IPCC Assessment Report.

Wednesday 21 November 2007, 17:00-18:00

House Debating Chamber, Union Society.

Carbon Detox

User George Marshall, COIN (Climate Outreach Information Network).

Tuesday 20 November 2007, 18:45-20:30

Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research Seminar Series

Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change

User Rachel Warren, University of East Anglia.

House Laundress Lane Seminar Rooms.

Monday 12 November 2007, 16:00-17:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

‘The weather within’; 9 Bio-climatic designs

User Alan Short, Professor of Architecture - University of Cambridge.

The Triple Helix Lecture Series

Wednesday 07 November 2007, 17:00-18:00

Science of the Skies - what the government needs to know in the fight against climate change

User Dr Victoria Pope, Head of Climate Change for Government at the MET Office Hadley Centre.

House LG17, Law Faculty, 10 West Road (Sidgwick Site).

Tuesday 30 October 2007, 17:30-19:00

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Sequestration of carbon from conventional fossil fuel power plants

User Andy Woods, BP Professor - BP Institute for Multiphase Flow, University of Cambridge.

Wednesday 24 October 2007, 17:00-18:00

House LG18, Law Faculty, 10 West Road (Sidgwick Site).

Panel Discussion on the UK Climate Bill

User Dr Terry Barker, Dr David Frame, Tim Helweg-Larsen.

Tuesday 23 October 2007, 14:45-16:30

Ecology Lunchtime Series

Happiness, Global Catastrophe, and the National Assembly for Wales

User Gareth Clubb, Senior Research Officer, National Assembly of Wales.

House Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 12 October 2007, 13:00-14:00

House Friends Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane.

Agrofuels and the risk of ecosystem collapse

User Deepak Rughani, BioFuelWatch.

Wednesday 10 October 2007, 19:00-20:30

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Engineering for a Low Carbon Future: challenges and opportunities

User Julian Allwood, Senior Lecturer - Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge.

SciSoc – Cambridge University Scientific Society

Wednesday 10 October 2007, 17:00-18:00

Book Launch of 'Cool it' - bestselling author Bjorn Lomborg's latest release

User Prof Bjorn Lomborg.

House The Cambridge Union.

Wednesday 03 October 2007, 19:00-20:00

Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology occasional seminars

Biodiesel Production: Different Aspects of the Process

User Mónica Berrios Caballero, Universidad de Córdoba, Spain,.

House Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Chemical Engineering.

Wednesday 18 July 2007, 14:55-15:15

Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows (IEEF)

Improving Waterflood Oil Recovery: Understanding the Habitat and Targetting Recovery of Remaining Oil

User Cliff Black, BP Senior Advisor Waterflood Management & IOR.

House Open Plan Area, BP Institute, Madingley Rise CB3 0EZ.

Thursday 05 July 2007, 14:00-15:00

British Antarctic Survey

Sustainable Energy - Without the BS

Open to non-BAS; please contact Ryan Woodard (rywo@bas.ac.uk or 221383) if you would like to attend.

User David MacKay, Cavendish Laboratory.

House British Antarctic Survey, conference room.

Tuesday 26 June 2007, 11:00-12:00

Conservation Science Talks

CCF Seminar: The Global Oil Depletion Debate

User Steven M. Gorelick, Cyrus F. Tolman Professor, Stanford University.

House Large Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology , Downing Street, CB2 3EJ.

Wednesday 13 June 2007, 17:00-18:00

House Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, New Museums Site.

Environmentally informed material choice: strategies, tools, data and difficulties

THE NINTH KELLY LECTURE

User Professor Mike Ashby CBE, FRS, FREng., Engineering Department, Cambridge University.

Tuesday 12 June 2007, 17:30-18:30

House Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, New Museums Site.

Materials Development for Fusion Energy

User Dr Geoffrey Cottrell, Culham Science Centre.

Tuesday 12 June 2007, 16:30-17:00

House Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, New Museums Site.

Sustainable Air Travel - The Challenge for Aero-Engine Materials

User Dr Neil Glover, Rolls-Royce Plc.

Tuesday 12 June 2007, 16:00-16:30

House Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, New Museums Site.

Excitonic Solar Cells: New Approaches to Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion

User Professor Laurie Peter, Department of Chemistry, University of Bath.

Tuesday 12 June 2007, 15:05-15:30

House Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, New Museums Site.

Novel Nanostructured Hydride Composites: Hydrogen Storage Materials for Zero-Emission Car

User Professor Dr Rüdiger Bormann, Institute for Materials Research, GKSS Research Centre, 21502 Geesthacht,, Germany.

Tuesday 12 June 2007, 14:35-15:05

House Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, New Museums Site.

The Research Councils Energy Programme and its role in supporting fuel cell research

User Professor Nigel Brandon, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, UK.

Tuesday 12 June 2007, 14:05-14:35

Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR)

Nuclear Fusion as a Global Energy Source? Work at UKAEA Culham Laboratory and elsewhere to harness fusion energy

User Professor Chris Llewellyn-Smith FRS. Director, UKAEA Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Oxford.

House Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Churchill College.

Monday 11 June 2007, 19:30-21:00

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

The role of packaging in society

User Dick Searle, Chief Executive of the Packaging Federation.

House Lecture Room, Institute for Manufacturing IfM.

Wednesday 06 June 2007, 17:00-18:00

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

The UK's National Industrial Symbiosis Programme

User Peter Laybourn, Director of NISP.

House Lecture Room, Institute for Manufacturing IfM.

Wednesday 23 May 2007, 17:00-18:00

Cambridge University Student Pugwash Society Talks

Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air

User David MacKay (Cavendish Laboratory).

House Lounge, The Graduate Union.

Wednesday 16 May 2007, 20:00-21:00

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Impacts of Climate Change on Contaminated Land and Containment Systems

User Sinead Smith (CUED).

House Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 04 May 2007, 16:30-17:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Sustainable Development

User Professor Sir David King (Chief Scientific Advisor to HM Government).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 02 May 2007, 18:00-19:30

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Silbury Hill – An Ancient Environmental Icon

User Dr Dick Parry.

House Engineering Department - LR6.

Friday 27 April 2007, 16:30-17:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Why sustainable development might be bad for the environment

User Professor Susan Owens, Cambridge University.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 25 April 2007, 18:00-19:30

Stephen Stretton's list

An Environmental Case for Nuclear Energy? Talk and kick-off meeting

User Stephen Stretton: Cambridge Zero Carbon Society & Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy.

House Bowett Room, Queens College.

Thursday 15 March 2007, 19:30-20:45

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

A new sustainable way of life - the sine qua non of human development ? CANCELLED

User Clare Short MP (CANCELLED).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 14 March 2007, 18:00-19:30

Soc Doc Soc

'Garbage Warrior' sneak-preview screening with director and producer for Q&A

FREE members, £2 non-members

User Ollie Hodge and Rachel Wexler.

House Robinson College, Umney Theatre.

Wednesday 14 March 2007, 17:00-19:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Nuclear power in the light of climate change

User Keith Barnham (Imperial College London), Dave Elliott (Open University), Steve Kidd (World Nuclear Association), Bill Nuttal(Cambridge University Judge Business School).

House Law Faculty LG17.

Wednesday 07 March 2007, 18:45-20:30

One Planet Living

User Pooran Desai OBE (Technical Director and co-founder of Bioregional).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 07 March 2007, 18:00-19:30

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

Can we quantify sustainability ?

User Professor Richard Darton, Oxford University.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 28 February 2007, 18:00-19:30

House Queen's College, Bowett's Room.

Carbon Calculation and your personal footprint

User Rosemary Randall and Andy Brown, Cambridge Carbon Footprint.

Thursday 22 February 2007, 19:30-21:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

When the Rivers Run Dry

User Fred Pearce, New Scientist.

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 21 February 2007, 18:00-19:30

House McCrum Lecture Theatre, Benet's Street (behind the Eagle Pub).

New technology: the answer to climate change?

User Jonathan Kohler, Tyndall Centre.

Monday 12 February 2007, 19:30-21:00

10th Annual Sustainable Development Lecture Series 2012

The promise of energy biosciences

User Dr Steven Koonin (Chief Scientist, BP).

House Lecture Theatre 0, Engineering Department, Trumpington Street.

Wednesday 07 February 2007, 18:00-19:30

House St Catharine's College, Ramsden Room.

Joss Garman from Plane Stupid: Why the green movement is taking to the streets

User Joss Garman, Co-Founder of Plane Stupid.

Tuesday 06 February 2007, 19:30-21:00

fpk1's list

Global Earth Science and Sustainability

C. P. Snow Lecture

User Professor Charles Kennel (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego).

House Theatre, Christ’s College.

Wednesday 24 January 2007, 17:00-18:00

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Nanotechnology and precautionary risk management

NOTE: Rescheduled from Tuesday 5th.

User Professor Roland Clift (Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey).

House Lecture Room, Institute for Manufacturing IfM.

Wednesday 06 December 2006, 17:00-18:00

Sustainable Energy - One-day Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Discussion

User Chair: Ian Fells, University of Newcastle.

House Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Friday 01 December 2006, 16:40-17:30

Sustainable Energy - One-day Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Nuclear fission and fusion

User William J Nuttall, Judge Business School, Cambridge.

House Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Friday 01 December 2006, 15:50-16:30

Sustainable Energy - One-day Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Tide, Wave, and Offshore Wind

User Trevor Whittaker, Queen's University of Belfast.

House Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Friday 01 December 2006, 14:30-15:10

Sustainable Energy - One-day Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Biofuels

User Karl Carter, British Sugar.

House Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Friday 01 December 2006, 13:30-14:10

Sustainable Energy - One-day Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Carbon Sequestration

User Jon Gibbins, Imperial College London.

House Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Friday 01 December 2006, 11:30-12:10

Sustainable Energy - One-day Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Transition from Fossil Fuels

User Nick Butler, B.P..

House Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Friday 01 December 2006, 10:10-10:50

Sustainable Energy - One-day Meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Big Picture

User Daniel Nocera, MIT.

House Pippard Lecture Theatre, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics.

Friday 01 December 2006, 09:10-09:50

Engineering Department Geotechnical Research Seminars

Hurricane Katrina - A Study of Geosystems in Crisis

5.00pm *LR0*

User Professor Tom O’Rourke (School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University).

House Engineering Department - LR0.

Thursday 30 November 2006, 17:00-18:00

Institution of Civil Engineers (Cambridge Branch)

Driven to Extinction? How transport policy can save the world

User Nigel Brigham SUSTRANS.

House Cambridge University Engineering Department, Lecture Room 6.

Wednesday 29 November 2006, 18:00-20:00

Cambridge University Student Pugwash Society Talks

"Climate change and global warming" - Dr William Connolley

User Dr William Connolley.

House Lounge, The Graduate Union.

Tuesday 28 November 2006, 19:30-20:30

House Chemical Engineering Department LT1.

Zero Carbon City Dongtan

User Dr Neil Kirkpatrick, Associate Director, Arup.

Monday 27 November 2006, 19:30-21:00

Manufacturing Research Forum

Rubbish

User Claire Barlow, Production Process Group.

House Seminar Room B, Engineering, Institute for Manufacturing IfM.

Friday 24 November 2006, 10:00-10:40

ELCF - Engineering for a Low Carbon Future (seminar series)

Well Dressed? The present and future sustainability of clothing and textiles in the UK

User Julian M.Allwood, Søren E Laursen, Cecilia M de Rodriguez, Nancy M P Bocken (IfM, University of Cambridge).

House Lecture Room, Institute for Manufacturing IfM.

Wednesday 15 November 2006, 17:00-18:00

House Bateman Auditorium, Gonville and Caius College, CB2 1TA.

Sustainable Energy - Without the Bullshit

User Prof. David MacKay, Physics Dept.

Thursday 26 October 2006, 20:00-21:30