Geoengineering and Biodiversity
The third of the University of Bristol workshops on Maintaining Biodiversity. This workshop focused on the emerging question of how geoengineering could affect biodiversity.
Food security and Biodiversity
The second of three workshops at University of Bristol looking at Mainstreaming Biodiversity. Also part of my Climate change and agriculture series, funded by the Cabot Institute. There was a diverse group of attendees and speakers. We were lucky to have talks from Tom Powell (University of Exeter), who works on understanding plants’ role in …
Defining Biodiversity
The first of three workshops at University of Bristol looking at Mainstreaming Biodiversity. This workshop was a big picture introduction to the challenges of defining diversity – both from a scientific perspective, but also from the perspective of e.g. nutrient cycling, ecological outputs etc – i.e. the interaction of biodiversity (loss) with other planetary limits. …
Guns, Germs and Steel, Collapse and The World Until Yesterday – Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond is one of my Geography heros, so when I realised he was speaking in Bristol, I had to go. You can watch Diamond’s lecture online if you missed it. I loved Collapse and although some of his other books felt repetitive to me, I’m still a big fan. Several Diamond book are key reading …
Cabot Institute public lecture: Climate and societies – Gerald Haug
This event was a brief gander through paleoclimate, climate, isotopes and human civilisations. It’s available to watch online if you missed it. Haug covered a lot, but it was an accessible introduction.
The Origin of our Species – Chris Stringer
In the Annual Convocation Lecture, Chris Stringer talked about how research on the origins of humans developed from the 1980s onwards. The sharp eyed may be able to spot me in the photos, talking to my students.
Saving Kyoto
Bristol Festival of Ideas. Graciela Chichilnisky: Saving Kyoto. 2 October 2009.
Can you Imagine Bristol after Oil?
Transition Bristol.