The Burntwood Lecture, which takes place in November of each year, provides an opportunity for an eminent speaker to talk on a current, critical and often controversial environmental theme.
Our speaker Charles Jonathan Godfray CBE FRS is Hope Professor of Zoology at Jesus College Oxford University.
Soapbox Science is a hugely successful public engagement project promoting women working in the sciences and the science research and scientific applications they pioneer.
Do you want to increase the visibility of your sector and your work, as well as providing some inspiration and role models for budding young female scientists?
We are on the lookout for some female speakers and company sponsors to get involved. Contact Emma for more information.
The use of drones or UAS (‘unmanned aerial systems’) has received much media attention with reports covering everything from controversial military applications, to their position at the forefront of the latest Christmas toy craze. Perhaps less frequently publicised is the potential of these small flying platforms for environmental applications. However, within both academic and commercial arenas things are evolving rapidly.
We are pleased to present Routes to Clean Air, a two-day conference where academics, professionals and policy-makers will be able to share their experiences of improving traffic emissions. This event is part of the Bristol European Green Capital 2015 programme of events.
A number of international speakers will be talking at Routes to Clean Air, highlighting the importance of public communication and behavioural change surrounding road transport and air quality issues.
The bodies of murder victims, either whole or in pieces, often finish up in rivers and canals. For the last fifteen years or so, Carolyn Roberts has worked as an Expert Witness with various UK police forces to apply the principles of environmental science in murder investigations. In these most tragic and gruesome settings, environmental science can help to identify where bodies have come from, or gone to. Drawing on a number of macabre case studies, the talk will take you from the details of particular cases to the general principles of tracing bodies.
Air quality practitioners quantify the ecological impacts of air pollution, but rely on ecologists to assess the effects.
This event shall bring together the two professions in order to learn how each contributes to the overall process and to discuss how the assessments could be improved.
The meeting will raise the question ‘is new guidance required to assist our members?’
Programme
The soft launch of guidance from Environmental Protection UK (EPUK) and the Institute of Air Quality Management (IAQM) on dealing with air quality within the land-use planning and development control processes.
The intended audience for this guidance is made up of air quality and planning officers within local authorities, and developers and consultants involved in the preparation of development proposals and planning applications.
Science and the Law
The Committee for Heads of Environmental Science (CHES) currently accredits 75 programmes across 26 Higher and Further Education Institutions and has 44 departmental members both in the UK and internationally. Now, more than ever, CHES provides the crucial voice needed in environmental education and since the merger with the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) in 2013 we are presented with a unique and historic opportunity to realise our capacity to influence, shape and enact the future of environmental sciences.
