It is undoubtedly crunch time for the environment and our staff and students are committed to leading the way in action, not just words, in the fight to combat climate change. We celebrate some of these Wins here in our RoundUp of the year, and hope that it inspires you to take some action in your own way in 2022 too.
Our Real-World Impact
- After the School’s Declaration of a Climate and Ecological Emergency, we remain committed to leading the way in action, not just words. Staff and students voted on potential policies for the school to reduce its emissions. Find out more about our actions.
- Many congratulations to DICE alumni Simson Uri-Khob and Rachel Ikemeh who were honoured at the Tusk Conservation Awards ceremony. More about their work.
- The School joined a Major Europe-Wide Reforestation consortium. Learn more.
- SAC graduates Dalia Tarazi & Massimo D’Aloia Thompson formed a hands-on, award-winning environmentally active society. They tell us how they did it!
Inspiring the next generation
- Dr Sarah Johns appeared on BBC’s Operation Ouch! with Dr Xand van Tulleken. The episode ‘How to Train a Brain’ was filmed in the Darwin lab on campus! Watch here.
- Dr Jake Bicknell took part in a TEDx along with eight other speakers, “It’s a real pleasure to be able to spread the word about why and how we can protect our planet”. Watch here.
- Our campus was the perfect place for a BioBlitz – an interactive event, to record as many living species as possible within a specific area, in a short amount of time. Read more from Jacob Coles, Emily Rampling, Sicily Fiennes and Kieran Richardson.
We welcomed
- Little Amal’s visit was a stark reminder of the geopolitical significance conflicts have on forced migration. Read more about her visit.
- Professor Erik Meijaard joined the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology (DICE) for their prestigious annual lecture series. Watch here.
- Tim Marshall, author of best-seller ‘Prisoners of Geography’ gave a distinguished Geography & Environment public lecture. Find out more.
- Professor Frédéric Keck, CNRS France Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale, Collège de France, Paris joined us at the Templeman Lecture Theatre for this prestigious annual Social Anthropology Lecture. More information.
Crunch time for the environment
- With record-high temperatures causing devastation in Canada and North-West USA, Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem, explains the link between urban areas and the global climate crisis. Read here.
- Linh Bao Nguyen published research that sought to understand consumer demand for bushmeat in urban centres of Cameroon focusing on the endangered pangolin. Learn more.
- Research by Dr Tatyana Humle, DICE alumnus Thomas Evans and James Wingard found that the habitats of West African chimpanzees are threatened due to inadequate legislative protection from human development. Read more.
- ‘You’ve seen the fires, you’ve seen the floods, you’ve read the news reports. You’re scared.’ Dr Charlie Gardner, Associate Senior Lecturer at DICE blogged about what we can each do.
Life after Kent…
- Anthropology graduate, Teaching Assistant and prospective science teacher in Cornwall, Peter Saunders shared his experience of taking on a role during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Read his story.
- Ethnobotany Masters graduate Dr Kay Evelina Lewis-Jones explained in the Guardian’s Education section what an ethnobotanist is, and how she came to be one. Read here.
- DICE alumna Brittney Vezina asked how can protected area managers implement conservation goals without exacerbating poverty? Learn how.
The HSS division launched Summer Bites!
- A month of bitesize talks from the Schools of Anthropology and Conservation, Economics, Politics and International Relations, and Psychology about the study of humans and the systems we use to live on the planet we inhabit. Watch the series on YouTube.
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