Nov.
Events
5th
Energy Futures Lab
Annual Lecture 2008,
London
6th
Solid Recovered
Fuels - A Sustainable
Option for Britain,
London
6th
Is the Government
Failing us on
Climate Change?,
London
10th
The Energy Challenge,
London
11th
Monitoring of Wildlife:
From Individual Behaviours
to Global Distributions,
London
12th
The Burntwood Lecture
2008: Prospects for a
Sustainable Society,
London
17th
Sustainable Urban
Transport, Bristol
17th- 20th
Second International
Symposium on Energy
from Biomass &
Waste, Venice
18th- 20th
Mitigation: Smoke & Mirrors
or Biodiversity Enhancement?,
Glasgow
19th
Developing Sustainably
Drivers, Techniques &
Case Studies, London
20th
Irreplaceable - The
World's Most Invaluable
Species, London
20th- 21st
Halting the Global
Decline in Amphibians:
Research & Practice,
London
20th- 21st
Organic Waste Management
in Urban Environments,
Brussels
21st
Soundings in
Sustainalbility Literacy-
A National ESD
Swap Shop,
Gloucestershire
24th-25th
Environmental Futures:
Creating the Climate
for Change, London
26th
Future Challenges in
AMP5 & Beyond: Focus
on Innovation &
Sustainable Solutions,
Manchester
27th
Green Strategy 2008,
London
28th
Open Meeting – Science
Advisory Council, London
Dec.
Events
2nd
Air Quality Modelling
of Congested Traffic &
Effective Road Traffic
Improvements, London
8th- 10th
NCAS Atmospheric
Science Conference, Bristol
9th
Communication in Mammals:
Deciphering Messages in Visual,
Acoustic & Olfactory
Signals, London
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For further
details on
these and
other events,
see the
events page
of the IES
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October 2008
IES News
Burntwood Lecture 2008
There are less than two weeks left until the Institution's flagship event, the Burntwood Lecture. This year's lecture on 12th November will be given by Tony Juniper, naturalist, ornithologist, author, campaigner, journalist and formerly Director of Friends of the Earth, who will speak on ‘Prospects for a Sustainable Society: What is the correct role for science? ’. As an IES Member you can request free tickets by emailing the IES Office.
IES hosts meeting of Environmental Organisations
On 10th October the Institution hosted a meeting of seventeen environmental organisations exploring opportunities for more effective collaboration. A full report of the event, facilitated by Tony Juniper, will appear in the February Journal.
Upload you CPD Events
The ever-expanding events page of our website now has a nifty feature which allows you to upload events. Make use of this free tool to publicise any environmental science related workshops, conferences or seminars to other IES Members.
CHES seeks Environmental Education Developer
An advert for this position can be found on the IES recruitment pages. The
closing date for applications is 27th November. One benefit -surprisingly not mentioned on the job advert - is that the CHES office is adjacent to ours.
October Journal
By now all professional members should have received the October edition of the Environmental Scientist, which tackles the topic of ecosystem services. If not, we either have the wrong postal address on our records, or you postman has light fingers and an exquisite taste in reading materials.
SocEnv Newsletter
The Institution of Environmental Sciences is a Licensed Constituent Body of the Society for the Environment (SocEnv) enabling us to award the Chartered Environmentalist qualification to those members who meet the criteria laid down by SocEnv. The latest SocEnv Newsletter will be of interest to the 33% of our Full Members that are CEnvs and the other 66% who should be thinking about it.
ES Links
openlearn
openlearn, the £5.65 million project to make OU study materials freely available online, has been launched. The project does not grant qualifications or credits, but does provide a huge amount of online resources for educators, learners and researchers. There are a large number of ES-related units available.
Carbon Emissions from Schools
A report from the Sustainable Development Commission, 'Carbon Emissions from Schools: Where they arise and how to reduce them', argues that schools could halve the 9.4m tonnes of greenhouse gasses they emit each year. The report quantifies for the first time the emissions from school transport, waste and procurement and argues that with decisive actions and strong support from central and local government these could be reduced.
Ancient Tree Hunt
The Ancient Tree Hunt, launched by the Woodlands Trust, aims to recruit thousands of people to help locate and map all the ancient trees across the UK. It will create a comprehensive living database of ancient trees as the first step towards cherishing and caring for them. The project runs until 2011.
Millions of new Environmental Jobs
The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) has released a report, 'Green Jobs: Working towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low Carbon World'. The report suggests the global transition to a low-carbon and sustainable economy can create large numbers of green jobs across many sectors of the economy, and can become an engine of development.
Policy Portal
The Science Council Science Policy Portal aims to draw together position papers and other information on important contemporary science policy issues, especially where there is a significant level of consensus across international or national science communities. Current topics include scientific opinion on climate change, creationism and intelligent design and the use of wastewater biosolids.
The Prince's Rainforests Project Award
The Prince’s Rainforests Project recognises the global role played by the forests in both promoting and mitigating climate change, and the acute pressure put on the rainforests by the worldwide rises in commodity prices and soaring global demand for beef, soya and palm oil. Amateur photographers are invited to submit up to three images along the following themes: What the rainforest means to you – its splendour, animals and plants, destruction and loss; the enjoyment you get out of the forests where you live and the direct and indirect effects of deforestation on your life.
Ground-level ozone in the 21st century
Tropospheric ozone is a global air pollution problem and an important greenhouse gas. In large areas of the industrialised and developing world, it remains one of the most pervasive of the global air pollutants, with impacts on human health, food production, and the environment. 'Ground-level ozone in the 21st century: future trends, impacts and policy implications', a study by the Royal Society, study provides a review of why control efforts in many parts of the world have failed to reduce ozone and evaluates how important ozone is likely to be for human health, climate and the environment by the end of the 21st century.
Articles
Newcastle University Underground Coal Gasification Project
Newcastle University is currently evaluating feasibility studies for a project to pilot the commercial application of a technology for utilising coal reserves to help meet the global imperative for clean energy, whilst minimising the adverse impacts on the climate. The technology in question is Underground Coal Gasification (UCG), with carbon capture and storage (CCS). read more....
UNEP and UNESCO Announce a New and Updated Edition of the YouthXchange Training Kit
YouthXchange is a 'train the trainer' tool that aims to promote sustainable consumption patterns among young consumers worldwide. Among other novelties, this updated guide includes a chapter on how to find a balance between youths’ consumer aspirations of dressing fashionably while at the same time being aware of the impact of their consumption on, for example, climate change. read more....
UK leads Europe in race for Green Energy Investment
The UK is the European hotbed of investment and innovation in low carbon technologies, attracting 41% of the total venture capital and private equity investment in low-carbon SMEs in the EU, according to a report released earlier this month. The new research also reveals that the global sustainable energy market opportunity could reach £2,000 billion per annum by 2030. read more....
HRH The Prince of Wales becomes an Honorary Fellow of the Society for the Environment
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) - of which the IES is a constituent body - is delighted to announce that His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has accepted an Honorary Fellowship of the Society for the Environment. The Society recognises The Prince of Wales as an outstanding ambassador for environmental matters across the many disciplines represented by SocEnv's membership, from ecology and resource management to engineering and the built environment. read more....
How can we create a more sustainable UK?
The Sustainable Development Commission is launching 'Breakthroughs for the 21st Century', an exciting new project for 2009 - and they would like you to be a part of it. They aim to bring together some of the best ideas that will truly put the UK on the path to becoming a sustainable society – one which is strong, healthy and just, and lives within environmental limits. The Commission plans to showcase these ideas in a publication and at a high-level event next summer. read more....
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