May
Events
5th-9th
The Gaian
Leadership
Course,
Herefordshire
7th
Earthwatch
Lecture -
Conserving
Biodiversity in the
Americas,
London
12th
Extinction Risk in
Common Species,
London
12th
European EMS Forum, Brussels
13th-15th
Sustainable
Development
& Planning,
Cyprus
15th
Guardian Climate Change Summit, London
18th
Cafe scientifique:
The Science of
Complexity,
London
June
Events
1st
Field Techniques for Surveying Vegetation, Oxford
2nd
Insite2009, Watford
5th- 8th
Sustainable Development Research Conference, Utrecht
9th
Bushmeat & Fisheries within the Livelihood Context, London
9th
Unravelling Climate Change Models, Oxford
10th
Researching Transform-ational Learning through ESD, International-isation & Citizenship, Cheltenham
10th
Climate Change & the Water Sector, London
10th
Economics of Climate Change, Oxford
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other events,
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April 2009
IES News
Thinking & Acting Sustainably: A training manual
PP4SD have developed a new training manual for sustainability. It is aimed at professionals working in the voluntary, public and private sectors. The course includes everything required for a trainer to deliver a one-day course, including pre-reading reading material, slides and handouts. To order a copy visit the PP4SD page on the IES website.
The Language of Sustainability: Shouting but not being heard
On Monday 27th April, the IES in conjunction with PP4SD and PARN, held a one day conference on the language of sustainability. The conference, attended by forty participants, looked at the way in which different groups approach and convey sustainability. One of the participants, Morgan Phillips, wrote a report on the day on his excellent blog, Becoming Green. Slides and activities from the event will be added to the IES website shortly.
 Marathon
Adam Donnan, our Senior Executive Officer completed the London Marathon on 26th April in 3 hours 40 minutes. This was his first marathon which he was running in aid of Asthma UK. You can still sponsor him here.
Office Closure
The IES office will be closed from May 4th -8th. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Website Poll
The majority of visitors to the IES website have shown their continuing dissatisfaction with the UK Government's environmental credentials, despite recent high profile legislation. 68% of the 175 votes cast felt campaigners from more than 40 developing countries were right to brand the UK Government a "climate criminal". This month's question comes from the recent conference on Sustainability and asks "Has the term 'sustainability' become meaningless?" To vote, visit the IES homepage.
 First IES Hong Kong Meeting
The first regional meeting of IES members in Hong Kong took place on 16th April. The participants heard speeches on Evidences of Global Warming from LI Hau-leung, author of Looking for the polar bear in the South Pole and CHING Sze-ho, Ken, Director of Eco-education and Resources Centre.
Welcomes & Goodbyes
Charlotte Cook, Emma Littleton and Bea Ayling are the latest recruits to join the IES intern scheme. We also say farewell to Bence Tarnai who has worked at the IES since October 2007. Bence is returning to a job in Hungary. We wish him all the best for the future.
ES Links
Green Budget?
The UK Treasury's Budget of April 22nd, entitled Building Britain's Future, contained a number of important environmental announcements, including new investment in carbon capture and storage, support for combined heat and power (CHP) and £375m for energy and resource efficiency in households, businesses and public buildings. Other notable announcement included £525m to support offshore wind projects.
Articles
UK Pollutant Release & Transfer Register
The UK Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (UK PRTR) web pages launched on Wednesday 29th April. The site holds pollutant data from a wide range of industrial installations across the UK, including: refineries; power stations; and the comparatively less polluting activities that are regulated by local authorities (A2 and some Part B installations).The web pages will be available to the public at no charge. The PRTR pages, which are underpinned by a publicly searchable pollutant database, will hold pollutant release data to all media i.e. air, land and water. read more...
Stuart Franklin, Heike Strelow - Footprint: Our Landscape in Flux
Reviewed by Bea Ayling
 The objective of this collection of photographs is clear and simple - to highlight the human impact on the changing environment, and it does just that. Stuart Franklin's European-focused photos, presenting problems varying from flooding in Germany and retreating glaciers in the Alps to human industrialisation and globalisation in Spain and Russia, reveal a stark reality, which is both beautiful and tragic. read more...
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