Jan 24, 2021 | Projects and Initiatives
2050 Climate Group is a Scottish, volunteer-led, youth-run charity with a mission to empower young people to take action on the climate crisis since 2014. We aim to equip young leaders with the knowledge and skills they need to take action on the climate crisis...
Jan 15, 2021 | Projects and Initiatives
Project Description During our four years of common time at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, we shared an office. During breaks, we often discussed that we were missing the link between science and society. As we both investigated the melting of the Arctic...
Dec 20, 2020 | Projects and Initiatives
Project Summary I studied natural sciences at Cambridge, and despite the biological focus of my degree, I was shocked at how little the climate emergency was mentioned. When I looked into it more, I found that climate issues are actually really poorly integrated into...
Dec 13, 2020 | Projects and Initiatives
Healthy Planet Cambridge began in 2018, it was started by a group of students from different disciplines, wanting to act on the climate crisis from a health perspective. We are a branch of Healthy Planet UK, and follow their overall aims and methods. In Cambridge,...
Nov 20, 2020 | Projects and Initiatives
A changing climate is affecting all of us, young or old, rich or poor – but in different ways. Whilst we know the facts and figures on the climate crisis, we rarely hear about its real life implications on people in their daily lives. Rural communities, women...
Aug 28, 2020 | Projects and Initiatives
About me I studied Geography at the University of Cambridge. I’d always had an interest in food but, like many people, mainly from a gastronomical perspective. Having volunteered with FoodCycle, I knew that food could be a powerful way to bring people together....