Why the Green Road Begins in the Brown Earth
A talk on the important role that obscure but critical metals such as rare-earth elements, lithium and cobalt play in our modern high-tech society, for electric vehicles, wind turbines and beyond. There is little doubt that the increased electrification of transportation and energy systems will be a pivotal part of our society’s response, to the …
“Do you recycle? “
Do you recycle? Do you know how to recycle? Do you know what to recycle? Come join us at Macclesfield SciBar on the 25th September to go through what goes where, how to support local and national charities from your waste and what to do to get stop adding to landfill.
What if it’s a perfect storm?
In the UK wintertime storms and floods can cause large losses that can reach billions of pounds, and if they happen at the same time this would be worse! By worse, think “hard to manage”. This will be an interactive talk on natural hazard risk, with a focus on wintertime in the UK.
The Ecology of Peat bogs and why save Cheshire’s peatlands?
Dark, peaty soils cover an increasing part of Britain as you head to the higher rainfall areas in the north and west. In many poorly drained upland and lowland landscapes, a peat layer formed over thousands of years and is several metres deep, rich in organic matter – and therefore rich in carbon. Globally, peatlands …
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Circular Microeconomies: how the internet inspires 21st century sustainability
Ethar is an applied mathematician, technologist and owner and CEO of ReallyRecycle.com A first of it’s kind distributed doughnut economy for plastic waste that combines mechanical recycling, and 3D printing to deliver low emission products, whilst also working on regenerative work across all 17 SDGs.
Environmental Issues of Our Time
In his talk tonight Peter will concentrate on the science behind the ‘Environmental Issues of our Time’ and would welcome, after the interval, a discussion on our various options for the future.
The vole truth: observing our native endemic vole subspecies on skomer island across the decades
Datasets get more valuable the longer they are collected and Dr Claire Risley has been lucky enough to be involved in the continuation of data collection on one of our most interesting mammals: the skomer island vole. Please join us on the 26th February to see the first albino skomer vole discovered! About Claire: Claire …
Home Retrofit Unpacked
People are increasingly talking about home retrofit – retrospectively fitting energy saving improvements to a home – as a way to help the UK meet its climate targets and fix our incredibly cold, damp and unhealthy homes! In this talk, Jonathan Atkinson of the Carbon Co-op and People Powered Retrofit outlines the background behind retrofit: …