Climate Matters
A day of talks and stalls about climate problems and solutions.
The day will run from 9.30am to 5pm. You can come to the whole day or any part of it, but please arrive 15 minutes before any talk you would like to attend. So please arrive by 9.45am for the first talk. Many thanks.
The event is being organised by Cardigan Extinction Rebellion (XR).
Suggested donation of £2 - £10 for attending the day or any part of it.
What will be happening?
Talks:
10 - 11am ‘The Colour of Climate Justice’ by Jeremy Williams, author of Climate Change is Racist: Race, Privilege and the Struggle for Climate Justice.
11.30 - 12.30pm ‘Gardening in a Crisis’ by Jake Rayson, a wildlife forest garden designer
1.30 - 2.30pm ‘Teifi Estuary in Climate Change’ by Tim Wright who has been monitoring natural process change occurring in the Teifi estuary and at other locations on the Cardigan Bay coast over the past 15 - 20 years.
3 - 4pm ‘Climate Science and Activism’ by Dr Hazel Beaumont, a Senior Lecturer in Geoscience, teaching at the University of the West of England.
Hot drinks and food will be available (for donations) in the breaks between talks. Please bring your own cup, bowl and spoon or fork if you can, although these can be provided.
Stalls:
Campaigning and pressure groups
Community growing / productive gardening
Local resilience groups
River pollution groups
Green building
Renewable energy
Energy efficiency
Healing
Nature and biodiversity
Repair cafés
Bee-keeping
Activities:
E-bikes to see and how to choose one to suit you (between 12pm and 3pm)
Block printing - printing iconic XR images and words on your own clothing, bags or on patches provided. So remember to bring an item to print on if you’d like to!
A display on the science of climate change
Free seeds and trees
Badge-making
Further notes on the talks and speakers:
THE COLOUR OF CLIMATE JUSTICE
Jeremy Williams is a writer and campaigner for environmental and social justice, author of Climate Change is Racist: Race, Privilege and the Struggle for Climate Justice. He has worked on projects for Oxfam, WWF, RSPB and many others; he writes The Earthbound Report (Britain’s leading sustainability blog), and has a side-line as a children’s author. He grew up in Madagascar and Kenya, and now lives in Luton, UK.
The Colour of Climate Justice - those who are most vulnerable to climate change have done the least to cause it, while those with the largest carbon footprints are the last to feel the effects. This is the fundamental question of climate justice, and there are several dimensions to it - geographic, economic, intergenerational. There's also a racial dimension to climate change that is less discussed and easily misunderstood. Drawing on his book Climate Change is Racist, Jeremy will investigate the connection between race and climate change. Is climate change racist? If so, how? And why?
GARDENING IN A CRISIS
Jake Rayson is a wildlife forest garden designer. He runs workshops and works with community groups and schools to create resilient spaces that are good for wildlife and people, using integral habitat, edible perennials and native plants.
Gardening in a Crisis focuses on what people can do locally, i,e. create private and community gardens that support ecosystems whilst engaging people. It also indicates how this work can extend further afield. His website is natureworks.org.uk
TEIFI ESTUARY IN CLIMATE CHANGE
Tim Wright is a retired science and geography teacher. He trained in the Earth Sciences and has a particular interest in the Quaternary geological period. He is a member of the Quaternary Research Association and has spent over 40 years recording evidence of the de-glaciation of the Teifi valley. Over the past 15 - 20 years he has been monitoring natural process change occurring in the Teifi estuary and at other locations on the Cardigan Bay coast with his friend and colleague Chris Evans.
Tim has also delivered a series of talks on sea level rise and its associated problems specifically aimed at broadening community involvement.
Teifi Estuary in Climate Change - Can we spot how a changing climate is contributing to changes in the Teifi estuary and Cardigan Bay coast. We will also look at how we can work on local solutions in the knowledge that this will be an evolving theme.
CLIMATE SCIENCE AND ACTIVISM
Dr Hazel Beaumont is a Senior Lecturer in Geoscience and teaches at the University of the West of England. She explains: My current research focuses on microplastics and understanding how they travel through and where they are stored within fluvial [river] systems. At UWE I help student to understand extraction for resources and environmental assessments. I'm a coordinator for Geoscience for the Future: https://geoscienceforthefuture.com/which I am very passionate about. At Geoscience for the Future our goal is to show how Geoscience gives us tools to tackle the biggest challenges facing our world – from fighting the climate crisis, to managing resources, to protecting communities from hazards. I also wrote this: http://geoscienceforthefuture.com/coping-with-climate...
Climate Science and Activism. Looking at the science behind climate change and the urgency of the crisis, and going on to look at ways of taking effective action for a more hopeful future.
Full details on Facebook event here and on Extinction Rebellion Aberteifi/Cardigan website here.
For further information, please contact cardiganxr@protonmail.com , phone 07787 197630.
