[Committee] Bulletin

Mon Feb 25 11:20:38 GMT 2008

Hi,we should maybe also mention the Cambridge Energy Forum on Thursday 28th
Feb 2008.Gunnar

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Marc Kaufmann <
marc.kaufmannmk at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> can you add any bits that I left off, and can someone else send it out, I
> won't check my computer for some time.
>
> Cheers,
> Marc
>
> - Wednesday 27th February, 5-7pm: Cafe Project Squash @ The Cafe, 22 Jesus
> Lane
> - Thursday 28th February, 7pm, THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE @ Department
> of Pharmacology
> - Tuesday 4th March, 6pm, 'Climate change and it's business impact' by
> Deloitte @ Queen's Building Lecture Theatre, Emma
> -  Sunday 9th of March, 1.30 to 6pm, @ Newnham Old Labs, Newnham College,
> £3 for students, £9 non-students, refreshments (but not lunch) included
> To register, please go to: http://bethechange.org.uk/symposium.cfm
> - U8: International development research projects for students: What are
> the necessary components of a successful post-2012 framework that will
> stabilise atmospheric concentrations of CO2?
> - BIOENERGY DISPLAY IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS DURING SCIENCE WEEK: 7th-16th
> March
>
>
> ****************
> Cafe Project Squash - 5-7, Wednesday 27 Feb, 22 Jesus Lane
> ****************
>
> Hello,
>
> Have you ever dreamed of a CAFE that is open in the evenings, but which is
> not centered around alcohol? A CAFE that is affordable because it's
> volunteer-run AND which follows ethical principles in the food and drink
> it
> serves? Where you can meet up with old friends, but also meet new people
> from inside and outside the University? Where you can stay for hours
> without feeling the pressure to consume? A CAFE that is also used as a
> forum for talks, discussions, as space for art exibitions, performances or
> a meeting place for societies? That is a space not only for you to visit,
> but with which you can get involved?
>
> Then you should be exited to hear that The Cafe
> Project(http://cambridge.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2254414994)is<http://cambridge.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2254414994%29is>hoping to
> open SOON.
>
> We are still looking for people who would like to volunteer a few hours
> every week/every fortnight (serving cake and drinks in the café and/or
> bake
> cakes).
>
> If you think you would lie to get involved then come to our
> SQUASH
> on Wednesday, 27th,
> from 5-7 pm
> at the Café, 22 Jesus Lane.
> ...there will be cake, there will be tea, there will be fun...
>
> If you cannot make it but would still like to get involved or find out
> more
> about the Café Project, then write to cafeproject at cusu.cam.ac.uk
>
> Hope to see you soon,
>
> The Café Project
>
> *************************************************
>
> THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE - what do we know, how do we know it, and
> what should we do?
> ______________________________
> _____________________________________________
> ___________________
>
>
> The Cambridge University Energy Network (CUEN) is delighted to offer you
> the chance to get engaged with a less technical aspect of climate change
> within our second lecture. The theme is on a critical synthesis of
> information from the science and economics of climate change.
>
> This is our inaugural set of annual lectures, and this session promises to
> be an interesting and engaging forum for debate. We are proud to host Dr.
> Chris Hope as our speaker.
>
> Dr. Chris Hope is a University Reader in Policy Modelling at the Judge
> Business School. He builds integrated assessment models of the costs and
> impacts of policies to tackle climate change with the ultimate goal of
> improving public and private decision-making.
>
> Chris Hope has been an advisor to the House of Lords into aspects of
> climate change economics, and a lead author and review editor for the
> third
> and fourth reports of the IPCC, which was awarded a half share of the
> Nobel
> Peace Prize in 2007.
>
> Refreshments will be served!
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
> Time and Date:  Join us at 7pm on Thursday 28th February
>
> Where:  Department of Pharmacology
>
> Registration:  Please Register Here for free:
> http://www.eventbrite.com/event/99184664
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
>
> CUEN brings together the academic community to share knowledge and
> interest
> in issues of energy generation and use. We promote and support a
> structured
> and interdisciplinary approach to teaching and research within sustainable
> energy. This year CUEN is organising the second nationwide Annual Energy
> Symposium for June 2008. For more information about our activities, please
> visit:  www.cuen.org.uk
>
> ****************************************************************
>
> Cambridge University Environmental Consulting Society (CUECS) and the
> Cambridge Climate Coalition proudly present a talk on climate change and
> its business impact.
>
> Andy Jones, a consultant from Deloitte, will be giving a free talk on
> climate change and its business impact in the Queen's Building Lecture
> Theatre, Emmanuel College at 6:00pm, Tuesday 4th March.
>
> His interactive talk will include the following: o An overview of UK &
> international policy mechanisms o The impact of climate change on
> business,
> strategic considerations, impacts by industry, current & potential
> mitigation options for business
>
> Andy is a member of Deloitte's Strategy Consulting practice and works on
> the strategic and economic impact of climate change on businesses. He also
> manages the firm's internal climate change network and thus, is very
> familiar with Deloitte's activities in this space.
>
> Please RSVP to cuecs at cusu.cam.ac.uk
>
> **********************************************************
>
> *****************
>  - CHANGE THE DREAM SYMPOSIUM -
>  *****************
>
>  The Change the Dream Symposium is a day of information and reflection
>  on our relationship with the planet, and a call for us to heal that
>  relationship through a profound inquiry into how we might realise a
>  bold vision: an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling,
>  and socially just human presence on Earth. Indigenous people of South
>  America  refer to our modern worldview as our "dream" and have urged
>  us, for the sake of all life, to "change the dream of the North". The
>  Symposium combines video clips from thinkers and activists with time
>  for reflection and group interaction for the participants. If you are
>  ready to be disturbed, inspired and moved to action, engaged in
>  awakening from and changing the dream of our modern industrial
>  culture, we invite you to come to the Symposium on March 9th.
>
>  Details:
>  On:  Sunday the 9th of March,
>  From:  1.30 to 6pm,
>  At:  Newnham Old Labs, Newnham College
>  £3 for students, £9 non-students, refreshments (but not lunch) included.
>  To register, please go to: http://bethechange.org.uk/symposium.cfm
>
>  'Can we rely on it that a 'turning around' will be accomplished by
>  enough people quickly enough to save the modern world? This question
>  is often asked, but whatever answer is given to it will mislead. The
>  answer "yes" would lead to complacency-- the answer "no" to despair.
>  It is desirable to leave these perplexities behind us and get down to
>  work.'
>
>   E.F.Schumacher
>
>  The symposium is a Cambridge Climate Coalition event.
>  www.cambridgeclimatecoalition.org.uk
>  For more information, please email Antony Melville,
>  antonymelville at googlemail.com.
>
> ****************************************************
>
>
>
> U8: International development research projects for students
>
>
> As part of a special initiative, 8 research projects have just been
> launched, under the title of BPR, the Banner Project Round. Each project
> is
> undertaken by a small student team who will investigate and write a short
> report on a pressing issue in international development (see the titles at
> the bottom - they're great!). The projects provide participants with the
> chance to extend their expertise in a policy area and consider critically
> the actions and effects of different actors. The teams are compromised
> from
> students at universities around the globe - from LSE to Delhi, from
> Edinburgh to Addis Ababa.
>
>
>
> Interested? Good. You can get involved. Time commitment: 5 hours a week
> flexi.
>
>
> To view the project proposals, go to http://www.u8development.com and then
> go to U8 forums >> U8 research projects >> ideas for research projects and
> look at any of the first eight entries all entitled BPR (ignore the one
> entitled Banner Project Round - its just organisation stuff). For more
> information, click http://odauk.org/index.php?section=104. To sign up,
> email U8bannerpr at gmail.com
>
>
> What are the project titles?
>
> Sino-African relations: How are Chinese relations with nations in Africa
> and the Middle East affecting those nations?
>
> How can sustainable peace be brought to Somalia?
>
> What are the necessary components of a successful post-2012 framework that
> will stabilise atmospheric concentrations of CO2?
>
> How will we meet the energy needs of the growing population of the world?
>
> How can the cost of drugs for HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria be sustainably
> lowered for developing nations?
>
> With what success could Brazil's Bolsa Escola scheme be adapted and
> imitated elsewhere?
>
> Analyse the failings of the reconstruction operations in Malaysia in the
> aftermath of the 2005 Tsunami.
>
> *****BIOENERGY DISPLAY IN THE BOTANICAL GARDENS DURING SCIENCE WEEK*******
>
> During Science Week (7th - 16h March), an algal bioreactor will be set up
> in the Botanical Gardens and volunteers from the University are setting out
> to help inform the general public about the potential of bioenergy (in
> particular, the production of biofuels from algae) and about how to reduce
> their individual carbon footprints.  Members of the University are working
> with Cambridge Carbon Footprint on this project, but more volunteers are
> needed to help talk to the public, and inform them about energy issues.  If
> you have any available time during this week, it would be great if you could
> help.  Please contact Anna Stephenson on als53 at cam.ac.uk or phone her on
> 01223 334788 if you are interested.
>
> The Summary and Aims of the project are detailed below.
>
> Summary: *
> We aim to inform about research that uses algae to recycle CO2 from flue
> gas and produce biofuels. Algae need up to 10x less space to recycle CO2
> than land plants, and they do not depend on good soil. We will build a
> small-scale photobioreactor at the Cambridge Botanic Garden, in which we
> will feed algae on air containing 5% CO2 to mimic flue gas, and harvest
> the biomass to make biodiesel. Display boards will explain the challenge
> for researchers, and for our life style: Although algae are very good at
> recycling CO2 (100 te/ha/year), we produce so much, that an area 4x the
> size of Cambridge City Centre would need to be covered with
> photobioreactors to recycle just 10% of the CO2 produced by a small
> power station. Research in Cambridge is aimed at improving the
> efficiency of CO2 fixation by algae. However, the challenge of recycling
> all our CO2 would become less daunting if we produced less to start
> with. Visitors will hence be encouraged to have their carbon footprint
> measured, and will be informed about local Energy Awareness / Climate
> Change activities.
> *Aims: *
> - Inform about the challenges of sustainability and the opportunities
> for bioremediation and bioenergy production using algae (including
> limitations)
> - Give the opportunity to measure visitor's carbon footprint
> - Encourage visitors to find ways in which they can reduce their own
> carbon footprint
> - Inform about Energy Awareness / Climate Change societies and
> activities in the Cambridge area, give the opportunity to join such
> societies / activities.
>
>
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