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SUMMARY:Natural Connection: What Indigenous Wisdom & Marginalised People T
 each us about Environmental Action - Joycelyn Longdon (University of Cambr
 idge)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250507T170000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250507T180000
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DESCRIPTION:In this seminar\, University of Cambridge environmental justic
 e researcher\, Joycelyn Longdon will share her lyrical book Natural Connec
 tion. Natural Connection celebrates the histories and extraordinary acts o
 f Indigenous and marginalised communities –  from the US to the UK\, Bra
 zil to Iran\, Ghana to Ethiopia – who have paved the way for today’s e
 nvironmental movement and presents 6 key pillars\, RAGE\, IMAGINATION\, IN
 NOVATION\, THEORY\, HEALING\, CARE to root us in our intrinsic connection 
 with the natural world\, celebrating the power of community. \n\nJoycelyn 
 Longdon is an award-winning environmental justice researcher and educator.
  Her PhD research at the University of Cambridge centres on the design of 
 justice-led conservation technologies for monitoring biodiversity with loc
 al forest communities in Ghana.\n\nHer work makes more accessible topics o
 f climate justice\, climate colonialism\, activism\, creativity and system
 s change across a variety of forums on and offline and for platforms inclu
 ding Meta\, The United Nations Geneva Dialogues\, Channel 4\, Cheltenham S
 cience Festival\, Oxford University\, The National Lottery\, The Design Co
 uncil and The Wellcome Collection.\n\nJoycelyn was 2022’s winner of the 
 Emerging Designer London Design Medal\, was featured in British Vogue’s 
 December 2023 ‘Forces for Change’ Issue and is a and is a TEDx Alumni.
  Most recently\, she has been listed as one of Pique Action and Harvard Ch
 an C-CHANGE's 2024 Climate Creators to Watch and as one of Country and Tow
 n House’s Future Icons Power People 2024.\n\nThe Nature-based Solutions 
 Initiative\, Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery\, and Biodiversity Netw
 ork are interested in promoting a wide variety of views and opinions on na
 ture recovery from researchers and practitioners.\n\nThe views\, opinions 
 and positions expressed within this lecture are those of the author alone\
 , they do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the Nature-based
  Solutions Initiative\, Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery/Biodiversity
  Network\, or its researchers.\n\n\nSpeakers:\nJoycelyn Longdon (Universit
 y of Cambridge)
LOCATION:Oxford Martin School\, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
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