Women in Climate (WiC) network
Women in Climate (WiC) network
Most of our events are hybrid. Please join us in person at the University of Exeter, Met Office or online. Recently we have had a number of people reach out asking if we will be recording an upcoming session. We do not record any of our events. Our motivation for not recording our events is that we want to create an open forum for discussion without compromising how we express ourselves for fear of a recording being publicly available. However, the main points from a meeting are normally written up in a blog style article which you can access on our ‘Past Events’ page.
For each WiC event, we send out an email with the Teams link so you can join in the discussion. If you would like to sign-up to our mailing list please contact one of our organisers (see here for list of organisers).
Theme: WiC and GSI film screening of Wilding, followed by a pre-recorded Q&A session with Isabella Tree.
Date/Time: 16 January 2025 14:00-17:00
Event Location: LT6, Laver Building, University of Exeter. The screening will be available to a very limited number of people online.
Event Description: The film is based on the bestselling book by Isabella Tree.
‘Wilding tells the story of a young couple that bets on nature for the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate. The young couple battles entrenched tradition, and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature. Ripping down the fences, they set the land back to the wild and entrust its recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding experiments in Europe.’
The film is 1 hour 15 minutes long, this will be followed by a pre-recorded 26-minute Q&A session with Isabella Tree (conservationist and author). We will then have time for a discussion for those who wish to stay longer (a Teams meeting will be started for those who join online).
Please contact Daisy Harley-Nyang for any questions about this event.
Theme:
Date/Time: Tuesday 11th February at 10:30-11:30.
Event Location: Laver 825 at the University of Exeter, C2 1&2 at the Met Office and online.
Event Description: We will be hosting a discussion focused on working parents who are scientists. We hope to be joined by parents and people without children. The discussion will be a safe space to discuss the challenges of working parents, how your work is impacted by your caring commitments and any other challenge you would like to discuss.
Theme: Allyship
Date/Time: Thursday 13th March at 11:30-12:30
Event Location: Laver 825, Laver Building, University of Exeter, F2-1 Met Office and online.
Event Description: Allyship means actively supporting a marginalized group (for example ethnic minorities, women/girls, LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities) without identifying as a member of that group. Our discussion will be as broad as possible to encourage everyone who is interested to learn more about allyship to join. We will be discussing: