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Is environmental justice something you often consider, are working towards, or would like to find out more about?
We’re excited to announce our fourth annual RENEW Biodiversity Parliament, taking place on Mon 3rd 10:00 – Tues 4th 15:00 November, online. This year we’re creating an interactive online space to collectively explore what environmental justice means in theory and in practice, to inspire our thinking and steps towards positive action. Programme details will follow in due course, but you can expect an exciting and interactive agenda of provocations, panel talks, facilitated discussions, case studies and creative, exploratory workshops.
For more information about this event please contact: renew@exeter.ac.uk
London Wetland Centre | WWT London, Queen Elizabeth Walk, Barnes, London, SW13 9WT
At this parliament we invited our RENEW community to contribute directly to our collective understanding of the diverse aspirations and visions for the future of biodiversity renewal. We offered a unique opportunity to participate in research being led by our ExCASES ‘mission’ team, discussing together areas of agreement and disagreement around biodiversity renewal whilst working collaboratively towards a shared understanding which we hope will encourage better and fairer land management, and greater efficacy of biodiversity renewal efforts in the UK.
The event was hosted at The London Wetland Centre close to central London, on the banks of the River Thames in Barnes. The Parliament was delivered by a range of speakers, ‘provocateurs’ to frame participatory workshop activities that drew on participant survey responses to explore a wide-range of perspectives and aspirations. By the end of the event, we aimed to better identify what is required to achieve more equitable, collaborative and effective biodiversity renewal practices, strategies, and policies.
Read Postgraduate Researcher, Ryan Nolan’s Parliament blog post here
National Trust Headquarters, Heelis, Swindon
Our second Parliament moved from University of Exeter to National Trust headquarters, with the RENEW research teams delivering a lively set of research updates and interactive workshops with partners, in contrast with the murky November weather outside. Jade’s Green Kitchen, formerly Head chef at the World’s only vegan football club, Forest Green Rovers, kept everyone physically fed whilst a thread of poetry throughout the event satiated creative and collaborative hunger.
Reed Hall, University of Exeter, Exeter
Our inaugural Biodiversity Parliament – the launch event for RENEW – took place on 18-19 October and brought together the RENEW team and representatives of over 20 partner organisations to workshop pressing questions around people, nature, and biodiversity renewal. Inspired by the Select Committees of Westminster, provocations on the themes of ‘No Access without Impact?’ and ‘What Cost Food Security?’ were shared and debated, prompting us to think collectively and ambitiously about how to make a people-in-nature approach to biodiversity renewal a success.
For more information about the 2022 parliament, read our event summary, find out about our inspired, low-waste event dinner, and get a flavour of the impromptu poetry performance that delighted delegates during the event close.
