Climate Change and the Student Movement

SCHEDULE

We are delighted to present our Draft Conference Schedule. While we have made every effort to ensure its accuracy, we must stress that it is subject to change at any time. All changes will be posted on this page, and delegates will be notified by email of any major cancellations or rescheduling.

Conference Schedule

FRIDAY
15:30 Registration Opens
17:00

THE STATE WE'RE IN: SCIENCE FROM THE FRONT LINE
Opening Plenary
- Dr Caroline Lucas MEP (Green Party Principle Speaker)
- Peter Bunyard (founding science editor of the Ecologist)
- David Wasdell (Climate Expert and Political whistleblower on US Science tampering)

19:00 Campaign Success Gathering - Students/Organisations from around the Country lay out their campaigning materials to share tips, skills and ideas
20:00 Ethical Fashion Show, Music and Bands late into the night
 
SATURDAY
08:30 Breakfast and registration for new arrivals
10:00

The Flipping Point: overcoming denial and despair and feeling good about the struggle ahead
George Marshall (Founder of COIN)

11:00 Break
11:15 Themed Workshops 1: False Fixes and Political Problems
WS1 Climate Refugees (STAR) Trading our way into trouble - Carbon offsets and the carbon market (Carbon Trade Watch) The Nuclear Option
(G reenpeace)
Corporate Social Responsibility and its limits (PLATFORM) Incineration: The Case of Newhaven
12:15 Break
12:30 Themed Workshops 2: Some Solutions
WS2 Zero Carbon Britain/Contraction and Convergence (Centre for Alternative Technology) Political Systems: Capitalism, Socialism or Anarchy? Permaculture
(Sussex Roots)

Climate Camp

 
13:30 Lunch (With Campaign Stalls from around the Country) and Fringe debate: "Should Students Fly?"
14:30 Themed Workshops 3: Climate Campaigning Skills
WS3 How to use the Media (New Internationalist)

Planning Your Campaign (People and Planet)

Non-Violent Direct Action (Training Seeds for Change) The Right to Protest (Training Seeds for Change)  
15:30 Break
15:45 Themed Workshops 4: Students as a Force for Change
WS4 What Role Does The N.U.S have in fighting Climate Change? Campaigning Success: Food and Flights in Universities - (Food for US and Eco-Uni) The Importance of Universities in the Climate Campaign Students: Working with Workers - (Workers' Climate Action)

Dead alarm-bells: The capitalist media and the irresistible necessity of new social art (Student Climate Project)

16:45 Break
17:00 WHERE NEXT?: BUILDING THE STUDENT CLIMATE MOVEMENT
With contributions from Climate Camp, People and Planet and many more
(Special Guest Speaker TBA)
 
SUNDAY
10:00 COIN Speaker Training
14.30 NVDA Training