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SUMMARY:Communities of Environmental Knowledge
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an informal research café exploring the ways comm
 unity support and involvement connect to environmental action.\n\nCommun
 ity support and involvement are crucial to the success of environmental 
 action\; diversity of both knowledge and experience are central to achie
 ving effective and equitable change. This research café brings together 
 four panel members whose work focuses on a range of environmental issues
  within a civic context and in creative collaboration with community org
 anisations or groups\, including: equal access to green space\, promotin
 g biodiversity in inner city Manchester\, inclusive environmental knowle
 dge\, and imagining a botanical garden for the twenty-first century. Eac
 h will speak briefly about what 'communities of knowledge’ means to them
  and their projects\; this will be followed by a panel discussion\, whic
 h welcomes contributions from all attendees.\n\n\nAgenda:\n\n12 - 12:40p
 m - Lunch and networking\n\n12:40 - 1:15pm - Presentations from speakers
  Saima Ansari\, David Bailey\, Giles Johnson and Lucy Stowell-Smith\n\n1
 :15 - 1:35pm - Pannel discussion led by Anke Bernau\n\n1:35 - 2pm - Audi
 ence Q+A\n\n2pm - Event end\n\n\nPanellists:\n\nChair: Anke Bernau (Lead
  for ‘Civic and Creative Futures’\, Creative Manchester)\n\nDr Saima Ans
 ari is a Research Associate on the Towards Inclusive Environmental Susta
 inability (TIES) project at the Sustainable Consumption Institute\, Univ
 ersity of Manchester. Her work explores how migrant and faith-based comm
 unities engage with environmental sustainability\, with a particular foc
 us on Muslim-led communities in Manchester. Building on the TIES researc
 h\, she investigates the sustainability practices and perspectives of So
 mali and Pakistani migrant households and leads civic engagement work th
 rough the Green Roots\, Global Voices project\, which seeks to advance a
  more inclusive and community-centred green agenda.\n\nDavid Bailey is L
 ecturer in Portuguese Cultural Studies at the University of Manchester. 
 His recent research examines the role of informal recycling and waste ma
 nagement in African cultures. He also works closely with community group
  Friends of the Medlock Valley\, based in Beswick\, Manchester. Their Hu
 manities-funded project last year brought together students\, scholars a
 nd local communities to help improve one of the city’s most important na
 ture spaces. It won a Better World award from the Faculty of Science and
  Engineering and has been shortlisted for a Making a Difference Award th
 is year.\n\nGiles Johnson is professor of environmental plant physiology
 \, in the School of Natural Sciences. His research focuses on how plant 
 growth is impacted by environmental stress\, including looking at extrem
 es of temperature\, water and light\, especially in naturally fluctuatin
 g conditions. He is also academic director of the University Botanical G
 rounds\, home to an extensive living plant collection which is used for 
 research\, teaching\, well-being and inspiring the community.\n\nLucy St
 owell-Smith leads the Urban Nature team at Groundwork Greater Manchester
 \, a charity with a mission to create thriving nature rich urban environ
 ments\, co-created with communities & cared for in the long term. With o
 ver 20 years’ experience in landscape design\, park management\, and com
 munity engagement\, including senior roles at the City of London Corpora
 tion\, Lucy brings a deep passion for plants\, people\, and place-making
 . Lucy has recently led the launch of Groundwork’s Community-Led Nature 
 Stewardship Package which supports communities to take the lead in creat
 ing\, restoring and caring for their local green and blue spaces\, in al
 ignment with the GMCA’s Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Space 0\, Contact Theatre\, Oxford Road\, Manchester\, M15 6JA
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