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SUMMARY:Intergenerational conference on Climate Change\, Risk and Resilie
 nce Organised by Manchester Environmental Education Network and Sustaina
 ble Consumption Institute\, University of Manchester
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DESCRIPTION:Around the world\, climate change is intensifying socio-envir
 onmental risks and making these more unpredictable. As well as being the
  generation expected to live longest with the effects of climate change\
 , children and young people are recognized as amongst the most vulnerabl
 e to these effects. Children and young people should not be regarded sol
 ely as victims of climate change\, however: they hold unique perspective
 s on its many manifestations and potential responses.\n \nThis invite on
 ly one-day event is the latest in a series of intergenerational conferen
 ces organised by Manchester Environmental Education Network (MEEN) with 
 the aim to bring together children and adults from Manchester and beyond
  to share and debate ideas prompted by MEEN’s work in Manchester schools
 . This event has been co-organised by the Sustainable Consumption Instit
 ute (SCI)\, University of Manchester\, to coincide with a two-week visit
  to the SCI from Rachel Trajber\, a Brazilian expert on sustainability e
 ducation. Rachel leads the education programme at the Brazilian Governme
 nt's  Centre for the Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters (
 CEMADEN)\, and previously worked as the national environmental education
  coordinator at the Brazilian Ministry of Education. \n \nThe intergener
 ational conference will mark the culmination of the Building Bridges par
 tnership between SCI\, MEEN and CEMADEN and will include short talks\, w
 orkshops and discussions to explore climate change\, risk and resilience
  and think about what can be learned by looking across contexts and brin
 ging together generations. Specifically\, this event will introduce the 
 work of three schools\, one from Manchester\, one in São Paulo state and
  another from the Amazon region\, who have mapped their neighbourhoods f
 or climate related risks and vulnerabilities. There will be key note spe
 akers from Greater Manchester’s Fire Brigade service and CEMADEN and a r
 ange of workshops aimed at a range of age groups including: making a rec
 ycled rain gauge\; designing a sustainable farm\; and school presentatio
 ns dealing with soil contamination and social action on climate change.\
 n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Bridge 5 Mill\, Ancoats\, Manchester
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