Welcome to the October edition of the RSGS e-news!
We are excited to share the trailer for our upcoming documentary Scotland: Our Climate Journey. We give an update about on our latest Inspiring People talk with cave diver Jill Heinerth.
Our next online GeoQuizzical event will take place on Monday 15th November, and we are excited to share a special COP26 edition of our magazine, The Geographer.
Recently, RSGS was one of 79 geographical societies to sign a joint declaration ahead of COP26, an outcome of the online conference we convened in June. And finally, we are delighted to add Emma Revie as one of our RSGS Honorary Fellows.
Scotland: Our Climate Journey
We are delighted to have released the trailer for our upcoming documentary Scotland: Our Climate Journey. The film narrates Scotland’s climate journey through the past, present and future, mapping how far the country has come as one of the leading nations in climate change policy, and how far it still has to go. This insightful, fascinating and encouraging feature-length documentary, presented by the RSGS in collaboration with Balfour Beatty, is narrated by a wide range of individuals from across the country, offering different perspectives, and all contributing in the battle against climate change.
We are already being approached by communities, businesses and schools who are keen to run screenings of this film. Please get in touch with us at RSGS if you would be interested in doing so too, or register through the website www.scotlandsclimatejourney.co.uk, where you can also watch the trailer, and register for news regarding upcoming screenings.
Watch the trailer for Scotland: Our Climate Journey below!
Scotland: Our Climate Journey- Trailer
Inspiring People - Jill Heinerth Tomorrow
Tomorrow we will be hearing from Jill Heinerth for our latest Inspiring People talk! In a sport once tagged as the domain of adrenaline junkies, cave divers have become an important asset to scientists exploring global climate change, archaeology, water issues, and unique biology. Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker Jill Heinerth will share stories from expeditions into caves from Antarctica and Bermuda to the Bahamas. She’ll offer a fast-paced multimedia show about tiny venomous creatures and ancient lofty stalagmites that tell the story of Earth before man.
Please visit RSGS.org/public-events to view the full programme for our 2021-22 Inspiring People talks. Tickets for all of our talks before the New Year can now be booked at RSGS.org/events.
Our next GeoQuizzical event will take place on Monday 15th November at 7:30pm over Zoom. The quiz will be in the usual format of eight rounds of eight questions, with prizes on offer!
Tickets are £3 per device, with all proceeds to support the work of the Society. Book your tickets now by clicking on the ‘tickets’ button below.
As one of our activities for COP26, we have published a special COP26 edition of our magazine, The Geographer, created in partnership with US tech company Jacobs. The magazine features a remarkable collection of articles exploring key topics for the UN Climate Conference from a number of prominent figures including former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, former Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney, Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Sophie Howe, Presiding Officer of Scottish Parliament Alison Johnstone MSP, and CEO of Jacobs Steve Demetriou. The magazine hopes to highlight the climate leadership of Scotland, and recognise that solving the climate change is not only essential, but our best hope to come together as a global community.
You can now read the magazine in full by clicking on the button below. Please share it with others.
John Geiger, CEO, RCGS (left) with Michael L Ulica President and Chief Operating Officer, National Geographic (right) with the Joint Declaration.
Ahead of COP26, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched a joint declaration of Global Geographical Societies, in which they pledge to redouble efforts to help deliver a better tomorrow, endorse the need for action on the climate and biodiversity crises, and call for world leaders to place the protection of nature and a liveable climate at the centre of the world’s economics and politics. The joint declaration was signed by over 79 global geographical societies and organisations from 58 countries including USA, Scotland, Russia, China, Canada, South Africa, and India.
The development of the declaration is one of the outcomes of an international online conference in June 2021, convened by RSGS with partners from the Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) and the International Geographical Union (IGU). In attendance were 65 delegates from 28 different countries, representing many of the world’s leading geographical societies. Read more about the joint declaration on our blog.
Emma Revie, RSGS Honorary Fellow
We were delighted to welcome Emma Revie as an RSGS Honorary Fellow. Emma is Chief Executive of the Trussell Trust, a charity that supports a network of over 1,200 food bank centres to provide emergency food to people in crisis, offer additional support and campaign for change. Since joining in February 2018, she has been instrumental in the Trust’s work to commission the largest ever piece of research into hunger in the UK while also creating a five-year strategy to end the need for food banks entirely. It is an honour to include Emma as one of our RSGS Honorary Fellows.
