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Climate Control

24 Jun 2016

A long British summer of exhibitions and events at Manchester Museum

Climate Control

We hear about climate change on the news and in the newspapers. Climate change is happening all around us, but this isn’t the time to ignore it, it’s the time to get really, really, creative. Manchester Museum will be staging a series of exhibitions and events for visitors to explore what kind of future they hope for, and what it would take to help make that a reality. A series of exhibitions and events explore the idea that we can’t change the past but we can change the future, and how we can each make a difference to help create the world of our choice.

The programme is being developed in partnership with the Tyndall Centre and Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester, and Manchester A Certain Future, the city’s climate change strategy and action plan.

Climate Control is the Museum's main contribution towwards Manchester's time as European City of Science.

We hope to see you at some of our Climate Control events.

Below are the events in June - watch out for further announcements for July and August: 

For adults

 

Urban Naturalist
Sunday, 26 June (2-4pm)

Free, Adults, Book on Evenbrite or 0161 275 2648 Join Dr Jonathan G Fairman of the Centre for Atmospheric Science, as he explores the recent flooding events. This talk will discuss why the Lancashire floods in 2015 occurred and the physics behind flooding events from a meteorological perspective.

After Hours - Migratory Birds: Poetry and Perceptions and Climate Change
Thursday, 30 June (6-8pm)

Drop in, free, adults

A panel bringing together a poet, a literary scholar, a climate change scientist and an ornithologist will address the following questions:

  • How does poetry represent birds and our relationship to them and how might it change the way that we relate to the natural world?
  • What impact is climate change going to have on migratory bird species?
  • What will be lost in terms of the impact on the natural and built environment and in terms of our imaginative and spiritual connection to the world of birds?

Living (and writing) the weather
Thursday, 30 June (11am-1pm)

Free, Adults, Book on Eventbrite or 0161 275 2648

Join University of Manchester sociologist Professor Jennifer Mason to learn about her research on ‘Living the Weather’, which explores how our everyday lives are full of weather and why weather seems to matter so much.