Brent students take on the challenge of climate change

The first Brent Student Climate Change Conference was held yesterday attended by around 200 people including students, campaigners, authors and local politicians. Here are some of the images from the day to give you a flavour of the event:

Children's author Caren Trafford sets the scene

Competition prize winners with Mary Arnold, the Mayor and Muhammed Butt

1st Prize Winner Suraj Velani Y8  (Dual language PowerPoint presentation)

Runner up Joshua Herskovitz-Wong Y7 (Poster)

Equal runner up Antonino Cafiero-Regueira Y7 (PowerPoint presentation)

After film, presentations and a panel discussion in the morning students used the knowledge gained in workshops in the afternoon to make their own presentations on campaigns to combat climate change. They worked in mixed groups drawn from the colleges and schools attending. Here are some of the results:

Thivya Jeyashanker and Edison Lasku of the Brent Youth Parliament ended their presentation with this slide. During the lunch interval many students volunteered an interest in joining the Youth Parliament.

Speakers for Students Climate Change Conference

Here are the speaker details for our Conference on Wednesday  March 20th. The speakers will also form the Panel for the Any Questions? session:

Speaker	Title
Caren Trafford Environmental writer, Presenter, Educator	"One world… one problem"
Carly Walker-Dawson   Deputy Chair of Woodcraft Folk British Youth Council Vice-Chair (Participation & Development) IFM-SEI Rainbow Network Co-ordinator	If Climate Change takes place at the same speed as it does now, what will the UK look like in the year 2113?
Isobel Edwards   YUSU Environment and Ethics Officer and People & Planet society Treasurer	Easy changes to make to the life of a student which can have a big impact on their carbon footprint
Kelly EatonWaste Development Officer - Waste Policy Team - Recycling & WasteBrent Council	Recycling and One Planet Thinking: Reducing your impact on climate change
Thivya Jeyashanker & Edison Lasku Brent youth parliament Chair and Vice Chair	“Encouraging engagement and participation of young people”

Students fill up all the places for Brent Climate Change Conference

 More than 200 students are now signed up for the Brent Students Conference on Climate Change to be held on March 20th.

The Conference will be attended by Cllr Muhammed Butt, leader of Brent Council and speakers will include Caren Trafford, Carly Walker-Dawson, Isolbel Edwards, Kelly Eaton, Thivya Jeyashanker and Edison Lasku.

Cllr James Powney, lead member on the environment and Cllr Mary Arnold will chair part of the conference with the opening  session chaired by Martin Francis, Chair of Brent Campaign Against Climate Change.

There will be plenty of time for input from the students themselves with discussion, debate and workshops. During the lunch sessions there will be stalls and exhibitions from universities and campaign groups.