Theme: TEDxUoChester Countdown

TED Countdown is a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action. The goal: To build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 in the race to a zero-carbon world – a world that is safer, cleaner and fairer for everyone. Find out more about Countdown here.

TEDx UoChester is hosting it's own Countdown event with distinguished speakers from the University and Chester Zoo alongside some content from the global launch. This event is open to anyone interested in learning more about the climate crisis and finding solutions.

The event will be virtual

University of Chester (Online)
University of Chester, Parkgate Road
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, CH14BJ
United Kingdom

Catherine Barton

Catherine Barton is Field Conservation Manager at Chester Zoo, leading on the Zoo’s field conservation work in Borneo and Sumatra and engaging with stakeholders in the palm oil supply chain, from other NGOs to field partners and local businesses. She works with international zoos and conservation organisations to find solutions to reversing the environmental impact of unsustainable palm oil, and has developed a network of partners crucial to the delivery of the sustainable palm oil city project.

Joe Howe

Professor Joe Howe is Executive Director and Professor of the Thornton Energy Institute at the University of Chester.

Lindsay Murray

Dr Lindsay Murray is a Senior Lecturer in Animal Psychology at the University. Her research interests are predominantly in primatology, particularly personality, laterality, social behaviour and self-recognition, but also extend to wider aspects of animal behaviour, including elephant grief and ecotourism involving brown bears. She is on the Council of the Primate Society of Great Britain and the Education Committee of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Peter Cox

Prior to re-entering academia, I ran my own cycle business and was involved in a range of cycle campaigning and community organising projects, particularly linked with issues of social and environmental sustainability. My doctoral thesis (Liverpool, 2002) explored the links between Gandhian theory and practice, post-development and the political ecology of sustainability. Since then I have taught in the Faculty of Social Science at the University of Chester specialising in the area of social change and sustainability and the impacts and processes of globalisation. My research covers a range of studies on the sociology of cycling and cycle activism. I also contribute to the delivery of the Politics programme as well as continuing to work on the problems of sustainable mobility, active travel and its importance for social justice in which capacity I contribute to a number of international networks.

Rebecca Collins

Dr Rebecca Collins is Deputy Head of the Department of Geography and International Development. She is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography with research interests in sustainable consumption and production, material culture, and young adults’ engagement with consumer culture and environmental care. Her current research investigates the meaning and practice of novelty in young adults’ clothing consumption.

Servel Miller

Dr Miller is a Geoscientist with a particular interest in the development and application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) on Natural Hazard Management. His research focuses mainly on regions of the Caribbean and the United Kingdom, investigating the impact that major catastrophes (such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, tsunami and volcanoes) have on the development of cities, the economy and the environment.