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Warwick University Go Green Week, 20-25th February 2012
From Monday 20 to Saturday 25 February 2012, Warwick will be celebrating its annual Go Green Week - the largest nationwide student-led environmental campaign and a celebration of work on environmental issues.
The week offers a huge range of activities, from speakers to slam poetry workshops, meaning anyone and everyone can find a way to learn about climate change and engage with environmentalism. Look out for street theatre, smoothie makers, special menus in the SU food outlets and brilliant events.
The week is rounded off with a Climate Forum on Saturday 25 February, with an array of talks, workshops and debates.
Third VeGIN Stakeholder Meeting 20th-21st February 2012
The VeGIN project combines the expertise of plant geneticists, breeders, physiologists, entomologists, pathologists, virologists and bioinformaticians. Using traditional breeding methods in unison with advanced modern breeding tools, together we aim to improve vegetable crops, specifically, Brassicas, lettuce, onion and carrot for a diverse range of traits of economic and social importance. One of our objectives in VeGIN is develop a network of stakeholders that share a common interest in the genetic improvement of vegetable germplasm to support UK vegetable production. Stakeholders within the VeGIN network include breeders, growers, processors and retailers providing representation throughout the supply chain.
Food Security Ideas Cafe - 14 November
The next Ideas Cafe is on the topic of Food Security and will be held on Monday 14 November, 5.30pm to 7.15pm in University House Cafe.
Feeding the world’s growing population sustainably and fairly is one of the most challenging issues of our time – it’s also intellectually exciting. Warwick has internationally leading expertise in this area with School of Life Sciences (SLS), Sociology and Politics and International Studies (PAIS) driving the theme forward.
Food Security is one of the Global Priorities Programme research themes, identified as part of the University’s research strategy to give clear thematic identity, aligned to external funding priorities, to our multi-disciplinary research strengths which can make a significant contribution to some of society’s most pressing issues.
The session will be introduced and chaired by Pro Vice-Chancellor Professor Tim Jones, who was involved in establishing the Warwick Crop Centre as part of the wider Food Security initiative.
Four leading Warwick academics will each present their interest and research strand on the theme of Food Security - these include Dr Rosemary Collier and Professor Laura Green from the School of Life Sciences.
The event is free to staff, students and the local community. Advance online registration is required.
Food for the Future
The Genetic Resources Unit, part of Warwick Crop Centre, is a vital resource for the collection, maintenance and characterisation of many important vegetable crops and their wild relatives. In this article, Dr Charlotte Allender describes the unit, the importance of the seed collections and how advances in technology will contribute to future food sustainability.