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Join your Students Ass ociation and OU academics for a fascinating panel discussion on the envir onment and sustainability with a focus on what students can do in the fac e of climate change! Panel Chair\, Lou Robinson (VP Engagement and Co-Cha ir of the Association'\;s Environmental and Sustainability Working Gro up) will be chatting to Professor Mark Brandon\, Dr Julia Cooke\, Profess or David Gowing and Professor Stephen Peake. There will be short talks fr om each academic\, and time for questions. Talks will include: \;

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Professor David Gowing \;- David will discuss Floodpla in Meadows as an example of sustainable food production alongside high bi odiversity and a number of valuable ecosystem services. The talk will inc lude discussions on various aspects of this land use: past\, present and future. \;
Dr Julia Cooke - STEM staff are regularly acade mic advisors for OU-BBC co-productions where the environment and sustaina bility are major themes. Julia will talk about recent programmes the OU h as \;been involved in\, including The Green Planet and Wild Isles\, a nd how our leading academics contribute.
Professor Mark Brando n - \;Mark is a STEM professor and has spent his career researching t he polar regions. He&rsquo\;ll give a perspective on what sustainability can mean to a field researcher and how we can minimise our impact whilst still doing vitally important climate research at the Open University. &n bsp\;
Professor Stephen Peake - Stephen will share what studen ts can do in the face of climate change. \;

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You can find out more about the Association'\;s Environment and Sustaina bility work on our website here.

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Host: \;Lou Robinson ( VP Engagement and Co-Chair of the Association'\;s Environmental and Su stainability Working Group) \;- see our \;student leadership team page \;to meet the fu ll team of student reps.

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Join on Microsoft Teams (You will first be taken to a forum where th e direct link for the session will be posted. You will need to login with your OU login details to get into the forum. You do not need an MS Teams account to access the meeting - just join as a guest.) \;

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Please note that this session may be recorded \;for use on our \;website and YouTube channel and by attending you agree t o this. If you don'\;t want to be in the recording\, please keep your camera off/use the chat box rather than your microphone. \;

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Our online events are intended to be welcoming and friendly spaces. Plea se read our \;Code \;of Condu ct \;before joining this session and keep this in mind when takin g part. \;

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