The Communicate 2024 programme is here! 🌎💬 The UK's leading conference for environmental communicators returns on the 26th, 27th and 28th November with national live events in Manchester, London and Bristol, alongside an online programme. Get ready for expert talks, panel discussions, masterclasses, interactive workshops and networking opportunities across the sector. You don't want to miss this! 💡 👥 Explore the programme and book your tickets today for our very special 20th anniversary conference: https://lnkd.in/ekGeC-6r #Communicate2024
The Natural History Consortium
Civic and Social Organizations
Engaging people with the natural world through collaborative action
About us
The Natural History Consortium - Engaging people with the natural world through collaborative action The Natural History Consortium is a unique partnership of 14 members who work collaboratively within the NHC charitable structure. Our membership reflects the West of England region’s reputation as a leading centre for the understanding and appreciation of the natural world, and our programmes have national reach and impact. Our objectives: To deliver entertaining and informative events and activities that inspire greater public interest, volunteering and participation in nature conservation. To develop novel communication techniques that engage the widest possible audience – national and international. To initiate and support research into how audiences absorb and respond to conservation messages. To build effective partnerships that bring together diverse organisations that face similar challenges and issues, and to help organisations learn from each other.
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http://www.bnhc.org.uk
External link for The Natural History Consortium
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- Civic and Social Organizations
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- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Bristol and Bath
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2003
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- stakeholder engagement, best practice, programme development, public engagement, professional development, and networking
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Communicate update! 📣 We've added a new session to the #Communicate2024 programme, taking place at our #Manchester conference: What does anti-racism actually mean in the Environment movement? Curated and hosted by the Civic Power Fund, this panel discussion will consider how or even if anti-racism can be realised in the Environment movement. 🌍 We invite you to join us in November and share your insights during this important and pressing conversation for the sector. When: 3:00 - 3:45pm, Tuesday 26 November 2024 Where: Friends' Meeting House, Manchester, M2 5NS Full programme: https://lnkd.in/ekGeC-6r Tickets: https://lnkd.in/ecSi-yZQ
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Student at University of Bristol | Festival of Nature Youth Pannelist 2024 | Ecology and Conservation Enthusiast
In February 2024 I was selected to be a part of the Festival of Nature Youth Pannel. The Festival of Nature, held in June in both Bristol and Bath, is a celebration of sustainability, the natural world and climate resilience. This was followed by 6 months of event planning, meetings and incredible opportunities to work with talented individuals. The main goal for this pannel was to tackle the attendance gap in young people between the ages of 16-24 at the Festival. It has been a delightful and productive experience, ultimately concluding with two events organised. ☀️ Our first event was an Art, Creative Writing and Photography competition, spotlighting The Natural World. The top entries were judged by experts in the field, George Cook and Jasmine Isa Quershi.📷🦚 The second event, Campfire Conversations, was centered around eco-anxiety and young people’s experience with climate action. This was held at Grow Wilder, facillitated by speakers from Force of Nature and UK Youth for Nature. 🏕️🌎 I am grateful to have worked with the Festival of Nature and to learn from like-minded creatives in the industry. Thank you to our co-ordinator Connor Davies and the The Natural History Consortium team! Keep an eye out for this year’s chance to join the Youth Pannel!
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UK-based nature colleagues! This is a brilliant opportunity to share your work and projects through the brilliant Community Radio Environment Network - do get in touch with Penny Southgate... ps if you haven't worked with Community Radio before - we're really excited to welcome Penny to #communicate2024 to lift the lid on how to collaborate with the rich patchwork of community radio stations across the UK to reach new audiences...
And so we begin again! CREN, the Community Radio Environment Network, is gearing up for this year's Our Earth Week, running at the same time as the COP talks (from 11th-17th November). OEW is a climate and nature themed week on community radio stations across the UK. The theme this year is The Sound of the Wild, and we are gathering all sorts of wonderful audio and music on this incredibly broad and complex subject to keep our listeners entranced, informed and hopefully inspired to take action, no matter how small. One thing which proved very popular last year were messages from organisations and individuals, to our listeners. Fairly short and sweet, anywhere between 1-4 minutes long. It's your chance to tell our listeners all about you, and what you do. Last year we heard from groups like RSPB and WWF, Bristol Energy Cooperative, River Action, Transition Together, Sortition Foundation, Stop Ecocide, and many more, including one on activism from Caroline Dennett, a series of pieces on eco anxiety by Linda Aspey, earthly cycles from the Almanac by Lia Leendertz, and help on how to decrease your carbon emissions from Chloe Naldrett. Your messages will go out on community radio stations all across the country. If you'd like to send out a message about your work to our listeners this year then please let me know. If you work with at the intersection of nature and music or sound we are especially keen to hear from you! Another element we are keen on nurturing is a close connection with the COP talks and what is going on there. If you are going to COP and would like to pass on news and insights for us to pass onto our listeners, then again, please do get in touch. PS: many thanks to Andy Squiff for providing OEW once more with our logo! Xan Phillips Agathe Dijoud Linda Aspey Georgie Monaghan Greg Dickson Paul Darke BCfm Radio Bristol Energy Cooperative Peter Rush Gaby Solly Chloe Naldrett Savita Willmott SHE Changes Climate Tom Walmsley Patrick Hart Caroline Dennett Andy Squiff #OurEarthWeek #climateaction #soundofthewild #COP29
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Roll up roll up it's another #Communicate2024 speaker! 🎤 On Day 1 of this year's conference, we'll be joined by Rosie Gordon Lennox, Hubbub's Head of Brand. Rosie will be bringing insights from over 10 years’ experience working in brand and communications across a variety of sectors. At Hubbub, Rosie has led comms on many major projects including the award-winning #EatYourPumpkin campaign. 🎃 Alongside representatives from Nature North and Natural England on a livestreamed panel all about ‘Communicating across the divide’, we’ll learn how Rosie and the Hubbub team cut the fluff and translate complex issues into messages that make sense for people, every day. 🔊 Explore the programme 26-28 Nov, discover our speakers and book your pass today: https://lnkd.in/ekGeC-6r
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Have you seen our new Educators Strand in the #Communicate2024 programme? 👩🏫 Designed and programmed by the education teams at WWF-UK and Chester Zoo, we're running 5 sessions in Manchester and online on 26 November, aimed at anyone working or interested in environmental education & learning. 🌳 We'll be addressing key issues for this important cohort of the sector, including: ✏️ educating in a campaigning environment ✏️ what teachers are really thinking and want to know ✏️ engagement with secondary schools ✏️ nature connectedness & schools ✏️ communicating our stories Explore all 5 sessions and their speakers on the programme and book your conference tickets today: https://lnkd.in/ekGeC-6r Rosalind Mist Charlotte Smith Richard Dunne Prof. Janet Lord Fiona Day Lyndon Howson Debra Kidd #EnvironmentalEducation #EnvironmentalLearning #Educators #Schools #EcoSchools #WWF #ChesterZoo #Manchester #EnvironmentalCommunication #NatureConnectedness #Conference
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Our first Communicate conference speaker spotlight is here! 🎤 We're thrilled to have Beth Blood, Founder & CEO of On the Edge, joining us at our #London conference on 27 November, to talk about 'activating nature messages through mainstream channels'. 🐦📺 On the Edge is a non-profit organisation that reconnects people with nature through media and entertainment. while funding conservation initiatives around the world. Focusing in particular on younger generations, Beth's mission through On the Edge is to reach non-traditional audiences and wake them up to the wonders of (and risks to) the natural world, through popular culture and entertainment. www.ontheedge.org Discover more #Communicate2024 speakers and explore the full programme: https://lnkd.in/ekGeC-6r 🔗 And book your tickets today!
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We’re writing a book! 📚 The #Communicate conference is 20 years old, and with support from Routledge Publishing we are bringing together the story of a changing sector and changing environment. So many of you have told us about your lightbulb moments and significant conversations at Communicate conference over the years, and we’d love to include as many as we can. 💡 Add your story and voice to the Communicate book and help inspire and guide the next generation of environmental communication professionals. Please get in touch at [email protected] with the subject line 'Communicate Book' to share your thoughts and reflections. 💭
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I harness the power of human-centred storytelling to create change... Creative Lead @ Have You Thought About | Journalist (The Guardian, BBC, The Washington Post) | I write, speak, consult & facilitate | UK Young Academy
Really looking forward to helping kick off the London leg of the amazing Communicate 2024 conference and discuss all things news, nature and environment with Peter Gilheany. The rest of the programme looks amazing. Do follow The Natural History Consortium and check out all the events in Manchester, London, Bristol and Online... #Environmentalstorytelling #Nature #Communication
The Communicate 2024 programme is here! 🌎💬 The UK's leading conference for environmental communicators returns on the 26th, 27th and 28th November with national live events in Manchester, London and Bristol, alongside an online programme. Get ready for expert talks, panel discussions, masterclasses, interactive workshops and networking opportunities across the sector. You don't want to miss this! 💡 👥 Explore the programme and book your tickets today for our very special 20th anniversary conference: https://lnkd.in/ekGeC-6r #Communicate2024
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Listen up... we've got news. 🐸📣 We're incredibly excited to announce that a brand-new Citizen Science Showcase is coming to your calendar in 2025! From Saturday 22 February - Saturday 1 March, we're organising a week-long celebration of #CitizenScience taking place across Wessex*. We are looking for organisations who are working in the field of environmental-based citizen science (e.g. population ecology and conservation, pollution-monitoring, monitoring water quality) who wish to take part in this fantastic opportunity to promote your work to new audiences, either online or in person during the showcase. 🔬🪸 Interested? Find out more about what's involved, the benefits of taking part and how to register (before 30 September), here: https://lnkd.in/edv828E9 The #CitizenScienceShowcase is part of the Wessex Citizen Science Local Pilot, coordinated by the Natural History Consortium, funded by Defra’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment programme. *Wessex = for this project, Wessex includes Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and the old county of “Avon” (Bristol & Bath area).
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