Carlton Connect Initiative

Nov 26 Thu
Public Talk
11am-12:00 @ University of Melbourne

Science & Pretzels Salon 

IFF director, Margaret Wertheim is currently serving as a Vice Chancellor Fellow at the University of Melbourne. On Thursday, 26 November 2015, please join us at the University’s Carlton Connect Initiative building for the latest Science and Pretzel Salon hosted by the Australian-German Climate & Energy College.


When: Thursday, 26 November 2015, 11.00am – 12.00pm

Where:  Level 1, LAB-14, 700 Swanston Street (See Map)

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In this event, Margaret will discuss the IFF’s Crochet Coral Reef project and its resonances for thinking about and enacting change in relation to the destruction of oceanic environments due to global warming.

The salon will be chaired by Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb (a PhD candidate from the School of Geography and Australian-German Climate & Energy College), whose research focuses on the science-policy interface of ocean acidification.

Register for the event: here

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The Australian-German Climate & Energy College is a joint project of the University of Melbourne and the German government based at the university’s Carlton Connect Initiative center. The college brings together doctoral students from around the world to form a focused cluster of thinkers who’s research is concerned with issues surrounding climate change, energy use, and creating a sustainable life on our planet.