Physics of Sustainability

Physics of Sustainability: a website for teachers and students

Funded by the Ogden Trust and delivered by Lancaster University

Launch June 15th 10.00 – 12.30

The aim of the website is to show just how important physics is to a sustainable future, and how using physics can be key to the careers in a low-carbon economy.
Climate change offers many challenges to the world, and using STEM, very often physics, is key to low-carbon solutions. The people for whom this is most important are those in schools and colleges now; our aspiration is to help them become better equipped for this.
Interviews with researchers, technicians and practitioners in the Green Economy are used to introduce students to ideas and then followed up with interactive questions to consolidate the science.

The authors, Phil Furneaux, (retired outreach officer but now a Teaching Fellow at the Physics Department) and Melissa Lord (a Regional Rep with the Ogden Trust) have worked with Green Lancaster and The Centre of Eco-Innovation throughout the project, introducing people to be interviewed.
The launch will include short talks from several of the contributors including a keynote talk from Prof Sarah Bridle, cosmologist at Jodrell Bank and author of Food and Climate Change without the Hot Air. The theme is for a positive approach to how we can achieve net zero carbon : “together we can make it happen”!

Link to registration: https://launch_for_sustainability_physics_for_schools.eventbrite.co.uk 
Promotional video: https://youtu.be/EV49Qc-2ksg 
Website URL: http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/sustainability-physics/ 

Phil Furneaux

 

 

Quantum time-crystals

Online event via MS Teams
Friday 11 June 2021
3:00pm to 4:00pm

Physics Colloquium

Speaker: Rosario Fazio (International Centre for Theoretical Physics)

Alessandro Romito

 

 

Condensed Matter Webinar

Online event
Friday 18 June 2021
3:00pm to 4:00pm

More details to follow.

Speaker: Christian Deger

Michael Thompson

 

 

Window cleaning in Dept. 11th June

I have ben informed by Facilities that the window cleaners will be in the building on the 11th June (today).
Please can you clear any window sills of windows to be cleaned.

Although having the windows cleaned is nice thing. We are not asking anyone to attend site especially to do this.
We are still working from home when we can, so only if you are accessing the building already and you would like your office window to be cleaned then clear the sill.

Shonah Ion