Synchronicity Earth CEO, Kirsty Schneeberger, reflects on the notion of grieving for nature and how 2020 has brought sadness and pain, but also a chance to reflect on our relationships with each other and with the natural world. At the beginning of lockdown, as we shifted to the online world [...]
For the third in our series of Deeper Thinking webinars, Beyond Carbon: nature’s big moment, we had the privilege of listening to Tom Rivett-Carnac, who has been a leading figure in developing mainstream action on climate change. Tom was Senior Advisor to Christiana Figueres when she acted as Executive Director to the UNFCCC (United [...]
The profound impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our health, economies and societies has stimulated much discussion around what can be done to ‘build back better’ and what a ’new normal’ might look like. For the second in our Deeper Thinking webinar series, we invited nine speakers from diverse sectors, communities and generations to [...]
We were delighted to host two extraordinary conservationists, Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak and Steven Broad, for Synchronicity Earth’s first virtual Deeper Thinking event on July 29. Hosted by our founders, Adam and Jessica Sweidan, the event explored the interconnections between human health and the environment and potential solutions to take us towards a more [...]
On the week of Synchronicity Earth’s tenth anniversary, Founder Jessica Sweidan reflects on the cultural shifts toward conservation we have seen in the past decade. Our work on the ground with people, in places where biodiversity is rich and often, the most threatened, is the primary focus of the day [...]
FABRICS FOR A FLOURISHING FUTURE: How next-gen technologies and innovative textiles are disrupting the damaging environmental impact of the fashion supply chain. 24 January – Future Fabrics Expo: Victoria House Basement | 6pm Expo after hours, 7pm panel Explore textiles with a lower environmental footprint and innovative sustainable fabrics that are changing the way fashion impacts the natural world. Series [...]
Dr Jerome Lewis is a Reader in Social Anthropology at University College London. He has undergraduate and doctoral degrees in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics and 25 years of research experience working with Pygmy hunter-gatherers and former hunter-gatherers in the Congo Basin. He is Co-Director of the Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) [...]
“Dwelling is not primarily inhabiting but taking care of and creating that space within which something comes into its own and flourishes.” - Martin Heidegger We want nature conservation to become mainstream. By fostering an understanding of our impact on the natural world, the scale and causes of biodiversity loss, and how this [...]
The Role of Culture in Getting Us Into, and Out of, the Environmental Crisis We Face The first event in the Synchronicity Earth Deeper Thinking Series was so popular, we had to find a bigger venue. This was enormously encouraging, suggesting to us that our (small) community is ready to dig deep. [...]