Community Café: From eco-anxiety to resilience

• Date: 16 May 17:30 - 19:00
• Location: ISS Erasmus - Atrium and Butterfly Bar (first Floor)

Join us for an evening of cozy conversation at ISS’s new Community Café! This event series is designed to satisfy your science-curiosity, stimulate meaningful yet accessible discussions about the latest scientific developments, and give you direct access to approachable local experts! So, grab a cup of coffee or tea (and a vegan treat!), settle in, and get ready to have all your burning questions answered. 

About our theme: From eco-anxiety to resilience

Ever heard of climate anxiety? If you haven’t, you’ve probably felt it. Most of our newsfeeds are overwhelmed with devastating disasters and ominous forecasts. Naturally, these kinds of stories invoke such delightful emotions as grief, fear and panic. In all that darkness, positive stories about climate developments and our own human resilience tend to go unnoticed.

Structure

During the first instalment of our Community Cafe, our expert panel will share the details of their own community-centric sustainability initiatives and explore the incredible possibilities of engaging with diverse societal actors to combat climate disasters and environmental degradation.

Next, we will open the floor to your questions. Climate change is a group project, and we’re going to need innovative solutions to tackle it together. At the end of the evening, we want you to walk away with a sense of hope, inspiration, and, most importantly, community – because no one is in this alone.

Our conversationalists

• Dr Daphina Misiedjan - Assistant Professor in Human Rights and the Environment at ISS Erasmus
• Dr Niels van Doesum - Assistant Professor at the Social and Organizational Psychology unit of Leiden University
  
• Abhimanyu Chakravory, MA - Journalist and Technical Communications Coordinator at the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
  

Our programme

• 17:30 - Doors open
• 18:00 - Warm welcome and activity
• 18:15 - Panel discussion
• 18:30 - Interactive Q&A between scientists and audience
• 19:00 - Mingling and refreshments in the Butterfly Bar (ISS' campus cafe)

Registration and information

The event is free, but registration is required, so please fill out our form. The location of the event is on the first floor of the ISS building, which can be accessed by taking the stairs or using the elevator in the front lobby. On the first floor, the Butterfly Bar's entrance can be found to the right of the staircase and elevator. If you have accessibility concerns, please get in touch with us via events@iss.nl. Affordable beverages and (vegan) snacks will be available in the Butterfly Bar.

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