Report Growing Cities: The urban agricultural revolution
By Leanne Werner, 2023
About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to minimising climate change and adapting to its effects. It is one of our current programmes for Fellowships, launched in 2023, and has been developed in consultation with our Environment working group. Fellows’ stories.
Report Growing Cities: The urban agricultural revolution
By Leanne Werner, 2023
News Sustainability the focus of our first 'In Conversation With' event
We had the honour of hosting our inaugural ‘In Conversation With” event featuring a fascinating discussion between our new Churchill Fellowship Ambassador John Elkington (CF 1981) and Churchill Fellowship Trustee, Advisory Council Chair and leading sustainability business advisor, Lucy Parker (CF 1978).
8 March 2024
Blogs & conversations Sustainability: The end of the beginning
In advance of our inaugural 'In conversation with' event with John Elkington and Lucy Parker, here, the 'Godfather of Sustainability', looks back over 50 years - and forward 15.
By John Elkington, 2024
News The inaugural “In Conversation With…” John Elkington and Lucy Parker
The Churchill Fellowship is proud to host its inaugural “In Conversation With…” lecture featuring a discussion between its new Fellowship Ambassador John Elkington (CF 1981) and Advisory Council Chair and leading sustainability business advisor, Lucy Parker (CF 1978).
22 February 2024
Blogs & conversations Human rights: the last 75 years and the next
December 10th marks International Human Rights Day, the date on which the Universal Declaration was adopted by the United Nations. This year’s Human Rights Day is especially momentous, as it marks the 75th anniversary of the Declaration.
By Henry McGhie, 2023
Fellows' updates August 2023 Fellow update: Leanne Werner
Leanne Werner (CF 2023) has featured in her local newspaper, Southwark News, which outlines how she will be visiting Canada and the USA to explore agricultural techniques. This will include green roofs in Toronto and 'agricultural hoods' in Detroit. Leanne is concerned that we will see food shortages at some point in the near future and as co-founder of urban growing organisation Wilder, she aims to find solutions. In the article Leanne discusses some of the issues affecting food growth such as pesticide use, climate change and the war in Ukraine. On a local level she advocates that Southwark Council should commit to growing ten per cent of the food it consumes, possibly using the techniques used in the cities she visits.
By Leanne Werner, 2023
Fellows' updates June 2023 Fellow's update: Henry McGhie
Principal/Director Henry McGhie (CF 2020) was awarded an outreach grant from the British Ecological Society (£1,900) for design costs for an open-access guide on the new Global Biodiversity Framework. He has also joined the steering committee of the UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UK-ADR), which aims to promote partnerships and collaborations for Disaster Risk Reduction. Henry also made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights, who had a call out on culture and cultural rights in sustainable development. He also made a submission to the UN inquiry on progress on the Paris Agreement, called the Global Stocktake, to make recommendations on how to accelerate and scale-up climate action. Henry presented a poster at the UN Climate Change conference in Bonn, Empowering Museums to Empower Others through ACE.
By Henry McGhie, 2023
Report Museums for better futures - taking action for sustainable development
By Henry McGhie, 2020