Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Annual Lecture 2009
Last updated: 02/11/2009
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Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society Annual Lecture 2009 with
Professor Michael Depledge
A thought provoking evening with one of
Europe’s leading environmental advisors. Explore the
environmental and health challenges faced by Cornwall today and
ways in which we can adapt to the future
7.00 pm Monday 30th November 2009
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
Tickets £4.00 from the box office : 01872 262
466
http://www.hallforcornwall.co.uk/
The speaker is Professor of Environment and
Human Health at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry. A
leading specialist in the impact of the environment on human health
and wellbeing, Professor Depledge is a member of the Royal
Commission on Environmental Pollution, Board Member of Natural
England, Chairman of the European Commission’s Science Advisory
Committee on Environment and Climate Change and a member of the
Harvard School of Public Health.
His lecture will cover climate change,
demographics and biodiversity and will show how scientists and
medical experts in Cornwall will take an international lead role in
research in this field which will bring great benefits to the
county.
The event will also see the first screening of
the Blue Gym video. The Blue Gym is a national project
from Natural England being piloted in the South West with the
Peninsula College. It is about promoting the mental and
physical benefits of physical activity, including active
conservation along a healthy coastal and marine environment.
The event will be chaired by Kevin Lavery,
Chief Executive of Cornwall Council. Tickets are £4.00 each
and the audience will have the opportunity to talk to the speakers
on stage after the event. Some of the money from ticket sales will
go to the Lord Lieutenant’s Fund For Youth and will help pay travel
expenses for local Olympic athletes. The lecture will be
podcast.
If you would like to find out more about
Michael Depledge please see the
Peninsula Medical School Website.