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Plenty more fish in the sea?

17 May 2011

Free Conservation and Sustainability talk this Saturday at The Manchester Museum

Conservation and sustainability talks
Every Saturday between 7 May and 11 June

Did pre-historic hunters live in balance with nature or over exploit their resources? How can we make sure our current food resources, such as fishing, are harvested sustainably? Join museum and university experts along with 6 objects from the Museum’s collection to explore the history of sustainability and how we might become more sustainable.

  • Saturday 21 May / 2-3pm: Plenty more fish in the sea?
    Are fish a sustainable food source or do we face empty oceans? Join geneticist Niklas Tysklind, Bangor University in a discussion on the relationship between people and the sea.
       
  • Saturday 28 May / 2-3pm: Fencing off nature?
    Yellowstone park was created in 1872 as a public monument “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people”. Join George Holmes, Leeds University in a discussion about how ‘natural’ is nature.
      
  • Saturday 4 June / 2-3pm: The bread of the Tropics
    Originally native to South America, Manioc is now a staple in the entire tropics. Film-maker and photographer duo Ali and Sumiko Anzai-May, will talk about the history of how humans have used plants for their own use, and what impact that has had on the natural world.
      
  • Saturday 11 June / 2-3pm: Spending to save
    What do we know about the current balance between economy and nature? Johan Oldekop, The University of Manchester, will discuss the interaction between money and credit as we struggle to protect biodiversity.

Book on 0161 275 2648, free, adults and older children

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