Humanist Happening

Sun 27 January 2019 - Sun 10 March 2019

Murray Edwards College

Lent term 2019

27th January - Constructive Environmentalism
Edwards Elgar: The Owl
Stef Conner: The Lake Isle of Innisfree
Margaret Atwood (Hymn arr. Campbell): Holy Weeds
Talking Heads: Nothing but Flowers (arr. Campbell)

Address: Dr Cameron Brick (Churchill By-Fellow in Psychology and Maths) will be talking about the problems of expecting environmentalist perfection, and how psychological principles can help us accept and build upon our own imperfect environmentalism.

10th February - Our Gardens
John Ireland: The Hills
Benjamin Britten: The Evening Primrose
Margaret Atwood (Hymn arr. by Ewan Campbell): The Garden
Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music

Address: Jo Cobb (Head Gardener at Murray Edwards College) will speak about the our gardens and the value of nature.

24th February - Our Environment
Orlando Gibbons: Daintie fine bird
Charles Stanford: Blue Bird
Margaret Atwood (Hymn arr. by Ewan Campbell): The Last Mile
Paul McCartney (arr. Anna Semple): Blackbird

Address: Ivanna Lyepyeyko (Girton, Nat Sci) will speak about her work with the CU Environmental Consulting Society and how institutions and individuals can help make themselves more environmentally sustainable.

10th March - Where are the Whales? (also featuring an all-female line-up of composers and poets in honour of our International Women’s Day celebrations).
Lili Boulanger: Les Sirènes
Clara Schumann: Gondoliera
Margaret Atwood (Hymn arr. by Ewan Campbell): The Earth Forgives
Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi

Address: Hannah Cubaynes (PhD, British Antarctic Survey) will speak about her research tracking whales from space, and the impact climate change is having on their population and migration.

Cost: Free