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Sheffield Green Parents & Sheffield Friends Of The Earth in collaboration with Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust and Sheffield Greenpeace calling on Sheffield City Council to declare Speaker running order
Rachael Smith -
member of the Sheffield Green Parents Group.
Rachael is a full time mum to two young daughters. She spends her days inspiring them to develop a great love of nature and has been surprised to learn that this is harder than she thought it would be.
In her short presentation Rachael will describe the reasons she felt compelled to act on the biodiversity emergency and why she thinks it’s vital to involve pre-school and primary age children in any plans or actions. She will then go on to explore the many barriers that prevent young families from developing a close relationship with nature, finally providing an argument to show that if these barriers are not addressed then the restoration of nature could prove futile.
John Grant -
Is a Senior Lecturer and at Sheffield Hallam University also an academic adviser on Sheffield City Council's Green City Partnership Board on sustainability strategies and climate change working for a "Zero Carbon Sheffield by 2030" and on the committee for the "Environmental Hub" organisation, the Sheffield Climate Alliance. His research and knowledge include; renewable Energy, sustainable Building design, Climate Change, Environmental and Water Management (capture, storage and flood mitigation). In addition he has a media presence as director of "The ARK" at SHU, regularly talking on BBC Radio Sheffield's monthly "Ask the Expert" slot and the SHU website.
Liz Ballard,
CEO, Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust
Liz has been the Chief Executive of the Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust since 2012. The Trust is working hard for nature’s recovery in the face of climate change, connecting people and wildlife across networks that extend from the internationally important moorlands of the Peak District to the urban green spaces of Sheffield & Rotherham.
Prior to her role at the Trust, Liz worked for the Peak District National Park Authority leading the Learning Service which delivered environmental education and courses to over 15,000 adults, children and young people/year. After completing an MBA, she joined a small DEFRA team tasked with establishing the new South Downs National Park Authority in 2010..
Liz is currently the Chair of the South Yorkshire Local Nature Partnership and the Independent Chair for the Sheffield Street Tree Strategy development group. She sits on the Wildlife Trusts’ England Committee and also represents the Wildlife Trust movement (46 Wildlife Trusts across the UK) on the national Wildlife Crime Unit’s Raptor Priority Delivery Group – a forum that brings together landowners, the police, government agencies and conservation bodies to tackle raptor persecution across the country
Cllr Mark Jones (SCC Cabinet Member for the Environment ,Street Scenes and Climate
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