Unless stated otherwise, events in this region are organised by the Society’s Yorkshire and North East Regional Committee.
Local RGS-IBG contact: Dave McEvoy
D.McEvoy@ljmu.ac.uk
Coming up:
Waking the giant: looking at the link between climate change and geological hazards
Professor Bill McGuire, Director, Benfield Hazard Research Centre, University College London
Hear at first hand the results of new research which is soon to be published.
Joint event with York Geographical Association.
Venue: Bootham School, York.
Tickets: RGS-IBG members free, non-members £5. Students £2.
Contact: John Brown, email john@jrkbrown.plus.com.
Explore!
Paul Rose
BBC presenter Paul Rose talks about a lifetime of remarkable adventures from Antarctica to Everest via the planet’s last true remaining wilderness – her vast oceans.
Venue: Darlington Arts Centre, Vane Terrace, Darlington, DL3 7AX.
Tickets: RGS-IBG members and one guest £9 (quote membership number), telephone +44 (0)13 2548 6555.
Our village. Our life.
Dr Sara Parker, Liverpool John Moores University
See the remarkable photographs taken by the residents of the village of Sikles in the Annapurna Conservation Area, in Himalayan Nepal, and hear from the British development geographer who has arranged their exhibition and publication in the west.
Venue: Leeds University, School of Geography LS2 9JT
Contact: David McEvoy, email d.mcevoy@ljmu.ac.uk.