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Browse our in-person and online events, including our Monday night lectures, regional events and teacher CPD sessions. You can also watch a selection of our past talks.
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Putting the news on the map
Leading journalists and media watchers will place the stories of the week within the wider geographical landscape, making connections across environmental, political and social forces.
Tour of the archive and mural
Learn more about the mural Expanding Universe displayed in the Society’s Map Room at this engaging talk with the artist, Hormazd Narielwalla, and Dr Katherine Parker.
Carbon colonialism: how rich countries export climate breakdown
Dr Laurie Parsons explores the murky practices of outsourcing environmental impact, when emissions and waste are exported from rich to poor countries.
Annual Edward W. Said London lecture: notes on solidarity
Palestinian-American poet, translator and physician Dr Fady Joudah will deliver the 2026 annual Edward W. Said London lecture.
British ‘Frozen Shires’: the race for resources and the challenge of climate emergency
British ‘Frozen Shires’ scattered across the South Atlantic are far from remnants of empire or historical quirks. In an uncertain and evolving geopolitical world they will be at the heart of an area of complex global competition, where the race for resources and the challenge of climate emergency collide.
Guardians of the forest: protecting gorillas in a changing Africa
Jillian Miller’s illustrated talk explores how community-led conservation is helping to protect Africa’s gorillas, forests and the people who live alongside them.
Glaciers and ice sheets in a warming world: impacts and outcomes
A UK UNESCO initiative reveals the disastrous loss of glaciers and their vital supply of water to mountain communities, and enhanced ice sheet melting that will accelerate coastal flooding world-wide.
The Guardian’s environment forum 2026
Join our panel of experts and activists for a hopeful and solutions-focused evening on how we can all work together to fight for the planet and our shared future.
Turgwe hippo: guardians of the Turgwe Hippo Trust
Presentation, auction and small films in support of the Turgwe Hippo Trust.
Lessons from the wild: nothing grows in the comfort zone - Anna Dimitriadis
Growing up, Anna, a wildlife filmmaker, believed she had missed the age of exploration. However, the further she travelled, the more she realised the greatest mysteries lay somewhere entirely unexpected.
The Battle of Isandlwana (The day of the dead moon)
Douglas Rattray presents a powerful and immersive account of the Battle of Isandlwana – one of the most dramatic and devastating encounters of the Anglo-Zulu War.
The UNESCO Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak: now, then and the future
The Gunung Mulu National Park, through 13 years of service under three respective Park Managers, witnessing change, challenges and growth.