Climate Acceptance Studios produces learning materials on the systemic challenges to professionals in our changing world.
In these webinars you will hear from a wide range of speakers - leading professionals in your field, those who work alongside your field, and communicators and campaigners.
You will gain an understanding of the big picture, hear from those who are on the cutting edge of tackling these problems, and learn about practical tools and solutions. Those solutions include how to communicate systemic challenges from a wide variety of angles, including data, education and art.
Our webinars are informative, enriched by a diversity of voices, and unafraid to talk about difficult subjects. But above all, they are inspiring.
"Very insightful and very beneficial for influencing change and educating people on the issues at hand. The multi-view aspect is really, really powerful."
- Dr Marina Soltan, academic respiratory registrar
Speakers include:
Dr Mark Hayden
Consultant paediatric intensivist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dr Mark Hayden is a consultant paediatric intensivist at GOSH where he cares for seriously ill children with heart and lung conditions. Often, they are this way due to unavoidable events, but poor air quality can be prevented and to fail to do so is a choice. He strives to provide the best possible care to his patients and make GOSH the greenest hospital in the UK.
Reeps One
Artist, director and beatboxer
Harry Yeff (AKA Reeps One) is an ARS Electronica-nominated artist and musician based in London. Yeff produces work as a response to an ongoing investigation into the evolution of the human voice, art, and science. He has exhibited internationally, from the Museum of Art and Design in New York to the Tate Britain in London. In 2018 Yeff completed his third artist residency at Harvard University and is currently part of the Experiments in Art and Technology program at Bell Labs.
Anjali Raman-Middleton
Student and campaigner, Choked Up
Anjali Raman-Middleton is Co-founder of Choked-Up, a campaign group started by black and brown teenagers living in areas worst affected by air pollution. They lobby for cleaner air legislation and the right for everyone to breathe clean air.
Michael Pinsky
Artist, Pollution Pods
Michael Pinsky is a British artist whose work explores the public realm. His recent installation Pollution Pods is touring internationally. Artnet included Pollution Pods in its list of the 100 Works of Art That Defined the Decade.
Joceyln Cockburn
Partner, Hodges Jones & Allen, lawyer for the family of Ella Kissi- Debrah
Jocelyn Cockburn is a human rights lawyer who has brought ground breaking litigation exploring the extent to which the state is required to protect life. An asthma sufferer herself she has turned her attention to air quality and is seeking to use the European Convention on Human Rights to establish a human right to clean air. She was instructed by the family of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah in their fight to have air pollution recognised as the cause of her death. In a landmark ruling, this happened in December 2020.
Jemima Hartshorn
Founder, Mums for Lungs
Jemima Hartshorn is founder of Mums for Lungs. She has 15 years experience in NGOs and the public sector in the UK, Germany, Belgium and Ethiopia. She founded Mums for Lungs in 2017, which aims to pressure local, regional and national government to address air pollution.
Dr Jonathan Tan
Pediatric anesthesiologist, Los Angeles Children's Hospital
Dr Jonathan Tan is an assistant professor of anaesthesiology at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and the University of California Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Tan’s research focuses on understanding the impact that social determinants of health, including air pollution exposure and other environmental exposures, have on pediatric perioperative and critical care outcomes.
Prof Sir Stephen Holgate
Expert witness, Ella Kissi-Debrah case
Professor Sir Stephen Holgate set out evidence at the Ella Kissi-Debrah inquest on the role of air pollution in her death. He is the Medical Research Council Clinical professor of immunopharmacology, and honorary consultant physician at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. Notable research contributions include the role of respiratory viruses, allergens and pollutants in asthma exacerbation.
Every Breath Matters: The role of the health care professional in the age of air pollution
Air pollution is a major public health issue which requires a new way of thinking. Our first webinar series, Every Breath Matters, brings together leading clinicians, academics, campaigners and artists to discuss the problem from all angles. The webinars are recommended for health care professionals in all roles and at all levels of seniority.
