Ha! Yes definitely - That would be quite an attention grabbing title.

On 2024-02-22 12:12, Michael Howe - BGS - mhowe at bgs.ac.uk wrote:
> Dear Fellow ESG members,
>
> Having had surgery for a detached retina, I have to read everything
> twice to be sure I've got it right. On the first pass I read:
> "CRITICALLY ENDANGERED  NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FOR
> A BETTER WORLD"  . Now that would be a talk worth listening to....
>
> Regards,
> Mike.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cetaf_earthsc@cetaf.simplelists.com
> <cetaf_earthsc@cetaf.simplelists.com> On Behalf Of
> laura.tilley@cetaf.org
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 10:27 AM
> To: cetaf_earthsc@cetaf.simplelists.com
> Subject: [CETAF_ESG] Fwd: CETAF Collection Group session 28 February:
> Civically Engaged Natural History Museums
>
> Dear ESG members,
>
> The CETAF Collection Group have another talk, that you may find of
> interest:
>
> Best
>
> Laura
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: CETAF Collection Group session 28 February: Civically Engaged
> Natural History Museums
> Date: 2024-02-21 07:35
>  From: Luc Willemse <luc.willemse@naturalis.nl>
> To: Laurence Bénichou <laurence.benichou@mnhn.fr>, Isabelle Gerard
> <Isabelle.gerard@africamuseum.be>, Dirk Neumann
> <d.neumann@leibniz-lib.de>, "heimo.rainer@NHM-WIEN.AC.AT"
> <heimo.rainer@nhm-wien.ac.at>, Güntsch, Anton <A.Guentsch@bo.berlin>,
> Alessandro Marchi <amarchi@naturalsciences.be>, Gila Kahila
> <gila.kahila@mail.huji.ac.il>, Thierry Bourgoin
> <thierry.bourgoin@mnhn.fr>, marko.lovric@cetaf.org, Ana Casino
> <acasino@naturalsciences.be>, Iasmi Stathi <iasmistathi@gmail.com>,
> David Ott <D.Ott@leibniz-lib.de>, "laura.tilley"
> <laura.tilley@cetaf.org>, Luc Willemse <luc.willemse@naturalis.nl>
>
> Dear CETAF working Group leaders,
>
> For your information:
>
> Next week Wednesday, 28 FEBRUARY (11:00-12:00 CEST), the CETAF
> Collections Group organizes its second monthly session in 2024. This
> time the topic is:  "CIVICALLY ENGAGED NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS: PUBLIC
> ENGAGEMENT FOR A BETTER WORLD"  presented by Dr. Liz Hide, Director of
> the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. Below
> is a short summary of her presentation:
>
>> _Working in and with natural history collections, we recognise the
>> value of our collections in contributing to impactful research around
>> climate change and biodiversity loss, and we are increasingly using
>> our collections to engage visitors with these themes.    But climate
>> change is linked to a much wider set of societal challenges, including
>> social inequality, social isolation, discrimination and ill health.
>> In this talk I’ll be discussing who engages with our museums and
>> collections and who doesn’t,  and I’ll use examples from the
>> University of Cambridge Museums to explore how, even on a modest scale
>> our natural history collections can enable us to better respond to the
>> issues and concerns that communities and society are experiencing. _
>
> Following the presentation, there will of course be time for questions.
> As always, your colleagues are welcome to join the session; please
> forward this mail to anyone who might be interested. This is the ZOOM
> LINK TO ACCESS THE SESSION [1].
>
> As always, colleagues are welcome to join the session; PLEASE FORWARD
> THIS MAIL WITHIN YOUR CETAF WORKING GROUP and to anyone who might be
> interested. This is the ZOOM LINK TO ACCESS THE SESSION [1].
> Apologies for any cross posting.
>
> Hoping  many of you join the session!
> With kind regards on behalf of the CETAF Collections Group Luc
> Willemse Senior Collection Manager Orthopteroids Chair CETAF
> Collections Group
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