Join us on the first Wednesday of every month!

Next event is 7 October at A Rolling Stone.

7 October Speakers

“Whale Poo and CO2
by Helen Townsend

“Save the whales” was the environmental rallying cry of the 1980s, but should it have been “Save the whale’s poo”? 

Helen Townsend is co-founder of Sustained Fun, a toy company that takes the work of actual scientists and uses it to create toys and games. After the beginnings of a science career in botany, she discovered it was more fun to make products based on other people’s research than to do the research herself.

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“Parenting Tips From the Ice Age”
by Bernard Darnton

Eyewitness accounts of catastrophic events from the end of the Ice Age have been passed down for hundreds of generations. The people who witnessed things we can barely imagine also had concerns we would recognise today.

Bernard Darnton is New Zealand’s leading amateur geomythologist – proof that you can just define your own niche. He is fascinated by the forces that have shaped the earth and the stories that shape how we think. Geomythology – not his real job – combines both.

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How Animals Cope with Climate Change
by Dr Robyn Hetem