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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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“Hot and Bothered: How Mammals Beat the Heat“
by Dr Robyn Hetem
Whether it’s an oryx trying to stay cool, a hot cheetah sprinting through rising global temperatures, or a cold aardvark wondering where its lunch went, climate change is throwing a major wrench into wild animal routines.
Prof Robyn Hetem is a conservation physiologist at the University of Canterbury who explores how mammals survive a warming and increasingly unpredictable world. By studying how wildlife adjusts its behaviour and body processes to deal with extreme heat and habitat stress, Robyn uncovers the physiological tricks animals use to keep their cool when the planet starts to heat up.