Theme: Science

Are we currently in another mass-extinction event? If so, what’s causing it? Join a special tour of the University of Aberdeen’s Zoology Museum led by students from the Zoology Society, where we’ll look at species at risk of extinction, and discuss major issues plaguing our global biodiversity.

11:00 to 16:00. Tours on the hour every hour. Two tours per hour.

Free – Booking on University of Aberdeen website: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/collections/visit-us/whats-on/18177/

Wingate Road Bus Station (Busses: 8 and 19). Duncan Rice Library Parking available for cars, Disabled parking available (we recommend parking at the disabled parking at the Cruickshanks parking, the Zoology building is wheelchair accessible only from the Botanical Gardens entrance. The front entrance elevator is not in working condition)

What emotions do you feel when you consider our future on a warming
planet? Are you paralysed by anxiety? Wracked with anger? Seized with hope? Do emotions like these stop us from thinking rationally about climate action, or are there times when emotion is just what we need to make us strive for a better world?

Join ethics researcher, emotion theorist and sometime climate activist Dr James Hutton and marine scientist Dr Sebastian Hennige for an exploration of the impacts of climate change on marine environments and a deep dive into the highs and lows of our emotional responses to the climate crisis. Including original poetry readings from Scottish Creative, Raymond Wilson, and hosted by Dr Hermione Cockburn, Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth.

Ticket includes a welcome drink on arrival.

Presented by Dynamic Earth

Premiere of a new work co-directed by filmmaker Morag McKinnon and composer Jim Sutherland. When Fish Begin To Crawl is a meditation on the climate crisis and humanity’s relationship with nature, embodying an urgent yet hopeful dialogue between art and science, spanning geological deep time and present-day eco-emergencies.

This triptych film’s original score has been pre-recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. The artists will be joined by Science Director of the Global Soil Health Programme, Prof John Crawford, University of Glasgow and the Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth, Hermione Cockburn for a post-screening Q&A.

Ticket includes a welcome drink.

Presented by Edinburgh Science in association with Dynamic Earth

An Earth Month art and science workshop with Seaweed Gardens

We’re inviting children (any age) and parents to join us for an art and science workshop as part of Earth Month at The Rockfield Centre.

A seed bomb is a small ball of seeds and soil prepared in advanced and to be carried in the pocket, ready for when you spot a piece of ground that could be more nature filled! Perfect for rewilding ex-industrial parts of the town or holding the coastal soils out of the sea.

Those who are interested can learn about the unique ecosystems where wildflowers and seaweeds meet.

We’ll also prepare throwing slings and practise our creative throws. Let’s be joyful in our efforts to protect the planet!

All materials are provided.

Please book before coming along.

Seaweed Gardens

This session is run by Seaweed Gardens, a local collective of researchers, creatives and growers. Seaweed Gardens are a group of active citizens working with the seaweed growing on our coast to make better soil in community garden projects, learning about the local seas in the process and then reimagining them through art in the wider community.

Follow Seaweed Gardens on Instagram @seaweedgardens.

Or join their Facebook group.

New members welcome!