About this theme
This theme covers all aspects of the natural and man-made environment and the resources deriving from it, including environmental development and conservation, sustainability, agriculture, food, climate, and energy. It is one of the eight universal themes which form our grantmaking framework and allow us to address every aspect of society. Fellows’ stories
Blogs & conversations Human rights: the last 75 years and the next
December 10th marks International Human Rights Day, the date on which the Universal Declaration was adopted by the United Nations. This year’s Human Rights Day is especially momentous, as it marks the 75th anniversary of the Declaration.
By Henry McGhie, 2023
News Teacher and his pupils win big!
Teacher and Churchill Fellow Michael Jones and his pupils win big award and another prize for climate change and sustainability.
4 December 2023
"We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium… The new foods will be practically indistinguishable from the natural product from the outset, and any changes will be so gradual as to escape observation.”
By Jenny Chapman, 2023
Fellows' updates November 2023 Fellow's update: Michael Jones
Teacher Michael Jones (CF 2015) has been selected as a finalist for the Climate Change Challenge being run out of Oxford University Business School. Read more about their Climate Change Challenge on their website.
By Michael Jones, 2023
Fellows' updates October 2023 Fellow's update: Michael Jones
Teacher Michael Jones (CF 2015) has reported that the organisers of the Burjeel-Oxford Said Climate Change Challenge have selected his work on carbon capture as a finalist in their project. This enables Michael's work to be broadcast to a wider audience and it flows from his Fellowship project.
By Michael Jones, 2023
By Sam Taylor, 2020
As Sarah Brown says, “I grew up with the sea, lived around the sea, couldn’t imagine my life without the sea, and here I am helping to restore the sea.” But just how did Sarah’s Churchill Fellowship help her develop her career in marine conservation and restoration?
25 September 2023
Fellows' updates August 2023 Fellow's update: Ian Tillotson
Ian Tillotson (CF 1998) has published his latest book, Let's Go 2 The BOP, which chronicles his travels in Papua New Guinea, describing the people, wildlife and birds of this unique place.
By Ian Tillotson, 2023
Fellows' updates August 2023 Fellow update: Leanne Werner
Leanne Werner (CF 2023) has featured in her local newspaper, Southwark News, which outlines how she will be visiting Canada and the USA to explore agricultural techniques. This will include green roofs in Toronto and 'agricultural hoods' in Detroit. Leanne is concerned that we will see food shortages at some point in the near future and as co-founder of urban growing organisation Wilder, she aims to find solutions. In the article Leanne discusses some of the issues affecting food growth such as pesticide use, climate change and the war in Ukraine. On a local level she advocates that Southwark Council should commit to growing ten per cent of the food it consumes, possibly using the techniques used in the cities she visits.
By Leanne Werner, 2023
Fellows' updates July 2023 Fellow's update: Ross Watson
Site Manager with the Woodland Trust Scotland, Ross Watson (CF 2023) has featured in Strathspey & Badenoch Herald. Ross talks about how he will be using his Churchill Fellowship to visit areas in Cambodia, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia to learn more about different models for managing invasive plant removal, with a holistic approach and ensuring sustainability through the involvement of communities, young people and land managers. Ross explains that his interest derives from dealing with the range of invasive plants that live on the sites he manages. He hopes that his learning will enable him to develop projects in two Special Areas of Conservation, removing invasive non-native plants from the sites and the wider landscape. The projects will help to develop training and education opportunities for young people.
By Ross Watson, 2023
