You are invited to attend a series of virtual talks:
Unmasked! The environmental ramifications of Gatwick Airport’s expansion plans
CAGNE, the umbrella aviation community and environment group for Sussex, Surrey and Kent, are delighted to offer you a unique opportunity to hear from international experts talking about how Gatwick Airport’s plan to rebuild the emergency runway as a second runway would further impact you, your children’s children and our planet.
Each virtual talk is FREE and will last one hour with an informal Q&A session.
These talks have now completed but you can watch recordings below. Email cagnegatwick@gmail.com for further questions.
Thursday 24th June at 7pm – Aviation New Technology and Climate Facts
Talk 1 featuring Tim Johnson, Director of Aviation Environment Federation; Prof Dan Osborn of UCL; Alex Ryder, West Sussex Youth Cabinet.
Chaired by Friends of the Earth, Brenda Pollack
Thursday 30th September at 7pm – Our Natural World
Sarah Ward, Living Seas Officer at Sussex Wildlife Trust, ‘The Ocean is a carbon sink’.
Sir Charlie Burrell will talk about his experience setting up the Knepp (West Sussex) rewilding project and how this might fit into a regional Nature Recovery Area.
Chaired by CAGNE
Thursday 21st October 7pm – The Air that we Breathe
Dr Gary Fuller from Imperial College discusses the finding of his research into air quality conducted around Gatwick Airport.
Bridget Fox for the Woodland Trust on the importance of tree-planting for our air quality and why trees need to stay and not make way for hotels and car parks.
Chaired by Friends of the Earth
Thursday 11th November at 7pm – The Concerns of Future Generations
Chaired by West Sussex Youth Cabinet – a gathering of young minds.
The science tells us so clearly that if we keep building new airports, the future for our children is just unspeakably grim.
Caroline Lucas, Member of Parliament Green Party.
Friends of the Earth speaker
Thursday 25th November at 7pm – Alternatives to Flying for Pleasure
Anna Hughes, Director of Flight Free UK on how you can still enjoy travel; holidays without flying – sustainable forms of travel are out there if you look.
Chaired by CAGNE
Co-Hosts: Friends of the Earth and CPRE Sussex and Kent