Can biodiversity make children happy?
- š¤ Speaker: Kate Howlett, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
- š Date & Time: Friday 10 June 2022, 17:45 - 19:00
- š Venue: Roger Needham Room, Wolfson College
Abstract
Kate will explore the benefits of exposure to biodiversity and green space for our health and wellbeing, including how this can reduce social health inequalities, and how this could be used to improve childrenās wellbeing at school. She will also talk about her own research with local primary schools, what biodiversity can be found there, how these green spaces are used by teachers and what childrenās drawings can tell us about childrenās awareness of local wildlife and their favourite animals.
Series This talk is part of the Wolfson College Science Society series.
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Kate Howlett, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Friday 10 June 2022, 17:45-19:00