Chester SciBar
Community Groups at Storyhouse Running fromLast event: Tuesday 10 May at 7.15pm
- Free (drop in)
- Garret Bar
Science… in a bar!
Short talks followed by a Q&A with science professionals, students or enthusiasts. 7.15 pm the second Tuesday of every month. Check our Facebook page for the latest.
March – Reintroductions and the North-West Rare Plant Initiative
An exploration of the reintroductions of scarce and threatened plants within the region of North West England and the results so far with Joshua Styles, founder and project co-ordinator of the North-West Rare Plant Initiative.
Joshua Styles is an award-winning new face in the world of botany and conservation. At the age of just 25, he has recently added Countryfile and Springwatch, a new Radio 4 documentary, and a series of feature reports for Channel 4 News to his ever-growing list of credits.
He recently won the ‘CIEEM Best Practice Small-Scale Nature Conservation Award’, and was the ‘Echo Environmental Awards: Environmental Champion’ winner. Joshua is one of less than 40 people in the country, and the youngest person ever, to have received a level 6 Field Identification Skills Certification (FISC) from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. The FISC is a test devised to measure one’s botanical skill level, on a scale from 1 (beginner) to 5 (professional). A level 6 is only awarded in exceptional cases; which clearly Joshua is. This significant milestone indicates an individual is likely to be commissioned nationally to survey plants.
During COVID-19 restrictions we went virtual and used the opportunity to get speakers from further afar. You can watch these talks via our YouTube channel.
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