[SGRupdate] News from SGR – September 2020

[Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)]

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News from Scientists for Global Responsibility – September 2020

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** SGR's Responsible Science conference and AGM 2020 - first announcement

This year we will be holding our conference online in the form of two webinars
on the 4 and 7 November:

* Transition Now:
Recovering from Covid-19, will responsible science and technology be tools of
rapid change?

Part I: Responsible science and the climate emergency
Wednesday 4 November 2020
More details: https://www.sgr.org.uk/events/transition-now-part-i

Part II: Responsible technology and the climate emergency
Saturday 7 November 2020 (including SGR's AGM)
More details: https://www.sgr.org.uk/events/transition-now-part-ii

Registration will open by early October.


**  Is your pension fund wrecking the planet?

Dr Emily Heath, Ethics4USS, appeals to academics and others to support the
campaigns to divest our pension funds from fossil fuels and other unethical
industries.

Read article from Responsible Science journal no.2:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/your-pension-fund-wrecking-planet

To read other articles from RS journal no.2, see:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/publications/responsible-science-no-2



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SGR - promoting ethical science, design and technology

Website: http://www.sgr.org.uk/
Email: info at sgr.org.uk
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To join or donate, go to http://www.sgr.org.uk/join

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