Leah Barclay is giving a plenary presentation at the Earth Optimism Summit in Washington at the Smithsonian in April 2017. Earth Optimism celebrates a change in focus from problem to solution in the area of global conservation with an unprecedented gathering of international thought leaders,...
There are over 1,800 UNESCO designated sites around the world – World Heritage sites, biosphere reserves and UNESCO Global Geoparks – which are facing the impacts of ecological crisis, and can play a significant role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. These were the key messages...
Leah Barclay’s WIRA River Listening from Floating Land 2015 Nominated for the 2016 APRA Art Music Awards (Article published in the Noosa News on 26/07/2016) The finalists for the 2016 Art Music Awards have been announced. The yearly Art Music Awards are presented by the Australasian Performing...
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Granoff Center, John Carter Brown Library Each year, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) sponsors an interdisciplinary program under the title of “Earth, Itself,” designed to stimulate conversations and collaborations across the natural and social sciences, humanities...
In March 2016, Dr. Leah Barclay was invited to deliver a keynote on her current research at the 4th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves in Lima, Peru. Occurring every six years, this event is a world meeting of the Committees of UNESCO’s Man and the...