The latest issue
Cambridge Alumni Magazine
Michaelmas Term 2021
Features
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Global action
When it comes to combating climate change, talk is cheap. Instead, we need leadership, dedication and commitment to get things done.
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Home repair
Landscape regeneration is a key part of the climate change puzzle. Damage has been done, but it’s not too late. Now, we need to do more than conserve – we need to restore.
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A fair transition
If inequality is bad for society and bad for the environment, any change to a more sustainable world has to be fair. But what does a just transition look like?
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Urban revolution
Want to go green? Move to the city. There are lots of great reasons why urbanites have a lower carbon footprint, and Cambridge is behind many of them.
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Rapid transition to a net zero world. When? Now. How? Like this.
In a post-COP26 world, the opportunity to make real and lasting change has never been greater. But we all need to act, and act now.
Regulars
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Outbox 94
What are your wishes for a green future? We asked University experts to tell us the changes that will make the most difference in their area of research.
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Campendium: Michaelmas Term 2021
The Vice-Chancellor’s annual address, expansion of Stormzy Scholarships and using AI to detect dementia before symptoms appear.
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Children aren’t just ‘people in waiting’ – their voices must be heard now
James Biddulph explains why we need to listen to what children have to say.
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Hub Life
Cambridge Hub supports pioneering students to develop real-world, practical solutions to climate change.
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My garden, your garden
Seed the difference. Why King’s has pulled up the turf in favour of a meadow.
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Rethinking economics
The Dasgupta Review is clear: to remain useful, the tools of economics must be reshaped with the natural world at their heart.
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This idea must die: ‘Sustainability is too expensive and requires too many tough sacrifices’
Claire Shine says it’s exciting to imagine a future that’s greener and better for everyone.
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Search it up!
Your directory to alumni life: events, benefits and updates.
Editor’s pick
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Sun King
What happens when an emperor decides to change the religion of an entire people? Forget the Tudors. This is reformation – and counter-reformation – ancient Egyptian style.
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Reasons to feel hopeful
Living through dark times can be challenging. It takes resilience, courage and, above all, hope. But what is hope exactly? CAM investigates.
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‘The candles were lit, the Benjamin West painting was radiating, and I just thought ‘Wow!’’
Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stephen J Toope (Trinity 1983), shares the sounds which shaped his student days at Cambridge.
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Bop On
It is the quintessential College entertainment. From classic school disco at Homerton to dubstep at Clare Cellars, the bop has it all: music, dancing, friends and, if you’re lucky, a somewhat sticky carpet