Jan 23, 2020 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
Photo credit: Juan Gama de Cossío What does a drop in the ocean mean for you? Something small? Insignificant? I think about this a lot. Once upon a time big change came from powerful leaders. Now it is coming from many places and many people. As a CEO of large...
Dec 19, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
Cassandra Brooks (left) and Dr Justine Shaw (right). Image: Will Rogan Icy wind from the Antarctic continent stings our faces as we crouch in the zodiacs straining to hear the crackling of the ice. Water rises and falls around us as if it’s breathing. Small pieces of...
Dec 17, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
Walking up the snowy peak in Antarctica I am pinching myself. High above the ocean, the strange shapes of icebergs make for a surreal panorama. It is quite literally awe inspiring. It is a place where our Mother Earth reigns supreme. I am not alone. I stand with 100...
Dec 17, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
MAKING RESEARCH USEFUL: THE POWER OF DEEPER COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND POLICYMAKERS Q&A with Aparna Lal and Julia May, Co-founder, Visibility stream, Homeward Bound Aparna Lal is an ecologist and public health researcher interested in how environmental...
Dec 10, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
Imagine travelling on a journey away from everything familiar to you, to spend three weeks on an intensive journey of self-discovery. On this journey you develop and hone your leadership skills with 100 other like-minded, purpose-driven women in STEMM to build a...
Dec 6, 2019 | All, HB Participants, HB Team, Homepage
I find myself on a ship, anchored on a harbour in Antarctica. Outside the window, the silken water is broken by clumps of ice and framed by soaring, snow-covered mountains. On the ship with me are 100 extraordinary women from 33 countries, all driven by the same...
