A Brush With Climate Showcase
You are warmly welcome to the ‘A Brush With Climate’ project showcase.
In 2025 we began our project looking to find ways to support hair salons and stylists to talk about climate action with their clients, helping salons become climate influencers in their own communities. We co-created a set of resources to meet their needs, which are freely available on our website, and created a bespoke climate crash course with the UCC Sustainability Academy.
This is a really unique project, bridging the communications expertise of hair stylists with tangible climate actions to inspire behaviour change, and it’s the first of its kind in Ireland. Now we’d like to share everything we’ve learned from this work with public engagement practitioners, social science researchers, and hair and beauty professionals alike.
On Monday, 20th April, we warmly invite you to our showcase event. Maria Kirrane will speak about the story of the project and what we learned along the way, then Catriona Reid will talk about the resources we are launching, and we are delighted that Denise Baden from Southampton University is joining us to speak about her inspiring work engaging with sustainable hair salons in the UK. We will also have a really exciting panel discussion, including Denise Baden, Marica Cassarino (UCC School of Applied Psychology), Bernie Connolly (TEF), and Fintan Lynch from Fintan Lynch Hairdressing.
Details are:
- Monday, April 20th
- 1-3 pm
- Aula Maxima, UCC
- Lunch provided.
Registration is free but essential, so don’t miss out. Register here
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Office of Sustainability and Climate Action
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G.08 North Wing, Main Quadrangle, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork T12 K8AF,