This webinar is organised by the IUCN NCUK's Education and Communication working group, on the topic of "Conserving Conservationists". In this webinar we will hear from Brittany Sawrey and Jessie Panazzolo who will present on how we can better support conservationists, often working in remote environments, dealing with stressful and timely global issues and commonly experiencing imposter syndrome and eco-anxiety. What can be done to better support the conservationist community to help them help the planet?

The webinar will be chaired and introduced by Sophie Stenson, chair of the Education and Communication Working Group for the IUCN NCUK. Sophie is currently completing a PhD on sustainable governance as part of the RENEW project (Renewing Biodiversity through a people in nature approach) with the University of Exeter, with a particular interest in community action and volunteerism in conservation.

Our speakers:

Brittany Sawrey is a Licensed Associate Counsellor with the Mederi Group, working on a project in Vicarious Trauma in Conservation. She will be telling us all about the results of her fascinating study and share some psychoeducation about trauma and psychological distress and how this affects the conservation sector.

Jessie Panazzolo is Founder of Lonely Conservationists (LC) and a Sustainability Education Officer. The LC is an online conservationist community, with the following missions (https://lonelyconservationists.com/our-missions/):

- To ensure long term community building based on a foundation of empathy, education and empowerment

- To give a voice to passionate conservationists who are doing everything they can to enact positive change for our planet

- To actively listen to the voices of conservationists in the community to give their voices purpose and value

- To help conservationists overcome impostor syndrome by valuing them as part of a close knit community and for the work they are doing for our planet.

We hope to see you all there!

Conserving Conservationists!