Science Communication Unit Seminar
Atoms, algorithms, and arguments: Shaping public opinion on nuclear energy
Speaker: Zion Lights
Key Information:
- Date and time
- Mon 27 October 2025
12:00 - 13:00 - Location
- Online Event
- Contact
- Jane Wooster jane.wooster@uwe.ac.uk
- Cost
- Free
- Attendance
- Booking required
About the event
With over 10 years of experience in communications, public engagement, public speaking, messaging strategy, and journalism in the climate space, Zion Lights brought her expertise to nuclear energy and has played a key role in shifting the global narrative on nuclear energy. She founded Emergency Reactor, the UK’s first pro-nuclear environmental campaign group, and her advocacy directly led to government proposals to build new nuclear and public perception shifts.
As the former Editor of Extinction Rebellion's print newspaper, The Hourglass, Zion played a pivotal role in elevating climate discourse in the UK, achieving remarkable distribution figures and media reviews. As a spokesperson for the group, she highlighted the need for action on climate change on major outlets such as BBC Politics Live, Good Morning Britain, Byline TV, Sky News, The Andrew Neil Show, France 24, Debatten in Denmark, and Arirang News in South Korea.
Zion is the author of the evidence-based book The Ultimate Guide to Green Parenting and recently contributed to humanitarian Rob Greenfield's Zero Waste Kids and the French book Lumières sur le Nucléaire.
Zion writes at Everything is Light.
Speaker: Zion Lights
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Zion Lights is an award-winning science communicator and environmental advocate, widely recognised for challenging conventional environmental narratives. She champions a science-led vision of human progress, in which energy poverty is alleviated.
Registration
All are welcome to attend this free online event. Please register to join the seminar.
- Cost: Free
- Attendance: Booking required
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