The SEI Podcast Series

Familiar Faces Build Resilient Places

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:18:53 GMT

In this episode of the SEI podcast series, the Sydney Environment Institute and the Sydney Policy Lab hosted a panel discussion with leading resilience practitioners and community advocates to explore ways that universities can activate their people, networks, expertise, resources, and infrastructure to strengthen local resilience and launch the Becoming Familiar Faces: How Universities Can Become Allies in Community-Based Responses to Climate Disasters report.

Timestamps:

00:50 – Opening remarks by Professor David Schlosberg

10:22 – Remarks by Alex McAlpin

17:39 – Panel introduction

50:10 – Introduction to Professor Mike Ryan, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Sydney

50:57 – Official report Launch by Professor Mike Ryan

1:01:34 – Closing remarks

Speakers:

Professor David Schlosberg (Opening remarks)

Dr Kate Harrison Brennan (Chair)

Dr Joshua Bird

Maddy Braddon

Laura Minchella

Professor Mike Ryan (Report launch)

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Storytelling for Earthly Survival

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:50:19 GMT

In this episode of the SEI podcast series, explore the power of storytelling in offering new ways of seeing, feeling, and understanding our relationship with the living planet. This event featured a conversation between Professor Thom van Dooren and fellow experts and collaborators, celebrating Prof van Dooren’s Biophilia Award and delving into the vital role of storytelling in addressing ecological challenges.

Timestamps:

00:50 – Opening remarks by Professor David Schlosberg

13:51 – Remarks by Professor Thom can Dooren

16:31 – The role of storytelling

18:29 – Panel introduction

19:12 – Approaches to storytelling

37:12 – What makes good environmental storytelling

56:13 – Q&A

1:08:52 – Closing remarks

Speakers:

Professor Thom van Dooren

Professor David Schlosberg (Opening remarks)

Associate Professor Zoë Sadokierski

Dr Sophie Chao

Professor Dieter Hochuli

Dr Jenny Newell

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Communities in an era of compounding disasters: stories of hope from the Northern Rivers

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:59:49 GMT

The 2026 Iain McCalman Lecture was delivered by Dr Rebecca McNaught as she shares lessons from the ground-up of communities stepping up in extraordinary ways in response to climate disasters. Dr McNaught explores what it means to move beyond a disaster response mindset toward a vision of proactivity and well-being in the face of compounding disasters.

See the presentation here: The 2026 Iain McCalman Lecture presentation

Timestamps:

00:50 - Welcome from Prof David Schlosberg

08:00 - Professor Vicki Flood introduces the keynote speaker

12:17 - Dr McNaught introduces herself and the University Centre for Rural Health

18:11 - Context of compounding disasters

25:28 - Community action after floods

35:27 - Dr McNaught and her colleagues' embedded research

45:35 - Calls to action for policy-makers, donors, universities and disaster practitioners

57:08 - Beck Dawson responds

Speakers

Dr Rebecca McNaught, Faculty of Medicine

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Beck Dawson, Henry Halloran Urban Regional Research Initiative

Professor Vicki Flood, Head of Rural Clinical School

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How to Weather Together: Feminist Practice for Climate Change.

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:28:22 GMT

In this episode of the SEI podcast series, hear from leading voices on feminist approaches to climate change, Professor Astrida Neimanis and Dr Jennifer Mae Hamilton. This event explored feminist practices for climate change, focusing on weathering, embodied experience, inequality, and collective care.

Timestamps:

00:50 - Welcome by chair Natali Pearson

05:10 – Introduction to Weathering, Climate Change and The Weathering Collective.

08:46 – About the book

10:14 - Starting points for reimagining weather

12:18 - ‘Why we speak about weather in an expanded sense’

30:23 - Weathering as a framework and practice for climate change.

39:00 - Examples of feminist infrastructures developed to practice weather together

53:08 - Closing remarks

Speakers:

Professor Astrida Neimanis

Dr Jennifer Mae Hamilton

Dr Natali Pearson (Chair)

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Rethinking growth: Post-growth, de-growth, donuts and well-being

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 05:59:40 GMT

Unpack the growth paradigm and hear from thinkers reimagining economies built around well-being, climate justice, and living within planetary boundaries.

This event is part of SEI’s Climate Justice Series. This panel series brings together leading thinkers and practitioners to explore the urgent intersections of climate action, equity, and systemic change.

Timestamps:

00:50 - Welcome and acknowledgement of Country

04:32 – Mengyu Li

14:44 – Julia Steinberger

20:16 – Manfred Lenzen

24:32 – Annette Cowie

32:39 - Sharon Friel

40:50 - What is the one benefit you wish people understood about post-growth?

45:50 - Q+A begins

Speakers:

Chair: Zoe Whitton
Mengyu Li, University of Sydney
Julia Steinberger, University of Lausanne
Manfred Lenzen, University of Sydney
Annette Cowie, NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Sharon Friel, Australia National University

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What ‘nature positive’ means in practice

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:14 GMT

‘Nature positive’ is everywhere but what does it really mean? In this instalment, hear expert insights on its use in policy, conservation, and finance, and who stands to benefit.

Timestamps:

00:50 - Welcome and acknowledgement of Country

06:01 – Dwayne Mallard on dignity having currency and value

10:34 – Hugh Possingham on the difficulty of measuring nature

17:57 – Chloe Fisher on private sector investment in nature

23:05 – Jody Gunn on what principles should guide conservation and the finance sector

32:00 - Thoughts on 'perfection is the enemy of the good'

41:20 - Q+A begins

Speakers:

Chair: Carolyn Hogg
Dwayne Mallard, Arjaway
Chloe Fisher, sustainability reporting expert
Hugh Possingham, former QLD Chief Scientist
Jody Gunn, conservation scientist and leader

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Reimagining democracy: how diverse knowledges are creating more-than-human justice

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 03:47:30 GMT

In this instalment of the SEI Podcast Series hear from leading environmental figures to explore models of more-than-human governance, drawing from Indigenous knowledges, creative and legal practices, and innovative research.

Timestamps:

00:50 - Welcome and introduction

07:30 – Patricia Gualingua on the Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest Declaration), translated by Silvia R. Martínez

15:219 – Nardi Simpson on music, land and language

22:53 – Paul Powlesland on the responsibility and possibility for transforming institutions

32:20 – Shrishtee Bajpai on decolonisation and land rights in connection with more-than-human justice

40:40 - What makes it possible for you to keep on imagining and embedding these possibilities in the present?

46:38 - Q+A begins

Speakers:

Chair: Danielle Celermajer, Sydney Environment Institute
Shrishtee Bajpai, Global Tapestry of Alternatives
Patricia Gualinga, Sarayaku Indigenous rights advocate
Nardi Simpson, Yuwaalaraay storyteller, performer
Paul Powlesland, Lawyers for Nature
Silvia R. Martínez, Certified Conference Translator

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Climate justice in the midst of climate turbulence

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:18:29 GMT

In this instalment of the SEI Podcast Series, hear from leading voices as they discuss Australia’s urgent climate, housing and energy challenges, exploring solutions through inclusive decision-making, First Nations leadership, and innovative design to drive sustainable, equitable change for all.

Timestamps:

00:50 - Welcome and introduction

08:25 - Emma Bacon on how extreme heat is impacting society’s most vulnerable

12:20 - Karra Kinchela on how fossil fuel extraction is effecting First Nations people

17:30 - Amanda Tattersall on what does meaningful community engagement look like

23:05 - Steve Hartley on how the planning system is managing a housing crisis and climate resilience

31:00 - What climate justice issue should be prioritised on the federal government agenda?

39:40 - Q+A begins

Speakers

David Schlosberg, Director, Sydney Environment Institute
Emma Bacon, Executive Director, Sweltering Cities
Steve Hartley, Executive Director, Department of Planning, Housing & Infrastructure
Karra Kinchela, Narrabri Community Coordinator, Lock the Gate Alliance
Amanda Tattersall, Associate Professor of Practice in Urban Geography, University of Sydney

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How nature can strengthen Greater Sydney's flood resilience

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:15:59 GMT

In this instalment of the SEI Podcast Series, discover how nature-based solutions can be integrated into urban and coastal planning to build resilience and improve ecological health whilst balancing competing demands for land use. Learn from successful projects, understand the challenges, and explore practical strategies to implement these solutions at scale. This event will be an exclusive preview of a new report that engaged with diverse stakeholders to understand how green and blue infrastructure can transform flood risk management in Greater Sydney.

This event was held in partnership with the Sydney Environment Institute, Committee for Sydney, and AECOM at Climate Action Week 2025.

Timestamps:

00:50 - Welcome and introduction

02:11 - Address by Beck Dawson and context of discussion

09:14 - Sam Kernaghan on Sydney's resilience during floods

15:39 - Genevieve Wright on international examples of how nature is being used to stop flooding

21:37 - Alice Simpson-Young on barriers for implementing nature-based solutions in Sydney

26:36 - How do we shift nature-based solutions to 'business as usual'?

31:29 - Panel discussion begins

31:52 - What are quick ways to embed nature-based solutions?

35:36 - How can we integrate nature-based solutions and Disaster Adaptation Guidelines overview

44:18 - The success of the GreenWay project

53:07 - The Botany Wetlands system and tackling policy

1:05:11 - Q+A begins

1:22:02 - Conclusion

Speakers

Sam Kernaghan, Director of Resilience Program at the Committee for Sydney
Nick Chapman, Resilience Specialist at Willoughby City Council
Beck Dawson, Executive Director - Adaptation and Mitigation at the NSW Reconstruction Authority
Dan Penny, Professor in the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney
Alice Simpson-Young, Principal Sustainability and Resilience Consultant at AECOM
Sarah Tasic, Assistant Director Disaster Risk Management at the NSW Reconstruction Authority
Genevieve Wright, Senior Project Officer at the Sydney Environment Institute

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Co-creating futures: embedding Indigenous knowledges in environmental research

Sun, 09 Mar 2025 21:33:40 GMT

The 2025 Iain McCalman Lecture was delivered by Dr Mitch Gibbs as he reflected on his journey as an Indigenous researcher, exploring how collaboration with First Nations communities can transform environmental research. How can trust, collaboration, and co-designed strategies transform our relationship with the environment, fostering genuine Caring for Country in practice?

Timestamps:

00:50 - Welcome from Prof David Schlosberg

02:48 - Mitch's early life growing up in Willawarrin, learning from the land

05:19 - Mitch's journey through Western education, from Honours to PhD

11:32 - Post-PhD and journey to incorporating Indigenous knowledge into academia

12:55 - Current projects to include Indigenous knowledges

26:54 - Fulbright Fellowship and work with Swinomish and Samish nations in North America

36:19 - Towards the future

37:50 - Prof Maria Byrne responds

Speakers:

Dr Mitch Gibbs, University of Sydney

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Professor Maria Byrne (respondent), School of Life and Environmental Sciences

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Climate finance and debt, loss and damage (Climate justice and loss and damage in the Pacific conference)

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:44:00 GMT

As climate change accelerates, Pacific Island nations face the twin challenges of increasing climate vulnerability and financial constraints that limit their ability to invest in resilience and recovery. This podcast will explore what a just and effective climate finance system could look like in the next decade and the structural barriers that must be overcome to achieve transformative change. This podcast was recorded as part of the Climate justice and loss and damage in the Pacific conference.

Timestamps:

00:51 - Introduction

05:54 - Loss and damage debates need to engage with a dual debt crisis: the ecological debt owed by the Global North to the Global South and how this is entangled with broader questions of justice

18:52 - The Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) as the first Pacific-led, owned and managed regional resilience financing facility for community climate and disaster resilience

31:29 - The dual challenge faced by many developing countries: unsustainable debt and increasing climate vulnerability

42:50 - Q+A

Speakers:

Associate Professor Kate Owens (Chair), Sydney Law School, University of Sydney

Finau Soqo, Manager, Pacific Resilience Facility

Magalie Masamba, law and policy advisor

Dr Julia Dehm, La Trobe University

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Civil society organisations and self-organising communities (Climate justice and loss and damage in the Pacific conference)

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:43:52 GMT

As climate change intensifies, Pacific Island communities are facing profound losses of land, livelihoods, cultural heritage, and ways of life. How can Pacific-led solutions shape just responses to loss and damage? This podcast was recorded as part of the Climate justice and loss and damage in the Pacific conference.

Timestamps:

00:50 - Introduction

05:14 - Discussion of Pasifika Network Loss and Damage

12:53 - Building resilience and achieving climate justice in the Pacific

26:20 - Exploring the gendered dimensions of rural Australian community disaster responses and resilience building, highlighting women’s experiences

39:33 - Q+A

Speakers:

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney

Venaisi Uluilakeba, coordinator for the Pasifika Network Loss and Damage

Lavetanalagi (Lagi) Seru, climate justice activist

Dr Rebecca McNaught, University Centre for Rural Health

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Multispecies justice, loss and damage (Climate justice and loss and damage in the Pacific conference)

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 21:43:44 GMT

Timestamps:

00:50 - Introduction

05:15 - Foundational principles of multi-species justice (Dany Celermajer)

16:50 - Recognising environmental legal rights in the South Pacific (Ed Couzens)

30:30 - How the Paris Agreement fails to acknowledge the more-than-human (Rosemary Lyster)

43:40 - Q+A

Speakers:

Dr Scott Webster (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney

Professor Danielle Celermajer, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney

Associate Professor Ed Couzens, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney

Professor Rosemary Lyster, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney

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UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development's insights on loss and damage

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:18:37 GMT

In this instalment of the SEI Podcast Series, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development Professor Surya Deva unveils his Climate Justice: Loss and Damage report, just days after its presentation to the UN General Assembly. Professor Deva presents a climate justice framework with four pillars: mitigation, adaptation, remediation, and transformation, underpinned by 12 human rights principles. Professor Deva proposes a range of actions for states, international financial institutions, and businesses to address loss and damage.

Timestamps:

00:49 - Welcome and introduction by Professor Rosemary Lyster

06:39 - Professor Deva's introductory remarks

07:00 - Discussion on climate justice frameworks

30:59 - Professor David Schlosberg's response

38:00 - How do we implement the framework?

39:18 - Professor Deva responds

42:30 - Closing comments

Speakers:

Professor Surya Deva, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development

Professor Rosemary Lyster, climate justice and disaster law researcher

Professor David Schlosberg, Director of the Sydney Environment Institute

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Meeting the moment: lessons from the 'once in a lifetime' investment of the Biden Administration in Environmental Justice

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:41:51 GMT

In this instalment of The SEI Podcast Series, renowned scholar Kyle Whyte will share his experiences serving the Biden administration, environmental justice organisations, and Tribal nations. In one of its earliest moves, the Biden Administration made a historic commitment to advancing environmental justice, significantly increasing federal programs, funding, and public awareness on the issue. This bold approach has been heralded as a "once in a lifetime" investment, creating new pathways for justice, equity, and environmental sustainability. But four years later, what has been the outcome? How have these expansive policies impacted the communities they were designed to serve? What are the successes, challenges, and ongoing barriers in this unprecedented investment?

Timestamps

00:50 - Introduction and welcome

03:57 - Kyle's opening address

30:52 - David and Kyle begin their discussion

Speakers

Professor Kyle Whyte, University of Michigan

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

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Will putting a price on nature protect it?

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:06:48 GMT

In this instalment of The SEI Podcast Series, hear from experts from as they explore if valuing nature economically can lead to responsible environmental stewardship or if it undermines its innate value. Can we balance the financial valuation of nature with ethical stewardship, or do market mechanisms risk commodifying what is inherently invaluable?

Timestamps:

00:50 - Welcome and introduction

6:22 - Are there are mechanisms to protect what’s left of our natural world?

10:22 - What role do financial markets in driving positive environmental outcomes?

18:06 - How can governments better regulate nature markets to ensure transparency and effectiveness?

24:26 - How can the concept of nature markets align with Indigenous and community approaches?

30:40 - Heading towards 2040, how do we see a price on nature contributing to the protection of the environment?

38:50 - Q+A

Speakers:

Professor Carolyn Hogg, Chair
Ariadne Gorring, Pollination Foundation
Professor Dieter Hochuli, University of Sydney
Joshua Bishop, environmental economist
Radha Kuppalli, investment advisor

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Natural solutions: seawalls are not the only climate buffer

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 00:19:46 GMT

In this instalment of The SEI Podcast Series, hear from experts as they explore the potential of nature-based solutions, like wetlands and mangroves, in acting as climate buffer infrastructure. They will share new findings from SEI’s project Examining climate buffer projects in the Philippines and feature other case studies from Australia and the Pacific, that address how justice and biodiversity issues can be addressed alongside climate adaptation solutions.

Timestamps:

00:51 - Welcome and introductions

05:22 - How do mangroves function as a climate buffer?

09:06 - The effectiveness of nature-based solutions compared with traditional engineering solutions

13:00 - The importance of Indigenous and local knowledges on informing the design and implementation of nature-based solutions

17:45 - Overview of the Blue Heart Sunshine Coast Project and how project ownership and responsibility is shared with the local communities

24:48 - How do we envision nature-based solutions transforming cities and rural landscapes to enhance climate resilience and biodiversity in the years ahead?

33:54 - Q+A section

46:03 - Conclusion

Speakers:

Dr Justin See, Sydney Environment Institute
Jazmin (Minet) Aguisanda-Jerusalem, Filipino disaster risk reduction expert
Dr Anneke van den Brink, marine ecologist and expert of nature-based solutions for coastal defence
Dr Sonia Marshall, managing an adaptive floodplain management project
Suliasi Vunibola, researcher on Indigenous community resilience in the Pacific

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Grassroots Resilience

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:01:02 GMT

Experiencing a disaster is often the catalyst for communities to realise the importance of being prepared, particularly when people have been forced to rely on each other in the absence of outside help. This vignette highlights how some local communities have since formed grassroots resilience groups to ensure that recovery, climate adaptation and preparation for future disasters occurs at the local community level.

‘Stories are the Toolkit’ is a vignette series that illuminates community-led action. The stories are based on interviews with 68 individuals who, in their different ways, contributed to community-led response, recovery and adaptation across three regions in New South Wales: the Northern Rivers, the Hawkesbury and the Blue Mountains.

Listeners are advised that this vignette describes the aftermath of catastrophic flooding. It may be distressing to some listeners, so please take care. If you need to talk to someone, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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Six Months On

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:00:38 GMT

During and after disasters, social media platforms become critical communication tools that enable the sharing of information, linking of donations and volunteers with those who need assistance, and help local groups to coordinate recovery activities. This vignette highlights how social media can aid small or remote communities who find themselves beyond the reach of government, emergency management and social service agencies and in need of external support to bring in what is needed.

Listeners are advised that this vignette describes flood-affected homes and communities. It may be distressing to some listeners, so please take care. If you need to talk to someone, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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Everybody Pitches In

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:00:27 GMT

Community-led actions are enabled through their ability to draw on local networks, skills and knowledges to respond swiftly and flexibly in times of crisis. This vignette describes how a family drew upon their ‘everyday’ networks around work, school, sports and their neighbourhood to organise response and recovery support across multiple floods.

Listeners are advised that this vignette mentions flooding and bushfire events. It may be distressing to some listeners, so please take care. If you need to talk to someone, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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Know Your Neighbours

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 23:00:10 GMT

Disaster-affected communities frequently emphasise the need to ‘know your neighbours’ – know who they are, what their needs and plans may be and what skills and resources they have. This vignette demonstrates how for some communities this takes the form of warden or street facilitator networks; people who understand the lay of the land, can serve as a point of contact for advice and organise street-level disaster preparation and readiness activities.

Listeners are advised that this vignette mentions bushfire events and describes the lead-up to the 2019-20 bushfire crisis. It may be distressing to some listeners, so please take care. If you need to talk to someone, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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Coordinating the Boats

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:59:59 GMT

Flood-affected communities do not remain idle when the need is urgent. This vignette covers one way in which community members organised a system of tracking and coordinating boat rescues to save lives and to minimise the substantial risk taken by those on the water.

Listeners are advised that this vignette describes people stranded on their roofs due to rising floodwaters. It may be distressing to some listeners, so please take care. If you need to talk to someone, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

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Stories are the Toolkit

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:59:46 GMT

In recent years, communities across New South Wales have faced catastrophic bushfires and floods. These have been described as ‘unprecedented’ in their scales and as ‘the new normal’ due to climate change. In many respects, these disasters have had compounding impacts as people endure them one after another and concurrently with other crises – an ongoing global pandemic, disruptions to supply chains, inflation, and a housing crisis.

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Centring nature in the transformation of urban spaces

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:52:40 GMT

In this instalment of SEI's four-part Climate and Biodiversity Crises Series, in partnership with Henry Halloran Trust, an expert panel will discuss how concepts of multispecies justice can inform planning for nature-based solutions, striving to rebalance the relationship between human development and the environment.

Timestamps:

00:53 - Welcome and introduction

11:49 - How does multispecies justice influence policy in the EU?

17:39 - What are the trade-offs between meeting our housing needs in Australia, and preserving nature?

24:26 - What is the nature roadmap for the built environment?

32:52 - Council strategies

38:26 - How would a focus on multispecies justice change how we approached urban planning?

45:39 - The black roof ban

52:48 - How do developers respond to the focus on nature and biodiversity?

1:00:58 - Shifting thinking away from making nature conform to our expectations

1:04:44 - Q+A begins

Speakers:

Nicole Gurran (Chair), urban planning researcher

Gwilym Griffiths, urban greening expert

Adrienne Keane, researcher and urban planner

Elham Monavari, Green Building Council of Australia

Christopher Raymond, University of Helsinki

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We can't save the climate by destroying nature

Tue, 21 May 2024 01:31:54 GMT

In this instalment of the SEI podcast series, it is discussed how the biodiversity crisis is inextricably linked to the climate crisis, and we can’t save the climate by destroying nature in the process. In fact, we need to repair nature to help solve climate change. The opening panel of the Sydney Environment Institute’s Climate and Biodiversity Crises Series explored the broader planetary crisis and the interconnections between the climate and biodiversity crises.

In partnership with the Australian Conservation Foundation and as part of Sydney’s first Climate Action Week, a panel of leading voices from academia, not-for-profit, business and government discussed the need for a unified approach. Protecting biodiversity serves as both a defence against climate change and a system threatened by it. Embracing this holistic perspective will be crucial for a resilient and thriving future.

Timestamps

00:56 - Introduction

09:41 - Learning from Indigenous knowledges for a positive nature future

14:40 - How has the Australian Conservation Foundation's messaging transformed?

20:17 - What does science tell us about the interlay of the dual biodiversity and climate challenges?

28:50 - How is the business sector responding to climate and biodiversity shifts?

40:22 - How can we learn from Indigenous stories as key knowledge?

45;24 - How are government departments integrating Indigenous cultural knowledge with western science?

52:21 - How can business move from short-term business models to long-term climate solutions?

58:30 - Why is it important that we shift the dominant narrative to reflect the larger planetary crisis?

1:05:16 - Q+A begins

Speakers

Danielle Celermajer (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

Mitch Gibbs, Indigenous marine biologist

Basha Stasak, Australian Conservation Foundation

Guy Williams, consultant in nature positive solutions

Jane DeGabriel, conservation scientist at the NSW Government

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Oceanic narratives: interweaving past, present and future

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:18:05 GMT

In this instalment of the SEI Podcast Series, writer Dr James Bradley joins new scholarship that reckons with humanity’s complex relationship to the natural world. Through the lens and narratives of the ocean, it offers vital new ways of understanding and being in the world, and how we anticipate our climate future. Hear James expand on these ideas alongside Maria Byrne, Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Sydney and world expert on echinoderms; Tishiko King, proud Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait Island woman, marine biologist and climate campaigner; with Guardian Australia’s Helen Sullivan, who hosted this event.

This event was held in partnership with Sydney Ideas.

Timestamps:

0:55 - Welcome from Helen Sullivan

2:07 - How did you approach such a vast topic like the ocean?

4:39 - How has this book changed you?

9:20 - Living on an island when waste washes up on your shores

20:04 - The importance of sea urchins ecologically

27:50 - Massive loss of abundance

36:34 - Lived reality of Indigenous people in the Torres Strait Islands

Speakers:

Dr James Bradley OAM, writer, critic and author of Deep Water

Professor Maria Byrne, marine biologist at the University of Sydney

Tishiko King, scientist and climate campaigner

Helen Sullivan (Chair), columnist and world news reporter at The Guardian

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The 2024 Iain McCalman Lecture: Multispecies mourning - grief and resistance in an age of ecological undoing

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:06:52 GMT

At the 2024 Iain McCalman lecture, Dr Sophie Chao considered how mourning has become a necessary disposition of our times: one that enables us to create and commemorate connections by recognising the vulnerability and finitude of non-human others. Dr Chao drew on philosophies, practices, and protocols of “multispecies mourning” enacted by Indigenous Marind People in the Indonesian-occupied region of West Papua, where mass deforestation and monocrop oil palm expansion are undermining communities’ intimate and ancestral relations to forest landscapes and lifeforms. Learn more about the event here.

Timestamps

04:43 - Oil palm plantations in West Papua

14:05 - Noken weaving as a form of mourning

21:23 - Singing for lost kin

31:00 Planting to blur the line between suffering and surviving

Speaker

Dr Sophie Chao, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow and Lecturer in the Discipline of Anthropology at the University of Sydney

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Sustainability@Sydney x SEI: Threads of life

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 03:01:02 GMT

How can we balance the need to halt biodiversity loss against human needs for shelter, fuel, and nutrition? Could a more multidisciplinary approach help? This discussion was hosted by Sustainability at Sydney in partnership with the Sydney Environment Institute. Learn more about the event here.

Speakers:

Associate Professor Ed Couzens, University of Sydney Law School

Dr. Tristan Salles, Faculty of Science

Dr. Lauren Cole, Taronga Conservation Society Australia

Associate Professor Thom van Dooren, Sydney Environment Institute

Associate Professor Catherine Grueber, Faculty of Science

Dr. Eliza Middleton (Chair), Sustainability at Sydney

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Episode 4: Critical mineral mining for renewable energy: how the EU is shaping regulation

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:30:40 GMT

In the final episode of the Unearthing Critical Minerals series, Professor Susan Park sits down with Dr Jewellord (Jojo) Nem Singh, an Assistant Professor in International Development, to understand the role the European Union (EU) is playing to reduce the environmental and social harms of critical mineral mining for renewable energy. The EU’s recently launched Critical Raw Minerals Act seeks to build a resilient critical minerals supply chain, strengthen domestic capacity and capability, and establishes a need to build a circular economy.

They emphasise the significance of tracking the EU's role as a key player in the critical minerals race. The EU's pursuit of both higher environmental standards and the success of the clean energy transition in the coming decades adds complexity to this multifaceted challenge, demanding a coordinated approach involving multiple policy instruments.

Learn more about the Unearthing Critical Minerals podcast series and read the show notes here.

Credits:

Featuring: Professor Susan Park, Assistant Professor Jewellord (Jojo) Nem Singh

Produced by: Genevieve Wright

Edited by: Celine Huynh

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Episode 3: Comparing mining industries: Australia, Canada and South America

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:26:14 GMT

In this episode, Professor Susan Parks sits down with political scientist Dr Donald Kingsbury as they delve into the contrasting experiences of mining communities in Canada, Australia, and South America. Explore the influences of mining company dynasties, extractive processes, and citizen engagement. Uncover how governments are actively de-risking the critical minerals industry and incentivising private investment. They’ll discuss how the mining industry is reducing harm thanks to pressure from labour organisations and environmental activism and where there are still areas for improvement.

Learn more about the Unearthing Critical Minerals podcast series and read the show notes here.

Credits:

Featuring: Professor Susan Park, Assistant Professor Donald Kingsbury

Produced by: Genevieve Wright

Edited by: Celine Huynh

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Episode 2: Navigating the impacts of global critical mineral supply chains

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:23:05 GMT

In this episode, Professor Susan Parks sits down with geographer Dr Lian Sinclair to understand how critical minerals impact the communities and environments they interact with along their global production networks. They’ll discuss the geo-economic politics, power struggles and conflicts that are arising within these supply chains and the impacts at the local scale where the mines are located.

The episode will explore how Australia is positioning itself as a critical minerals powerhouse with state investment in refinement infrastructure and they’ll question why governance standards are failing to reduce social and environmental impacts of critical minerals extraction.

Learn more about the Unearthing Critical Minerals podcast series and read the show notes here.

Credits:

Featuring: Professor Susan Park, Dr. Lian Sinclair

Produced by: Genevieve Wright

Edited by: Celine Huynh

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Episode 1: Unearthing the importance of critical minerals

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:46:30 GMT

In this episode, Professor Susan Park will unpack what are critical minerals and why they are key in our fight against climate change? Renewable energy is vital for the rapid global decarbonisation needed to reduce global warming. Yet renewable technologies comprise of rare earth elements like copper, cobalt and lithium, whose extraction and refinement process come with many significant environmental and social costs. How can we establish governance mechanisms that ensure just and equitable outcomes in the extraction of critical minerals?

We delve into the 'friend-shoring' of supply chains of critical minerals, a practice that is reshaping traditional offshore dependencies and altering the global landscape. With prominent global players like China, USA, Australia, and the European Union taking an avid interest, we examine the strategic underpinnings that underscore the quest for these essential minerals.

Learn more about the Unearthing Critical Minerals podcast series and read the show notes here.

Credits:

Featuring: Professor Susan Park

Produced by: Genevieve Wright

Edited by: Celine Huynh

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The power of multidisciplinary research in addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 23:21:27 GMT

University of Sydney researchers discuss the recent United Nations Global Sustainable Development Report and how multidisciplinary research can help achieve a sustainable world. Learn more about the event here.

Timestamps:

03:00 How the University of Sydney supports researchers in working alongside global partners to meet the SDGs - Amanda Sayan

13:20 How is the world performing at the SDGs? - Jamie Miranda

42:15 The impacts of a warming world on our health - Ollie Jay

54:45 The power of science communication - Alice Motion

Speakers:

Professor Jaime Miranda, University of Sydney

Professor Alice Motion, Sydney Nano

Professor Ollie Jay, Heat and Health Research Incubator

Amanda Sayan, University of Sydney

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Building power within and beyond the university

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 05:42:58 GMT

In this instalment of Grounded Conversations, political theorist Alyssa Battistoni joins Sydney Environment Institute researcher Anna Sturman to discuss the practical transformation of unjust systems in relation to climate change and critical scholarship. They will reflect on the role of care and multispecies justice in climate movements, and the different social and political contexts the USA and Australia present for organising towards more just futures. Learn more about the event here.

Timestamps:

07:40 The politics of nature: how capitalism values nature

20:35 Australia vs. US climate movements & Green New Deals

32:15 How are people building power and addressing socio-ecological issues

42:45 The role of academia in informing and being informed by movements

Speakers:

Dr. Alyssa Battistoni, Barnard College

Dr. Anna Sturman, Sydney Environment Institute

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Preparing for the unpredictable: communities reducing disaster risk

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 05:40:16 GMT

In recent years, Australia has been battered by catastrophic bushfires and floods exacerbated by climate change. It is also clear from these shock events that community organised actions fulfil an essential role in disaster preparation, response and recovery. With science warning that the intensity and frequency of fires, floods and other disasters will only increase in future, what lessons can be learnt from communities already impacted by this ‘new normal’? A panel of esteemed community organisers and researchers share crucial new findings from the SEI research project ‘Self-organising Systems to Minimise Future Disaster Risk’ in recognition of the UN’s International Disaster Risk Reduction Day on 13 October. Learn firsthand insights from their collaboration with affected communities in the Northern Rivers, Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains. The research illuminates the essential role of spontaneous community organising in times of disaster underpinned by strong local knowledge and connection. The discussion explores how government and emergency services can effectively support this role and how the most meaningful community actions can often go unnoticed. Learn more about the event here.

Timestamps

8.47 Impact of climate-driven disasters on communities

19.29 What would support communities?

24.51 Recognising the role of local knowledge

31.48 What do communities want from government and agencies?

Speakers

Scott Webster, Researcher, Sydney Environment Institute

Mary Lyons-Buckett, Community Fellow, Hawkesbury

Rebecca McNaught, Plan C

David Schlosberg (Chair), Director, Sydney Environment Institute

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Adapting our food systems

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 06:26:51 GMT

Industrial agriculture is a key contributor to the climate crisis, which threatens the resilience of our food systems. A panel of farmers and researchers explore farming practices that can help restore our ecosystems. This discussion is part of the Sydney Environment Institute’s Climate Adaptation series. As climate disasters increase, all sectors of society – from food supply chains to investment strategies – must adapt. This series, led by SEI Postdoctoral Fellow Justin See, platforms thought leaders across research, business, policy and communities to delve into just and sustainable climate change adaptation. Learn more about the event here.

Timestamps

1.01 Acknowledgment of Country

6.47 What is regenerative agriculture?

19.38 Who should drive food system adaptation?

30.06 The real cost of food

34.46 What policy shifts do we need?

43.13 The power of big agriculture

Speakers

Joshua Gilbert, Worimi man and Indigenous agriculturist

William Thorncraft, regenerative farmer

Thomas O'Donoghue, University of Sydney International Centre for Crop and Digital Agriculture

Rebecca Cross (Chair), University of Sydney School of Geosciences

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Stories of courage: Part one – caring for wild animals during bushfires

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 01:15:39 GMT

In the face of worsening climate disasters, the Sydney Environment Institute's Shoalhaven project seeks to understand the work being done by communities to protect animals during catastrophic fires, and how this can be better supported. As a way of reflecting back the wealth of information community members generously shared, the research team wrote and recorded a series of vignettes incorporating key themes and findings of the project. Each story is a fictionalised representation of real events, and is an amalgamation of community members’ experiences. The characters are made up, but their experiences are based on those of our interview participants. Hear SEI researcher Freya MacDonald read the stories.

Read by SEI Researcher Freya MacDonald

Learn more about this project here

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Stories of courage: Part two – caring for domesticated animals during bushfires

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 01:15:36 GMT

Read by SEI researcher Freya MacDonald

Learn more about this project here

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Stories of courage: Part three – caring for farmed animals during bushfires

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 01:15:33 GMT

Read by SEI researcher Freya MacDonald

Learn more about this project here

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Nobel Prize laureate Steven Chu on paths to a sustainable future

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 23:34:39 GMT

Professor Steven Chu, a Nobel Prize laureate and former U.S. Secretary of Energy during the Obama administration, presents new data on climate change that indicates that the Earth’s climate is more sensitive than previously thought. How we can transition from where we are heading to where we need to be within 50 years is one the most pressing set of issues that science, invention, and innovations need to address. Professor Chu discusses potential solutions that could provide a path to a sustainable and prosperous future. This event is presented by the Sydney Environment Institute in partnership with the Net Zero Initiative and the United States Studies Centre. Learn more about this event here.

Timestamps

1.45 Climate change stresses

6.39 Energy systems

15.51 Don’t recycle. Reuse

23.28 Hydrogen

28.39 Batteries

39.00 Food

51.57 Carbon capture

59.18 Redefining wealth

1.01.35 Responses

Speakers

Keynote speaker: Steven Chu, Nobel Prize-winning scientist

Respondents: Deanna D'Alessandro, Net Zero Initiative and Meg McDonald, United States Studies Centre

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Indigenous philosophies and practices of multispecies justice

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 06:18:29 GMT

What if politics were reoriented to take responsibility for planetary flourishing? Such an orientation has been labelled multispecies justice. While it is ‘new’ to modern Anglo-European philosophical and political traditions, multispecies justice grounds Indigenous approaches to ethical living. Hear from Indigenous scholars and artists as they discuss the potential for multispecies justice to protect the natural world. Learn more about this event here.

Timestamps

3.05 Indigenous multispecies justice

9.18 Chamoru creation

18.20 First Nations responses to colonial and imperial destruction

30.28 Maori rules to maintain harmony and sustainability

42.34 Kuruwari: allowing Country to speak

Speakers

Craig Santos Perez, University of Hawaiʻi

Makere Stewart-Harawira, University of Alberta

Christine Winter, University of Otago

Judith Nangala Crispin, poet and visual artist

Danielle Celermajer (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

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Financing adaptation or adapting finance

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 03:52:11 GMT

Financial experts discuss the rapidly transitioning landscape of climate finance to explore how a variety of public and private financial actors are responding to climate change risks and opportunities, and what role finance can play in adaptation solutions. This discussion is part of the Sydney Environment Institute’s Climate Adaptation series. As climate disasters increase, all sectors of society - from food supply chains to investment strategies - must adapt. This series, led by SEI Postdoctoral Fellow Justin See, platforms thought leaders across research, business, policy and communities to delve into just and sustainable climate change adaptation. Learn more about this event here.

Timestamps

11.05 Roles of financial actors in climate adaptation and mitigation

20.12 Changes needed in the sector to promote climate justice

27.24 Risk vs responsibility

Speakers

Zoe Whitton, Pollination Group

Gareth Bryant, University of Sydney School of Social and Political Sciences

Sophie Webber (Chair), University of Sydney School of Geosciences

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Critical minerals: Can Australia mine its way out of the climate crisis?

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 05:16:25 GMT

A panel of experts and climate activists discuss Australia’s race to mine critical minerals for renewable technology and the consequences of an unregulated approach. The transition to renewables such as solar, wind and lithium-ion batteries is vital to decarbonise our energy use, systems, and transport. Renewable energy technology relies on an intensification of mining of ‘critical minerals’ for their production such as rare earths, lithium, and copper. This panel explores the implications of accelerating mining for critical minerals for Australia as we seek to meet our international and national climate targets. This event was held in partnership with Jubilee Australia Research Centre and marked the launch of their 'Greenlight or Gaslight' report, which unpacks concerns about how we transition to a more sustainable world. Learn more about this event here.

Timestamps

3.52 What are critical minerals?

15.54 Who benefits from the new mining boom? Who bears the costs?

23.00 Governance gaps 37.05 The importance of energy democracy

42.05 Strategies for reducing environmental harms

Speakers

Luke Fletcher, Jubilee Australia Research Centre

Kavita Naidu, Climate Action Network Australia

Susan Park, University of Sydney Department of International Relations

Lian Sinclair (Chair), University of Sydney School of Geosciences

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Capitalism, colonialism and multispecies justice

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 05:47:38 GMT

How has capitalism and colonialism rendered multispecies injustice business as usual? A panel of experts unpack this issue and consider what alternative structures could support conditions for justice. To understand the production of multispecies injustices requires widening the frame beyond specific acts of violence, exploitation and marginalisation. To counter such injustices and create alternatives demands an appreciation of how capitalism and colonialism have put in place the meanings, forms of relationship, and institutional arrangements that render multispecies injustice business as usual. To launch the recently published Special Issue of the journal Cultural Politics on Multispecies Justice, the editors and four contributing authors explore the capitalist and colonial roots of injustices that occur at the sites where they work – in the worlds of First Nations Peoples, in Oceans, in the sites of industrialised animal slaughter, and even in contemporary artworks seeking to resist the erasure of more-than-human lives. They speculate on how anti- or post-capitalist and anti- or post-colonial forms of life, meanings, and institutional arrangements might create the conditions for justice for all earth beings. Learn more about this event here.

Timestamps

0.51 Acknowledgement of Country

2.14 What is Multispecies Justice?

17.19 Anti-Colonial Multispecies Justice

20.24 Plant Sentience in Art, Science, Religion and Nationalism

28.21 Ocean Justice

37.38 Literary Responses to Industrial Animal Agriculture

Speakers

Dr Christine Winter, University of Otago

Dr Sria Chatterjee and Paul Mellon, Centre for British Art

Dr Susan Reid, University of Sydney Department of Gender and Cultural Studies

Hayley Singer, University of Melbourne

Professor Danielle Celermajer (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

Dr Sophie Chao (Chair), University of Sydney Department of Anthropology

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Grounded Conversations: Farhana Sultana

Fri, 02 Jun 2023 00:09:40 GMT

SEI Director Professor David Schlosberg sits down with multidisciplinary scholar Professor Farhana Sultana to discuss a broad range of pressing climate topics from political ecology to nature-society relationships. SEI’s Grounded Conversations Series highlights the potential of low-carbon academic networking and creates an environment where early career researchers can meet influential and impactful climate and sustainability scholars. The conversations are quite literally ‘grounded’ with invited scholars remaining in place and limiting travel emissions, but also thematically ‘grounded’ in experienced research. Farhana talks about her intersectional approach to research, the exclusion of minority communities in academia and the steps being taken to address this. Learn more about this event here.

Timestamps

01.00 Introduction - David Schlosberg

07.08 A Grounded Approach to Research

13.50 The Critical and the Resconstructive

22.35 Feminist Critiques of Capitalism

33.27 Unequal Authorship in Climate Publications

43.30 Communities and Care Ethics

Speakers

Professor Farhana Sultana, Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Professor David Schlosberg (chair), Sydney Environment Institute

Dr Anna Sturman, University of Sydney Department of Political Economy

Dr Justin See, University of Sydney School of Geosciences

Maria Paula Cardoso, Sydney Environment Institute

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Just adaptation and the role of social capital

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 05:14:11 GMT

How can we adapt all sectors of society to respond to climate pressures? In the first event of SEI’s Climate Adaptation series, leading political scientist Daniel Aldrich delves into the meaning of climate adaptation and the role of social capital in building resilience. Learn more about this event here.

Timestamps

00:50 Introduction: SEI Climate Adaptation series - Justin See

04:15 What is climate adaptation and its necessity?

13:00 The hesitancy towards transformative adaptation

16:15 Why is social capital critical for building resilience especially with mental health?

28:35 Social infrastructure: creating spaces for building community relationships

34:45 Q&A

Speakers

Professor Daniel Aldrich, Northeastern University

Dr Jo Longman, University Centre for Rural Health, USYD

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

Dr Justin See, Sydney Environment Institute

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Reimagining our future: communities confronting the realities of climate change

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 05:03:55 GMT

Many of us understand the gravity of the climate crisis and what needs to be done, so what’s standing in our way? What will it take for our future to be reimagined to enable all life to flourish? In this panel discussion, hear from researchers and communities from across Australia and India who are taking collective action to create real and sustainable futures. Learn more about this event here.

Timestamps

00:50 Introduction: what are climate imaginaries? - Danielle Celermajer

06:50 Food security and the need for resilient local food systems - Stuart Whitelaw

13:15 How are Himalayan communities reimagining their survival? - Mayank Shah

20:10 What it means for all of us if glaciers disappear? - Lobzang Wangtak

25:50 The entanglement of climate and social justice - Rohit Nair

31:40 What it means to be connected to the more-than-human world - Deepthi Indukuri

37:20 How imaginaries address converging crises - Gijs Spoor

42:15 Q&A

Speakers

Professor Danielle Celermajer (Chair), sociologist

Deepthi Indukuri, a curious rewilder

Rohit Nair, researcher and activist

Mayank Shah (PhD), Himalayan researcher

Gijs Spoor, social change leader

Lobzang Wangtak, glacier and water conservationist

Stuart Whitelaw, founder of a community-led food initiative

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The 2023 Iain McCalman Lecture: Harnessing the transformative potential of climate governance

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 06:11:33 GMT

How can Australia successfully transition and adapt its interconnected social and technological systems as the climate crisis intensifies? Environmental law and governance expert, Dr Kate Owens, presents the 2023 Iain McCalman Lecture on how we can effectively harness climate governance to achieve deep coordination and sustained change. Learn more about this event here.

Speaker

Dr Kate Owens, University of Sydney Law School

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Multispecies economic justice: property in focus

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 05:07:19 GMT

Property and ownership are at the core of global crises so how can we rethink our relationship with property and redistribute it in the interests of justice and the flourishing of life? Learn more about this event here.

Timestamps

00:46 Introduction: unpacking property from the perspective of multispecies justice – Dinesh Wadiwel

4:51 Abolition for alternative geographies of abundance - Rosemary-Claire Collard and Jessica Dempsey

15:16 Whenua/Land is freedom, land is servitude – Christine Winter

26:20 The state of agricultural extension labour on biodiverse property - Rebecca Pearse

39:33 Revisiting the problem of animals as property – Dinesh Wadiwel

Speakers

Associate Professor Rosemary-Claire Collard, Simon Fraser University

Associate Professor Jessica Dempsey, The University of British Columbia

Dr Christine Winter, University of Otago

Dr Rebecca Pearse, Australian National University

Associate Professor Dinesh Wadiwel, University of Sydney

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Building resilience in Australia's electricity infrastructure: planning for resilience

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:19:22 GMT

Hear from a multidisciplinary range of experts as they assess the stability and resilience of our electricity grid in the face of increasing climate disasters. Panel 3: Using the planning framework to build resilience: a national perspective “Will Australia’s current state planning frameworks build resilience in the future grid 2040?” For more information about this event click here

Timestamps

00:48 Introduction and Renewable Energy Zones – Rosemary Lyster

11:42 Resilience planning frameworks in Victoria – Anne Kallies

28:42 Climate resilience and assessment in NSW – Stephanie Vatala

48:30 Planning laws and natural hazards in Queensland - Philippa England

1:05:21 Reflections on community tolerance for risk

1:10:00 Infrastructure and levels of governance

1:16:26 Conclusion

Speakers

Professor Rosemary Lyster, University of Sydney

Dr Anne Kallies, RMIT

Dr Philippa England, Griffith Law School

Stephanie Vatala, Dentons

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The politics of mitigation, adaptation and suffering

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 05:34:38 GMT

Hear from experts as they unpack how responses to the climate crisis have been organised by business, government and civil society, and what possibilities of transformation lie ahead. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

0:50 Introduction – Zoe Whitton

5:36 Reimagining dominant imaginaries, and the three conceits we tell ourselves in solving the climate crisis

35:56 Solutions and actions to shift our imaginaries, from governance to activism

51:40 Alternative pathways: democratic innovation and degrowth

58:40 Questions from the audience

Speakers

Greg Bourne, The Climate Council

Dr Vanessa Bowden, University of Newcastle Professor

Daniel Nyberg, University of Newcastle

Kate Smolski, Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Professor Christopher Wright, University of Sydney Zoe Whitton (Chair), Pollination Group

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Reducing climate disaster risk: insights from communities, government and industry

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 06:00:57 GMT

What will it take for communities, the private sector, and government, to build preparedness and resilience in the face of increasing disasters? For more information about this event click here

Timestamps

00:50 Introduction – David Schlosberg

4:15 The Role of Government in Reducing the Risk of Climate-Induced Disasters – Rosemary Lyster

12:16 How Does the Audit Office Assess and Manage Risk? - Claudia Migotto

17:34 How Can Communities Organise to Protect Animals? – Anna Sturman

22:06 Barriers in Governance and Insurance – Rosemary Lyster

30:16 What Needs to Change in Risk Management? - Claudia Migotto

34:54 Mobilisation of Communities – Anna Sturman

40:16 Living with Increased Risk and Loss

53:06 Disaster Response and Keeping the Government Accountable – Claudia Migotto And Anna Sturman

54:26 How Can the Law Protect the Environment from Disaster? – Rosemary Lyster

59:38 Realities of Increased Risk and Responsibility in Our Economy

1:03:50 Supporting Our Native Biodiversity – Anna Sturman

How Can We Demand a Broader Sharing of Risk? – Claudia Migotto And Rosemary Lyster

1:07:38 How Can We Get Involved in the Face Of Increasing Disasters?

Speakers

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), University of Sydney

Professor Rosemary Lyster, University of Sydney

Claudia Migotto, Audit Office of New South Wales

Dr Anna Sturman, University of Sydney

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Reimagining Environmental Responsibility After the State of the Environment Report

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:33:00 GMT

In response to the dire findings of the recent State of the Environment Report, this panel will explore the political, economic and ideological constraints that got us here, and the ways forward to ensure meaningful environmental protection.Timestamps00:52 Introduction – David Schlosberg07:35 Environmental Legislation and How we Got to this Current State of the Environment – Gerry Bates13:48 What is the Government’s Relationship with Civil Society? - David Morris19:46 What are the Economic Interests, Ideologies and Institutions that Have Brought us to this Current Situation? – Frank Stilwell 27:52 Ethical Frameworks and Principles Underpinning Biodiversity Concerns – Danielle Celermajer 33:30 Possible Responses and Solutions to the Current State of the Environment44:06 Questions for the PanelSpeakersProfessor David Schlosberg (Chair), University of SydneyProfessor Danielle Celermajer, University of SydneyDr Gerry Bates, University of SydneyProfessor Emeritus Frank Stilwell, University of SydneyDavid Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Defenders OfficeThis event was held via Zoom on Tuesday 16 August 2022. For more information about this event visit: bit.ly/3R4vQtYSign up to the Sydney Environment Institute's monthly newsletter to stay up to date with upcoming events and new articles published weekly: bit.ly/2VRxq7u

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Worlds of Gray and Green: Mineral Extraction as Ecological Practice

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 06:25:55 GMT

Sociologist and SEI’s 2023 Environmental Humanities Visiting Fellow Sebastián Ureta, explores how the waste produced from mining interacts with human and non-human ecologies. In this talk, Sebastián Ureta will draw on his recently published book with Patricio Flores, 'Worlds of Gray and Green', to challenge us to rethink extraction as ecological practice. This book offers a rich ethnographic exploration of the waste produced by Chile’s El Teniente, the world’s largest underground mine. Deposited in a massive dam, the waste — known as tailings — engages with human and non-human entities in multiple ways through a process the authors call geosymbiosis. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:55 Introduction - Thom van Dooren

05:20 Extracting Critical Minerals for the Energy Transition - Sebastián Ureta

33:20 Politics of Weakness - Sophie Chao

38:20 Trying to Regulate Extraction in a Volatile Environment - Susan Park

Speakers

Associate Professor Sebastián Ureta, Universidad Alberto Hurtado

Dr Sophie Chao, University of Sydney

Professor Susan Park, University of Sydney Associate

Professor Thom van Dooren (Chair), University of Sydney

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A Disorderly Transition: What Technologies Do We Need?

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 06:56:30 GMT

A panel of chemists and social scientists unpack current alternative technologies on the path to decarbonisation and the complex social implications that surround them. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:50 Introduction - Katherine Owens

06:18 The 'Disorderly Transition' to Renewable Energy - Susan Park

14:26 Carbon Capture and Direct Air Capture: What are the Potentials for Achieving Net Zero? - Deanna D’Alessandro

22:04 The Role of Green Hydrogen and Technology Monitoring - Francois Aguey-Zinsou

26:06 What are the Ethical Concerns with Solar Geoengineering? - David Schlosberg

34:14 Policy Recommendations and Listening to Community - Susan Park

36:14 Best Practice for Geosequestration - Deanna D’Alessandro

38:23 National Strategies and Planning for a Technological Transition - Francois Aguey-Zinsou

38:23 The Importance of Governance Structures and Research on Impacts - David Schlosberg

41:08 Questions for the Panel

Speakers

Dr Katherine Owens (Chair), University of Sydney

Professor Francois Aguey-Zinsou, University of Sydney

Professor Deanna D’Alessandro, University of Sydney

Professor Susan Park, University of Sydney

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney

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Redefining Who Matters: Institutionalising Multi-species Justice

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:21:14 GMT

In a time of environmental crisis and heightened social and political tension, a panel of SEI experts call for institutionalising justice for all species through key areas of innovation such as international laws on ecocide and the expansion of personhood beyond humans. For more information about this event click here

Timestamps

00:50 Introduction - Danielle Celermajer

02:35 The Current Context and Radical Politics

08:55 Ecuador and the Rights of Nature - Erin Fitz-Henry

19:40 Wild Law Judgments and Multispecies Justice - Nicole Rogers

34:10 The Expansion of Legal Personhood and Maori Philosophy: What is a Person? - Christine Winter

45:10 Democratic Innovation and Moving Beyond Traditional Institutions - David Schlosberg

54:10 How Can We Invert the Gaze?

Speakers

Professor Danielle Celermajer (Chair), University of Sydney

Professor David Schlosberg, University of Sydney

Dr Christine Winter, University of Otago

Associate Professor Nicole Rogers, Southern Cross University

Dr Erin Fitz-Henry, University of Melbourne

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Renewables and Rural Australia: Community Experiences in NSW

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 06:58:59 GMT

Hear from MPs and the authors of a major study on the social impact of large-scale renewable energy in rural communities as they launch their ground-breaking report and discuss the local and national policy implications of this research. Read the landmark report, 'Renewables & Rural Australia: A study of community experiences in Renewable Energy Zones in NSW and the case for more equity and coordination of the clean energy transformation' here. The discussion is accompanied by slides, view them here whilst listening. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:55 Introduction - Susan Park

03:35 An Overview of Australia's Renewable Energy Zones (slides 2-6) - Linda Connor

08:15 The Rural Spatial Shift of Energy Generation (slides 7-11) - Riikka Heikkinen

13:25 Social License: Consultation, Compensation and Location - Joe McGirr MP

22:05 Social Impact Findings (slides 12-14) - Rebecca Pearse

29:15 Policy Recommendations: Regional Benefit Sharing (slides 15-18) - Dan Cass

35:50 Ensuring Community are at the Forefront of Transition - Alex Greenwich MP

40:30 The Domination of Market Forces in Transition Decision-making - Christopher Wright

45:40 Best Practice Examples of Community Collaboration

47:30 Who Gets Renewables and Why?

52:25 How Can Government Support Community Ownership?

55:55 The Decommissioning and Rehabilitation of Renewable Infrastructure

Speakers

Dan Cass, The Australia Institute Emeritus

Professor Linda Connor, University of Sydney

Alex Greenwich MP, Independent Member for Sydney in the NSW Parliament

Riikka Heikkinen, University of Technology Sydney

Dr Joe McGirr MP, Independent Candidate for the State Seat of Wagga Wagga

Professor Susan Park (Chair), University of Sydney

Dr Rebecca Pearse, Australian National University

Professor Christopher Wright, University of Sydney

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The Battle for a Future - Farming and Extraction

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 05:10:44 GMT

In the third event of SEI’s Communities on the Frontline Series, in partnership with University of Sydney's Institute of Agriculture, SEI research lead Professor Susan Park sits down with farmer Tabitha Karp, gas expert Dr Madeline Taylor, and agriculture expert Dr Rebecca Cross, to discuss the regulatory failures of coal seam gas, the impacts of extraction on the regions’ ‘black soil’, possible co-benefits for farmers for carbon sequestration, and the future of agriculture in Australia. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

01:10 Introduction - Susan Park

06:15 Experiences of Communities on the Ground - Tabitha Karp

16:20 The Failures and Burdens of the Extraction Industry on Farming Communities - Madeline Taylor

26:35 How can Local knowledge be Harnessed for Natural Research Management? - Rebecca Cross

33:30 Busting the Myth of Environment Versus Jobs

36:25 The Future Between Farming and Energy Giants

40:00 Can Coal Seam Gas and Farming Coexist?

46:30 Should We be Slowing Down Mechanised Food Production?

51:30 The Threat of Zoning of Prime Agricultural Land

53:00 Conclusion

Speakers

Dr Rebecca Cross, University of Sydney's Institute of Agriculture

Tabitha Karp, Farmer from the Darling Downs, Queensland

Professor Susan Park, University of Sydney

Dr Madeline Taylor, Macquarie University

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Conversations With Coal Miners about Climate Change

Wed, 11 May 2022 23:37:35 GMT

In the second event of SEI’s Communities on the Frontline Series, filmmaker Kim Nguyen sits down with coal industry representatives and climate activists to view his film, Conversations with Coal Miners about Climate Change, and unpack how we can support coal mining communities in the just transition away from fossil fuels. You can watch Kim's film here. With more frequent climate disasters unfolding here in Australia and around the world, the need to act has never been greater. But the pace of change, and the transitioning away from fossil fuels, urgently needs to speed up. One of the key rationales used to oppose transition is in ensuring the welfare of communities that work in the fossil fuel industries, and coal mining in particular. This consideration cannot be overlooked, but what if we could get these communities to support an energy transition? It could remove one of the last political hurdles to climate action in this space. For more information about this event click here

Timestamps

01:15 Introduction - Kim Paul Nguyen

04:15 From Coal Miner to Climate Activist - Grant Howard's Story

9:15 What is a Just Transition from Coal? - Robert MacNeil

17:05 Supporting Communities at the Centre of a Just Transition

21:40 Q&A - A Coal Miner's CO2 Revelation

24:20 Community Reactions to the Film, Conversations with Coal Miners

28:25 Does a Successful Model of a Just Transition Exist?

31:05 What Needs to Happen for Climate to be at the Fore of the Political Agenda?

42:25 Empowering Miners to Lead a Transition Away From Coal

48:50 Will A Transition Away From Coal Impact Australian's Standard of Living?

51:45 The Communications Issue at the Centre of Climate Change

Speakers

Grant Howard, coal mine worker from the Bowen Basin

Queensland Dr Robert MacNeil, Department of Government and International Relations

Kim Paul Nguyen, filmmaker and journalist

Andy Paine, activist for Frontline Action on Coal

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Why Can’t We Talk About a Just Transition From Coal in Australia?

Mon, 02 May 2022 23:41:26 GMT

How is the concept of a ‘just transition’ understood? In the first event of SEI’s Communities on the Frontline Series, we hear from researchers and community on why a ‘just transition’ from coal remains a challenging idea to discuss and engage with in Australia. This panel brings together community advocates and academics to talk about Australia’s use and export of coal in light of our commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This panel will present the results of a collaborative report by the British Academy and SEI on A Just Transition from Coal in Australia, which details how the concept is understood in Australia and what this means for climate action. Read the report here. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:55 Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country - Susan Park

05:40 What is a Just Transition?

07:40 Communities' Need a Plan and Certainty from Government

09:20 Supporting Communities at the Centre of a Just Transition

10:55 Who's Affected by a Just Transition?

12:40 Empowering Regional Communities So They're Not Left Behind

16:20 Public Ownership of Energy

20:25 Five Key Findings and One Warning

34:05 Australia's Addiction to Fossil Fuels

42:25 Gradually Shifting Governments' Attitudes

47:05 The Transition Is Inevitable but Will It Be Just?

Speakers

Associate Professor Gareth Edwards, University of East Anglia

Wendy Farmer, Voices of the Valley

Jan Kucic-Riker, University of Sydney

Professor Susan Park (Chair), University of Sydney

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Building Communities of Care for Food Systems Change

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 05:14:27 GMT

SEI Postdoctoral Fellow on the FoodLab Sydney project, Kate Johnston, explores the potential of care to address our broken food systems and inform our approach to designing food systems of the future. Care is not usually associated with our food system, which tends to be “reduced to neutral (or amoral) transactional relationships.” (Giraud 2021). Yet it is worth considering what our food system might look like if a care ethic was central. A care ethic promotes collaboration, peer support and generosity, creating an alternative to an individualistic and aggressive marketplace. It also recognises the social context of food. Find out more about this event here

Timestamps

00:50 Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country - Alana Mann

06:40 Transforming Food Systems with Care - Kate Johnston

38:30 An Ideological Embrace of Care

44:55 Growing Locally and Consuming Locally

49:00 Ethics of Exclusion in Food Systems

52:40 The Mental and Social Benefits of Connecting to the Land

Speakers

Dr Kate Johnston, Sydney Environment Institute

Associate Professor Alana Mann (Chair), Department of Media and Communications

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Never Again or Never? Environmental Justice in Australia

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 22:51:00 GMT

The Usyd Philosophy Society (PhilSoc) in partnership with Sydney Environment Institute present a discussion on the legal and philosophical limits to environmental justice in Australia and transnationally. A panel of researchers who sit at the intersection of law and Indigenous rights will discuss experiences of local communities, especially First Nations, with formal justice systems; access to justice; and the ability of the Courts to prevent or redress environmental wrongs. Find out more about this event here.

Timestamps

00:55 Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country - Samuel Naylor

10:15 A Secretive and Strategic Destruction of Country - Jakelin Troy

16:00 A Transnational Comparison: Brazil's Undermining Legislation - Sara Leon Spesny

24:45 Environmental Justice in Australian Rural Communities - Gemma Viney

33:00 Can We Remedy These Legal Injustices?

40:30 Certain Rights that Extend Beyond Our Legal Structures

51:00 A David and Goliath Legal Battle Against Big Corps

58:50 The Power of Citizen Action

1:10:35 What Does Environmental Justice Mean?

1:16:45 Reconciling Two Conflicting Notions of Progress

Speakers

Samuel Naylor (Chair), USyd Philosophy Society

Professor Jakelin Troy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research, University of Sydney

Dr Sara Leon Spesny, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney

Gemma Viney, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

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Book Launch: Subjects of Intergenerational Justice

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 01:00:52 GMT

Leading environmental scholars highlight the value Indigenous philosophies have for solving global environmental problems as we launch Christine Winter’s new book, 'Subjects of Intergenerational Justice: Indigenous philosophy, the environment and relationships'. To whom (and what) do we owe responsibilities of justice? What happens to ideas of intergenerational and environmental justice if we drop the fiction of individualism? Are there conceptions of time and space beyond progress and resources that assist us conceive of justice for the future? Why is the decolonisation of theory and politics important for the future of the planet and as a matter of justice? Find out more about this event here.

Timestamps

00:50 Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country - David Schlosberg

08:10 Westernised Disconnection from Past and Future Generations - Christine Winter

19:30 Multidimensional Environmental Humanities - Joni Adamson

29:55 What it Means to be in This World - Sophie Chao

37:25 Embodying the Past, Present and Future

44:05 Intersecting Science and Indigenous Philosophy

49:55 Walking Back into the Future

57:05 Understanding Time

1:00:50 Being Part of a Multispecies Community

Speakers

Dr Christine Winter, Sydney Environment Institute

Professor Joni Adamson, Arizona State University

Dr Sophie Chao, University of Sydney

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

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Emotion and Anxiety in Environmental History

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 21:39:03 GMT

Environmental historians, like others who study and write about the environment, have long worked with the emotional and psychological impact of environmental change, including grief, anxiety, rage, and despair. What do we do with that emotion? How do we write about the psychological components of human interactions with other species? Hear from a diverse panel of historians who work on drought, flood, climate change and ecological anxiety, as they discuss these themes, looking for clarity, community, and relief. This event is in partnership between the Sydney Environment Institute and the Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Network (AANZEHN). For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:50 Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country - Andrea Gaynor

03:05 Emotional Health and Extreme Weather - Rebecca Jones

11:00 The Emotional Toll of Enduring Fires and Floods - Margaret Cook

19:20 Anger in the Coal Mining Region of the Hunter Valley - Nancy Cushing

28:40 Navigating the Boundary Between Emotion and Mental Illness - James Dunk

37:00 Projecting Present Emotions into the Past

41:30 Insanity vs. Emotional Instability

43:50 Historians and Health Workers in Collaboration

48:45 Understanding the Emotional State of the More-Than-Human

51:05 Emotional Engagement Inspires Action

Speakers

Dr Margaret Cook, University of the Sunshine Coast Associate

Professor Nancy Cushing, University of Newcastle

Dr James Dunk, University of Sydney Associate Professor Andrea Gaynor (Chair), University of Western Australia

Dr Rebecca Jones, History Council of South Australia

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How Can Finance Address Climate Change?

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 22:35:57 GMT

In public discussion, climate finance is often bandied around with banks positioning themselves as positive actors in addressing climate change. But what do they do? This panel examines how the finance sector is shifting to incorporate climate modelling into its risk assessments for investments, how finance can create new ‘green’ markets and products, be used for investing in ‘green infrastructure’, and how climate finance is being used for addressing international climate injustice for those most affected by climate change such as the Pacific. This event was part of the Sydney Environment Institute's Extraction Series that probes the use, impact and future of gas, coal and lead extraction in Australia at a critical point in our changing climate. For more information about this click here.

Timestamps

00:50 Introducing the Extraction Series and Acknowledgement of Country - Susan Park

02:25 Climate Finance at COP26 - Tim Stephens

09:40 What is Climate Finance and Why is it Important? - Gareth Bryant

13:45 The Changing Landscape of Public Finance - Kate Owens

22:55 A Blurring Boundary Between Private & Public Finance - Gareth Bryant

27:00 It's All About Climate Financial Risks - Tanya Fiedler

32:55 Can Climate Finance Promote Climate Justice?

42:45 The Climate Refugee Crisis and Finance's Role

45:20 The Power of Regulation in Capital Markets

47:50 Mainstreaming Climate Finance

49:40 The Role of Transnational Litigation in Climate Finance

Speakers

Dr Gareth Bryant, Sydney Policy Lab

Dr Tanya Fiedler, University of Sydney Business School

Dr Katherine Owens, University of Sydney Law School

Professor Susan Park, Sydney Environment Institute

Professor Tim Stephens (Chair), University of Sydney Law School

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The Toxic Greed of Australia’s Gas-Led Recovery

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 23:11:49 GMT

NSW communities have for decades battled against an influx of large-scale resource extraction projects and fossil fuel industry adjacent developments. The 2020 formalisation of the Morrison government’s ‘gas-fired recovery plan’ has now solidified that the state and national reliance on gas will likely only increase. This panel discussion highlights the risks and burdens of a Gas-Led Recovery in regional NSW. Examining the policy and social impacts of this decision, and of the current Australian trajectory more broadly, panellists take a community centred approach to the debate. In particular, the discussion will emphasise the importance of having this crucial conversation now to capture the opportunities for community-led growth and change in ushering in a just energy transition. This event was part of the Sydney Environment Institute's Extraction Series that probes the use, impact and future of gas, coal and lead extraction in Australia at a critical point in our changing climate. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:50 Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country - Susan Park

04:15 A Farmer's Long Fight Against Fossil Fuels - Rosemary Nankivell

09:10 Australian Government's Fossil Fuel Order - David Ritter

16:15 Communities Consumed by the Bureaucratic Fight Against Resource Extraction - Gemma Viney

23:05 What Could a Future Without Gas Look Like? - Madeline Taylor

29:50 Empowering Rural Communities to be the Power Hubs of the Future

34:10 Santos and Narrabri a 'Trojan Legal Horse'

49:00 More Needs to be Done About Methane

Speakers

Professor Susan Park (Chair), University of Sydney

Rosemary Nankivell, Farmer on the Liverpool Plains

David Ritter, Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Dr Madeline Taylor, Macquarie University and Climate Council

Gemma Viney, University of Sydney

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From Denial to Delay: Moving Beyond Australia’s Fossil Fuel Addiction

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 23:47:36 GMT

Why is the Australian Government accelerating the expansion of coal and gas exports as other nations commit to emission reduction targets, and what could our future look like instead? In this panel discussion, leading climate and energy experts explain where global climate action is heading and why Australia is so out of step. The panel explores how renewable energy could lead Australia towards a sustainable emissions pathway, breaking the fossil fuel hegemony that controls national climate policy. This event was part of the Sydney Environment Institute's Extraction Series that probes the use, impact and future of gas, coal and lead extraction in Australia at a critical point in our changing climate. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:40 Introducing the Extraction Series and Acknowledgement of Country - Susan Park

02:30 The Tension Between Domestic Politics and Global Reality - Tanya Fiedler

07:40 Global Capital Markets are Leaving Australia Behind - Tom Arup

16:20 Australia's Regulatory Red Tape Around Renewables - Dan Cass

24:40 Australia's History of Predatory Delay - Christopher Wright

30:50 Australia's Energy Future is in the State's Hands - Dan Cass

36:54 How to Make Australia Competitive in the Energy Market - Tom Arup

42:20 Australia's Absent Government Leadership - Christopher Wright

47:20 A Just Transition Towards Renewables

Speakers

Tom Arup, Investor Group on Climate Change

Dan Cass, The Australia Institute

Dr Tanya Fiedler (Chair), University of Sydney Professor

Christopher Wright, University of Sydney

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Unravelling The Capitalist State

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 00:12:33 GMT

In this PhD Seminar, SEI Doctoral Fellow Anna Sturman draws upon her thesis to explore the capitalist state as a key terrain of inquiry for environmental and social justice movements. This analysis draws upon both the contemporary revival of state theory scholarship and on-the-ground responses from movements navigating rolling crises. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:40 Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country - Blancher Verlie

03:20 Unravelling the Capitalist State Discussion (Q&A)

37:30 Communicating the State's Role in Climate Change

40:53 State Interventions During COVID and Lessons for Climate Change

43:00 Alternative Models for the Future

46:15 Material Barriers to Regenerative Agriculture

50:30 Prospects for Forming Solidarity Against Capital

54:15 How to Deal with Apathy

57:30 Can We Modify Capitalism Through Consumer Action?

Speakers

Anna Sturman, Sydney Environment Institute

Blanche Verlie, Sydney Environment Institute

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Heal Country Series: Law of the Land

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 06:34:35 GMT

Lecturer in Environmental Politics, and SEI Postdoctoral Fellow-Multispecies Justice, Dr Christine Winter explores this year's NAIDOC week theme 'Heal Country, Heal the Nation' in a four-part podcast series. The series asks Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to explain what ‘Heal Country, Heal the Nation’ means to them. Running through the series is an exploration of First Nations knowledge and philosophies as key to healing (and protecting) human and nonhuman realms. In Episode 2, Christine speaks to Nicole Graham, an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Law School and an expert in private property rights and the environmental regulation of land use practices. Nicole explains why in order to heal our Country we must acknowledge the fundamental flaws in Australia’s dominant model of property – a property regime, she says, that regulates lands and waters, without taking into account the quality, health, or specificity of those landscapes and waterscapes. From the Murray Darling, to the catastrophic decline of the Great Barrier Reef, Nicole underscores the urgent and highly visible need to learn from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander property regimes, moving away from an abstract land law system, towards a system that integrates land ownership with land use responsibilities. Find out more about The Heal Country Podcast Series here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction - Christine Winter

02:18 Western Abstract Understandings of Country

15:16 Diagnosing the Problems with Australian Land Law

21:07 Attaching Responsibilities to Rights of Title

30:33 Rights of Nature

41:20 Where is the Love (of Country)

Speakers

Associate Professor Nicole Graham, University of Sydney Law School

Dr Christine Winter, Sydney Environment Institute

Image by Hypervision Creative, via Shutterstock 561255421

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The Invisible Now: Writing Crisis and the Future Imaginary

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 07:10:06 GMT

Warning: The podcast contains explicit language. Just as COVID-19 has laid bare the racial, gender, and economic inequalities upon which our societies are built, the accelerating climate catastrophe has made the violence of capitalism and colonialism inescapable. Yet as social and political structures around the world buckle and break, writers are finding new ways of representing and interrogating the world we inhabit. What is the role of the writer in such a moment? What is the role of writing in helping us imagine and reimagine the future? Writers Evelyn Araluen, Tony Birch, and James Bradley examine the power of writing during a moment of multiplying and interconnecting crises. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

01:00 Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country - Chris Wright

02:55 Poem: Acknowledgement of Cuntery - Evelyn Araluen

08:40 Writing in a Time of Converging Crises

24:15 Growing Realisation That We're Entwined with the Natural World

43:30 The Role of the Writer in the Age of Crisis

55:35 Creating Space for Both Grief and Hope

1:05:40 The Confronting, Violent and Horrific Reality of the Climate Crisis

1:19:15 Storytelling Through Different Mediums

Speakers

Evelyn Araluen, Poet and Researcher Professor

Tony Birch, Author

Dr James Bradley, University of Sydney Professor

Christopher Wright (Chair), University of Sydney

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Heal Country Series: Heal the Nation and Secure the Future

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 03:44:29 GMT

Lecturer in Indigenous, intergenerational, environmental and multispecies justice, and SEI Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Christine Winter explores this year’s NAIDOC week theme ‘Heal Country, Heal the Nation’ in a four-part podcast series. The series asks Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to explain what ‘Heal Country, Heal the Nation’ means to them. Running through the series is an exploration of First Nations knowledge and philosophies as key to healing (and protecting) human and nonhuman realms. In Episode 1 Christine speaks to Justin Ridgeway, a Worimi man and Cultural Heritage Education Manager from the Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council and Murrook Cultural Centre about why recognising the inextricable links between Country, culture, and identity is fundamental to healing Country and securing the future. Find out more about The Heal Country Podcast Series here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction - Christine Winter

00:35 Connecting Community with Country

05:55 Identities and Histories Woven into Country

13:40 Respecting the Land's Generosity

19:55 Our Responsibility to Heal the Nation

24:40 Cultural Identity and Spirituality

Speakers

Justin Ridgeway, Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council and Murrook Cultural Centre

Dr Christine Winter, Sydney Environment Institute

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Writing The More-Than-Human

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 05:41:32 GMT

Today, a range of disciplines are discovering or perhaps acknowledging the many and marvelous capacities and qualities of beings other than humans, the complexity of their relationships, and the twin fallacies of human exceptionalism and individualism. Yet even as what or who we know is undergoing radical transformations, writers find themselves working with the languages and grammars forged to convey and compose worlds we would better leave behind. Writers Alexis Wright, Danielle Celermajer and Hayley Singer dissect dominating writing forms and explore how to move beyond human exceptionalism when writing about more-than-human worlds. They reflect on their own writing practices and how they are navigating the challenge of crafting texts that open out to the adventures of living differently and living together that writing might reveal. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Acknowledgement of Country - Blanche Verlie

07:30 Excerpt from The Swan Book - Alexis Wright

10:55 What Motivates You to Write?

23:00 Experimenting with Form and Language

35:25 Who Do You Write For?

55:50 The Next Direction For Writing

1:05:05 Giving Voice to the More-Than-Human

Speakers

Professor Alexis Wright, University of Melbourne

Professor Danielle Celermajer, Sydney Environment Institute

Dr Hayley Singer, University of Melbourne Dr Blanche Verlie (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

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USU Enviro Week: Changing Our Food System From Within

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 07:02:06 GMT

Eating ties us to the social and environmental challenges inherent in our food system. It is a system that is currently unsustainable and rife with injustices: from exploitative labour practices to the pressures of climate change, loss of farmland and food traditions to the disempowerment of communities. And paradoxically, people struggle to put food on the table, whilst so much food goes to waste. COVID-19 has not only made visible these challenges but also spurred visionary local food actors to innovate, cooperate and diversify. A panel of change-makers discuss food insecurity and how each of their organisations are tackling this unjust system. We hear from USU operations manager, Ben Pinney, about his work transforming the University’s ‘food system’. Shaun Christie-David, CEO and founder of PlateitForward, will talk about his Sri Lankan restaurant that employs, educates and feeds some of our most vulnerable in the community. And Post-doctoral researcher Kate Johnston shares with us her work with The University of Sydney led food business incubator, FoodLab Sydney, and the intersection of research and community action. Each organisation also explains the opportunities that a Community Kitchen Hub on campus can provide. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome to Country – Yvonne Weldon

07:00 Introduction – Alana Mann

11:50 Empowering Communities Through Social Enterprises – Shaun Christie-David

18:20 Food Insecurity in Universities – Ben Pinney

26:00 Inspiring a New Generation of Food Entrepreneurs at FoodLab – Kate Johnston

43:00 Sourcing Sustainable Produce and Packaging

50:45 Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Food Systems

58:50 The Future of Urban Agriculture in Sydney

1:05:25 Australia’s Multicultural Banquet

1:11:50 Launching the USYD Community Kitchen Hub

Speakers

Shaun Christie-David, PlateitForward

Dr Kate Johnston, FoodLab Sydney

Associate Professor Alana Mann (Chair), FoodLab Sydney

Ben Pinney, University of Sydney Union

Yvonne Weldon, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council

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Philosophy on the Ground: Changing Values in a Changing Climate

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 03:31:29 GMT

The University of Sydney Philosophy Society’s (PhilSoc) Philosophy on the Ground series takes everyday issues in the public discourse and shows how philosophy can enrich our discussion of these topics. In doing this, PhilSoc aims to show that philosophy is far from an outdated or abstract discipline, but something in which everyone can participate and have a voice. The events will take various forms, including debates, discussions and workshops, and engage with experts at Sydney University as well as community actors. For the inaugural event, PhilSoc, in association with the Sydney Environment Institute, will host a moderated conversation on environmental ethics in a world in the throes of climate change. What are the obligations owed between ourselves, the environment and future generations? The guest speakers at this event are Sydney University academics, Dr Killian Quigley (Department of English) and Professor Danielle Celermajer (Department of Sociology and Social Policy). Dr Quigley has a broad background in environmental humanities, with a focus on theories of the ocean where he has been a contributor to the Open Learning Environment course Global Ethics: The Great Barrier Reef. Professor Celermajer has researched extensively on human rights policy and is director of the Multispecies Justice Project. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - Samuel Naylor

07:35 Expanding the Reach of Justice - Danielle Celermajer

11:40 Environmental Aesthetics - Killian Quigley

15:00 Human Exceptionalism and its Flaws

33:00 Perceptions of Environmental Catastrophe: Science vs. Stories

55:35 Current Issues in Environmental Ethics

1:06:10 How to Make the Abstract Real?

1:10:00 Are Emotions Helpful or a Hinderance when Confronting Climate Change?

1:16:15 How to Motivate Urgent Action?

1:19:40 Recognising Nature's Otherness

1:23:05 Navigating Survival and the Human Ego

Speakers

Danielle Celermajer, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney

Samuel Naylor (Chair), Secretary, PhilSoc (University of Sydney's Philosophy Society)

Killian Quigley, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney

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Critical Companions Series: Objects of Science and Culture

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:47:59 GMT

The Critical Companions Series celebrates innovative and rich thinking. The series aims to traverse disciplinary silos to provoke different perspectives and invite new conversations. Ethnographic museums across Europe are full of objects with a troubled past. The interests of early collectors rarely extended to detailed provenance and the often-colonial context of early collecting left such material tainted by unpalatable histories, not easily rescued even by the new taxonomy of ‘world culture’. But these collections have lives beyond their historic problems. As archives of shell, fibre, hair, tendon, feather, leather and wood, they also offer environmental snapshots of the place and time of their origin, some more than a century old. Through a case study of an Australian shell ornament held in Stockholm’s National Ethnographic Museum, Christine Hansen's project explores the opportunity to reconceive such collections as baseline environmental data. Reconfiguring ethnographic collections as both scientific and cultural not only invites western biodiversity scientists into museum storehouses, it shines a light on non-western knowledge systems in communities of origin, born of deep ties to more-than-human life-worlds. In this exchange, new environmental understandings are advanced and new relevance is given to objects stranded in European collections. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - Rebecca Lawrence

01:20 Objects of Science and Culture - Christine Hansen

33:55 Recognising Swedish Colonialism and Historic Trauma

Speakers

Christine Hansen, historian and curator, QVMAG Tasmania

Rebecca Lawrence (Chair), Senior Research Fellow, Sydney Environment Institute

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Critical Companions Series: Ocean Pools Project

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 02:04:10 GMT

The Critical Companions Series celebrates innovative and rich thinking. ‘Critical Companions’ are individuals within the Sydney Environment Institute’s network that inspire others with their unique methodology to stretch horizons and strengthen thinking. The inaugural lecture was given by Nicole Larkin, University of Sydney Masters of Architecture graduate and affiliate of the Sydney Environment Institute. Larkin’s research is based on capturing ocean pools in New South Wales and looks to publish a best practice design guideline for ocean pools as a resource for professionals and the community. Her presentation gives an overview of the Wild Edge, a project which documents NSW’s ocean pools. Set against sublime headlands and tucked into sweeping beaches, ocean pools are understated turquoise sanctuaries. Concrete walls meld with natural rock and are engulfed by the surf twice a day. Download the full Wild Edge Report. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Abbas El-Zein

04:40 The Wild Edge – Nicole Larkin

35:30 Adaptation with Rising Sea Levels

39:55 Respecting the Coastline

42:55 Designing a Space for Humans and Non-Humans

46:50 Nicole Larkin’s Favourite Ocean Pool

47:35 Who Holds Responsibility for Maintaining Ocean Pools?

52:00 The Debate Around State Heritage Protection of Ocean Pools

58:50 Ocean Pools in the Context of Rising Sea Levels

1:02:15 Indigenous Aqua-culture Speakers Professor Abbas El-Zein (Chair), School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney

Nicole Larkin, Architect and Designer

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Wild Policy Book Launch

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 01:45:33 GMT

Anthropologist Tess Lea has recently launched her remarkable new book, 'Wild Policy: Indigeneity and the Unruly Logics of Intervention'. Drawing on her years in “the field”, which included being a lurker in the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program – until she was thrown out by a Commonwealth Minister, her many years working with Indigenous people, bureaucrats, and construction crews on Groote Eylandt, and helping to establish and work in the Karrabing Film Collective, Tess gives us a book that is totally enthralling. Wild Policy is compulsive and absolutely necessary reading for all of us who, as Tess notes, “eat the mine[s]” that eat into unceded Indigenous land, where the violence of “the settler is reasserted everyday”. It is a call to arms on many levels: a reminder that the “familiar tools of scrutiny can blind us to what might also be there, hidden in plain sight, if we care to look askance”; to know that while “good policy” may not be possible, rerouting its effects may allow for multiple points of intervention; and that “sometimes all it takes is to start doing and expecting, differently”. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - Elspeth Probyn

03:05 Note from the Author - Tess Lea

05:15 Speaker Introductions - Elspeth Probyn

08:15 Book Response - Heidi Norman

20:25 Book Response - David Ritter

32:25 Book Response - Jakelin Troy

41:15 Book Response - Ghassan Hage

53:20 Author Responds to Respondents

01:03:20 Condensing Decades of Research into a Book

01:06:00 Blending Different Mediums and the Power of Visuals

01:10:45 Ethnographic techniques and Indigenous Research Practices

01:19:35 Closing Remarks

Speakers

Professor Ghassan Hage, Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Tess Lea, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney

Professor Heidi Norman, Social and Political Sciences Program, University of Technology Sydney

Professor Elspeth Probyn (Chair), Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney

David Ritter, Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Professor Jakelin Troy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research, University of Sydney

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Salmon And Acorns Feed Our People

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 01:26:27 GMT

International guest Professor Kari Marie Norgaard joins Professor Jakelin Troy to discuss violence, denial, cultural identity and Norgaard’s latest book Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People (Rutgers University Press, 2019). Once the third-largest salmon-producing stream in the Western United States, the Klamath River has, as of 2014, fallen to only 4% of its previous productivity. This gives the once wealthy Karuk Tribe the dubious honour of having one of the most dramatic and recent diet shifts in North America. Unable to fulfil their traditional fishermen roles, Karuk people are now among the most impoverished in the state. In Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People, renowned environmental sociologist Kari Norgaard draws upon nearly two decades of examples and insight from Karuk experiences on the Klamath River to illustrate how the ecological dynamics of settler-colonialism are essential for expanding theoretical conversations on health, identity, food, race, and gender that preoccupy many disciplines today. Find out more here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – David Schlosberg

05:05 Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People – Kari Norgaard

31:10 Education’s Role in Making Indigenous Voices Visible

42:15 The Radical Potential of Indigenous Sight

49:30 Intersectional Anxiety and Environmental Justice

Speakers

Professor Kari Marie Norgaard, University of Oregon

Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research, The University of Sydney

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

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Nature in Culture: Casting Climate in a 'Niue' Light

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 21:55:29 GMT

The Pacific has been at the forefront of climate change’s most immediate impacts over the years, with rising sea levels threatening communities, their livelihoods and their culture. Dr Jessica Pasisi, of Niuean descent, critiques the current colonial representations of climate change in the Pacific and demonstrates how they obscure Pacific voices and fail to recognise the importance of Indigenous knowledge in the fight against the changing climate. Of particular interest in her research has been the experiences and perceptions of climate change of Niuean women. While undertaking her doctoral research, she developed her own research methodology that moved her from a position of researching what she thought she wanted to know to one in which she was guided by the women participants. Consequently, she was able to gather the experiences and perceptions of climate change from Niuean women, and attend to the role that Indigenous knowledge, language and cultural practice can have in fighting climate change. In this discussion, she shares insights into her methodology and some of her findings including the women’s resistance to western framings of climate change, the marketing of climate change as they see it, and their fearless leadership as they navigate their own paths to protect their lives, livelihoods and community. Find out more about The Re-(E)mergence of Nature in Culture Series.

Timestamps

00:11 Introduction – Christine Winter

01:35 Research Informed by a Sense of Space

07:20 Expelling Colonialism from Research Methodology

13:50 What is Climate Change to Niue?

16:40 The Marketing of Climate Change

22:40 The Stories of the Women

25:00 Taking the Research Back to Niue

Speakers

Dr Jessica Pasisi, University of Waikato

Dr Christine Winter, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sydney Environment Institute

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Nature in Culture: Overturning Aqua Nullius

Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:21:51 GMT

Water is the lifeblood of civilisations, ecosystems and cultures, however, for years this source of life has been exploited and polluted. As the threat of climate change worsens, academics and scientists are turning to Indigenous knowledge to alter attitudes and encourage sustainable practices. Dr Virginia Marshall is a Wiradjuri Nyemba woman, practising lawyer and legal scholar. She is particularly focussed on critically analysing Indigenous water use – nationally and internationally – and in developing Indigenous culturally appropriate mechanisms for water frameworks and ethical water use. Here Virginia talks along a continuum of interconnected ideas: water, land, Indigenous science, Indigenous knowledge, IP, identity, climate change, policy and truth and reconciliation. She discusses the imperative to secure Aboriginal water rights, that is in disbanding the notion of aqua nullius – that the waters of the Australian continent were outside of Indigenous governance structures and cultural use and thus ‘free’ for colonial claims. She explains the inseparability of land and water and Indigenous identity and of the disaster of creating water property rights in Australia. She discusses the important impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and the need for Indigenous people and knowledge to be central in climate change debates globally, before turning the discussion to creating truth and reconciliation in Australia. Find out more about The Re-(E)mergence of Nature in Culture Series.

Timestamps

00:11 Introduction – Christine Winter

02:30 The Birth of Aqua Nullius

09:40 Sacredness of Water and Land

12:10 Epistemology of Indigenous Science

17:00 Who’s Realising the Importance of Indigenous Science?

22:55 Legally Protecting Indigenous Knowledge

26:25 Indigenous Inclusion in Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Decisions

32:40 The Importance of Respect

Speakers

Dr Virginia Marshall, Australian National University

Dr Christine Winter, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sydney Environment Institute

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Protecting an Intimacy Between Karuk and River

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 01:11:02 GMT

International guest Kari Marie Norgaard, Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, joins Dr Christine Winter to discuss her new book Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People: Colonialism, Nature, and Social Action (2019). Kari's work focuses on the social organisation of denial (especially regarding climate change), and environmental justice and climate work with the Karuk Tribe on the Klamath River. This book is the culmination of years spent collaborating with the Karuk tribe whose view of themselves as "fix the world people", has been threatened by the downstream environmental, health, cultural, spiritual and political impacts of the dams connected to the Klamath River. Dr Norgaard and the Karuk people seek to bring healing and visibility to the intimacy of the ways people's lives are connected to the river. There's no doubt that there is an ongoing lived reality of racism and colonialism manifesting in natural resource policy in explicit and visceral ways. Dr Norgaard and the Karuk tribe encourage listeners to help join their efforts in returning responsibility back to the Indigenous people as a warming world threatens this important river. Learn more about the Karuk Climate Adaptation Plan. This podcast is part of The Re-(E)mergence of Nature in Culture multimedia series.

Timestamps

00:11 Introduction - Christine Winter

01:55 Karuk's Intimate Connection to the Klamath River

07:45 Moulding a Project from Outrage

12:05 Forging Collaborative Relationships and Navigating Ethical Terrain

19:30 Celebrating Vibrant Living Cultures and Avoiding Anthropology

24:00 Pervasive Colonialism

32:10 Intersection of Emotions and Power

36:55 Karuk Public Outreach Campaign

40:40 Encouraging Sociology to Mobilise Change

44:10 Navigating Discipline Hostility Speakers Professor Kari Marie Norgaard, University of Oregon Dr Christine Winter, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sydney Environment Institute

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Nature in Culture: Nurturing Oysters Naturally

Wed, 03 Jun 2020 03:09:35 GMT

The Pacific Oyster is an invasive species. As it moves along the coast, it ‘colonises’ the rocky shoreline. And as with settler colonialism, this oyster comes to stay, picking off the prime spaces in the intertidal zone ensuring it gets maximum nutrition while displacing native Sydney Rock Oysters to rocky perches that are reached by sea and nutrients only at high tide. Mitchell Gibbs, a Dunghutti man from Kempsey near Port Macquarie, NSW, is focusing his PhD research on oysters – especially oyster and oyster habitats on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales. As this podcast reveals, his research is based firmly in scientific method, and it is threaded through with an intense interest in traditional Aboriginal oyster farming practices – practices that protected and enhanced oyster habitats and promoted sustainable harvesting. Focusing on the stressors of climate change – ocean acidification and temperature – on oyster populations, Mitchell seeks to find out what impact they have on the next generations of oysters. Mitchell is keen to blend Indigenous knowledge and science systems with the Western scientific knowledge and approaches and looks at how they can move together in expanding our understanding of the world. Find out more about The Re-(E)mergence of Nature in Culture Series.

Timestamps

00:11 Understanding Oysters in a Warming World

02:55 Native vs. Invasive Species

06:35 Indigenous Aquaculture Practices

10:15 Restoring Lost Traditions

12:45 Navigating Conflicting Systems

16:00 Sustainability Rooted in Tradition

17:35 What can Science Learn from Indigenous Knowledge

21:50 Bridging the Divide Between Two Cultures

Speakers

Mitchell Gibbs, PhD student, University of Sydney School of Life and Environment Science

Dr Christine Winter, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sydney Environment Institute

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Nature in Culture: Multi-Sensory Mapping with the Marind People

Wed, 20 May 2020 02:10:41 GMT

Sophie Chao has worked with the Marind people of Indonesian West Papua for over a decade. With them, she has watched as the Indonesian government and large agribusinesses have entered traditional Marind territories and converted them to Palm Oil plantations.Here she shares with us her experience of what was to be a two-day mapping expedition – which grew to a three-week encounter with Marind song, lands, vegetation, bird and animal life and a map of coexistence rather than a map of topography, or ownership, or territory. It became a multi-sensory map, a map of shifting flexible demarcations. This multi-sensory world view is demonstrated too in the Marind response to and empathy for the Oil Palms – a ‘greedy’ plant that is cast adrift from its African kin and transplanted, replacing the native flora of West Papua.Timestamps00:30 Introduction – Christine Winter05:20 Maps: Tools of Domination10:40 On a Journey with the Marind People in Re-mapping the Land16:30 Communicating a Map of Entangled Relationships and Coexistence22:15 Marind Activism and its Challenges30:15 What Would the World Look Like If Power Dynamics Were Reversed?33:55 Marind’s Emotive Response to Oil Palm InvasionSpeakersDr Sophie Chao, University of SydneyDr Christine Winter, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sydney Environment InstituteFind out more about The Re-(E)mergence of Nature in Culture Series: https://bit.ly/2LHl9xf

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Reducing the Impact of Heatwaves: Bodies, Housing, and Cool Suburbs

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:57:49 GMT

Penrith hit an all-time high of 48.9 degrees in early January – for a day it was the hottest place on the planet. The climate-changed projections for Sydney are clear: average temperatures will continue to increase, with more hot days and more frequent and lengthier heatwaves. The impacts of heatwaves are one of the most inequitably distributed impacts of climate change. Those that can afford simply turn on air conditioning, while the poor, homeless, elderly, at risk, and those that live alone tend to be the most impacted. Global research shows that more heat is coming, and it will make everyday life in Sydney, and the western suburbs in particular, more uncomfortable and dangerous for those most vulnerable. This panel focuses on key, implementable responses for lessening the impacts of heatwaves – low-cost personal strategies to keep cool, housing design to keep the heat out, and neighbourhood and local council strategies to counter the heating of suburbs. In discussion are straightforward policy suggestions to keep the most vulnerable among us safe as climate change heats our cities. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introductions and Welcome to Country

05:00 The Science Behind Heatwaves and its Health Impacts - Ollie Jay

16:30 Re-Inventing the Social - Tess Lea

27:35 Penrith Communities Coping with Heat - David Schlosberg

40:00 Homelessness in a Heatwave - Stephanie Macfarlane

57:30 What is a Policy Priority?

01:01:08 Heat Stress in the Workplace

01:04:20 Control and Autonomy of Environments

01:11:05 Health-based Equity Programs

01:12:35 Can Politics be Influenced to Convert to Cooling Suburbs?

01:17:05 Communicating the Threat of Human and Planetary Heat Stress

Speakers

Associate Professor Ollie Jay, University of Sydney School of Health Sciences Associate

Professor Tess Lea, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies

Stephanie Macfarlane, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

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Everyday Militarisms: Hidden in Plain Sight

Fri, 24 Apr 2020 05:49:10 GMT

Militarisms are all around us, but they're often hidden – not in the sense that we can't see them or taste them or touch them, but in the sense that we don't notice them, or recognise them as such. They're hidden in plain sight. In this podcast, University of Sydney researchers Astrida Neimanis and Tess Lea offer the concept of ‘everyday militarisms’ to explore these issues in more depth. They suggest that this concept helps us think more flexibly about operations of power. It invites us to examine more closely our own entanglements with militarisms—how they shape our everyday lives for better or worse. The conversations in this podcast were first seeded during a walking tour organised by Astrida and Tess on ANZAC Day 2019, during which Uncle Jimmy shared his knowledge about the militarisation of everyday life around Sydney Harbour. On this ANZAC Day, might the reflections in this podcast help us pay attention to the militarisms that continue to structure our everyday lives, even and especially under the extraordinary conditions of pandemic response. The Everyday Militarisms research collaboratory brings together researchers, artists, activists and other professionals to generate new perspectives and dialogue on the ways in which militarisms are inseparable from everyday life. Visit their website to find out more: www.everydaymilitarisms.squarespace.com

Timestamps

00:00 Surrounded by Sydney Harbour

03:28 Speaker Introductions

04:50 What are Everyday Militarisms?

07:40 Knowledge Beneath the Botanical Gardens

15:35 History’s Indelible Mark on Contemporary Society

24:30 Camouflaging Celebrated Militarisms

27:00 Military’s Involvement in Climate Change

33:10 Benefits of Identifying Militarised Structures

Speakers

Dr. Astrida Neimanis, University of Sydney

Assoc Prof Tess Lea, University of Sydney

Uncle Jimmy, Wiradjuri Cultural Consultant

Written and narrated by Astrida Neimanis, Tess Lea and Uncle Jimmy, produced and composed by Anja Kanngieser, mastered by Daniel Jenatsch.

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Our House Is on Fire: How Universities Can Become Advocates for Climate Action

Wed, 04 Mar 2020 06:02:13 GMT

Dr Tanya Fiedler in conversation with Professor Michael Mann and Professor Christopher Wright. In the wake of the catastrophic bushfires that have devastated Australia this summer, a growing groundswell of the population are demanding greater action on climate change and the rapid decarbonisation of our economy. And yet, business as usual goes on, leading many to feel powerless in the face of this existential juggernaut. So, what can we do? What are the ways in which we – as academics, researchers, educators, administrators and managers – can engage our respective communities to bring about change? How can we, as non-climate scientists, employ the personal and professional skills at our disposal to become agents of change? For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introductions and Welcome to Country

06:13 Michael Mann’s Experience of Australia’s Extreme Summer

13:16 Business School’s Relationship with Climate Change – Christopher Wright

17:00 What Space is Most Powerful for Advocacy?

25:00 Mainstreaming of Climate Change

27:45 Media’s Influence in the Climate Debate

35:00 How Can We Influence that Debate?

37:23 Investment in Renewable Energy

44:40 Framing Conversations Around Climate Change

48:50 How to Attitudes in the Construction Industry?

52:44 The Power of Litigation in Moving the Climate Conversation

57:46 Offshoring of Emissions and Accountability of Big Businesses

1:02:50 Were the bushfires the tipping point we needed?

1:06:28 Role of Universities as Advocates for Change

1:08:07 Do Deadlines Restrict Climate Action?

1:13:26 How Can We Support Difficult but Necessary Transitions?

1:20:15 Carbon Off-sets and Do They Work?

Speakers

Dr Tanya Fiedler (Chair), University of Sydney

Dr Michael Mann, Pennsylvania State University

Prof Christopher Wright, University of Sydney

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Questions of Management and Policy Amidst Australia’s Bushfire Crisis

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 05:00:26 GMT

An interdisciplinary panel considers how government and industry should best respond to climate-related disasters, which will only become increasingly common, intense, widespread and destructive as the planet warms. The current state and federal approaches to disaster management are failing, as there are inadequate laws and policies to fund government agencies and compensate victims, especially where they are uninsured. With the government defunding research and ignoring recommendations on disasters, resilience and adaptation planning, is a community-based, collaborative approach the only way forward? For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introductions and Welcome to Country

04:05 How are Bushfires Linked to Climate Change?

07:35 Will Extreme Summers Become the New Normal?

10:55 Media's Misinformation of Climate Crisis

15:50 Living with the Fires on your Doorstep

19:35 Resilience to Shock Events

23:45 What does our Disaster Management Taskforce Look Like?

33:00 How are Business Leaders Reacting to the Fires?

39:55 How do we Transform Governance Structures?

52:25 Insurance in Disasters

58:55 Rise of Climate Militant Workplace Unions

01:04:25 Harnessing Democracy to Tackle Climate Change?

01:12:20 Responsibility of Universities to Act

01:17:30 Money Motivates Action

01:20:00 What Plea Will Get People to Act?

Speakers

Professor Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney

Professor Dale Dominey-Howes, University of Sydney

Dr Tanya Fielder (Chair), University of Sydney

Dr Michael E. Mann, Penn State University

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Professor Christopher Wright, University of Sydney

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The 2020 Iain McCalman Lecture with Dr Dinesh Wadiwel

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 01:10:38 GMT

'Swinging the Pendulum Towards the Politics of Production: Animal-Based Food and Environmental Justice'

Dr Wadiwel explores the impact of animal agriculture on climate, planetary health and justice, and the issues with focusing on individualised responsibility, rather than structural and institutional reform. For more information about this click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction – David Schlosberg

12:15 Keynote Lecture – Dinesh Wadiwel

Speakers

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

Dr Dinesh Wadiwel, University of Sydney

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Violence in Plain Sight

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:05:11 GMT

Humans seem to agree on few ethical principles, but one that seems to be near universal is that unless it serves the ultimate purpose of peace, violence ought to be condemned. In this recording, SEI hosted an interdisciplinary panel on 'Violence in Plain Sight' with visiting scholar Professor Kari Marie Norgaard, that explored the reality of violence in research, the mechanisms of denial and invisibility, and the institutional realities that ensure the persistence of concealment. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction - David Schlosberg

01:53 Welcome to Country - Yvonne Weldon

05:54 Speaker Introductions

10:17 Invisible Realities of Violence - Kari Norgaard

17:35 Why is Violence Woven into All Research?

35:20 Systems of Violence That Allow Us to Function

39:50 Pleasure and Pain

45:00 Violence's Many Definitions

55:35 Hope do You Cope with Researching Violence

1:03:25 Do We Turn a Blind Eye to Violence because it Threatens Our Privileged Lives?

1:08:55 Is All Violence Bad?

1:11:35 Politics of Sight and the Spectacle of Violence in Entertainment

1:24:10 Non-Human Violence

1:28:35 Long Neck Ensemble Performance - Introduced by Michelle St Anne

Speakers

Professor Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney

Brian Joyce (Chair), University of Newcastle

Professor Megan Mackenzie, Department of Government and International Relations

Professor Kari Marie Norgaard, University of Oregon

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Dr Dinesh Wadiwel, University of Sydney

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Swimming Into The Blue Humanities

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 00:53:55 GMT

From the shipwrecked swims of Odysseus and Robinson Crusoe to the immersive poetry of Byron and Whitman, swimming captures the human experience of environmental alienation. In this recording, SEI welcomes visiting scholar Professor Steve Mentz for his keynote lecture, 'Swimming Into the Blue Humanities'. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and Introduction - Killian Quigley

05:15 Keynote Lecture - Steve Mentz

54:21 Q&A

Speakers

Dr Killian Quigley (Intro), Sydney Environment Institute

Professor Steve Mentz, St John's University, New York

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The Failure of CSR in A Warming World

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 01:28:54 GMT

In this panel discussion, a group of academic experts and business practitioners discuss how businesses might change their approach to environmental and social sustainability in a warming world, and what is needed to build genuine business leadership which better engages with citizens, communities and governments at this critical time. This event was held in partnership with the Waste Fighters Society at the University of Sydney on Wednesday 16 October, 2019. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and Introduction – Christopher Wright

02:45 Flawed Business Structures – Kate Mackenzie

15:20 Businesses’ Social and Environmental Purpose – Rachel Mason Nunn

19:50 Science to Finance – Tanya Fiedler

28:06 Do Corporations Hold a Broader Social Responsibility?

42:15 Has CSR Actually Been a Success in Deterring Change?

53:40 But What About the Power of Government?

59:45 What is a Good Term for CSR?

01:08:25 Is Lobbying Successful?

01:11:20 How Can You Measure Sustainability?

01:17:45 Is There Any Profit in Ethics?

01:19:30 The Misinformation of Branded Content

01:22:15 Responsibility Within the Banking Sector

Speakers

Rachel Mason Nunn, Social Development Specialist

Dr Tanya Fiedler, University of Sydney Kate Mackenzie, Independent Researcher & Consultant

Professor Christopher Wright (Chair), University of Sydney

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The Toxic Management of Mining Legacies

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 04:28:58 GMT

Mine rehabilitation and mine closure is at first glance much less “spectacular” than the arrival of a new mine – there are rarely protests, blockades, or election promises when it’s time to close a mine. But it is in these apparently mundane spaces we catch a glimpse of the long-term social and environmental impacts of mining. In this recording, a panel of experts challenge Australia’s current approach to managing mining legacies, embracing ethical, economic, environmental and social perspectives in an exploration of responsible mine closure. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introductions and Welcome to Country

08:04 Trauma within Indigenous Sámi Communities – Rebecca Lawrence

10:25 Rehabilitation Discourse – Dave Sweeney

15:25 Difficulty of Quantifying the Issue – Mia Pepper

21:22 Language Behind Mining – Gavin Mudd

27:12 Learning from the Most ‘Regulated’ Mine in the World

34:03 Toxic Management of Mining Legacies

36:40 Different Cultural Understandings of Mining

43:30 Mine Design and Changes to Regulatory Systems

48:15 Positive Stories from Communities Reclaiming Power

53:08 How Can Communities Rehabilitate and Engage More Effectively?

1:01:50 Mining Rehabilitation Bonds

1:06:38 Is Australia the Leader in Mining Governance?

1:10:13 Mining’s Impact on Underground Water Sources

1:13:10 Is this an Intergenerational Equity Issue of Species-Scale Proportions?

1:19:50 Closing Statements

Speakers

Dr Rebecca Lawrence, Sydney Environment Institute

Associate Professor Gavin Mudd, RMIT University

Mia Pepper, Murdoch University

Dave Sweeney, Australian Conservation Foundation

Charles Roche (Chair), Minerals Policy Institute, Murdoch University

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Book Launch: Sustainable Materialism

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 02:31:39 GMT

This recording is from the Sydney Environment Institute's launch of David Schlosberg and Luke Craven’s new book Sustainable Materialism, a work that explores the new wave of sustainability movements that are reclaiming material systems and overturning environmental injustices across the world. Drawing on years of research including activist interviews, Sustainable Materialism explores the political motivations of these movements – frustration with the political status quo, a desire for social and environmental justice and a dedication to local and prefigurative politics. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - David Schlosberg

13:35 On Sustainable Materialism - Luke Craven

21:44 Response to the Book - Robyn Eckersley

30:30 Response to the Book - Katherine Gibson

40:05 Authors Respond - David Schlosberg and Luke Craven

Speakers

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Dr Luke Craven, UNSW Canberra Professor Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne

Professor Katherine Gibson, Western Sydney University

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Adapting Climate Science For Business

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 04:09:54 GMT

Climate science and the models it uses to project climatic changes over the 21st century were designed to answer big picture policy questions at the global scale. So just how can science be adapted to answer the questions businesses want to know? For example, how can scientists advise a company whether a particular piece of infrastructure at a specific address is likely to be rendered useless because of a cyclone in 2030? The speakers in this panel take us through the ways in which they are assisting a variety of business sectors in answering such questions. They explain where the science is at – what it is capable of and what it is not yet capable of – and the opportunities and challenges they face in working with the business community. Part Three of The Business Making of Climate Change series. The Business Making of Climate Change series of public talks brings together investors, lawyers, insurers, corporates, consultants and scientists, as they collectively consider why climate change is increasingly relevant to the business community and how businesses can make sense of climate change in a way that is relevant to them. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - Tanya Fiedler

12:01 Translating Climate Models to Businesses - Andy Pitman

19:55 Adaptating our Agricultural Industries - Brendan Cullen

25:35 How do Insurers Price Climate Change? - Kate Simmonds

31:05 Climate Change and Credit Liability - Nick Wood

34:35 Is there a Climate Data Deficit?

42:10 Differentiating Between Natural and Climate Variability

47:25 Could Climate Change Lead to Economic Collapse?

55:30 Is there Scientific Literacy and Passion in Australia?

58:15 What can Farmers do?

1:07:20 Role of Artificial Intelligence in Climate Science

1:10:25 Understanding Droughts

1:14:25 What does the Future of Australia's Agricultural Industry Look Like?

1:18:00 Collective Actions Across Sectors

Speakers

Brendan Cullen, University of Melbourne

Dr Tanya Fiedler (Chair), University of Sydney

Andy Pitman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes

Kate Simmonds, Willis Towers

Watson Nick Wood, Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub

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How Are Businesses Responding to Investor Pressure on Climate Change?

Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:19:49 GMT

Many businesses are already feeling the effects of climate change. As a consequence, investors are expecting far greater insight and transparency around the ways in which organisations are preparing for the shorter and longer-term risks and opportunities that might arise.Just how are businesses responding to this challenge? And where do the complexities lie? This event brings together consultants, academics, NGOs and corporate managers to discuss the work they have been involved in, in responding to such challenges and complexities.Part Two of The Business Making of Climate Change series.The Business Making of Climate Change series of public talks brings together investors, lawyers, insurers, corporates, consultants and scientists, as they collectively consider why climate change is increasingly relevant to the business community and how businesses can make sense of climate change in a way that is relevant to them.Timestamps00:00 Welcome and Introduction – Tanya Fiedler10:42 Consistency of Climate Risk Reporting – Kate MacKenzie20:25 Translating Transition Scenarios – Amber Johnston-Billings24:30 How Energy Companies Respond to Scenarios – Theo Comino30:35 Banking Physical Risks – Cécile Walton36:25 Scenario Planning – Sharanjit Paddam45:10 Who are the People that Matter on Boards?1:06:15 Q&ASpeakersTheo Comino, AGLDr Tanya Fiedler (Chair), University of SydneyAmber Johnston-Billings, KPMGKate MacKenzie, European Climate FoundationSharanjit Paddam, QBE Insurance GroupCécile Walton, Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaThis event was held at the University of Sydney on Wednesday 5 June, 2019.For more information: https://bit.ly/2ZsDgMr

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Why Investors are Worrying About Climate Change

Tue, 28 May 2019 06:23:30 GMT

Why are financial regulators, investors and other entities demanding greater insight into the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate change? Are businesses responding to these demands? If so, how? And does that response hold up under scrutiny? This event, part one of the Business Making of Climate Change series, brings together investors, lawyers and academics as they consider these questions. The speakers will outline the case for publicly listed companies to develop governance structures, risk management, strategies, metrics and targets for climate-related risks and opportunities that, where material, are disclosed in annual financial reports. Part One of The Business Making of Climate Change series. The Business Making of Climate Change series of public talks brings together investors, lawyers, insurers, corporates, consultants and scientists, as they collectively consider why climate change is increasingly relevant to the business community and how businesses can make sense of climate change in a way that is relevant to them. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and Introduction – Tanya Fiedler

09:00 Who is the IGCC? – Emma Herd

14:55 Incorporating Climate Change into Portfolio Management – Kate Bromley

19:15 Legal Risks of Climate Change – Sarah Barker

23:20 Scenario Modelling – Jillian Reid

26:45 What are the Key External Pressures?

42:30 Q&A

Speakers

Sarah Barker, MinterEllison

Dr Tanya Fiedler (Chair), University of Sydney

Emma Herd, Investor Group on Climate Change

Kate Bromley, QIC

Jillian Reid, Mercer

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Making Space I: Bodies, Space and the Anthropocene

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 03:32:03 GMT

The future of our planet is unlikely, unpredictable, innovative and deeply interwoven; an improvisation at a planetary scale. As our world continues to warm, we are learning to expect the unexpected, learning to flow, move, collaborate and make space. This event prefaced a week-long workshop which brought together choreographers and specialists from other disciplines, that asked artists and academics to respond to the idea of the Anthropocene. We pick up this conversation again, this time including the choreographers to reflect on the process of making work in artist-non-artist collaborations and ways of thinking-through-practice in the Anthropocene. At the conclusion of the talk, there was a bespoke experimental music performance, curated by E M U S (Exploratory Music Sydney) an organisation promoting improvised, exploratory, experimental music and sound art in Sydney and its surrounds. Bodies, Space and the Anthropocene was built on the 2019 Sydney Festival event ‘Talking Dance: Hacking the Anthropocene’ by Critical Path and Strange Attractor. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Michelle St Anne

03:55 Explaining the Choreography Lab – Bek Conroy

10:35 What is the Anthropocene?

17:35 How do Choreographers Approach the Idea of the Anthropocene?

21:00 What are Your Emotions about the Anthropocene?

30:25 Approaches to Choreographic Practice

43:50 How does Creative Collaborations Affect Research?

49:30 New Kinds of Thinking for the Future

Speakers

Astrida Neimanis is a feminist writer, researcher, and teacher based at the University of Sydney.

Bek Conroy is an artist, critical thinker and writer.

Sarah Pini is a choreographer, anthropologist and PhD candidate.

Jodie McNeilly-Renaudie is an independent choreographer, researcher and dance dramaturg.

Michelle St Anne, Sydney Environment Institue and Living Room Theatre Making Space is a Sydney Environment Institute off-campus series partnered with 107 Projects, that asks what happens when performers, artists and academics approach the act of ‘making space’ hand in hand.

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Culture, Trust, and Systems: Local and Democratic Politics for the Anthropocene

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:55:47 GMT

This Sydney Environment Institute and Sydney Ideas event examined a variety of ways of rethinking local politics for more sustainable and democratic ends. Speakers addressed the potential of coalitions forming to prevent the increased enclosure of public lands, grassroots efforts to create new food systems, and new forms of cultural intervention and shifts – value-guided ecological democracy. The goal was to put innovative thinkers and actors into a conversation to examine the role of the local in living practices of ecological democracy. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - Dr Alana Mann

05:40 Democracy and Sustainability - Dr Marit Hammond

18:46 Social Movements and Action - Professor David Schlosberg

35:00 Public Trust Populism - Professor Lisa Disch

49:46 Q&A

50:20 Power of Art Projects to Open Up Democratic Possibilities

53:45 Trust Litigation

Speakers

Professor Lisa Disch, University of Michigan

Dr Marit Hammond, Keele University

Dr Alana Mann (Chair), University of Sydney

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

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'The Sea, The Sea’ by Alexandra Spence

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 04:08:57 GMT

An original piece by Alexandra Spence. The piece was inspired by the work of retiring SEI Co-director Professor Iain McCalman and performed as part of the launch of an annual lecture, celebrating Iain’s career. From Charles Darwin to the Great Barrier Reef; the sciences to the humanities; Iain McCalman established himself as an internationally renowned cultural historian, an award-winning author and a highly accomplished professor of history and the humanities. For more information about this event click here.

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The Inaugural Iain McCalman Lecture

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 02:22:29 GMT

To celebrate the career of retiring Co-director Professor Iain McCalman the Sydney Environment Institute launched an annual lecture aimed at highlighting early-career researchers who, like Iain McCalman, are working across disciplinary boundaries to impact both scholarship and public discourse.The inaugural lecture was given by Dr Frances Flanagan, whose incredible talked titled, ‘Climate Change and the New Work Order’ explored how the workforce can (and must) become a site of social and ecological renewal.Timestamps00:41 Welcome to Country - Uncle Allen Madden03:41 Introduction - Professor David Schlosberg18:41 Climate Change and the New Work Order (Keynote Lecture) - Dr Frances Flanagan1:04:55 Response - Professor Iain McCalmanSpeakersDr Frances Flanagan (Keynote), University of Sydney FellowProfessor Iain McCalman, Emeritus Professor of History and former Co-Director of the Sydney Environment InstituteProfessor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment InstituteThis event was held at the University of Sydney on Wednesday 6 February, 2019.For more information about this event: https://bit.ly/2WM6dCl

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Climate Change and the Media

Tue, 06 Nov 2018 06:34:03 GMT

Over the last twenty-five years, the weight of evidence about the causes and consequences of climate change have become compelling, and yet little action has resulted. The problem is political rather than scientific: we know the risks and we know how to address them, but we lack the political will to do so. The media are pivotal in this equation: they have the power to set the public and the political agenda. How and why has media coverage fallen short in communicating both the science and the politics of climate change? An expert panel discusses at the Sydney launch of Climate Change and the Media, edited by Benedetta Brevini and Justin Lewis. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Benedetta Brevini

09:20 Climate Change and the Media – Justin Lewis

16:30 Ignoring Climate Change, Celebrating Coal – Terry Woronov

24:20 Mobilising People through Alternative Media Channels – Alana Mann

32:10 Views from within the News Machine – Peter Hannam

43:15 How to Make Climate Change Newsworthy?

49:10 Alternative Media: Online and Offline Mobilisation and Protest

52:35 Importance of Identity in Selling Propaganda

57:50 Role of Mining Industry Lobby Groups

1:01:05 Activists Reframed into Terrorists

1:08:30 How can Journalists Hold Politicians Accountable?

1:12:10 How can Academics Become Part of the Story?

1:17:30 How to Elevate Environment to Economic Status?

1:25:20 Balanced Reporting

1:28:50 Consolidation of Media Landscape

Speakers

Peter Hannam, Environment Editor, Sydney Morning Herald

Professor Justin Lewis, Cardiff University

Dr Alana Mann, University of Sydney

Dr Terry Woronov, University of Sydney

Dr Benedetta Brevini (Chair), University of Sydney

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Why Island Nations' Isolation on the Climate Change Threat Must End

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 03:03:45 GMT

In this public talk, we hear from the former President of Kiribati, Anote Tong, one of the world’s most prominent advocates for global action on climate change. Mr Tong highlights the role of wealthy industrialised nations such as Australia in climate action and the need for global recognition of the threat that climate change represents for vulnerable Pacific Island nations, with responses from Professor Rosemary Lyster and Dr Jennifer Newell. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – David Schlosberg

08:45 Pacific Calling Partnership – Meredith Bergman

14:35 The Pacific is Drowning (Keynote) – Anote Tong

43:05 Climate Justice and Disaster Law – Rosemary Lyster

59:50 Communicating the Voices of the Pacific – Jennifer Newell

Speakers

Anote Tong (Keynote), former president of Kiribati

Professor Rosemary Lyster, University of Sydney Law School

Dr Jennifer Newell, Manager, Pacific and International Collections, Australian Museum

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

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Building Food Utopias: Voice, Power and Agency

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 05:29:55 GMT

In response to the social inequities and ecological damage wrought by an industrial and globalised food system, a growing food movement that champions food and farm justice, sovereignty and democracy is driving social, economic and political change across the globe. What structures and mechanisms are needed to ensure that those most affected by food and farm insecurity in Australia are heard? How do we strengthen social and political networks to sustain transformative public policymaking in food and agriculture? In this Sydney Ideas lecture, International expert Eric Holt-Giménez explains how social movements are addressing the economic and political structures that currently work against sustainability, with responses from local food systems experts Eva Perroni and Joel Orchard. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introductions and Welcome to Country – Dr Alana Mann

09:44 Sustainability in Food Systems (Keynote) – Dr Eric Holt-Giménez

38:08 Amplifying Voices and Dismantling Power – Eva Perroni

52:00 Food Activism – Joel Orchard

1:11:13 Sydney Food Campaigns to Join

1:12:30 Australia’s Diversity in Food Distribution

1:18:10 Alternatives to Private Property for Production

1:27:35 Implementing Indigenous Practices into Farming

1:34:20 Closing Statement – Dr Eric Holt-Giménez

Speakers

Dr Eric Holt-Giménez (Keynote), Author and Executive Director of Food First

Eva Perroni, Independent Researcher and Writer

Joel Orchard, Farmer and Food Systems Activist

Dr Alana Mann (Chair), University of Sydney

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Living In A Warming World - Professional obligations in an age of climate change

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 02:44:07 GMT

Part Four of the Living in a Warming World series convened by Dr Frances Flanagan and Michelle St Anne and co-presented by Sydney Ideas. The radical threat posed by global warming poses a profound challenge to every vocation. At the core of every profession, from engineering to accountancy to law to journalism, is the idea of providing expertise in service to the public good. Professionals must act ethically, in accordance with relevant codes and standards. But with the whole system under challenge from the possible collapse of the natural systems that support life on earth, will these ethics be sufficient? How are professional standards and codes of ethics shifting in response to the catastrophic threat posed by climate change? These outstanding speakers consider these and other profound questions facing all professionals in the age of global warming. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and Reflecting on Series – Frances Flanagan

08:40 Introduction – Christopher Wright

14:00 Media’s Role in Painting the Big Picture of the Climate Crisis – Anna Krien

33:00 How to Talk About the Topic that Affects Everyone? – David Ritter

47:30 Reclaiming Climate Change as the Critical Ethical Issue of Our Time

53:35 Australia’s Agriculture Industry

56:15 Exposing Political Corruption

58:20 How the Noise from Media Distracts from Action

Speakers

Anna Krien, Author and Journalist

David Ritter, CEO, Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Professor Christopher Wright (Chair), University of Sydney

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Jellyfish Behaving Badly?

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:20:47 GMT

It’s time we talked about jellyfishes. They dazzle us, terrify us, nourish us, and fascinate us. They can seem utterly otherworldly, and yet they’re among the more ancient species to inhabit earth. And because of rising ocean temperatures, they are moving. Scary news, this: it’s not comforting to imagine deadly Irukandji box jellyfish appearing along the New South Wales coast – let alone in Sydney Harbour – but recent sightings at Fraser Island indicate that they are indeed southward bound. This event delivered the latest research into jellyfishes’ changing behaviour and also helps understand and imagine what that research means for the future of the sea. It will bring you closer to these diverse, complicated, and fantastically beautiful creatures, whose lives, we’d better recognise, are inextricably linked with our own. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Aesthetics in the Sea (Introduction) – Killian Quigley

05:50 Speaker Introductions – Maria Byrne

08:30 Where are Jellyfish and Where are They Going? – Will Figueira

22:35 Jellyfish Behaving Badly – Mike Kingsford

38:00 History of Jellyfish Studies – Jude Philp

Speakers

Professor Maria Byrne (Chair), University of Sydney

Dr Jude Philp, Macleay Museum

Professor Mike Kingsford, James Cook University

Associate Professor Will Figueira, University of Sydney

Dr Killian Quigley, Sydney Environment Institute

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Tibet: Life on the Frontlines of Climate Change

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 05:21:22 GMT

For millennia, Tibet’s nomads flourished sustainably on the ‘roof of the world’. Today they are being forcibly removed from their ancestral lands. At the same time, the climate crisis is bringing dramatic changes to Tibet, with profound consequences both for Tibetans and the hundreds of millions of people who live downstream. Tsechu Dolma, 25, is a Tibetan refugee, Columbia University graduate, and founder of the Mountain Resiliency Project. Her pioneering work led Tsechu to be recognised as one of Forbes 30 under 30 in social entrepreneurship. In this public lecture, Tsechu explains why Tibet lies at the heart of many of the great development challenges of the 21st century. Tsechu explores how Tibet lies at the heart of many of the great development challenges of the 21st century. Learn about how climate change is impacting Tibet, and how this affects the fresh water supply and food security of a staggering proportion of the world’s population. What is the role of nomads in protecting Tibet’s environment, and the importance of traditional knowledge and practices in responding to climate change? For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Leanne Cutcher

05:30 Social Entrepreneurship – Tsechu Dolma

26:20 Defining Nomads – Robyn Alders

32:20 Tibet Trapped Between Two Global Problems – Kyinzom Dhongdue

Speakers

Professor Robyn Alders, University of Sydney

Professor Leanne Cutcher (Chair), University of Sydney

Kyinzom Dhongdue, Australia Tibet Council

Tsechu Dolma (Keynote), Founder of the Mountain Resiliency Project

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Living In A Warming World: Making the New Energy System Fair

Tue, 03 Jul 2018 02:18:47 GMT

Part Three of the Living in a Warming World series convened by Dr Frances Flanagan and Michelle St Anne and co-presented by Sydney Ideas. It is inarguable that Australia needs to urgently transition from fossil fuels to a renewables-based energy system if it is to play its part in avoiding catastrophic climate change. Such a transition, though, cannot be undertaken in a purely technical manner. Land must be made available for wind and solar farms, solar panels and mills must be constructed and installed, and decisions must be made about the way our new energy systems are owned and distributed. This event brings together policy experts, activists and academics to ask what conceptual frameworks we should be reaching for in trying to build a renewable energy system that is fair. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Welcome and Introduction of Series – Frances Flanagan

03:15 Introduction – Christopher Wright

05:55 Building Stronger Local Economies – Amanda Cahill

16:15 Supporting the Frontline Workers – Godfrey Moase

26:25 Coping with Heatwaves with Affordable Energy – Joseph Scales

38:15 Technology is There, but Politics Isn’t

Speakers

Dr. Amanda Cahill, The Next Economy

Godfrey Moase, National Union of Workers

Joseph Scales, Solar Citizens

Professor Christopher Wright (Chair), University of Sydney

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Environmental Behaviour Change: Harnessing the Power of Volunteers and Grass-Roots Campaigners

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 06:28:10 GMT

The assumption that helping the environment means changing our individual behaviours is a commonplace of daily life. We are all urged to ‘do our bit’, to ‘consume responsibly’ and to make small changes. This proposition is hotly contested within academic scholarship. Its empirical truth is called into doubt by environmental scholarship emphasising the big gap between intentions and actions. This discussion invites two successful environmental change agents — Managing Director of Clean Up Australia, Terrie-Ann Johnson, and co-founder of Manly’s Operation Straw, Harriet Spark, to discuss their work and to bring it into dialogue with these debates. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - Fiona Allon

03:00 The Downfall of Individualising Responsibility - Ruth Barcan

17:55 Clean Up Australia and its Connection to Community - Terrie-Ann Johnson

35:55 Operation Straw and the Key Role of Effective Communication - Harriet Spark

Speakers

Dr Fiona Allon (Chair), University of Sydney Associate

Professor Ruth Barcan, University of Sydney

Terrie-Ann Johnson, Managing Director of Clean Up Australia

Harriet Spark, Co-founder of Manly’s Operation Straw

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The Coal Truth

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 06:38:11 GMT

In this public event, contributors Tara Moss, Berndt Sellheim and Lesley Hughes, join lead author David Ritter for the national launch of The Coal Truth: The Fight to Stop Adani, Defeat the Big Polluters and Reclaim our Democracy. Each panellist discusses their contributions to this unique new book, which provides a timely and colourful contribution to one of the most important struggles in our national history – over the future of the coal industry. Since 2012, the fight to stop the opening of the vast Galilee coal basin has emerged as an iconic pivot of the Australian climate and environment movement. Written by an environmental insider with an eye on the world his daughters will inherit, The Coal Truth is told with wit and verve, drawing in other specialist voices to bring to life the contours of a contest that the people of Australia can’t afford to lose. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – David Schlosberg

03:55 A Book of Many Voices

12:40 How to Animate a Movement?

17:50 The Power of the Coal Industry

21:55 Public Fatigue of Pisstaking and the Legitimation Crisis

27:10 What Role Does Science Play in This?

34:15 Reclaiming Democracy

38:05 What Do You Want the Book to Do?

46:00 A Message of Hope

Speakers

Professor Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University

Tara Moss, Author David Ritter, Author and CEO, Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Berndt Sellheim, Poet

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

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Stories and Seaways

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 01:05:11 GMT

How do oceans remember? What times do they record? Whose histories – and whose futures – are visible by sea-light? The Sydney Environment Institute welcomes Alice Te Punga Somerville and David Farrier, two internationally-renowned scholars, and authors, of ocean stories, for this public lecture. Listen as speakers flow through hemispheric boundaries, incorporating southern and northern seas, to interrogate and enliven compositions of oceanic place, language, knowledge, and tradition. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Iain McCalman

5:25 Poems and Ancestry – Alice Te Punga Somerville

32:05 Future Fossils – David Farrier

Speakers

Associate Professor Alice Te Punga Somerville, University of Waikato

Dr. David Farrier, University of Edinburgh

Professor Iain McCalman (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

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Living In A Warming World: Inequality and Climate Change

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:04:39 GMT

Part Two of the Living in a Warming World series convened by Dr Frances Flanagan and Michelle St Anne and co-presented by Sydney Ideas. Climate change has the potential to significantly accelerate inequality. Low income and precariously employed Australians tend to live and work in areas more susceptible to temperature extremes, and in buildings less able to withstand them. At the same time, rising inequality in Australia is making it harder to tackle climate change. Elites in highly unequal societies pollute more, waste more water, emit more carbon dioxide, and produce and consume more products that are designed not to last. Highly unequal societies are less democratically responsive, and are more likely to accept climate change ‘solutions’ that are premised on the privatisation of ‘liveable space’. This panel brings together speakers who make the case for the necessity of seeing climate change and inequality as entwined challenges. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Christopher Wright

06:15 The Vulnerability of Women in a Warming World – Kate Auty

20:10 Building a Better Future by Recognising the Honest Reality – Marc Stears

33:30 Community-based Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Speakers

Professor Kate Auty, ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment

Professor Marc Stears, Sydney Policy Lab

Professor Christopher Wright (Chair), University of Sydney Business School

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Indigenous Sustainability Practices and Processes

Thu, 31 May 2018 04:43:31 GMT

What does it mean to care for Country? How can changes in food production address the historical injustices of colonialism? How can we address our current and future environmental challenges by including First Australian knowledge and experiences of how to care for Country? Drawing on the insights of David King, Gundungurra Aboriginal elder and inspirational leader of the Bushcare Group community, this Sydney Ideas public seminar, focuses on First Australian sustainability practices and processes, and explore issues of food wastage, food justice and the ethical and environmental challenges of food security. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introductions and Welcome to Country

06:06 Keynote Presentation - David King

28:40 Racism Interconnected with Food Systems - Margaret Raven

43:22 Native Food Industries - Cressida Rigney

Speakers

David King (Keynote Speaker), Gundungurra Aboriginal elder, and member of The Gully Traditional Owners.

Cressida Rigney, PhD Candidate, The University of Sydney

Dr Margaret Raven, Postdoctoral Fellow, Macquarie University

Dr Christine Winter (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute Postdoctoral Fellow from the Department of Government and International Relations

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Ocean’s Forms: Process, Structure, and Imagination at Sea

Wed, 09 May 2018 05:15:01 GMT

Void. Mirror. Sanctuary. Habitat. Drowned Earth. Saltwater country. These represent a tiny fraction of the ideas and images the ocean has been seen to express. This Sydney Ideas seminar gathered insights from philosophy, marine geoscience, art, and literature exploring how different ways of knowing the sea have informed one another, and how they might inform one another in the future. Science can explain how waves activate oceanic forms, and how those forms affect lives, sands, reefs, and coastlines. Through poetry and art, it’s possible to witness how waves and other sea-structures have stimulated imaginations to move beyond the limits of the shore. Truly thinking past terrestrial boundaries requires new connections among ethics, natural science, and creative practice. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Susan Reid

06:25 The Poetic History of the Ocean – Killian Quigley

18:55 Wave Formations and Coral Reefs – Ana Vila Concejo

31:55 Creation Represented in the Land – Brian Robinson

Speakers

Dr Killian Quigley, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sydney Environment Institute

Associate Professor Ana Vila Concejo, University of Sydney

Brian Robinson, Contemporary Artist Susan Reid (Chair), University of Sydney

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Artists Have Never Been More Important

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 23:12:07 GMT

Scientists collect data and from it create information about the world, which is of great value to society, but not necessarily reflected in policymaking and political action. The failure of society to act on anthropogenic-driven climate change is the prime example. Artists are now coming together to work on climate change, to deploy research methods that inform art, while at the same time creating empathy for the planet place by place, species by species. These practices build the bridge from information to action – a cultural intervention without which we risk our own survival. In this Sydney Ideas forum William L. Fox, Director of the Centre for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Nevada, whose extensive practice as a curator, writer and commentator crosses the arts and sciences, addresses the claim that in this moment of planetary environmental crisis, artists have never been more important. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introductions and Welcome to Country

04:00 Keynote Presentation – William L. Fox

47:30 “Invisible Art” and its Impact on Policy – Janet Laurence

56:15 Power of Performative Art – Ian Maxwell

Speakers

William L. Fox, Director of the Centre for Art + Environment Nevada Museum of Art in Reno

Janet Laurence, Artist Associate

Professor Ian Maxwell, Chair, Department of Theatre and Performance Studies

Dr Killian Quigley (Chair), Postdoctoral Fellow, Sydney Environment Institute

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Urban Farming: Feeding the Future

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:32:30 GMT

Intensive farming in urban areas and the areas on the outskirts of our metropolitan areas and cities hold much promise for delivering healthy and safe food to our cities in an economically efficient and environmentally friendly manner. Research on urban farms shows that not only do they provide local employment, but can serve as hubs of innovation in agricultural technology and logistics. But urban farms also face challenges from regulation, standardisation, food testing and issues of land use and the hyper-commodification of urban real estate. Listen to a panel of passionate people working in urban agriculture, discuss the future of urban farming, and how it can be integrated into the urban economic and ecological system. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Robyn Alders

05:20 Urban Agriculture: Making our Cities More Resilient – Megan Battaglia

14:15 Agriburbia – Lenore Newman

25:35 The Rise of Social Enterprises – Toby Whittington

Speakers

Professor Robyn Alders (Chair), University of Sydney

Megan Battaglia, University of Sydney Associate

Professor Lenore Newman, University of the Fraser Valley Toby Whittington, CEO and founder, Green World Revolution

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What Lola Heard: Theatrical Sounds of Climate Change

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:21:05 GMT

Sydney Environment Institute in partnership with The Living Room Theatre presents ‘What Lola Heard’ – the second artistic work from a SSSHARC funded Pop-up Research Lab. ‘What Lola Heard: Theatrical Sounds from Climate Change’, was a fascinating insight into the creative process in contemporary theatre – part public talk, part installation, part concert, the evening brought together internationally acclaimed improvising musicians in conversation with David Roesner, Professor of Theatre Studies at LMU Munich and Michelle St Anne, Artistic Director of The Living Room Theatre. This conversation was framed by two sets by the musicians performing compositions from The Living Room Theatre’s environmental works and a collective improvisation around Lawrence English’s soundscape from ‘Black Crows Invaded our Country’. Alister Spence – prepared piano and samples Mary Rapp – cello, double bass and voice Alexandra Spence – field recordings, tapes and amplified objects This event brought audiences into an environment of the ear; an auditory journey into the realities of radical climate instability revealing an insightful musical embodiment of climate knowledge. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Lian Loke

03:05 Michelle St Anne’s Methodology and the Beginning of Lola

10:45 David Roesner’s Composed Theatre Methodology

14:35 Feeling Vibrations and Activating Senses

19:35 Knowledge Translation

23:45 The Ups and Down of Rehearsal

Speakers

Associate Professor Lian Loke, University of Sydney

Killian Quigley (Chair), Postdoctoral Fellow, Sydney Environment Institute

David Roesner, LMU Munich Michelle St Anne, The Living Room Theatre and Sydney Environment Institute

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Carbon Capitalism and Communication, Confronting Climate Crisis

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 02:44:35 GMT

This panel brings together activists and academics to discuss the central role of communication in environmental debates and launch the book Carbon Capitalism and Communication, Confronting Climate Crisis edited by Benedetta Brevini and Graham Murdock with Naomi Klein, Michael Mann, Alan Rusbridger, David Ritter and Blair Palese. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Alana Mann

03:40 A Timely Release of the Book – Benedetta Brevini

11:05 Rise of Neoliberalism with Naomi Klein – Christopher Wright

18:15 The Discourse Around the Carmichael Mine – Terry Woronov

26:20 The Cult Worship of Coal – David Ritter

32:50 Social Organisation of Denial – Kari Norgaard

44:50 Will Market Mechanisms Drive Change?

52:25 Climate Change is Not a Binary

1:01:35 How can Activism Lead to Systemic Change?

1:07:07 What is the Restoration Narrative?

1:17:40 The Commodification of Ecology

Speakers

Dr Benedetta Brevini, University of Sydney

Dr Alana Mann (Chair), University of Sydney

Assoc. Prof. Kari Norgaard, University of Oregon David Ritter, CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Dr Terry Woronov, University of Sydney

Professor Christopher Wright, University of Sydney

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Beyond the Climate Elephant: From Climate Denial to Public Engagement

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 03:05:36 GMT

Climate change inaction and climate change denial are serious issues, and indeed, a well-organised counter-movement has challenged the science on climate change, and thus the role of science as the basis for guiding public policy (literal denial). Alongside the serious threat to democracy posed by the phenomenon of “literal denial” is “implicatory denial” a phenomenon which occurs when people fail to integrate the facts about climate change that they believe to be true, in their decision-making, political activities, or sense of daily reality. From a sociological standpoint, this brings up interesting questions on human social behaviour surrounding climate change. How and why do people who believe in climate change manage to ignore it? How can scientific information about climate change be communicated effectively? How can the seriousness of climate change be communicated at the social level? How can we inform the public about climate change in a way that empowers people to move away from climate denial to climate action? This Sydney Ideas seminar features a keynote lecture by Kari Marie Norgaard and explores the issue of climate change denial and the societal attributes that may contribute to moving from denial to public engagement. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:15 Introduction and Welcome to Country – Danielle Celermajer

06:30 Socially Organised Implicatory Denial – Kari Norgaard

32:20 How do We Address the Elephant in the Room? – David Schlosberg

48:00 Holding the Powerful to Account – Kyla Tienhaara

Speakers

Professor Danielle Celermajer (Chair), University of Sydney

Associate Professor Kari Marie Norgaard (Keynote), University of Oregon

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Kyla Tienhaara, Greenpeace Australia Pacific

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'EJ and Place'

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:28:36 GMT

Keynote Conversation 10: 'Environmental Justice and Place' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: Petra Tschakert, University Western Australia

Speakers: George Woods, Lock the Gate

Mike Campbell, OAM, Community Activist

Heidi Norman, UTS

Robert Figueroa, Oregon State University

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'Just Transition'

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:25:43 GMT

Keynote Conversation 9: 'Just Transition' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: Linda Conner, University of Sydney

Speakers: Blair Palese, 350.org

Bronya Lipski, Environmental Justice Australia

Tom Reddington, Union Aid Abroad–APHEDA

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'Culture, Food and Health'

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:22:53 GMT

Keynote Conversation 8: 'Culture, Food and Health' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: Alana Mann, University of Sydney

Speakers:

Amita Baviskar, University of Delhi

Viliamu Iese, University of the South Pacific

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'EJ and Indigenous Cultures'

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:18:34 GMT

Keynote Conversation 7: 'EJ and Indigenous Cultures' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: Sarah Wiebe, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Speakers:

Kyle Powys Whyte, Michigan State University

Seán Kerins, Australian National University

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'EJ Gender and Materiality'

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:15:30 GMT

Keynote Conversation 6: EJ Gender and Materiality' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: Astrida Neimanis, University of Sydney

Speakers:

Sherilyn Macgregor, University of Manchester

Lesley Head, University of Melbourne

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'Multispecies Justice'

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:12:46 GMT

Keynote Conversation 5: 'Multispecies Justice' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: David Pellow, University of California, Santa Barbara

Speakers:

Michelle Maloney, Australian Earth Laws Alliance

Dinesh Wadiwel, University of Sydney

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'EJ and Climate Governance'

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:09:30 GMT

Keynote Conversation 4: 'EJ and Climate Governance' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: Rosemary Lyster, University of Sydney

Speakers: Chuks Okereke, University of Reading Jon Barnett, University of Melbourne

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'EJ and Climate Governance'

Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:04:36 GMT

Keynote Conversation 3: 'EJ and Climate Governance' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: John Dryzek, University of Canberra

Speakers: Robyn Eckersley, University of Melbourne

Maxine Burkett, University of Hawaii

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'Looking Forward'

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:58:34 GMT

Keynote Conversation 2: 'Looking Forward' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: Gordon Walker, Lancaster University

Speakers:

Julian Agyeman, Tufts University

Alice Mah, University of Warwick

David Pellow, University of California, Santa Barbara

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Environmental Justice 2017 Conference Keynote: 'Looking Back'

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:54:59 GMT

Keynote Conversation 1: 'Looking Back' from the 'Environmental Justice 2017' Conference, held at the University of Sydney (6-8 November).

Chair: David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Speakers:

Robert Bullard, Texas Southern University

Nick Low, University of Melbourne

Petra Tschakert, University of Western Australia

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Food Justice in the City

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:41:34 GMT

How can we build fairer urban food systems in the face of growing climate challenges? Never in human history has our interconnected global food system faced the diversity, intensity, and urgency of challenges that it faces today. Our global population has exploded, with an unprecedented number of these people living in cities. Our climate is changing, putting increased stress on the ecosystems that we rely upon to produce food. And, here in Australia, more and more people are going hungry, struggling with the everyday challenge of putting good food on the table. Cities are increasingly at the front line of fighting these challenges. But what exactly can we do to create just and sustainable urban food systems? How can local governments, businesses, and urban residents come together to fight for and cultivate a fair food system that we can all be proud of?

Chair: Prof David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Speakers:

Devita Davison, FoodLab Detroit

Leslie Lindo, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies

Prof Julian Agyeman, Tufts University

Nick Rose, Sustain

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The Future of Environmental Justice

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 23:46:19 GMT

The idea of, and movements around, environmental justice continue to grow. From lead contamination of water in Flint, to infringement of Aboriginal rights for coal mines in Queensland, to the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities in the global south, environmental justice is embraced as a powerful organising discourse and demand. What is the future of Environmental Justice? What are some current trends and directions in both scholarship and activism? How can the idea of environmental justice be used to respond to new and ongoing environmental crises – and continued economic and political power arrayed against safe, just, and sustainable environments? This panel, made up of both longstanding leaders in environmental justice scholarship and new important voices, reflects on the meaning, and potential, of environmental justice as an idea, as an organising discourse, and as a political demand. More information click here.

Chair: Prof David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Speakers:

Prof Robert Bullard, Texas Southern University

Prof Maxine Burkett, University of Hawaii

Assoc Prof Kyle Powys Whyte, Michigan State University

Prof Lauren Rickards, RMIT

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Coral Bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 03:05:47 GMT

In the last 30 years, we have lost 50% of the world’s corals, and coral bleaching events are likely to become even more frequent and severe due to climate change. The documentary Chasing Coral highlights a dimension of the global threat of coral bleaching to the world’s reefs that would otherwise be hidden underwater. Featuring over 500 hours of underwater footage of reefs from over 30 countries, divers, underwater photographers and scientists reveal the majesty of our coral reef systems, and how they are being affected by coral bleaching. The film screening was followed by a panel discussion including researchers from the University of Sydney’s One Tree Island Research Station, located in the Great Barrier Reef. More information click here.

Chair: Assoc Prof Ana Vila-Concejo, Geocoastal Research Group, School of Geosciences

Panel: Prof Maria Byrne, School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Assoc Prof Jody Webster, Geocoastal Research Group, School of Geosciences

Prof Iain McCalman, Co-Director, Sydney Environment Institute

Ariana Neuman, Impact Campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific

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Renewable Reinvention: The Green Global Shift

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:33:54 GMT

Global energy markets are in process of rapid change and transformation. Over the last decade, renewable energy technologies like solar and wind have become dramatically cheaper and now challenge the economics of traditional fossil-fuel energy systems. Added to this, the catastrophic implications of human-induced climate disruption are forcing governments to seriously embrace decarbonisation as demonstrated in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. However, the US Government’s recent rejection of clean energy legislation and proposed expansion of coal, oil and gas highlight how the old fossil fuel order is not giving up without a fight and there are countervailing trends evident in current political battles over energy and climate. This Sydney Ideas event will bring together three expert speakers on the potential for renewable reinvention and a global green shift. What are the opportunities and challenges Australia and the world face in the coming decade as we try to kick our fossil fuel habit and embrace a cleaner, more sustainable energy future? More information click here.

Chair: Professor Christopher Wright, Professor of Organisational Studies, University of Sydney

Panel:

Professor John Mathews, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University in Sydney

Emma Herd, Chief Executive Officer, Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC)

Professor Tony Vassallo, Delta Electricity Chair in Sustainable Energy Development, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology

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The Food Waste Debate

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 05:09:18 GMT

One third of all food produced in the subsequent stages of the food supply chain is wasted between initial production and household consumption. Food waste poses serious environmental and social consequences, which will only increase in the future. While it is easy to see the issues of food wastage, it is often difficult to locate the source of these problems. Are consumers ultimately responsible for food wastage? Leaders from agriculture, community activism, food aid and social entrepreneurship will debate this question, and determine whether or not the heart of the food waste problem lies with consumers. The debaters, each with distinct standpoints on how we can address the issue of food waste, will get to the heart of the problem and encourage the audience to think critically about how we consume and dispose of our food. For more information click here.

Moderator: Alana Mann, Chair of the Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney

Affirmative:

Costa Georgiadis, Host, Gardening Australia

Sarah Pennell, General Manager & Company Secretary, Foodbank Australia

Negative:

Ankit Chopra, Co-Founder, Eat Me Chutneys

Jonathan Moore, Founding member of Food Wastage Fighters Society

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How Humans Made the Anthropocene Biosphere

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:30:36 GMT

Humans modify the biosphere at an accelerating rate, directing evolution of species and ecosystems, trans-locating organisms across the globe, appropriating huge energy resources, and increasing biological interaction with technology. These changes have been unfolding for millennia, but have accelerated in the past two centuries. How might these patterns be reflected in the geological record? And, are the changes comparable in scale to those of deep time evolutionary transitions, with possible near-future trajectories that include mass extinction? For more information click here.

Speaker:

Professor Mark Williams, Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester

Respondent:

Professor Iain McCalman, Co-Director Sydney Environment Institute

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Climate Change in the City

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:14:51 GMT

Climate change is now widely recognised as one of the paramount environmental challenges of our time. As a so-called global issue, the social and political response to climate change has traditionally been seen as a matter for international negotiations and the politics of national governments, transnational corporations and non-governmental organisations. However, over the past two decades it has become clear that climate change is an equally vital urban issue – as centres of population and economic activity, cities are thought to contribute significantly to overall emissions of greenhouse gases on the one hand, and to be vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on the other. Numerous municipal governments, the transnational networks they have formed, and other urban actors, including the business and community sectors, have mobilised to respond to climate change through the city. The significance and potential importance of the urban response to climate change has now become recognised by a range of international organisations and national governments as an “urgent agenda” (World Bank 2010). What are we to make of this phenomenon, of climate change as an urban issue? In this talk Harriet Bulkeley will explain that the coming of climate change to the city poses three critical questions for the research and policy community: questions of response; questions of justice; and questions of meaning. About the Speaker: Harriet Bulkeley is a Professor of Geography, Durham University. Her research focuses on environmental governance and the politics of climate change, energy and sustainable cities. Harriet has undertaken commissioned research for the European Commission, UN-Habitat and the World Bank and was one of 180 social scientists included in the international Clarivate Analytics/Thompson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers list. For more information click here.

Respondent: Robyn Dowling, Associate Dean Research, Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney

Chair: David Schlosberg, Co-Director, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney

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Food at Sydney: The Suburban Harvest

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:54:43 GMT

Australian suburbs have been a site of food production for over one hundred years. This seminar explores the past, present and future for urban food production. Who are the suburban harvesters? What do these histories tell us about the cultures and values of suburban Australia? In an era of rapid social, environmental and economic change, how can the suburban harvest contribute to a vision of a more just and sustainable urban food system? For more information click here.

Speakers:

Dr Jennifer Kent, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney

Ananth Gopal, Australian Centre for Environmental Research, University of Wollongong

Dr Laura Fisher, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney

Dr Brian Jones, Associate Professor, Sydney Institute of Agriculture, University of Sydney

Series Chair: Alana Mann, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney

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Food at Sydney: Eating in the City

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:47:32 GMT

Too many Australians are going hungry in the City. Recent research from the City of Sydney found that a staggering 8% of residents were food insecure, struggling with the challenge of putting good, healthy, and sustainable food on the table. What is being done—and what more can we do—to help address this problem? What food-related urban planning policy actions are required to promote food justice? Listen to hear our panel of experts explore this question, and to anticipate what Sydney’s urban food system will look like in the future.Speakers:Professor David Schlosberg, Co-Director, Sydney Environment InstituteAllison Heller, Manger of Social Strategy, City of SydneyRhiannon Cook, Policy Lead, New South Wales Council for Social ServicesSeries Chair:Alana Mann, Department of Media and Communications, University of SydneyA Sydney Ideas and Sydney Environment Institute event, at the University of Sydney on Tuesday 6 June 2017. More information: http://sydney.edu.au/environment-institute/events/eating-in-the-city/

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Food at Sydney: Cultivating Our Campus

Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:46:23 GMT

Universities have long been advocates for more healthy and sustainable societies. Across Australia, though, campus food systems are anything but, being saturated with unhealthy options sourced through unsustainable supply chains. How can we make universities walk the talk on building more healthy and sustainable food systems? What role do students have to play in mobilising to demand fair food environments in Australian Universities? And how can universities become a living lab to show better food can help us all lead better lives? For more information click here.

Speakers:

Dr Sinead Boylan, School of Public Health, University of Sydney

Tracey Ho, Campus Infrastructure Services, University of Sydney

Sophie Lamond, Fair Food Challenge

Series Chair: Alana Mann, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney

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Tackling Food Waste

Wed, 12 Apr 2017 02:17:00 GMT

Leading up to our 2017 Food [at] Sydney series, we are looking back at our previous food events... Too much of the world’s food goes to waste. This is a problem both for the planet, and for the task of feeding the world’s people. Wasted food represents a burden on our scarce environmental resources that we can scarcely afford, and loss of product that could (indeed, should) be made available for those in need. In this Sydney Ideas seminar, we investigated this problem, and ask what can be done. The three panellists had different and distinctive perspectives on why we should treat this issue with the seriousness it deserves.

Speakers:

Ronni Kahn, OzHarvest

Dr. Brian Jones, The University of Sydney

Alexandra Iljadica, Youth Food Movement Australia

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Global Warming and the Mass Bleaching of Corals

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 04:05:05 GMT

In this special Sydney Ideas public lecture, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Professor Terry Hughes and a distinguished panel of academics and environmental activists discuss the future of the Great Barrier Reef in the face of climate-induced coral bleaching. The panel and audience had a unique opportunity to hear about the state of Barrier Reef corals from one of its most internationally distinguished analysts. Professor Terry Hughes discussed the key findings of his up-to-the minute study of recurrent coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, the fruits of major study about to appear in the preeminent scientific journal, Nature. In addition to Terry Hughes, the panel consisted of David Ritter, Chief Executive Officer of Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Professor Maria Byrne, Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Sydney and Professor Iain McCalman, Research Professor of History at the University of Sydney, and Co-Director of the Sydney Environment Institute. For more information click here.

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Plastic Plague: Global Governance and the "Plastisphere"

Wed, 08 Mar 2017 22:28:54 GMT

While we have known for some time that plastic debris is a visible nuisance in oceans, increasing evidence suggests it is, bluntly, everywhere – from the Antarctic Ocean to the St. Lawrence Seaway – and that the problem is getting worse. We have moved from casual observations and stern warnings to sophisticated, verifiable scientific evidence and an emergent global policy imperative. This plastic plague is not only relevant for ecological reasons but is also presents a “governance of the commons” puzzle for practitioner and theorist alike, as well as a further challenge for the climate justice movement. Peter Stoett from Concordia University in Canada discusses the enormity of the plastics problem and the emerging science that suggests that ocean acidification, the potential breakdown of the ocean ecosystem food chain, rises in sea levels, invasive species, and plastic marine debris are interlinked variables. Responses by Associate Professor Ruth Barcan and Fiona Allon, Gender and Culture Studies at the University. For more information click here.

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Ecological Democracy: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Sun, 26 Feb 2017 22:12:43 GMT

Efforts to reconcile theories and practices of democracy with environmental sustainability have long been central to environmental political thought. Innovative work in the 1980s and 1990s addressed issues of the representation of the nonhuman, the relationship between democracy and ecological ‘limits’, and the design of ‘green’ states. Since this first wave of scholarship on ecological democracy, there have been numerous crucial developments that pose a range of challenges. On the environmental side, we have seen the acceleration of climate change, arguments for setting planetary boundaries around humanity’s environmental impacts, and widespread acknowledgement that the Earth has entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene. On the political side, we have had the growth of environmental and climate justice movements, the proliferation of institutions for global environmental governance, and the anti-environmental and post-truth era.This panel of distinguished contributors to the ecological democracy debate examine what theories of ecological democracy have offered, and, looking forward, how (or if) they might respond to the current set of ecological, and democratic, challenges.

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Defeating the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:06:45 GMT

Starting in April 2016, thousands of people, led by Standing Rock Sioux Tribal members, gathered at camps to stop the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)—creating the #NoDAPL movement. The movement ultimately blocked pipeline construction, though under a new U.S. presidential administration, many are waiting to see what steps will need to be taken to continue resistance. #NoDAPL has mobilized Indigenous peoples and allies everywhere. What is its significance for Indigenous peoples and environmentalism, including the global climate justice and environmental justice movements? Dr. Kyle Powys Whyte, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, holds the Timnick Chair in the Humanities at Michigan State University. He discusses his work on climate and environmental justice especially concerning the ethics of cooperative relationships between Indigenous peoples and climate science organisations and delves deep into his writings on the #NoDAPL movement. For more information click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - David Schlosberg

03:25 Systematic Indigenous Injustice and the Dakota Access Pipeline - Kyle Powys Whyte

Speakers

Professor David Schlosberg, Sydney Environment Institute

Associate Professor Kyle Powys Whyte, Michigan State University

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Human Health and Climate Change

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:36:08 GMT

Because the health risks of climate variability and change are not new, it has been assumed that health systems have the capacity, experience, and tools to effectively adapt to changing burdens of climate-sensitive health outcomes with additional climate change. However, health systems in many low-income countries have insufficient capacity to manage current health burdens. These countries also are those most vulnerable to climate change, including changes in food and water safety and security, increases in extreme weather and climate events, and increases in the geographic range, incidence, and seasonality of a variety of infectious diseases.To facilitate assessing and overcoming barriers to implementation and to scaling up, a desk review of evaluation reports and other materials was conducted from the first five years of implementation (2008–2013) of multinational health adaptation projects in Albania, Barbados, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Qualitative data were collected through a focus group consultation and 19 key informant interviews.Lessons learned include that increasing resilience to the health risks of climate variability and change is likely to be achieved through longer-term, multifaceted and collaborative approaches, with supporting activities (and funding) for capacity building, communication, and institutionalized monitoring and evaluation. Projects should be encouraged to focus not just on shorter-term outputs to address climate variability, but also on establishing processes to address longer-term climate change challenges. Opportunities for capacity development in the health risks of climate change should be created, identified and reinforced for the full range of actors.Irrespective of resource constraints, Ministries of Health and other institutions working on climate- and health-related issues in low- and middle-income countries need to continue to prepare themselves to maintain or improve health burdens in the context of a changing climate and socioeconomic development patterns.Speaker: Kristie L.Ebi

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The Madhouse Effect: Climate Change Denial in the Age of Trump

Mon, 13 Feb 2017 00:31:59 GMT

With the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States, it now seems climate change denial has reached into the most powerful political office in the world. In this special Sydney Ideas public lecture, world-renowned climate scientist Professor Michael Mann provides a somewhat light-hearted take on a very serious issue—the threat of human-caused climate change and what to do about it. Based on his recent collaboration with Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles, Professor Mann reviews the scientific evidence of climate change, the reasons we should care, and the often absurd efforts by special interests and partisan political figures to confuse the public and attack the science. Despite the monumental nature of the challenge this poses to human civilization, and the seeming inability of political leadership to respond to the climate crisis, Professor Mann highlights ways forward in mitigating future harm and reasons for cautious optimism. Join us in a discussion of how climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics, and driving us crazy.

Speakers: Michael E Mann, David Schlosberg

Chair: Christopher Wright

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Truth & Beauty: Talking About the Environment

Mon, 05 Dec 2016 23:25:26 GMT

Our relationship with the environment can be expressed in terms of our love for the transcendent beauty of nature, or the scientific building blocks of life, or the mundanities of everyday experience.Our panel of distinguished speakers come from a wide variety of fields, including literature, science and the arts, to discuss how we can communicate about the environment at a time when the natural world has never been under greater threat.

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Do Fish Feel Pain?

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 05:07:30 GMT

Fish, with their lack of facial expressions or recognisable communication, are often overlooked when it comes to welfare. Annually, millions of fish are caught on barbed hooks, or left to die by suffocation on the decks of fishing boats – should we be concerned about this?

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Nutrition, Gender and Generations

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 05:20:42 GMT

Forward-thinking communities pay greater attention to their most vulnerable citizens. As we age poor nutrition has a profound impact on our health and well-being in gender-specific ways. Yet low funding, over-stretched carers and overzealous regulations are among the factors limiting the food choices and enjoyment of eating that everyone deserves in their later years. And the baby boomers are coming. In Sydney alone, the projected number of people aged over 65 years old will nearly double in the next 20 years, from around 520,000 in 2011 to over 995,000 in 2031.

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Food at Sydney: Who's Packing Your Lunchbox?

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 00:56:25 GMT

The food environment we experience most is not at home; it is the one we find in and around the places we work or study. Food courts, vending machines, corner stores and school canteens present a wide range of options for those of us eating on the run in the city. To what extent should school administrators and employers be responsible for creating healthy food spaces or it is up to you – or mum – to pack a healthy lunchbox?

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Putting Good Food Back on the Table

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 04:30:08 GMT

According to recent reports, 1.2 million Australians regularly struggle to put good, healthy food on the table. From low incomes to high living costs, casualised labor markets to government policies, more and more Australians don’t have enough money to eat or to eat well. In policy jargon, problems like these are often referred to as food and nutrition insecurity.This panel focuses on the problem of food insecurity here in Sydney, its causes, consequences, and – ultimately – what can be done to put good food back on the table. Drawing together academic, policy and practitioner perspectives we hope to open up a space to talk about pathways to and opportunities for a more just food system.

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Agricultural land grabs: What are their impacts Australia and globally?

Wed, 25 May 2016 02:13:15 GMT

Since the global food crisis of 2007, agricultural land has become an attractive asset for large private corporations and state-owned entities wanting to secure food supplies. These investments have had varying effects. At times, they have been associated with forced removals of pre-existing landholders with weak tenure rights. On other occasions they have driven up local property prices and altered production priorities towards export markets. Either way, they have been implicated in creating a more vertically integrated food system aligned to global markets. This panel discusses these issues from international and Australian perspectives.

Panel:

Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lawrence, University of Queensland

Dr Sarah Sippel, Senior Researcher, Centre for Area Studies, University of Leipzig, Germany

Professor Bill Pritchard, Geography discipline, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney

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Plastic Water: The Social and Material Life of Bottled Water

Fri, 20 May 2016 00:18:54 GMT

Australians spend more than half a billion dollars on bottled water every year. But as people sip on the chilled H2O, rarely do they question the processes of manufacture, packaging and transportation that are needed to achieve that convenience. This panel examines the impacts and reasons for the shift from the tap to the bottle and debates the implications of transforming water from a common resource to a commercial product.

Speakers:

Professor Gay Hawkins of Western Sydney University

Associate Professor Kane Race of the University of Sydney

Kylie Yeend, Education, Engagement and Partnerships Manager at Sydney Water

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Saving Indonesia’s rainforests: using maps, brands and politics to end deforestation

Tue, 10 May 2016 00:04:07 GMT

2016 is a critical time for Indonesia’s rainforests. An area of forest the size of Germany has been lost in the last 25 years, driving species to the brink and threatening the global climate. At the height of last year’s forest fires, Indonesia was emitting more carbon than the entire US economy. Kiki Taufik, the Global Head of Greenpeace’s Indonesian Forests Campaign outlines why protecting Indonesia's forests is critical to global efforts to stabilise the climate and preserve biodiversity. He will analyse recent developments concerning Indonesia's forests, including the 2015 forest fires, the creation of a new agency to protect peatland, the work of the anti-corruption commission, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s recent bans on new forest clearance and mining. He will give an overview of Greenpeace’s decade-long campaign to save Indonesia’s remaining rainforests, and outline key opportunities and threats in 2016, explaining the central importance of mapping, the President's commitments, and the key role global brands will play. David Ritter (Chair) is the Chief Executive Officer of Greenpeace Australia Pacific.

Respondents-

Dr Jeff Neilson, Faculty of Science, University of Sydney. His research focuses on natural resource management and rural economic development in South and Southeast Asia, with specific area expertise on Indonesia.

Dr Vannessa Hearman is lecturer in Indonesian Studies at the University of Sydney and a historian of Southeast Asia. Her research deals with the violent anti-communist repression in Indonesia (1965-68) and efforts to address this past. She also writes about transnational activism related to human rights in Indonesia and East Timor.

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How to Talk About Climate Change Without Talking About Climate Change

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 04:04:39 GMT

For the past decade, Australian policy makers and the media have been altering the public narrative and framing of ‘climate change’ despite the science remaining consistent. Among those, local councils have been developing Climate Change Adaptation Plans (CCAP) to educate the community despite many being pressured to avoid using the term ‘climate change’. Analysing the language utilised within those narratives paints a picture of how people have comprehended environmental issues.Inspired by the book, ‘Global Warming and Climate Change: What Australia knew and buried… then framed a new reality for the public’, this talk looks at the vast research undertaken by award-winning journalist Maria Taylor into climate change communication on Australian public record over the years and recognising how that communication has changed from a will to take action to confusion and vice versa.In this event, Maria joins Lisette Collins, PhD candidate in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, to uncover how the public’s perceptions of ‘climate change’ have been affected by the reframing of the public narrative by policymakers and other stakeholders.

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Waste Matters: You Are My Future

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:43:57 GMT

Tuesday 12 April 2016 Recent research into the human body biomes and fecal microbial transplants (FMT) has led to better understanding of both the important function of bacteria in our bodies and the ecological systems that sustain us. These include microbiota – ecologies within the body.Prof Kathy High (USA) is an interdisciplinary artist working in the areas of technology, science and art. She works with animals and living systems, considering the social, political and ethical dilemmas surrounding the areas of medicine/bio-science, biotechnology and interspecies collaborations. She has received awards including fellowships from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts. Her art works have been shown in film festivals, galleries and museums, including Documenta 13 (Kassel), the Guggenheim Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Lincoln Center and Exit Art (NYC), the Science Gallery, (Dublin), NGBK, (Berlin), Fesitval Transitio_MX (Mexico), MASS MoCA (North Adams), Videotage Art Space and Para-Site Gallery (Hong Kong). High is Professor of Video and New Media in the Department of the Arts, at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY – a department specializing in integrated experimental arts practices.

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A Low Carbon Future: Unlocking Australia's Renewable Energy Potential

Mon, 04 Apr 2016 01:35:11 GMT

Fundamental changes in global energy production pose significant challenges for Australia. In particular, as the recent Paris climate agreement highlights there is now international consensus among nation states for dramatic reductions in carbon emissions. Combined with the technological disruption of low cost renewable energy technologies, it is clear a global transition towards a low-carbon economy is now underway. While Australia has some of the world’s best renewable energy resources, scientific research and know-how, and a skilled workforce, it currently lacks policies which can harness the full potential of a low carbon future. Mark Butler, MP has been currently conducting formal consultations across Australia with industry, employers, unions and community groups to determine an appropriate emissions reduction target. This aligns with the international commitment to keep global warming well below two degrees Celsius. With Climate Change touted as one of the key issues that could affect the outcome of the next Federal election, the Shadow Environment Minister dropped into the Sydney Environment Institute for a conversation about the future of climate policy in Australia and where the party stands on the issue for Australia’s future.

SEI Respondents:

Professor Tony Vassallo, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney

Lisette Collins PhD candidate, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney

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The Small Changes: Coastal Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise

Thu, 24 Mar 2016 03:30:44 GMT

Wednesday 23 March 2016 Our love affair with coastal living is at risk.Coastal properties and infrastructure systems in Australia are being significantly impacted with intensified storm surges and beach erosion processes. As the environment changes, there is mounting interest in local values in the literature on climate change adaptation and planning. But this appears to raise more questions than answers. Can local values help us in negotiating the conflicting interests associated with the beach or choosing amongst adaptation options, from engineering protection measures to rezoning and retreat? And, more broadly, how do we reconcile the local nature of climate change impacts with the various levels of ecological, institutional and legal processes at play?In this talk, Associate Professor Abbas El-Zein, School of Civil Engineering, University of Sydney and Tayanah O’Donnell, University of Canberra unpack the complexities associated with rising sea levels and the decision-making being made at a municipal level.

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Energy Cultures in Historical Perspective... and what we can learn for the future

Sun, 14 Feb 2016 22:54:45 GMT

Today as the population of our planet is on the rise, as energy needs are growing and CO2 emissions are threatening livelihoods around the globe, it makes sense to look back to understand how societies have dealt with energy expectations, energy needs, and energy transitions in the past.This talk by Professor Christof Mauch - Director (jointly with Helmuth Trischler) of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society - discusses what is distinctive about energy developments in Europe and the United States.

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Lives Versus Livelihoods? Biopolitics in California’s strawberry industry

Tue, 24 Nov 2015 00:08:55 GMT

There’s been great debate over the years about pesticide use in the production of our fruit and veggies. California’s lucrative strawberry industry has been a clear example of where there have been regulatory battles over the use of chemical fumigants - two, in particular, methyl iodide and chloropicrin. One side of the argument, from the activists, is that they would harm the body while industry focused on how no pesticide use would affect its trade.  In this talk, Professor Julie Guthman of the University of California at Santa Cruz, discusses these debates and note how farmworkers were notably marginalised. Drawing on her recent research, she discusses the distinction between lives and livelihood.

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Painful Husbandry

Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:06:55 GMT

It has been well publicised that eliminating meat consumption can help the environment. But with the average Australian consumption of red meat at around 111kg/year, that isn’t likely to happen any time soon. How can we still enjoy meat but in an ethical and safe manner that improves our climate footprint? Could eating meat at the later stages like mutton improve the environmental impact? And are there more ethical processes of animal husbandry?The University of Sydney’s Dr Sabrina Lomax, Vet Science Masters student Kate Wingett and Grant Hilliard from Feather & Bone explore how eating meat can still be enjoyable and improve our footprint by changing our consumption patterns. This ‘Painful Husbandry’ event is the third part of the Sydney Environment Institute’s “The Small Changes” series, co-presented with Sydney Ideas.Hosted by Dr Frances Flanagan, research affiliate with the Sydney Environment Institute.Image: Greg Johnston - Flickr Commons

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Climate Change, Capitalism And Corporations

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 02:57:25 GMT

Climate change is the greatest challenge we will face this century. Indeed, the worst-case scenarios paint an unimaginable vision of large tracts of the Earth rendered uninhabitable, the collapse of global food production, mass species extinction, the acidification of the oceans, substantial sea-level rises and storms and droughts of growing intensity. Yet, despite the need for dramatic economic and political change, corporate capitalism continues to rely on the maintenance of ‘business as usual’.In this special event a panel of leading thinkers explore how business has responded to the climate crisis and what a more constructive role might involve? Based on the new book Climate Change, Capitalism and Corporations: Processes of Creative Self-Destruction by Christopher Wright and Daniel Nyberg, discussion will explore the links between corporate capitalism and human-induced climate disruption, the dominance of a ‘fossil fuels forever’ imaginary, and the possibility of alternatives to ‘business as usual’.About the Speakers- Clive Hamilton is Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University - Christopher Wright is Professor of Organisational Studies and leader of the Balanced Enterprise Research Network (BERN) at the University of Sydney Business School- Daniel Nyberg is Professor of Management at Newcastle Business School and an Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney- David Ritter is the Chief Executive Officer of Greenpeace Australia Pacific- Amanda McKenzie (chair) is an environmental leader and CEO of the Climate CouncilAudio courtesy of Marcel Zammit, Bombora Audio Visual

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A Global Climate Deal in 2015: What are the chances? What are the implications?

Thu, 24 Sep 2015 05:44:42 GMT

For two weeks at the beginning of December, world leaders and climate negotiators will meet at COP 21 Paris to agree the parameters of a new global climate treaty. What are the chances of success in Paris compared to previous efforts at agreement? How might we assess the meeting? What would ‘success’ entail, and what implications might this have for domestic policy, existing fossil fuel infrastructure, and future investment in emissions reduction?This event is an evening of provocative insight and discussion focusing on humanity’s response to the global climate problem.Keynote SpeakerTim Flannery, Chair of the Climate Council, 2007 Australian of the Year.Chaired by Adjunct Professor Nick Rowley, Sydney Democracy NetworkPanellists:Nikola Casule, Climate and Energy campaigner at Greenpeace, Professor Robyn Eckersley, Head of Political Science in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, Emma Herd, Chief Executive of the Investor Group on Climate Change

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Social and environmental justice in community food organising

Thu, 24 Sep 2015 01:27:05 GMT

In recent years, we have seen an explosion in the number of community organisations that orient themselves around the production and distribution of food. These food justice groups often focus on improving the availability and quality of food in urban environments, on reducing food waste, and on building local economies. How, though, does the “justice” of food justice manifest itself in practice? How do groups articulate, value and embody social and environmental justice concerns? And how is it that we can best achieve these goals? This event draws together academic and community perspectives on these questions.Professor David Schlosberg of the University of Sydney, Luke Craven, PhD student at the University of Sydney and Sharelle Polack, the Community Gardens Team Leader at Cultivating Community discuss this issue followed by a Q&A.

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'Risky Milk Risky Cheese' - Uncovering the good and bad of raw milk

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 01:49:21 GMT

Raw milk was linked to the death of a Melbourne toddler last year. It stirred a major debate about the dangers of drinking non-pasteurised milk, labelling around raw milk and the need for tougher regulations. On the flip side, those pro raw-milk and raw-cheese claimed the issue had been sensationalised.Milk is an important food for many people, providing the calcium needed for our bones and various other nutrients. But why shouldn’t we drink raw milk? Current laws in Australia only allow the sale of it for cosmetic use yet supporters argue it’s completely safe for human consumption and is full of health benefits.This conversation event looks at what are the actual risks of raw milk/cheese, the associated social and ethical effects on public health, the regulatory changes needed and how Australia compares to the rest of the world. Dr Christopher Degeling of the University of Sydney, Alanna Linn, a postgrad student at Monash University Faculty of Law exploring the contested regulatory landscape for raw milk in Australia and cheese expert Claudia Bowman of McIntosh & Bowman, debate the issue with a Q&A with the audience that follows.Hosted by Dr Frances Flanagan, research affiliate with the Sydney Environment Institute.

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Steven Wantarri Janpijimpa Patrick

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 04:59:15 GMT

Defence of Country: Aboriginal people dealing with the impacts of globalisation in Australia. 'People, Culture and Country' Session with Steven Wantarri Janpijimpa Patrick, Walbiri, NT

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Curtis Taylor

Tue, 15 Sep 2015 04:34:25 GMT

Defence of Country: Aboriginal people dealing with the impacts of globalisation in Australia. Curtis Taylor is a filmmaker, screen artist and a young Martu leader. Growing up in the remote Martu desert communities and in the city, Curtis hasgained both traditional Martu knowledge and a Western education. After finishing school in 2008, Curtis workedas Community Coordinator and Youth Development Officer at Martu Media (a division of Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa), where he also spent 18 months working on Yiwarra Kuju: The Canning Stock Route as a filmmaker and youth ambassador.Curtis was the recipient of the 2011 Western Australian Youth Art Award and Wesfarmers Youth Scholarship and his screen work has been shown in international film festivals, including the 2012 Nepal International Indigenous Film Archive Festival.

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Harold Furber

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 02:33:21 GMT

Defence of Country: Aboriginal people dealing with the impacts of globalisation in Australia. 'Cultural Heritage Protection' Session with Harold Furber, Arrente, Desert Peoples Precinct, Alice Springs, NT

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Adrian Burragubba

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 23:42:47 GMT

Defence of Country: Aboriginal people dealing with the impacts of globalisation in Australia. 'Success Stories' Session with Adrian Burragubba, Wangan and Jagalingou, Central QLD

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Paul Spearim

Wed, 09 Sep 2015 21:55:01 GMT

Defence of Country: Aboriginal people dealing with the impacts of globalisation in Australia. 'People, Culture and Country' Session with Paul Spearim, Gamilaraay,

NSW Film Reference: https://www.facebook.com/paul.spearim/videos/vb.1182132496/10206981386951441/?type=2&theater

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Anne Poelina

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:37:01 GMT

Defence of Country: Aboriginal people dealing with the impacts of globalisation in Australia. 'Success Stories' Session with Dr Anne Poelina, Nyikina Mangala, WA

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Clayton Lewis

Tue, 08 Sep 2015 02:32:56 GMT

Defence of Country: Aboriginal people Dealing with the impacts of globalisation in Australia. Cultural Heritage Protection Session with Clayton Lewis, Nyoongah Aboriginal Heritage Action Alliance of WA

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Climate + Capital: A conversation with Prof Dipesh Chakrabarty

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 05:42:33 GMT

Thursday 23 July 2015A conversation with Professor Dipesh Chakrabarty (University of Chicago, Visiting Fellow Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney)‘If, indeed, globalization and global warming are born of overlapping processes, the question is, How do we bring them together in our understanding of the world?’In his pathbreaking essays on ‘Climate and Capital’, Dipesh Chakrabarty has opened up the exploration of the implications of the science of climate change for historical and political thinking. In this conversation, professors Glenda Sluga and David Schlosberg take up the themes of Dipesh Chakrabarty’s work, to ask: What value does history have in tackling and understanding the political, social, cultural, and economic challenges posed by climate change? Can we reconcile the imperatives of capitalism and the objectives of tackling climate change?

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Indigenous Peoples and Globalisation with Victoria Tauli Corpuz

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 05:27:52 GMT

Thursday 30 July 2015Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Special Rapporteur for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations. She has been a long time environmental activist in the Philippines. She has extended her activism to work with Indigenous peoples on these issues globally. She is co-author with Gerry Mander of a book Paradigm Wars: Indigenous peoples Resistance to Economic Globalisation.This lecture reflects on the reasons why local Indigenous communities continue to suffer disproportionately the negative impact of corporate activities, and why community leaders and activists suffer a true escalation of violence at the hands of government forces and private security companies.In the spirit of consensus building and drawing on the guiding principles that underpin UN principles of human rights this lecture considers how to reinforce the primacy of human rights in the development of international instruments and laws regulating business activities, for at present the cost paid by Indigenous peoples, and many other human communities is too high.

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Peace, People and Power: social change from anti-Apartheid to the climate movement with Kumi Naidoo

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 05:24:39 GMT

Executive Director of Greenpeace International, Dr Kumi Naidoo has a confronting message for Australia: “The world is now moving on climate change and Australia is being left behind because the Abbott Government is in thrall to the fossil fuel industry”. Born in South Africa, Dr Naidoo became involved in his country’s liberation struggle at the age of 15. In 1986, he was arrested, charged with violating the state of emergency regulations and was forced underground before fleeing to exile. He has deep and broad experience of democratic struggles for justice and sustainability across the world. Like Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dr Naidoo sees parallels between the struggle against Apartheid and the quest for climate justice. Dr Naidoo is a former Rhodes Scholar and holds a doctorate in political sociology. Dr Naidoo was in conversation with Amanda Tattersall, founding director of the Sydney Alliance.

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Ethics Of Communicating: Insights from Aristotle

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:34:07 GMT

The field of climate change communication (CCC) has recently emerged to address the gap between scientific knowledge of climate change and public motivation to respond. Psychologists in this field have offered helpful strategies for improving the effectiveness of CCC, but their empirical research tends to neglect the ethics of CCC. Professor Melissa Lane of the Department of Politics at Princeton University looks to fill the gap in the field of climate change communication by recovering insights from Aristotle’s Rhetoric. By situating communication within an ethical relationship between speaker and auditor, emphasizing the agency and judgment of auditors, and highlighting ways to build trust, Aristotle offers an art of rhetoric that can help climate scientists communicate both ethically and effectively, and that more generally provides insights as to the relationship between expertise and democracy. For more information about this event click here.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Welcome to Country - David Schlosberg

05:50 What the Ancients Can Teach Us About Ethics, Virtue and Sustainable Living - Melissa Lane

50:10 Relationship Between Politics and Rhetoric - Duncan Iveson

1:01:05 Politics Neglecting Science

1:12:00 How Could Ethics Transform Communication?

1:14:45 Communicating Existential Risk

1:21:05 How Can We Standup Against Unethical Communication?

1:26:15 Whose Responsibility is it to Communicate Climate Change?

Speakers

Professor Melissa Lane (Keynote), Princeton University

Professor Duncan Ivison, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), University of Sydney

Professor David Schlosberg (Chair), Sydney Environment Institute

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Beauty Without Harm

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 04:15:18 GMT

Thanks to the mass production of clothes we’ve been able to enjoy an abundance of products at reasonable prices. But for too long this hasn't always reflected a sustainable and ethical supply chain. Three of the industry’s leading thinkers unravel the importance of sustainable fashion and how we can change our thinking when hitting the shops.

Speakers:

Australian designer - Kit Willow Podgornik

David Jones’ Ethical Sourcing Manager - Jaana Quaintance James

‎University of Sydney PhD candidate Sustainability Specialist - Lisa Heinze

Hosted by Dr Frances Flanagan, research affiliate with the Sydney Environment Institute.

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