sustainability
Journey to Big Land
Millie tells us about her field work in surburbia, where belonging is only a mall away.
eco-shopping in the Philippines
I have just moved to Manila, and went shopping for household basics in the truly enormous Trinoma mall yesterday. I searched in vain for recycled toilet paper, settling at last with one half written in Chinese and Korean script, with a picture of an earth and an explanation of how recycled paper saves trees. Sharing [...]
hope helps (or: smiling whilst working in fisheries)
It was many years ago now that my Filipino supervisor said to me ‘it’s important they see hope in all of this’. He was referring to the Filipino artesanal fishers that we were to invite to a workshop on how addressing the fact that it often costs the fishers more to go fishing than to [...]
Food security
Reforming the economics of food production and supply would be beneficial for a number of environmental and social problems, argues Peter Baker at BBC online.
Feast or Famine – Science in the Pub
Should Australians cultivate native foods for the table? Join Catalyst’s Paul Willis, New Inventor’s Bernie Hobbs and Les Hiddins (aka The Bush Tucker Man) to debate the sustainability of our current food industry. Sunday Aug 17, 2 to 4pm, King O’Malley’s Irish Pub, Civic.
94th ESA meeting
The Ecological Society of America’s next annual meeting will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2009, on the theme of “Ecological Knowledge and a Global Sustainable Society”.
Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability
The Eighth International Conference of the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability network: “Kā kaiārahi o te kaitiakitaka: Tertiary Education Institutions Leading for Sustainability.” 1-3 October 2008 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Architectural sustainability
Ruminations on architectural sustainability over at BLDGBLOG.
Co-Designing a Sustainable Culture of Life
Viveka Turnbull Hocking (PhD candidate, Fenner School, The ANU) The presentation will reflect on Viveka’s PhD work into design-led research and research-led design as a tool for change towards a sustainable future. The presentation will outline the concepts being played with in this metadesign project in order to open up the ideas for discussion. The [...]
Patagonia, and debate on social equity
This Friday the 23rd of May, we have a double bill. First up will be David Dumaresq leading a discussion on: “Effects of Climate Change, Sheep Deaths and the Southern Andean Condor’s Dietary Preferences on Tour Bus Operators Scheduling Proceedures in the Patagonian Steppe”. I believe this will be David giving us a Human Ecological [...]
