August 13, 2009 – 10:36 am
I just spent 3 days touring with Prakash and Pemba, they are remarkable people. They are talking in Melbourne next monday – details below regards Cam
August 12, 2009 – 2:12 pm
Dawn Lee, A GEP student, is half-way through an internship with “the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” in Bonn, Germany.
Read all about it at http://www.futurestudents.unimelb.edu.au/grad/studynews/aug09/uninternship.html.
August 12, 2009 – 1:39 pm
Forum with Louise Morris, spokesperson
“Switch off Hazelwood” campaign
And climate activist Chris Breen
1pm Tuesday 18 August
Venue: FLMR, Rm 104, First Floor, 1888 Building (Graduate Centre), Grattan St
At this forum you will hear what is wrong with coal-fired power stations and how our society can organise a just transition to renewable clean energy.
Come along to hear [...]
August 12, 2009 – 11:52 am
A multimedia presentation of new compositions by
Natalya Vagner and Johanna Selleck
in a concert of song settings of poetry by Michael Leunig, David Howard and Graeme Ellis
Featured performers:
Merlyn Quaife and Judith Dodsworth (sopranos), Timothy Young (piano)
Johanna Selleck and Megan Kenny (flutes), Andrew MacGegor (shakuhachi)
Anthony Field (guitar), George Vi (violin), Bonnie Smart (cello)
Charles McInnes (tronbone), Arwen Johnston [...]
August 11, 2009 – 1:04 pm
Date: Thursday, August 13 2009
Time: 5:45pm (for 6pm start) – 7:30pm
Venue: Prince Philip Theatre, Architecture Building
Bookings not required; please arrive early to ensure seats
This is a big year for Charles Darwin, who was born 200 years ago and published his book “On the Origin of Species” 150 years ago. This book set out his theory [...]
“Material Geographies of Household Sustainability”, to be held at RMIT University, Melbourne, 4-5 September 2009. Attendance at this symposium is free. Register by Tuesday, 1 September Email: nicole.mcgrath@rmit.edu.au
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I think if we wait much longer it’s going to be too late. In effect, we’re just going to commit ourselves to higher rates of warming that are just going to impact upon future generations, and no amount of adaptation is going to help.
We will have a visit this week from a former student of the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen who now works at the Royal Danish Embassy in Canberra. He is coming to give an information session for students interested in studying on exchange at the University of Copenhagen in the [...]
August 4, 2009 – 11:21 am
The Inca Message? – Environmental impacts of the coca-cocaine production chain on tropical forests in Bolivia.
5.15-6.15pm Wednesday 26 August 2009.
Lyle Theatre, Redmond Barry Building, University of Melbourne.
Presented in conjunction with the Community and Industry Advisory Board.
Prof. Andrew Millington, Director of Environmental Programs in the College of Geosciences and Professor of Geography, Texas A&M University, [...]
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