September 7, 2009 – 8:39 pm
Hazelwood power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley emits c.17 million tonnes of CO2 annually, making it of the dirtiest power stations in the industrialised world. This is 15% of Victoria’s and 3-5% of Australia’s emissions. It is fuelled by brown coal from an adjacent mine and supplies c25% of the state’s electricity. Because of its [...]
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 [...]
Climate Change, Bushfires, and Health – An Evening Seminar at the University of Melbourne, 4 May 2009
Climate change is likely to increase the frequency and severity of bushfires in Australia. This will have a range of health impacts, including increased rates of respiratory disease, fire-related injuries and deaths, and mental health problems. This seminar, featuring [...]
February 27, 2009 – 12:17 pm
Time Lags Between Research and Economic Benefits:
Much Longer Than You Think, But Worth the Wait!
Professor Julian Alston, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Davis,
will present evidence on agricultural research and development lags in US agriculture.
Lower Lecture Theatre LFR Building (142)
Wednesday 4 March, 5.30pm.
Further information and RSVPs:
http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/info/…
January 22, 2009 – 9:19 am
A very useful perspective on the need to teach about, and engage with, the primary environmental challenge of the century. http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/01/20/goodstein
September 21, 2008 – 3:02 am
The 2007/2008 Annual Review of Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute has been released. It highlights the big strides being made in environmental research at Oxford. A link to the OEP exists through the Director, Simon Batterbury, who was a visiting fellow at ECI from July 2007-February 2008 and taught there. The ECI combines research, grouped [...]
September 21, 2008 – 3:01 am
An Mp3 broadcast from 01/04/08 here is available on Melbourne’s RRR . Peter Sutton talks about his 2008 book written with David Spratt, Climate Code Red – which, with a sanguine scientific reading of current global warming trends, makes frightening reading. Read some chapters.
September 21, 2008 – 2:20 am
Melbourne has been ranked in the top ten “Global Sustainability Centers” by New York-based Ethisphere.com. A key feature of the ranking is that a large city region should have “a plan in place that will shift their bulky, mega-hub selves onto an environmentally sustainable path”. The criteria include consideration of -and progress in – environmental [...]
August 5, 2008 – 11:20 am
This week’s Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science seminar information:
Friday 8th August, 2008
9:30am
Stage 2 Lecture Theatre
Creswick Campus
The University of Melbourne, School of Land and Environment
Title:
Green building, the carbon cycle and sustainable forest management: wood for thought.
Speaker:
Rod Keenan
Professor and Head, Department of Forest Ecosystem Science
Abstract:
Green building has become a major movement in architecture and construction. [...]
You are invited to participate in a Postgraduate Student Forum:
“Practical Solutions to Global Sustainability”
Friday 8 August, 12.00-12.55pm, Room G26, Land and Food Resources (Building 142)
Speaker: Dr Colin Harrison: IBM Global Vice President, Environment and Climate Sustainability
Dr Harrison is director for Strategic Innovation for IBM. He manages a program known as Best of Blue that [...]
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