The OEP’s Director Simon Batterbury attended the Society for Human Ecology’s conference at the University of Manchester, UK in June ‘09. He gave a paper in a session on ‘Directions in Human Ecology Education’ using the example of the University of Melbourne ’s OEP, which was set up in the 1990s by Prof. Mark Burgman and others. [...]
The current editorial in Environment magazine is by Prof. Tim O’Riordan from the UK, someone our students will have read. In the grip of the global financial crisis, he argues for policies informed by “sustainability science that charts the kinds of opportunities leading to global eco-awareness, betterment, and well-being” rather than “profoundly unsustainable development”. It’s [...]
April 29, 2009 – 12:00 pm
We celebrated ten years of the OEP in March/April 2009 with a week of activities and events. A major presentation was made by Dr Ian McPhail on Victoria’s ‘State of the Environment’ report (2008), with expert commentaries by Peter Christoff, Kelly O’Shanassy and Kevin Love. The Provost of the University, Prof. Peter McPhee, discussed the Program [...]
Peter Christoff (Uni Melb) on Australia’s lackluster carbon pollution reduction scheme . The Age, February 24, 2009. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/middle-path-on-emissions-is-like-doing-nothing-20090223-8fxs.html?page=-1
February 12, 2009 – 11:30 pm
Greetings and best wishes for all our students, staff, and readers for 2009. My family and I spent the Xmas and New Year break piloting a Prius 2,500km between Melbourne and Sydney, and I kept my eyes open. Several issues will occupy our region this year. Firstly the spread of Melbourne into surrounding bush and farmland, described [...]
February 12, 2009 – 10:44 pm
Fritze J, Blashki G, Burke S, Wiseman J. 2008. Hope, despair and transformation: Climate change and the promotion of mental health and wellbeing. International Journal of Mental Health Systems. 2:13
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
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