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Wildfires show us why tipping points are so important

18 Jun

Tipping points are something that we hear a lot about in the media, often about climate change. With … Read More »

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Sustainable Transport – pre-emptive policy strike reduces vulnerability

7 Jul

In Australia transport accounts for 18% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Although we anticipate that the number of cars … Read More »

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Scenarios – guiding robust decisions if they’re well designed

5 Jun

In order to be useful for decision makers, scenarios must be plausible. They must also be integrated, coherent … Read More »

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Scenarios – what form do they take?

5 Jun

Scenarios can have qualitative or quantitative aspects or both. Qualitative (descriptions) and quantitative (modelling) aspects of scenarios can … Read More »

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Scenarios – creating alternate futures when we just don’t know

16 May

In a previous post on less doom and gloom in sustainability, a small innocuous table from Tilbury and … Read More »

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Sustainability Definitions – why off the shelf doesn’t work

28 Feb

Intuitively the concept of sustainability has been taken up as an aspiration across the world. Try to find … Read More »

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Lets Not Play Chicken with the Future

17 Aug

There is no doubt that a transition to a 100% renewables electricity sector will have its challenges. Any … Read More »

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Handing over the Reins

6 Jun

Teaching used to be about lectures, and learning about memorising information. But in a field such as sustainability … Read More »

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Less Doom and Gloom

7 Apr

Ever since I could remember I knew my dream job would involve ‘saving the planet’. In my work … Read More »

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Critical Reflection – more than mirroring ‘experts’

22 Mar

Critical reflection is required in all disciplines if deeper learning is to be achieved. It occurs when we … Read More »

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