Workshops and seminars
The seminar series is a unique opportunity for members of ISST to
interact with the community in an hour long presentation of cutting edge research.
Speakers range from current postgraduate students to invited guests of
ISST. If you have a topic that you feel would be of interest to the wider
community, please contact our
Institute Administrator to arrange an appointment to discuss this possibility.
To view research specific presentations and forums please visit the links below.
As part of ISSTs expanding research profile specialised workshops and seminars are conducted at various times throughout the year. These functions are open to the general public and allow greater insight into world problems and solutions being undertaken. Below are some highlighted presentations that form a series of informative discussion groups.
Dr Paul Mees, RMIT
Transit villages and reviving public transport: lessons from Melbourne and other places (pdf file 1.62 MB)
Elise Harris talked about her experience in Singapore looking at ways to increase food production on green roofs, green walls, planter boxes, community gardens and in public spaces.
Professor Euan Nisbet
Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London,
The early evolution of the atmosphere: how much was geochemistry,
how much was biochemistry?
Dr Mathis Wackernagel
Co-creator of the Ecological Footprint
concept and Executive Director of the Global Footprint Network, presented
a free public forum on
Living well on one planet: Future proofing South
Australia. The Ecological Footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth's
resources. It indicates whether we are living within nature's ability
to provide resources or whether we have exceeded that limit, and shows the
level of change necessary to move towards sustainability. The
Footprint captures the connections between a range of ecological impacts,
including (but not limited to) carbon emissions. Following the success of this
Forum a
summary of key points has been created for download. His
presentation about navigating tough decisions in a resource-constrained
world has left those of us who heard it with a lot to think about,
particularly with respect to what it means for us and how we can act on the
message in our day-to-day lives.
Please follow this link to download the summary (Word file 124 kB). If you have Windows Media Player
9 or 10 on your PC, you may watch the video of Dr Wackernagel's forum
Living
well on one planet online.
Mr Heinz-Werner Engel
Principal of Ecoconseil Enterprise (ECE), Brussels,
Climate
Change - Ecological Accounting Using Ecomapping.
Prof. Christopher B. Daniels
Professor of Urban Ecology, School of Natural and Built Environments,
University of South Australia,
Adelaide: Nature of a City.
Mr Martin Thomas
AM FTSE HonFIEAust, Enviromission,
Australia,
Nuclear
Energy - An Option for Sustainability?. If you have Windows Media Player
9 or 10 on your PC, you may watch the video of Mr Martin Thomas' seminar
Nuclear
Energy - An Option for Sustainability online.
Dr Tom M.L Wigley
Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research,
USA,
Climate,
Energy and CO2 Stabilization. If you have Windows Media Player
9 or 10 on your PC, you may watch the video of Dr Tom Wigley's seminar
Climate,
Energy and CO2 Stabilization online.
Presentations by members of ISST's International Expert Panel : please view Professor Richard Godwin, Dr N Phillip Ross and Professor Philip Eames (PDF files).
Professor Stephen Schneider
Presentation by
Adelaide Thinker in Residence,
Can we define,
let alone fix, 'dangerous' climate change? on the
official launch of ISST, when the Hon Gail Gago MLC, Minister
for Environment and Conservation attended on behalf of the Premier of South
Australia
Dr Mathis Wackernagel
Global Footprint Network, USA,
One Planet
Budgeting: Making Sustainability Real with the Ecological Footprint
Professor Wasim
Saman
Director of ISST
on
Current
ISST Development Status Report
Professor Jerzy Filar and Professor Wasim Saman
What is sustainability? And how do we
get it right?
Dr Manfred Lenzen
Senior Research Fellow, the University of Sydney,
Integrated
Sustainability Accounting and Reporting for Australia
Professor Peter
Newman
Murdoch University,
Sustainability: the New Profession
Prof Stephen H
Schneider
Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental
Studies, Stanford University, USA,
Probabilistic
Assessment of Dangerous Climate Change and Emissions Scenarios
ATN
Sustainability Symposium 8 - 10 September
2005 in Adelaide
Proceedings from
the Symposium
View a presentation addressed to SA Government Departments (PowerPoint)
Professor Tony Jakeman
Integrated Modelling and Assessment for Improving
Sustainability Outcomes in River Basins
Mr Martin Thomas
Director of EnviroMission Ltd
Transition to Sustainability – The Role of Energy
Systems
Dr Paul Vogel
Chief Executive, Environment Protection Authority
Sustainability from the Environmental Regulator’s
Perspective
Dr
Wayne Getz
Department of Environmental Science, Policy and
Management, University of California at Berkeley
Two new methods for analyzing temporal and spatial patterns in
elephants, wolves and lesser creatures
Professor Peter Newman
Murdoch University Sustainability: The New Profession
Dr Manfred Lenzen
University of Sydney
Integrated sustainability accounting and reporting for Australia
Dr Mathis Wackernagel
Global Footprint Network USA
One Planet
Budgeting: Making Sustainability Real with the Ecological Footprint
Professor Stephen Schneider
Adelaide Thinker in Residence
Can we define,
let alone fix, 'dangerous' climate change?
Workshop before 2004
Changing Actions:
Changing Lives