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Sinking Emissions: The Role of Tropical Mangrove Forests in Reducing C02

01 August 2019

Returning from her fieldwork in Fiji, Honours Fellow Lauren MacRae reflects on the critical role of mangrove forests in combating…

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Get Involved In The USYD Sustainability Strategy

31 July 2019

As part of the Strategy’s Living Lab, we are looking to hear from researchers, teachers and students who are championing…

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Social Vulnerability: A Framework for Transforming Society and Our Shorelines

29 July 2019

As fears of sea-level rise re-ignite during the current record-breaking European heatwaves, Max Maddison asks how risk managers and adaptation policy…

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What Is This Thing Called Ecocriticism?

26 July 2019

“When I’m out hiking, thigh deep in mud, in the rain, amongst the tree roots, I am so happily in…

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Geosciences Seminar Series: Semester Two Program

24 July 2019

The second half of the 2019 School of Geosciences Seminar Series has been announced, with a lineup of incredible researchers…

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Farewelling Our Amazing Interns, Mary Peyton-Brown and Giacomo Renalli

23 July 2019

Mary Peyton-Brown and Giacomo Renalli speak with editor Liberty Lawson about their time here at the SEI over the past…

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From Business Risk to National Risk: Decarbonising Finance and Mainstreaming Climate Change

17 July 2019

Tanya Fiedler, chair of last month’s Business Making of Climate Change series, reflects on the seemingly simple affirmation that ‘the fastest path…

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Breaking Damper and Building Connection: Food as a Community Connector

16 July 2019

PhD student Omar Elkharouf reflects on last week’s Culture in Conversation: Creating Inclusive Food Communities, a collaborative event held in…

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Lessons From the Reef: Spiritual and Aesthetic Legacies as Care

11 July 2019

Mark McKenna speaks with SEI co-founder Iain McCalman about the greatest hope we have for addressing the destruction of the…

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Blind and Dumb: Temporal Reverberations in Australian Geopoethic

10 July 2019

“Walking along this track, I am placing my feet on the path of thousands of generations Aboriginal peoples’ histories, languages…

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Tiwi + Jazz: Singing, Performing, Healing, Dreaming

08 July 2019

On March 15, the Ngarukuruwala group presented Tiwi + Jazz at the Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre – an event rescheduled from last…

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David Schlosberg on Democracy and Climate Change

04 July 2019

SEI Director David Schlosberg in conversation with Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens on the RN podcast The Minefield. The podcast…

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When North Meets South: Cross-Cultural Connection and the Importance of Integrating Indigenous Knowledge

03 July 2019

Rebecca Lawrence reflects on a two week trip in May 2019 which brought a delegation of Sami Swedish Indigenous representatives…

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Is Water Life?

01 July 2019

The idea that ‘water is life’ is something beyond a normative claim. Rather, Mark Bosch writes, as bodies of water ourselves,…

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MSJ Series: Just Coal Transitions In The More-Than-Human World

26 June 2019

Following on from the past fortnight’s highly successful Multi-Species Justice Symposia series, political economist Beck Pearse discusses economic justice and the future…

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Warren Roberts on Talking, Yarning and Deadly Collaborations

25 June 2019

Ahead of our NAIDOC Week celebrations, Kate Johnston from FoodLab Sydney talks with Warren Roberts, founder and director of Yarn…

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Risky Business: Adapting Climate Science for Industry and Finance

24 June 2019

Christopher Wright reflects on the third Business Making of Climate Change event, where a panel of experts from industry and academia came…

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PhD Scholarship Applications Now Open

20 June 2019

SEI is thrilled to announce new PhD research scholarships for outstanding candidates engaged with sustainability and environmentalism at the University…

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Everyday Militarisms: Multi-media Artist Katja Aglert on Encounters Beyond the Human

18 June 2019

SEI editor Liberty Lawson speaks with transdisciplinary artist Katja Aglert about collapsing species boundaries and her unique methods of hybrid…

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An Ideal Theory? On Political Philosophy, Ideology and Multi-Species Justice

14 June 2019

Nonhuman animals cannot participate in academic philosophy — so how ought we to theorise about them? On her return from…

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2019 NAIDOC Week Celebrations

13 June 2019

Between July 7-14, the Sydney Environment Institute will be celebrating the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait…

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Culture, Food and Environment: Indigenous Experiences of Hunger in West Papua

12 June 2019

Sophie Chao reflects on the interconnections between processed food, hunger and Indigenous sovereignty in West Papua, where vast swathes of…

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The Business of Climate Change: The Challenges of Accountability, Consistency and Long-Term Sustainability

11 June 2019

Financial journalist Christine St Anne reflects on the second Business Making of Climate Change public panel, addressing the challenges around…

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Finding Connection to Country: Future Cities as Networks of Waterholes

06 June 2019

Steven Liaros asks how the air-conditioned comfort of urban life inhibits our ability to fully connect with our place, and…