Action Today for Tomorrow Series: A Journey to Climate Activism
On his journey from science education to starting a community organic farming initiative, Togolese activist Folli Herbert Amouzougan found his…
From a Transformative Election to Transformative Action: Institutionalising Care For Our Earthly Home
SEI researchers Danielle Celermajer and Erin Fitz-Henry consider why now is the time for continued hope, resistance and transformative action…
Opinion
22 April 2020
Rebecca Lawrence and Alison Ziller compare the laissez faire COVID-19 management of the Swedish Government with Australia’s approach to explain why decades of…
20 April 2020
As lockdowns and a desperately uncertain future keep us oscillating between the poles of urgency and stasis, Killian Quigley considers…
Reflection
15 April 2020
In the first half of this two-part essay, Genevieve Wright reflects on last month’s Climate Change, Business and Finance event, where…
In the second instalment of this two-part essay, Genevieve Wright reflects on last month’s event Climate Change, Business and Finance,…
News
09 April 2020
We’re curating a new series of opinion pieces from the Institute’s community that explores the intersections between ecological and epidemiological…
08 April 2020
Director David Schlosberg on the importance of the Institute’s work and the fight for justice in a time of unprecedented…
06 April 2020
Working with plants for the entirety of her career, Rosanne Quinnell from the School of Life and Environmental Sciences reflects…
03 April 2020
We are delighted to bring you the first article in our new Longform Series, an opportunity for our readers and…
27 March 2020
“Heat is such a difficult threat to grapple with because it engages with and exacerbates multiple forms of pre-existing vulnerability…
23 March 2020
We sit down with the FoodLab Sydney community to talk about connection, collaboration and how “the simple act of eating…
20 March 2020
At our SEI Amplified event last week on Reducing the Impact of Heatwaves, Associate Professor Tess Lea explored the intersections between…
Q&A
18 March 2020
Welcome to Zoe Stojanovic-Hill, who is joining the Institute from the Department of Government and International Relations. What are you…
13 March 2020
In view of the latest developments concerning the spread of COVID-19, Sydney Environment Institute has decided to suspended all events…
12 March 2020
Many remote Australian communities regularly experience water contamination and supply failures, shortfalls which are often excused with localised factors like…
Get to know our new Honours Research Fellow Sarah Chow, who joins the Institute from the School of Geosciences. What…
09 March 2020
Get to know one of the Institute’s new Honours Research Fellows, Stella Maynard, from the Department of Gender and Cultural…
03 March 2020
We are excited to welcome Sarah Chow, Stella Maynard and Zoe Stojanovic-Hill, to the SEI team as our new 2020 Honours…
02 March 2020
We sit down with our new postdoc June Rubis, to talk about her work on native relations and the environment…
26 February 2020
After months of collaborative recommendations and campaigning efforts between Sydney Environment Institute’s academic experts, Greenpeace and community activist groups, Norwegian…
Australians are still reeling from the aftermath of the recent onslaught of fire, rain and floods, daily lives upended by…
21 February 2020
In light of Australia’s hottest year on record, SEI researchers met with influential community members in a workshop dedicated to…
20 February 2020
Christopher Wright and Michael E. Mann unveil the government’s illusive acknowledgement of a warming planet, questioning whether their actions will…
18 February 2020
Sydney Environment Institute researcher Danielle Celermajer returns with an update on Jimmy, her loyal rescue pig, whose tale of miraculous…
17 February 2020
University of Sydney Associate Professor Thom van Dooren has been appointed to a new position as a Professor II at…
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