We need to talk about Australia’s ‘UnNatural’ disasters
Viewing human-induced climate disasters such as the recent Australian floods as ‘UnNatural’ is necessary to demand greater government accountability, writes…
The Role of Environmental Human Rights in the Warragamba Dam Wall Raising Proposal
How does access to information around environmental decision-making impact communities? We hear from 2022 Honours Fellow Olivia Mulligan about her…
Opinion
03 May 2021
The mountain ash eucalypt, regent honeyeaters and potoroos are all vanishing at an astonishing rate, alongside countless others. Here, we…
29 April 2021
To ensure resilient food systems, we don’t need new products – what we need is an entirely new paradigm, argues…
26 April 2021
Nanda Jarosz explores deep collaboration and the power of literature as a mode of climate communication, exemplified in Shubhangi Swarup’s prizewinning novel Latitudes…
22 April 2021
April 22 is Earth Day, and artist Ann Jyothis Raj explores this year’s theme of ‘restoring our earth’ through the…
Humans have been designing spaces for and with animals and plants for thousands of years, so what has changed? A…
19 April 2021
1 in 4 university students experience food insecurity – but they don’t have to. Kate Johnston explores why a community kitchen…
Reflection
14 April 2021
Philosophy student Daniel Maher calls on the importance of indigenous knowledge and why it’s critical that we tear down the…
12 April 2021
A year after the ash settled following Australia’s Black Summer, scholars from University of Edinburgh Centre for Ethics and Critical…
Q&A
07 April 2021
Get to know Judita Hudson, one of our 2021 Honours Fellows, who is working on ‘energy citizenship’ as a mode…
News
As the USU announces an amazing program for Enviro Week 2021, including a panel of SEI experts, we take a…
31 March 2021
2021 Honours Fellow Phoebe Evans talks to SEI about Australia’s transition to renewable energy, and why COVID-19 has provided the…
25 March 2021
We speak with Professor Liza Lim from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music about her practice as a composer and scholar, exploring…
24 March 2021
As coal mines close, Newcastle environmentalist and founding member of the Hunter Jobs Alliance Georgina Woods is on the frontlines…
17 March 2021
Jared Harrison talks to SEI about his work with Indigenous communities and entrepreneurs, bringing traditional food practices back to country…
10 March 2021
We are inviting undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Sydney to contribute writing to the Sydney Environment Institute…
04 March 2021
We sit down with Masters of Sustainability students Hollie Chung, Neha Nagpal, and Narges Aflatounian, whose recent innovation for minimising…
22 February 2021
A new undergraduate unit at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music explores environmental issues through music. Climate change is one of…
11 February 2021
Researcher Sam Widin shares the value of environmental storytelling as a way to situate multispecies relationships in a world overloading…
09 February 2021
SEI researchers Thom van Dooren, Sophie Chao and Danielle Celermajer contribute to a new essay collection: “Multispecies Care in the…
01 February 2021
In the lead up to the publication of her new book Summertime, Deputy Director Danielle Celermajer reflects on the process of…
27 January 2021
Sophie Chao meditates on the power of storytelling as a means of remembering and repairing multispecies connections in times of…
25 January 2021
Congratulations to Dr Astrida Neimanis as she takes up an exciting new position in environmental feminism at the University of…
21 January 2021
Artist, director and composer Michelle St Anne reflects on grief, care and connection to place ahead of this weekend’s presentation…
13 January 2021
Artist Julie Vulcan reflects on loss, memory and the artist-as-conduit in conversation with SEI editor Liberty Lawson, ahead of this…
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