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UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE: 00099F SUSTAINABILITY (IS) CENTRAL Graham H. Pyke University of Technology, Sydney OUTLINE The Future Why care? Sustainability What is it? Whose job is it?/ Whats been done? Our approach


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UTS CRICOS PROVIDER CODE: 00099F

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SUSTAINABILITY (IS) CENTRAL

Graham H. Pyke University of Technology, Sydney

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OUTLINE

  • The Future – Why care?
  • Sustainability – What is it?
  • Whose job is it?/ What’s been done?
  • Our approach
  • What can you do?
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THE FUTURE

Groucho Marx (1890-1977)

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THE FUTURE

“Why should I care about future generations? What did they ever do for me?”

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SUSTAINABILITY: A STORY

Colorado Rocky Mountains

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SUSTAINABILITY: THE STORY CONTINUES

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory East River

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THE RIVER

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KAYAKING

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‘STUPID IS AS STUPID FALLS’

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SURVIVORS?

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SUSTAINABILITY IS … Doing things today, so that ‘we’ can do the same things tomorrow, the next day and so on.

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PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY

  • Environment
  • Economics
  • Health
  • Social

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SUSTAINABILITY: WHOSE JOB IS IT?

  • Researchers
  • Academic Institutions
  • Education (Primary &/or Secondary)
  • Government
  • Business
  • Professional Bodies
  • Media

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RESEARCHERS: CRITICISMS

  • Moral Responsibility

Inform Convince

  • Lack the ‘Right Stuff’

Inclination Other priorities Training

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RESEARCHERS: REALITY

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RESEARCHERS: THEIR SUSTAINABILITY

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Evaluation Criteria

Publications Grants Students

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…PLUS CITATIONS

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ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: SOME CRITICISMS

uts.edu.au Training Sustainability Science Presentations Media Support

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REALITY: E.G., UTS

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Sustainability -

Programs

Institute for Sustainable Futures Centre for Environmental Sustainability

Courses Practices

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UTS: FUTURE

uts.edu.au Sustainability Leadership

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SUSTAINABILITY FOR UTS

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2010 2011 2012 2013

YEAR

420 440 460 480 500 520 540 560

RANKING

Academic Ranking of World Universities Reputation Students $$

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SUSTAINABILITY: WHOSE JOB IS IT?

  • Researchers
  • Academic Institutions
  • Education (Primary &/or Secondary)
  • Government
  • Business
  • Professional Bodies
  • Media

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SUSTAINABILITY: WHOSE JOB IS IT?

  • Researchers
  • Academic Institutions
  • Education (Primary &/or Secondary)
  • Government
  • Business
  • Professional Bodies
  • Media

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Community

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SUSTAINABILITY DANCE

uts.edu.au Together and in unison

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PARTNERSHIP

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  • UTS/ Stanford
  • Sustainability Central/ Millennium

Alliance for Humanity & the Biosphere

  • Paul & Graham
  • Colleagues
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SUSTAINABILITY CENTRAL (SC) & MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE FOR HUMANITY & THE BIOSPHERE (MAHB)

  • Science
  • Leadership

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SC/ MAHB

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  • Champions
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SC/ MAHB

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  • Masses

Lowy Institute

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SC/ MAHB

  • Re-drafting the message
  • Expanding delivery mechanisms

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  • Masses

Intelligent, but under and mis-informed

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WANT MORE INFO?

MAHB mahb.stanford.edu

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SC sustainabilitycentral.org

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POPULATION

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I = P x A x T (Ehrlich & Holdren 1971)

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WHAT MIGHT YOU DO?

  • Informed
  • Messengers
  • Vote

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WHAT MIGHT YOU DO?

  • Informed
  • Messengers
  • Vote

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  • Government
  • Business
  • Schools
  • Wallet
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Sustainability (Is) Central

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