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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
SUSTAINABILITY (IS) CENTRAL
Graham H. Pyke University of Technology, Sydney
OUTLINE
- The Future – Why care?
- Sustainability – What is it?
- Whose job is it?/ What’s been done?
- Our approach
- What can you do?
THE FUTURE
Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
THE FUTURE
“Why should I care about future generations? What did they ever do for me?”
SUSTAINABILITY: A STORY
Colorado Rocky Mountains
SUSTAINABILITY: THE STORY CONTINUES
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory East River
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
…PLUS CITATIONS
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ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS: SOME CRITICISMS
uts.edu.au Training Sustainability Science Presentations Media Support
REALITY: E.G., UTS
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Sustainability -
Programs
Institute for Sustainable Futures Centre for Environmental Sustainability
Courses Practices
UTS: FUTURE
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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 $$
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
SUSTAINABILITY DANCE
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PARTNERSHIP
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- UTS/ Stanford
- Sustainability Central/ Millennium
Alliance for Humanity & the Biosphere
- Paul & Graham
- Colleagues
SUSTAINABILITY CENTRAL (SC) & MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE FOR HUMANITY & THE BIOSPHERE (MAHB)
- Science
- Leadership
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SC/ MAHB
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- Champions
SC/ MAHB
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- Masses
Lowy Institute
SC/ MAHB
- Re-drafting the message
- Expanding delivery mechanisms
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- Masses
Intelligent, but under and mis-informed
WANT MORE INFO?
MAHB mahb.stanford.edu
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SC sustainabilitycentral.org
POPULATION
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I = P x A x T (Ehrlich & Holdren 1971)
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
Sustainability (Is) Central
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