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Everything Is Connected: The “Truth” And Politics
This excellent and thought-provoking panel ranged from questions of “post-truth” politics and deliberate obscuring of the truth through to how to positively use values to shift opinions when facts do not. Panel members were: Dr Rod Lamberts Dr Rod Lamberts is deputy director of the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) at…
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Everything Is Connected: Uncle Les Coe On The Tent Embassy Perspective
Uncle Les Coe’s knowledge, experience, wisdom and provocation brought one of the most important and powerful perspectives to the conference. You can listen to it here: Uncle Les’s extraordinarily warm welcome to country, at the Tent Embassy, was also one of the highlights of the conference. We thank him, and Nioka and others at the…
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Everything Is Connected: Stephen Healy Plenary On The Commons
Stephen Healy is a senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney and a recent arrival to Australia. He has a Doctorate in Geography and his research focuses on community-based approaches to sustainable economic development. Dr Healy’s presentation to the plenary, entitled The Commons: what, why and how, brought a brilliant…
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Everything Is Connected: Kate Raworth On Doughnut Economics
Kate Raworth is a renegade economist focused on exploring the economic mindset needed to address the 21st century’s social and ecological challenges, and is the creator of the Doughnut theory of social and planetary boundaries. She is a Senior Visiting Research Associate at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute. Kate’s plenary presentation to the the Green…
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Everything Is Connected: Community Action For The Climate Emergency
This challenging panel and workshop delved into the work being done at local council and community levels to face up to the climate emergency. Panel members were: Bryony Edwards In addition to working full time as a human service data analyst, Bryony campaigns for safe climate restoration through Community Action in the Climate Emergency, Save…
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Everything Is Connected: Green Agenda Debate – “What Even Is Democracy?”
This stimulating debate and discussion session challenged us to consider deeply what democracy is and can be. Panel members were: Clare Ozich Clare Ozich is the founder and co-editor of Green Agenda, an online political publication exploring green politics. She has worked as a lawyer, an industrial officer in the union movement, and as Director…
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Everything Is Connected: Racism And Prejudice
This was a deeply moving and powerful panel session entitled “Systemic approaches to racism and prejudice”. Panel members were: Lidia Thorpe: Lidia is a Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman who [was at the time] the Greens candidate in the by-election for the Victorian state seat of Northcote [and is now sitting member for Northcote]. She is also Managing Director…
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Everything Is Connected: Science, AI, And Democracy
Traversing the way the internet has impacted on democratic discourses, how giant capitalist monopolies have begun to take control and challenge the basis of democracy, how technology changes the way we work and interact, and how commercialisation of research challenges public good science, this was a fabulous conversation. Panel members were: Ellen Broad Ellen Broad…
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Everything Is Connected: Brendan Mackey’s Plenary Presentation
Professor Brendan Mackey is the Director of the Griffith Climate Change Response Program and specialises in the interactions between climate change, biodiversity and land use, sustainable development and the science and policy of ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation and related public policy issues. Prof Mackey’s keynote presentation, entitled The breath of life connects us all: scientific…
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Everything Is Connected: Mary Graham Plenary On Indigenous Conceptions Of Governance
Dr Mary Graham is Associate Adjunct Professor of the School of Political Science and International Studies. She is a Kombumerri person (Gold Coast) through her father’s heritage and affiliated with Wakka Wakka (South Burnett) through her mother’s people. Mary has lectured nationally on Aboriginal history, politics and comparative philosophy. Dr Graham’s opening plenary presentation was…
