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We need to change how we produce, ship, eat and waste food to improve our health and that of the planet.
Zero-packaging stores provide a systemic solution to a globalised food industry dependent on plastic packaging.
Words matter because they influence the way we understand environmental problems and shape their solutions.
Emerging Māori leaders successfully weave traditional practices with contemporary influences on leadership styles.
As 2019 dawns, a worldwide circular economy could be created through international trade and trade agreements like the one that could be forged between Canada and the U.K., post-Brexit.
The world is waking up to the plastic pollution crisis. Here’s how you can wake up on Christmas morning to a more sustainable holiday.
Dry cleaning isn’t really dry – it uses chemical solvents. Perc, the most common option, has contaminated soil and groundwater and poses serious health risks, but safer choices are emerging.
Most consumers underestimate the greenhouse emissions associated with different foods. But environmental labels, similar to existing nutrition information, can help us make lower-impact choices.
Christmas is hectic, and it can be easy just to go with the flow and vow to cut your plastic use in the new year. But here are some easy steps you can take now to make your Christmas plastic-free.
Only a quarter of Christmas jumpers are reused.
Planning innovations around the world offer inspiration, but ultimately the innovations needed to make Australia’s sprawling cities more sustainable must be shaped by local conditions.
The average consumerist suburban lifestyle is unsustainable. But what if affluent suburbanites and battlers alike ditch the rat race and embrace economic ‘degrowth’? Here’s how it might unfold.
The United Nations Declaration on sustainable development stresses “leaving no-one behind,” but what about the factors that cause many to be behind in the first place?
Both natural and artificial Christmas trees have environmental impacts, but they’re not major. What matters most is what happens to the trees after the holidays.
The thin layer of soil on our planet’s surface ultimately sustains us all, but it’s a finite resource. With a growing global population, perhaps it is time to start looking for alternatives.
Without an array of ecosystems and species, it’s tough for farmers to grow crops or ranchers to raise animals.
Innovation should mean solutions that work for everyone, not just economists.
In a world where employees and consumers want businesses to be more sustainable, there’s a growing need for business leaders who share these values — and a new type of business education.
Some of the things we discard - like urine - can actually be useful resources.
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Tourism, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Architectural Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
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Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL
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Professor in Construction and Environmental Assessment, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral researcher, TU Wien
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Sustainable Development Solutions Network Manager, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University
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Canada Research Chair in Business Sustainability, Western University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Honorary Fellow in the School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne
