Economic inequality and environmental degradation are closely linked – and stem from politicians’ fixation on economic growth at all costs.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Sustainability
Displaying 581 - 600 of 690 articles
Urban sprawl has spread to the sea, as more and more man-made structures are being built along the world’s coastlines. Just as we do on land, we need to think about how to build sustainably at sea.
Four decades after South Australia’s container deposit scheme began, New South Wales has finally overcome industry resistance and launched its own. Could the rest of the country now follow suit?
Going vegetarian might help reduce your personal footprint - but it won’t save the climate. Richard Eckard explains.
With a reputation in Australia for public drunkenness and antisocial behaviour, backpackers might not seem likely role models for “greener” ways of living. Most backpackers are from upper- or middle-class…
Syriza’s surge to power with a campaign against austerity has forced politicians across Europe to justify their economic policies. The UK chancellor was hot-off-the-mark to assure everyone that the Greek…
If ever we wanted a reminder of how global capitalism has got things wrong, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa serves the purpose well. Our assumption that economic growth is essential is not only a feature…
The aftermath of Christmas is a good time to think about where consumer-capitalism is getting us. The sad fact is that, with these values, our society can never be ecologically sustainable or just. Accelerating…
The world’s population could reach almost 10 billion by 2050. Most people will live in cities. To accommodate an additional 3 billion people, we’ll need to build the equivalent of one new city, that can…
As students take to the streets calling for free higher education, a spotlight is being shone again on the sustainability of England’s higher education system. While much of the debate centres around financial…
Australia’s policies to cut greenhouse emissions have been shrouded in uncertainty over the past few months. The contentious Renewable Energy Target review and the swapping of the carbon price for Direct…
A small group of people is gathered around a campfire in a Victorian State Forest. Members of the Tiny Houses Australia community, they’re attending a Spring Camp to talk about how to build a tiny house…
“But who do you think’s right, Prof? The optimists or the pessimists?” At the end of my sustainability economics course in 2007, students were challenging me to end 20 years of professional fence-sitting…
Australians love to travel. About 9 million Australians travelled overseas last year, 60% of them on holiday. For most tourists, sustainable development and climate change were probably not high on their…
The UN’s proposed sustainability targets are riddled with conflicts that could make them ineffective or outright harmful. In theory, there is nothing wrong with such targets. After all, the Millennium…
It’s Nobel Prize week, with awards for Medicine and Physiology, Physics, Chemistry, Peace and Economics being announced over the next seven days. We will discover who will win the literature prize later…
What does genuine economic progress look like? The orthodox answer is that a bigger economy is always better, but this idea is increasingly strained by the knowledge that, on a finite planet, the economy…
If measured by political will and rhetoric, Australia’s relationship with Southeast Asia would undeniably be in fine shape. Prime ministers as diverse as Paul Keating, Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard have…
Across the globe, we are experiencing rapid changes to our environment and social structures. Climate change, population growth, and social unrest are causing ever increasing problems. The rate of change…
Next year will be critical in environmental diplomacy. World governments will be negotiating important global agreements in two areas that will have a major impact on our well-being in coming decades…
Job Board
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
-
Senior Disability Services Advisor
-
Deputy Social Media Producer
-
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
-
GRAINS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION CHAIRPERSON
Top contributors
-
Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
-
Professor of Tourism, Griffith University
-
Associate Professor in Architectural Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
-
Chair, Monash Sustainable Development Institute & ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
-
Senior Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University
-
Canada Research Chair in Business Sustainability, Western University
-
Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
-
Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
-
Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
-
Honorary Fellow in the School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne
-
Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
-
Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor, Research & Innovation, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University
-
Professor, Faculty of Business & Economics, University of Winnipeg
-
Professor of Accounting, Durham University
