@MSSIMelb

The Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute closed in 2021. This account is no longer active.

sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/
Joined August 2013
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Super excited to continue working on this Project! Grateful and blessed to receive MSSI Seed Funding 🙂 @ariane_utomo @AdhuriDedi and with two others who’re not on twitter-scape Prof. Jon Barnett and Prof. Mark Wang
MSSI@MSSIMelb6 Dec 2021
🎉 Congratulations to our seed funding recipients for 2021! We've got everything from grasshoppers to palm oil, seascape transitions and Indigenous youth voices shaping our cities: go.unimelb.edu.au/s3gi
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📽️WEBINAR + FILM: Wild Honey: Caring for Bees in a Divided Land screening 🐝 For more than a century, Timor’s colonial border has divided the people of Lookeu. Timor's migratory wild honeybees challenge this division. 3:30-4:30 PM AEDT Sat 11 Dec 🔗 go.unimelb.edu.au/r6gi
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At the launch of new Urban Resilience paper delivering a framework for local government created between @cityofmelbourne @MSSIMelb and @networkedcities - fascinating and important work! #climatechange sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/p…
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Incredibly humbled by the inspiring and informed voices that joined in this launch. I wasn't so optimistic about the future, but after listening in I feel a tiny bit more confident! @sarahjaynebell @DrMelanieLowe @Nicholas_Reece @JoelBackwell @AndrewWear – at Melbourne, Victoria
MSSI@MSSIMelb29 Nov 2021
Today at 4pm: Join the launch of our new Issues Paper on urban resilience: go.unimelb.edu.au/kf7i In discussion with Deputy Lord Mayor @Nicholas_Reece, Prof @sarahjaynebell, @JoelBackwell, @AndrewWear and @DrMelanieLowe @networkedcities @cityofmelbourne @UniMelb
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Building urban resilience 'needs relentless community engagement - a never ending conversation' says @Nicholas_Reece @MSSIMelb #resilience
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Do you interact with stormwater-related activities in any way (in Victoria)? We’re interested in how Victorians understand their ‘general environmental duty’ and the ‘state of knowledge’ of stormwater mgt Please share your views with us 👉melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.c… & RT 🙏
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Not necessarily surprised, but still had to do a double-take when seeing this map from Brendan Wintle @MSSIMelb biodiversity forum: Australia has SECOND HIGHEST rate of biodiversity loss in the world. Settler colonialism…
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Very much looking forward to this timely discussion with great thinkers and leaders next week 👇 Brendan Kennedy @jfelson @Tom_Kompas @BrenWintle @MSSIMelb
MSSI@MSSIMelb18 Oct 2021
📅 Wed 27 Oct: Join us for a lunchtime seminar reflecting on developments for biodiversity at last week's #COP15: go.unimelb.edu.au/h7ci w/ Brendan Kennedy @jfelson @Tom_Kompas @BrenWintle @Em_Gerrard #ForNature #biodiversity
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Great opportunity to join @unimelb and immerse yourself in urban studies – at Melbourne, Victoria
MSSI@MSSIMelb19 Oct 2021
📣 Applications close 31 Oct for a PhD scholarship opportunity to work with Prof Sarah Bell on resilience and innovation in Melbourne. Find out more: go.unimelb.edu.au/79ci @sarahjaynebell @MSSIMelb #ClimateCrisis #resilience #Melbourne #cities #urban #oceania
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We're excited to host the Blue Pacific to Glasgow Forum on Wednesday with @algore. In these critical weeks before #COP26 it's an ideal opportunity to hear the direct call from prominent Pacific leaders for urgent and ambitious climate action. jtproductions.com.au/blue-pa…
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Have an early career urban studies project in mind? 3-years postdoctoral fellowships from @USForg focusing on cities worth $340,000 each If you’re thinking @cityofmelbourne could be your next home, get in touch with us! (sites.research.unimelb.edu.a…) More at: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/f…
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Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis: a book by Prof John Wiseman of @MSSIMelb, and research associate with @ANUCrawfordClim. Book launch 16 Sep. sustainable.unimelb.edu.au/p…
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Global warming will cause extreme sea levels to occur almost every year by the end of the century, impacting major coastlines worldwide, published in @NatureClimate today. 🌊🌏 → go.unimelb.edu.au/a4oi #ClimateChange @engunimelb @PNNLab @EKirezci
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At Margooya Lagoon or Tol Tol, Tati Tati community is establishing a model that will identify how to turn cultural flows into a practical reality and provide a template for other First Nations communities seeking water justice. vimeo.com/557349746
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In this important #NewBook @Palgrave author @jwiseman3 explores how we can remain hopeful and courageous in the face of the climate emergency bit.ly/3snfK2I John provides insightful background to the book on video via @MSSIMelb bit.ly/37LcDbx
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One of my personal favourites. A figure we did in Chapter 1 of #IPCC #ClimateReport showing the five considered scenarios, the timings peaking and halving CO2 emissions as well as when they reach net-zero. Together with @ed_hawkins beautiful stripes.
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Many health & social benefits in having a more walkable place to live - even more so for traditionally disadvantaged communities. ⬇️ transport inequality ⬆️ walkability in Indigenous communities can help to close the health/social gap @ConversationEDU theconversation.com/in-searc…
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Here is the video link for our session on ‘Humanities teaching in times of environmental catastrophe’. humanities.org.au/2021/07/02… Hope you get a chance to watch @InhumanNigel

Bearing Witness? – Humanities teaching in times of environmental catastrophe – Australian Academy...

  The panelists were Associate Professor Andrea Gaynor, Dr Blanche Verlie, Dr Tom Ford and Dr Paula Satizabal. Dr Verlie began by describing the ‘emotional intensity’ experienced by herself and her...

humanities.org.au
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Seed grants are now open! @IKI_Unimelb invites proposals for innovative and interdisciplinary research projects focused on Indigenous knowledges. All @UniMelb researchers can apply up to a max of $20,000. More info: buff.ly/3yoiUVS Applications close 23 August
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This #NAIDOCWeek, with its theme 'Heal Country', is a perfect time to read Barkandji researcher and @Unimelb curator Zena Cumpston's wonderful resource, Indigenous Plant Use. Zena has a new exhibition, Emu Sky, opening soon at the Old Quad Gallery. go.unimelb.edu.au/8idi 🌿🌱🌿
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