Think: Sustainability 2SER 107.3

We kill millions of animals at a cost of tens of billions of dollars a year. What would happen if we stopped?

Featuring: Dr Eamonn Wooster, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Technology Sydney

Host: Lawrence Bull
Music: Epidemic Sound

With most of us breathing air that is causing us harm is Algae the key to a world of clean air?

Dr Alex Thomson is an Industry Engagement Manager for the Climate Change Cluster (C3), UTS
Professor Sara Wilkinson, School of Built Environment at UTS
Professor Andrew Tovey, TULIP Program Manager, Senior Research Consultant, Urban Systems, UTS

There has been a great amount of focus on planting trees in public spaces but what about in the private realm, in your very own backyard? Is there space for you to plant a tree? If developments do not include space for vegetation within their designs, what happens to the future of our cities? Join us as we explore the opportunities and challenges of increasing the urban forestry within private properties.
  
Featuring:
Associate Professor Abby Mellick Lopes, design researcher in the School of Design, and Course Director of Postgraduate Design Studies, University of Technology Sydney.
Associate Professor Joe Hurley, Center for Urban Research at the RMIT University

Host: Marlene Even
Music: Epidemic Sound

In this episode we ask a big question; can capitalism work inside and alongside a sustainable environment?
Featuring: Dr Jonathan Marshall
Host: Lawrence Bull
Music: Epidemic Sound

With the ever presenting threat of climate change looming, and the increasing severity of natural disasters it will bring, concerns on the reliability of Australia’s regional power grid during times of crisis. Due to Australia’s low population density particularly in rural and regional communities, electricity travel great distances from power stations to these communities. This makes them particularly vulnerable to failure during natural disasters, cutting off residents’ access to basic necessities and hindering rescue efforts.
Research into microgrids shows promising results that the implementation of small, local electricity grids powered using renewables can provide a stable source of electricity when mainlines fail during times of crisis.

Featuring: Dr. Sarah Niklas; Senior Research Consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures University of Technology Sydney.
Host: Cameron M. Furlong
Music: Web Building Serge Quadrado, LASERS Porto
 

Have you noticed a change in the weather seasons? Is there such thing as a normal summer or a normal spring anymore? In this episode, we discuss how the shifting seasons are impacting plant behaviour and entire ecosystems. Meet two researchers investigating phenology shifts and predicting how plants could react to future climate scenarios.

Featuring:
Professor Alfredo Huete, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Nathan Emery, research scientist at the Australia Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust

Host: Marlene Even
Music: Epidemic Sound