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Eco Futurists Prof Andy Lowe
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Planning for the future and breaking new ground across industries must involve improving our natural environment along the way. Our lives and livelihoods depend on it.
In this podcast, we hear from people leading the way not only in imagining, but also providing solutions for a future with environmental sustainability in mind. We speak to scientific experts, industry leaders, artists, adventurers, and committed personalities who make connections in their local and global communities, making life on earth a priority in their grand plans.
They are Eco Futurists.
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Action as the antidote to despair: creative pathways for young adults to connect with community and conservation
It can be easy to get overwhelmed by all the information we have around the effects of changing climate. How do young adults in particular combat ‘eco anxiety’ while at the same time maintaining motivation to be part of the solution amidst a rapidly escalating sense of urgency around environmental conservation efforts?
In this episode we speak with Kirsty Bevan CEO of Nature Conservation Society of South Australia https://www.ncssa.asn.au and Acting CEO of Conservation Council of South Australia https://www.conservationsa.org.au and Maddie McShane Nature Advocacy Researcher and Campaigner, and Director of Earth Jam! https://www.ncssa.asn.au/earth-jam/
Eco Futurists is supported by the Environment Institute https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/ at the University of Adelaide http://www.adelaide.edu.au/.
Learn More:
Earth Jam! https://www.ncssa.asn.au/earth-jam/
Nature Conservation Society of South Australia https://www.ncssa.asn.au
Conservation Council of South Australia https://www.conservationsa.org.au
Adelaide City Council https://www.cityofadelaide.com.au
Music SA https://www.musicsa.com.au
South Australian Grassroots Ecosystem https://sagrassroots.org
Get In Touch
You can contact Eco Futurists podcast here andrew.lowe@adelaide.edu.au
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Sowing the seeds for the future of health, resilience, and environmental protection
Have you ever had a memory from childhood that took you back to nature? Maybe it was the smell after the rain, freshly cut grass, or the warmth from of the sun on your skin. How do our experiences of the natural world as children affect us as adults? Are these effects lasting or do we need to ‘top up’ our nature reserves to reap the full benefits that nature has to give? How can we fill our ‘nature cup’ when the demands of day-to-day modern existence can often pull us away from the natural environment?
In this episode we explore all this an more with Human Geographer Melissa Nursey-Bray Deputy Director, Institute of Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER), https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/melissa.nursey-bray and Dr Mark Kohler Senior Lecturer School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medica
l Sciences https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/mark.kohler
Eco Futurists is supported by the Environment Institute https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/ at the University of Adelaide http://www.adelaide.edu.au/.
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School of Psychology https://health.adelaide.edu.au/psychology/
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences https://health.adelaide.edu.au
Wellbeing in Learning and Development Lab (WiLDlab): https://wildlabadelaide.org/.
Youth Symposium on Human Nature Connection in the Anthropocene: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/events/list/2023/11/a-symposium-on-human-nature-connection-in-the-anthropocene
Roots and Shoots Australia: https://rootsandshoots.org.au/.
Jane Goodall Institute Australia Resource Boxhttps://janegoodall.org.au/australian-programs-resourcebox/
Review Article: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.10128
Children & Nature Network: https://www.childrenandnature.org/
Institute of Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER) https://www.adelaide.edu.au/iser/
Finding the Fab Five https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/61ca6f9be4354e808146e47e0a59a7d0
Adaptation Community Environment Research Group (ACE) https://able.adelaide.edu.au/socialsciences/adaptation-community-environment/
Department of Geography, Environment and Population https://able.adelaide.edu.au/socialsciences/departments/department-of-geography-environment-and-population
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education (ABLE) https://able.adelaide.edu.au
Get In Touch
You can contact Eco Futurists podcast here andrew.lowe@adelaide.edu.au
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You can’t build an ego when caring for a stream
Bruce Pascoe is an acclaimed author, speaker, researcher, and farmer. He’s passionate about sharing knowledge of traditional indigenous land management and food production practices, caring for country and people across cultural and political divides. In our conversation we look to find common ground, to find a path forward together to regenerate the earth for us all.
Eco Futurists is supported by the Environment Institute https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/ at the University of Adelaide http://www.adelaide.edu.au/.
Learn More:
Black Duck Foods https://www.blackduckfoods.com.au
Nature Festival https://www.naturefestival.org.au
You can contact Eco Futurists podcast here andrew.lowe@adelaide.edu.au
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Exotic plants and animals: the illegal wildlife trade happening right under your nose
There is increasing interest in owning wild and exotic animals and the internet is able to serve up whatever your heart desires, even if importing these animals is illegal.
In this episode we speak with Prof Phill Cassey https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/phill.cassey and PhD student Charlotte Lassaline both from the School of Biological Sciences https://set.adelaide.edu.au/biological-sciences/ as well as from the Invasion Science and Wildlife Ecology Group http://www.cassey-invasion-ecology.org at the University of Adelaide http://www.adelaide.edu.au/ . We examine what it’s going to take to conserve and recover ecosystems in a world where wildlife is being traded not only in secret corners of the internet, but often right in front of our eyes.
Eco Futurists is supported by the Environment Institute https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/ at the University of Adelaide http://www.adelaide.edu.au/.
Learn More:
School of Biological Sciences University of Adelaide https://set.adelaide.edu.au/biological-sciences/
Invasion Science and Wildlife Ecology Group University of Adelaide http://www.cassey-invasion-ecology.org
You can contact Eco Futurists podcast here andrew.lowe@adelaide.edu.au
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Nature deprivation: the real consequences
Are you getting the best microbes on offer? What are microbes anyway and why should we care?
If you’ve ever heard of the term “microbiome” you probably relate it to gut health, but there’s so much more to it! It’s all around us, and in us, and affects our brains, immune systems, stress levels, and psychological state.
Join us for this episode where we speak with Dr Jess Stanhope and Prof Phil Weinstein about how public health is effected by urban environments and the promising future for disease prevention and treatment in the reversal of global urban nature deprivation.
This podcast is supported by the Environment Institute https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/ at the University of Adelaide https://www.adelaide.edu.au.
Learn More:
School of Allied Health Science and Practice University of Adelaide https://health.adelaide.edu.au/allied-health/
School of Public Health University of Adelaide https://health.adelaide.edu.au/public-health/
Green Adelaide https://www.greenadelaide.sa.gov.au
Hosted by Prof Andy Lowe https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/andrew.lowe, Interim Director of the Environment Institute https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/ University of Adelaide
You can contact Eco Futurists podcast here https://www.adelaide.edu.au/environment/
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Under the surface: shedding light on ‘ocean blindness’
What happened when the head of Engineering for Google Australia and the Professor and author behind Australia’s first ever textbook on Marine Ecology came together? Nothing short of the miraculous bringing back to life of an extinct ecosystem in the waters of Australia's biodiverse southern coastline.
And what’s next on the sparkly horizon?
In this podcast episode find out how the founders of AusOcean, Alan Noble and Prof Sean Connell, are stretching traditional models of marine conservation efforts through open-source hardware and software, and low-cost ways of public engagement. They are a driving force shedding light on the ‘ocean blindness’ that muddies our understanding of biodiversity conservation in marine ecosystems, looking to reverse the tide of extinction in our oceans.
This podcast is supported by the Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide.
Learn More:
AusOcean
AusOcean Live Stream
Marine Biology at the Environment Institute, University of Adelaide
Hosted by Prof Andy Lowe, Interim Director of the Environment Institute University of Adelaide
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