Think: Sustainability

What are the threats to honeybees and what wider impact could this have for us? We discuss the impact Australia's recent bushfires and floods had on beekeepers and the issues facing Australia's apiary industry. Featuring: •Dr Nural Cokcetin, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Technology Sydney's ithree institute •Bruce White OAM, beekeeper, bio-security officer and a former President of the NSW Amateur Beekeepers' Association Producer/Host: Marlene Even Music: Epidemic Sound

Increasingly severe and frequent natural disasters are a part of our reality as a result of climate change. But how will this affect global economies? This episode explores how climate change is affecting the insurance industry. How this influences where and how we live. The industry's response to climate risk and What we need to change to make sure Australia remains insurable in the face of a changing climate. Featuring: •Tom Davies, Climate Change Special Advisor at The Insurance Council of Australia •Gordon Noble, Partnerships Manager at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney. •Sue Falkenhagen, Townsville Resident. Music: Blue Dot Sessions, Epidemic Sound, Solecism by Scott Buckley

Globally countries are striving towards a transition from diesel and petrol vehicles to electric ones. In this episode we explore the electrification of New South Wales' public transport, specifically buses. Featuring: •Mathew Hounsell, senior researcher at the Transport Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney •Katelyn Purnell, Phd researcher, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, University of New South Wales •Robyn Preston MP, local member for Hawkesbury, member of the Liberal Party, Chair of the Legislative Assembly Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Producer/Host: Marlene Even Music: Epidemic Sound

The way we produce our food needs to change. Our current practices will not meet the demands of a growing population and a warming climate. Algae, that slimy green stuff you find at the beach, might just help us more sustainably produce our food. This episode looks at how Algae biotechnologies are revolutionising the agriculture and aquaculture industry. Featuring •Professor Peter Ralph, Executive Director of Climate Change Cluster at The University of Technology Sydney •Dr Graeme Barnett, CEO and Managing Director of Qponics Limited •Bastien Finet, Operations Manager at Pacific Reef Fisheries Music: Epidemic Sound

Legal personhood or 'rights of nature' laws have been around since as early as the 1970s and have attracted lawmakers in jurisdictions all over the world. But what do these legal concepts offer? How do they interact with current environmental laws? And what are their limits? Producer: Marlene Even Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel Featured: Michelle Maloney, co-founder and national convener, Australian Earth Laws Alliance Dr Virginia Marshall, Wiradjuri Nyemba woman, lawyer and Indigenous postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University Music: Epidemic Sound

In this episode of Think: Sustainability, is Australia doing its best to care for our Pacific neighbours as they confront the effects of a changing climate? How can we improve current labour programs and pathways? Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel Featured: Mesulame Ratukadreu, Pacific Labour Scheme worker Jonathan Pryke, Director, Pacific Islands Program, Lowy Institute Amanda Moors-Mailei, Student Equity Project Officer, Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion, University of Technology Music: Epidemic Sound

In this episode of Think: Sustainability, we spotlight some exciting new developments in the sustainability sector. What projects have been underway while we've been glued to our TVs, following COVID and the US election? We talk to three experts in environmental fields to celebrate innovative renewable energy projects, the circular economy and what a Joe Biden election victory means for Australia's climate policy. Producer: Marlene Even Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel Featured: Dr Nick Florin, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF), University of Technology Sydney. Manager of the Resource Futures research group and directs and undertakes collaborative research projects with industry and government partners on resource conservation, recovery and recycling. Professor Veena Sahajwalla, Director of the Circular Economy Innovation Network and founding Director of the Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) UNSW. Dr Chris Briggs, Research Principal, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology and Technical Director, Business Renewables Centre-Australia. Music: Epidemic Sound

In this episode, we explore the psychology of climate change. With the help of Carl Jung's analytical psychology, we look at how our internal disorder may be hindering efforts to solve external problems. What is holding us back from effective climate action, individually and collectively? Producer/presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel Featured: Jonathan Marshall, Future Fellow and member of the Climate Justice Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney Music: Epidemic Sound

This is the second-part of a two-part series of Think: Sustainability, where we speak to those living in precarious housing situations. In part one, we spoke to public housing tenants. In this episode, we hear from some of the half a million international students trapped in Australia. Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel Featured: Mon Mon Myo Myint, Rajendra Kumar, Rojal L. Shrestha, international students Adam Loftus, School Breakfast 4 Health and Agencies Team Leader, Foodbank Kylie Ebert, Director, Student Life, Macquarie University Alan Morris, professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Music: Epidemic Sound, Blue Dot Sessions

In this two-part series of Think: Sustainability, we speak to those living in precarious housing situations in Australia. In part one, tens of thousands sit on public housing waiting lists, and a severe lack of funding in the sector means that those who make it in, are some of the most vulnerable in society. Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel Featured: Alan Morris, professor, Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney Fiona Ross, public housing tenant, co-founder Friends of Public Housing Sara Wilkinson, building surveyor, professor, School of Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney Music: Epidemic Sound, Blue Dot Sessions

In this episode, we take a closer look at whether COVID19 has shone a harsh light on aviation's carbon footprint, or whether despite the crisis; the big players in aviation will be unwilling to turn-off auto-pilot. Producer/Presenter: Max Tillman Featured: Audrey Quicke, researcher, the Australia Institute Climate Jonothan O'Neill, manager, UTS Protospace Dr Ben Hankamer, Queensland Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiative Music: Epidemic Sound

In this episode, we examine space debris, what is it and why is there more of it? We examine current and emerging space junk removal technology. And what laws and measures are in place to hold those who litter, to account? Presenter/Producer: Marlene Even Featured: Dr. Martin Bell, astrophysicist, and lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. Dr. Cassandra Steer, a lecturer at the Australian National University College of Law and a mission specialist at the Australian National University Institute for Space. Mike Lindsay, Chief Technology Officer, Astroscale. Music: Epidemic Sound Sound: 'Starlink mission', 18th August 2020 (credit: SpaceX) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTMJK7wb0rM Interview with Peter Meiklejohn, from the documentary 'Searching for Skylab' 2019 (credit: 'Searching for Skylab', Dwight Steven-Boniecki) www.searchingforskylab.com 'Flight Controllers Activity During Skylab Reentry On 12.7.1979', (credit: NASA) 'Sounds of Saturn: Hear Radio Emissions of the Planet and its Moon Enceladus', 2017, licence under a Creative Common Licence (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Iowa) https://soundcloud.com/nasa/enceladus-hiss-audio 'Dinks and Donks: from InSight's seismometer', 2019 (credit: NASA) https://www.nasa.gov/connect/sounds/index.html

In this guest episode from Think: Digital Futures, producer Caitlin McHugh examines how climate breakdown is changing the way people live. In cities, already soaring temperatures are compounded by the concrete, treeless layouts of most urban centres, while extreme weather decimates crops and disrupts our food supply chains. But what are the possibilities of green walls and vertical agriculture in our urban centres, how can technology help us adapt to a worsening climate? Producer/presenter: Caitlin McHugh Featured: Sarah Wilkinson, Professor, School of Built Environment, UTS Tim Schork, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, UTS Marc Carmichael, Senior Lecturer, School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, UTS Mel Fyfe, CEO and Co-founder of Blakthumb Music: Epidemic Sound, Tomas Skyldeberg

In this episode we look at how a post-COVID economy can serve the interests of the planet and how to take lessons learnt from one crisis and apply them to the next. Featured: Honourable Bob Carr, Industry Professor at Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS. Former Premier of NSW and former Foreign Minister of Australia. Dr Deborah Cotton, Senior Lecture, Finance Discipline Group, Business School, UTS Sarah Fumei, Project Manager, ClimateWorks Australia Producer/presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel Music: Epidemic Sound

In this episode, we take a look at the world of conservation after two major blows: the Black Summer bushfires and COVID-19. How have these crises affected the work of conservationists? And what are their demands of government, heading into the future? Producer/Presenter: Julia Carr-Catzel Producer: Marlene Even Featured: Dr Kellie Leigh, Executive Director, Science for Wildlife Jonathan Webb, Associate Professor and Wildlife Ecologist, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Reannan Honey, PhD student, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney Music: Epidemic Sound