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Too hot to talk about: Why is Australia still debating climate change?

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Crikey’s Bernard Keane, Dr Will Grant, Tony Kevin, Simon Grose and Dr onacloV tackle the big questions about climate change in an event to be live streamed on the Internet this Wednesday at 12.30pm.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Economics and Finance, Environment, Health, Politics, Public Policy, Science

Inside Story: One-liners

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

The reporting of Kevin Rudd’s climate speech demonstrated the failings of the news media, writes Geoffrey Barker

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Environment, Politics, Science

New life for E-Waste

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

ANU Dell computer recycling day reveals the second life of electronic goods.

Filed under: On Campus, News Briefs, ANU, Environment, Staff, Students

Commit to win in this year’s 10by2010 competition!

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Win prizes by committing to sustainability!

Filed under: On Campus, Coming up, Environment, Staff

From the ANUSA President

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

The last article from the 2009 ANUSA President Sham Sara.

Filed under: On Campus, Need to Know - Students, Environment, Students

Drought tolerant plant gene discovered

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

An international group of plant scientists, led by Dr Gonzalo Estavillo and Professor Barry Pogson at The Australian National University have discovered a subtle mutation in Arabidopsis, a small, rapid growing plant, which may have important and far reaching implications for establishing drought resistance throughout the plant kingdom.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Medicine Biology and Environment, Environment, Science, Staff

Reversing a tree regeneration crisis

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Paddock trees provide shelter for livestock, homes for native animals, barriers against soil erosion and a host of other benefits. They’re an icon of the Australian countryside – and they’re disappearing at an alarming rate. An ANU research project has developed simple steps that could turn the tree crisis around.

Filed under: ANU Reporter, ANU College of Medicine Biology and Environment, Environment

Commit to win in the 10by2010 Competition

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Win some fantastic prizes simply by making and upholding a commitment to incorporate at least one or more new sustainable practices into your daily routine.

Filed under: On Campus, Coming up, ANU, Environment

Comedian/ Activist on ‘Thirsty Work’

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Comedian, writer and climate change activist Rod Quantock, will employ his special brand of ‘medicinal’ humour and dissect the science of climate change, during the National Water Week Lecture at The Australian National University today.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU, Environment, Staff, Students

Fiji and Tonga in spotlight for update

Monday, October 19th, 2009

With the world’s gaze firmly fixed on the Pacific after the recent series of tsunamis and earthquakes, leading experts from Australia, Japan, and New Zealand will gather to cast their eyes over some of the most critical issues relating to Fiji, Tonga and the wider Pacific Islands.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Economics and Finance, Education, Environment, Pacific, Politics, Public Policy

Better family planning needed to adapt

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Voluntary access to family planning should be made more easily available to poor communities in least developed countries to assist their ability to adapt to the harmful effects of a changing climate according to a researcher from ANU.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Medicine Biology and Environment, Environment, Health, Humanities, Public Policy

Energy Politics

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Will ‘energy politics’ help or hinder efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in developed and developing countries?

Filed under: On Campus, Coming up, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU College of Medicine Biology and Environment, Environment

Help find where the water goes

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Did you know that men spend more time in the shower than women? Or that nearly three quarters of ACT households don’t flush the toilet with every use?

Filed under: On Campus, News Briefs, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Environment, Humanities, Public Policy, Science, Staff, Students

Host a nest box and save our native birds

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

A researcher from The Australian National University is calling on the local Canberra community to lend a helping hand in the crusade to save our native Australian birds by hosting a bird nest box in their backyard.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Medicine Biology and Environment, Environment, Science

Researcher backs IPA declarations

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

The head of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research at ANU has congratulated two Indigenous communities from northern Australia on the announcement of new Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs).

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Environment, Indigenous

Whitley Medal for bird book

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Boom and Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country, co-edited by ANU researchers and featuring many contributions from ANU, has won the Whitley Medal, the nation’s most prestigious award for zoological publication.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Medicine Biology and Environment, Environment

Return of the fauna: field volunteers required

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Help bring back the vulnerable Brown Treecreeper to Mulligans Flat and Goorooyarroo Nature Reserves in the ACT.

Filed under: On Campus, Need to Know - Students, ANU College of Medicine Biology and Environment, Environment, Staff

Return of the fauna: field volunteers required

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Help bring back the vulnerable Brown Treecreeper to Mulligans Flat and Goorooyarroo Nature Reserves in the ACT.

Filed under: On Campus, Need to Know - Staff, ANU College of Medicine Biology and Environment, ANU, Environment, Staff

Environmental scheme costly and ineffective: study

Monday, September 7th, 2009

The Commonwealth Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process is costing industry and government dear, has substantial overlap with state regimes and is failing to get significantly better environmental outcomes, according to a new ANU study.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Law, Environment, Law, Politics, Public Policy

Bushfire history project boosted by prize money

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

The winner of this year’s Alfred Deakin essay prize – Professor Tom Griffiths from ANU – will donate the $15,000 prize money to a research project that’s helping communities recovering from the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria to record their stories.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Environment, Humanities

Interhall GreenShield Competition

Monday, August 31st, 2009

The second semester interhall GreenShield Competition will be launched with a free BBQ and entertainment for campus residents on Tuesday 1 September.

Filed under: On Campus, Need to Know - Students, ANU, Environment, Students

Inside Story: One fish, two fish, no fish

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Good management can turn around fish stocks when fishers are treated as part of the solution, writes Quentin Grafton

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Environment, Public Policy

Sunlight shed on solar discovery

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Solar cells will soon be able to provide efficient heating and power, and be significantly cheaper, thanks to a joint project between researchers at ANU and Tianjin University in China.

Filed under: Media Release, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU, Engineering and Information Technology, Environment

Students take part in climate web meeting

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

ANU students will be able to discuss their suggestions for combating climate change with peers from around the world in an international town hall meeting to be webcast tomorrow.

Filed under: Media Release, Environment

Understanding the science of fires: 2009 Red Cross Oration

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Chief Scientist for Australia, Professor Penny Sackett will deliver the third national Red Cross Oration on Wednesday 26 August.

Filed under: On Campus, Coming up, ANU College of Medicine Biology and Environment, ANU College of Physical Sciences, ANU, Environment, Science

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