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The Sydney Environment Institute brings together expertise from across disciplines to address key environmental issues.
This expert panel unpacks the limitations of green #capitalism and #growth driven economics. It explores initiatives that reimagine alternative economies built around #wellbeing, #climate #justice, and living within #planetary boundaries.
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The committee credited @thomvandooren.bsky.social for his “central role” in understanding and responding to the #biodiversity crisis. Through what he calls "field philosophy", Thom has drawn attention to the #social, #political and #ecological entanglements involved in every #extinction process.
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
🌱 Test, measure + scale nature-based solutions in Sydney
🌱 Establish governance and funding models to recognise nature as an asset class
🌱 Re-cast nature as a financial asset that delivers economic and wider benefits
🌱 Streamline planning approvals for complex nature-based solutions
October 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The report outlines key policy recommendations, including:
🌱 Embed nature-based solutions into all urban development and hazard planning
🌱 Integrate Indigenous + place-based knowledge into adaptation plans
🌱 Refine valuation frameworks to capture the full economic, social + ecological benefits
October 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The discussion brought together leading thinkers and practitioners in #environmental protection, #ecological regeneration and #community climate #resilience, including @seisydney.bsky.social members Jo Gillespie, Dan Penny and Genevieve Wright. Read more about the event below ⬇️
Urban Rewilding: Nature - based solutions for resilience and regeneration
Get tickets on Humanitix - Urban Rewilding: Nature - based solutions for resilience and regeneration hosted by Henry Halloran Urban and Regional Research Initiative. Chau Chak Wing Museum, University ...
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September 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The research team recently hosted community #co-design workshops. Participants gathered to connect, learn and share #local-knowledges and #lived-experiences of #ExtremeHeat, #Storms and #Pandemic. These stories will inform a localised version of The Adaptation Game (TAG) to support disaster planning
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August 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Sydney Environment Institute member Vivienne Reiner led the initiative, calculating the University's scope 3 #emissions using input-output (IO) analysis to identify hotspots. The sector-first report sets a new national benchmark for #emissions transparency, #risk governance and #HigherEd leadership.
August 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Sydney Environment Institute has released a statement on the ICJ Advisory Opinion. Authors @dschlosberg.bsky.social, @danycelermajer.bsky.social, @proftimstephens.bsky.social, Susan Park, and Ying Zhang reflect on the significance of the ruling for climate change policies.
SEI statement on the opinion of the International Court of Justice
Sydney Environment Institute members reflect on the implications of the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion on climate change, noting the significance of the ruling for climate change po...
www.sydney.edu.au
July 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Lee White, Federico Tartarini, Rebecca McNaught, Blanche Verlie @blancheverlie.bsky.social, and Emma Bones.
July 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Contributors include: David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social, Danielle Celermajer @danycelermajer.bsky.social, Michele Barnes, Nader Naderpajouh @nadernp.bsky.social, Amanda Tattersall @amandatattersall.bsky.social ➡️
July 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Join Carolyn Hogg, Dwayne Mallard Tayanah O'Donnell, Hugh Possingham and Jody Gunn as they discuss the meaning of 'nature positive' and question whether it really benefits ecosystems and marginalised communities.
July 10, 2025 at 5:22 AM