NOTE: THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS NOW EXPIRED AND WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING ANY FURTHER APPLICATIONS FOR THIS POSTION In recent years, SPA’s social media presence has continued to expand. Online campaigning has become an increasingly important focus of our marketing and community outreach. As such, we are seeking to professionalise our online media
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The video recordings of conference are now available for public viewing. They may be watched from the Fenner 2022 website (link here) or the Fenner 2022 conference YouTube channel (link here). A selection of videos may also be viewed directly from the SPA website (link here). The Australian Academy of Science gave Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) the
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Prof. Ian Lowe explains key point 1 from the new discussion paper from Sustainable Population Australia: “Population and Climate Change.” Professor Ian Lowe is co-author of this new report along with Dr. Jane O’Sullivan and Dr. Peter Cook. It was commissioned by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) in Feb 2022. Ian Lowe is a patron
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Our patron Paul Collins spoke on ABC Radio National’s ‘The Science Show’ to discuss his new book ‘The Depopulation Imperative’. At 8 and a half minutes, it is well worth a listen. Link here. Last month, another of our patrons, Ian Lowe, also appeared on ‘The Science Show’, where he was interviewed by Robyn
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Prof. Ian Lowe and Dr. Jane O’Sullivan, two of the authors of SPA’s latest discussion paper, ‘Population and Climate Change’ were interviewed on the Post Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP) hosted by SPA communication manager Michael Bayliss. From the summary of the episode: “Did you know that climate mitigation models show that the only scenarios
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I wholeheartedly agree with Graham Clews (Letters, March 24) that population is the issue and has been ignored for too long as a driver of environmental decline. When will our major environmental organisations appreciate that humans cause loss of habitat for other species, be it from urban expansion, agriculture or mining? And it is habitat
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Alex Crowe’s article “Australia’s Environment Report” (canberratimes.com.au, March 18) was a sobering, but incomplete acknowledgement (and warning) of the harm we have done, and continue to do, to the Australian landscape. Omitted was a direct reference to the primary driver of the environmental decline that she describes: us! Too many of us and ever more
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Charles Massy is interviewed by SPA’s Communications Manager Michael Bayliss in the latest episode of the SPA supported Post-Growth Australia Podcast (PGAP). He discusses regenerative agriculture and to promote the upcoming Fenner Conference ‘Making Agriculture Sustainable.’ Charles Massy will be a keynote speaker at the conference and has become a household name in regenerative farming.
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“Human civilisation depends vitally on a stable food supply. The constant lesson of history is that food insecurity breeds conflict – as shown in my book Food or War,” says science author Julian Cribb AM. Mr Cribb is a speaker at next week’s Fenner Conference on Environment – Making Australian agriculture sustainable – at the
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The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” released Monday night warns food production will be impacted, even with only small amount of global warming. The effect of climate change on agriculture will be discussed at the upcoming Fenner Conference – Making Australian agriculture sustainable
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