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  • Sustainable Population Australia Discussion and GrowthBusters film screening

    Hawthorn Library Meeting Room 3, 584 Glenferrie Road Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria

    It's Time for a Rational Discussion on Population Are you in Melbourne on June 28?  Register TODAY at Humanitix Australia's State of the Environment report is blunt: our natural environment is in poor health and deteriorating, with population growth identified as a root cause. Our cities are becoming less liveable — housing affordability, road congestion […]

  • Public Forum Adelaide 20th April with Leith van Onselen and Jane O’Sullivan

    Box Factory Community Centre 59 Regent Street, Adelaide, SA

    From housing crisis to eco-crisis: Why Australia's population growth is unsustainable   All are welcome for a free public forum in Adelaide hosted by Sustainable Population Australia (SPA).   When: Saturday 20th April, 2:00pm to 3:30pm, followed by afternoon tea Where: Box Factory Community Centre, Regent Room, 59 Regent Street South, Adelaide 5000 The event […]

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  • Rethinking Sustainability with Rod Taylor in Brisbane on Nov 11

    Brisbane Square Library 266 George St, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

      ‘Sustainability’ has become cliché, loaded with myths, half-truths and outright lies that try to convince us that a few tweaks to ‘business as usual’ will be enough. What, then, does ‘sustainability’ really mean? A fundamental problem requires fundamental solutions – yet these are often completely ignored. You are warmly invited to attend a FREE […]

  • Rethinking Sustainability with Rod Taylor in Adelaide on Oct 30

    Joinery Seminar Room 111 Franklin St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    ‘Sustainability’ has become cliché, loaded with myths, half-truths and outright lies that try to convince us that a few tweaks to ‘business as usual’ will be enough. What, then, does ‘sustainability’ really mean? A fundamental problem requires fundamental solutions - yet these are often completely ignored. You are warmly invited to attend a FREE public […]

  • DEGROWTH & STEADY STATE: Why fundamental economic reform is needed

    Sustainable Population Australia won't be making a presence at Sustainable Living Festival this year.  However,  Martin Tye - long term SPA supporter and regional chapter director for CASSE - will be hosting an online event for SLF.  It is open for anyone who registers on 06th of February,  09am AEDT.   You can register for […]

  • Can we curb our growth obsession – is bigger always better?

    When:  World Population Day, Thurs 11th July, 6pm to 07:30pm Where:  Melbourne, Victoria New Internationalist Bookshop, Trades Hall   Australia’s Economy is centred on the belief that we need GDP and Population growth for prosperity.  However, GDP tells us nothing about quality of lives, and gives no regard to the depletion or degradation of natural […]

  • Ockham’s razor – Questioning growth

    Every day we hear politicians, economists and media commentators telling us how important it is to grow our economy and that the faster it grows, the better off we are all going to be. But how credible is this plan for perpetual growth, considering that many of the resources we use are finite in nature? […]

  • 2015 Sustainable Population Seminar – Population Dialogue II (NSW)

    2015 Sustainable Population Seminar - Population Dialogue II    Population and Consumption - The Sustainability Dialogue   Venue: Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts (SMSA), 280 Pitt St, Sydney   Date: Saturday 21st November 2015   Time: 9am to 5pm (Register from 8.30am )   Cost: $30 / $20 (includes Lunch, Morning and Afternoon teas)   Registration: Via Try Booking   For more information […]

  • Richard Heinberg’s Canberra address

    Richard Heinberg's address at the ANU in Canberra on the Friday 21 September was recorderd by Rod Taylor who has allowed us to link to that recording here. You can play it by using the player below or download it as an MP3 audio file to listen to later.

    Richard Heinberg's Canberra Address:
    Download the MP3 from our copy's location.

    Rod's blog for the Fuzzy Logic Science Shown on Radio 2XX is at http://fuzzylogicon2xx.podbean.com/ and the Show's Facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fuzzy-Logic/201994992233?v=wall. We thank Rod for his generosity!