Dec 13, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Rebecca J McLeod, University of Otago and Cliff Law, University of Otago Photo by Matt Hardy on Unsplash Climate change might not be high on its immediate agenda, but New Zealand’s new government does have one potentially significant and innovative policy....
Dec 8, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
By Suzannah Lyons and James Goldie, 360info in Melbourne Photo by Peter Yost on Unsplash Bushfires may be worsening, but we aren’t powerless to reduce their impacts. Everything from our homes to our words can play a role. As Australians begin the first El...
Nov 30, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
How does deep listening to nature promote biodiversity and a deeper relationship with the natural world? The Scholar’ Circle discuss the book THE SOUNDS OF LIFE: How Digital Technology Is Bringing Us Closer to the World of Animals and Plants. [ dur: 34mins. ]...
Nov 28, 2023 | Politics & Society
“Exxon Knew” by Johnny Silvercloud is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 By Ben Goldson As public concern over climate change grew towards the end of the 20th century, a sprawling network of denialist groups emerged. Financed by major fossil fuel companies, the...
Oct 30, 2023 | Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
Forest fire. Photo by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, licensed under CC0 1.0 Sustain is a podcast brought to you by Ngā Ara Whetū: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity, and Society. Forestry has been emphasised by governments around the world as a means to...
Oct 30, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Words by Kaitlin Naughten, British Antarctic Survey; Jan De Rydt, Northumbria University, Newcastle, and Paul Holland, British Antarctic Survey Photo by Derek Oyen on Unsplash The rate at which the warming Southern Ocean melts the West Antarctic ice sheet will...
Oct 27, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Mike Joy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Phoebe Barnard, University of Washington Photo by NASA on Unsplash As the world grapples with multiple ecological crises, it’s clear the various responses over the past half century have largely failed....
Oct 11, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Robert McLachlan, Massey University and Ian Mason, University of Canterbury Photo by Andrew Roberts on Unsplash It may have been largely overlooked in the election debates, but New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions are finally on the way down. Annual emissions...
Oct 2, 2023 | Featured, Science & Technology
Ruapehu has had a great ski season – but we need to reimagine the future of NZ’s iconic volcano Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato As a former competitive snowboarder and instructor, and later a researcher of snow sports, I’ve been lucky to enjoy ski resorts...
Sep 20, 2023 | Featured, Politics & Society
Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato Photo by Tom Seger on Unsplash The most recent protest by the Restore Passenger Rail climate protest group, in which a Wellington car dealership was defaced with red paint, is not just the latest in a local movement –...