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SUMMARY:Liveable Cities for All: Are We There Yet?
DESCRIPTION:For many years\, Melbourne has dined out on being recognised by The Economist as “the most liveable city in the world;” and is now second to Vienna. While this global recognition is a source of great pride and an excellent marketing tool – is this measure of “liveable” fit for purpose\, when considering the residents of Melbourne? \nDrawing on almost a decade of research\, Professor Billie Giles-Corti will consider: \n\nWhat is a liveable city?\nHow are we measuring liveability?\nAre we creating liveable cities in Australia for all?\nIf not\, why not?\n\nAnd perhaps most importantly\, why our definition of and support for “liveability” is important if we are concerned about creating cities that facilitate healthy and sustainable lifestyles that support both individual and planetary health. \nAbout the Speaker\nProfessor Billie Giles-Corti is a Distinguished Professor at RMIT University and Director of the Healthy Liveable Cities Research Group. \n\nShe is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellow and directs the Centre for Urban Research’s Healthy Liveable Cities Research Group at RMIT’s Centre for Urban Research. Prior to joining RMIT in 2017\, she was a Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne and Director of the McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit. \nFor over two decades\, Billie and a multi-disciplinary research team have been studying the impact of the built environment on health and wellbeing. She currently leads an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities established in 2014; which works closely with local\, national and global policy-makers and practitioners. She is a Chief Investigator on the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre\, responsible for working with sectors outside of health; and leads a National Liveability Study funded by TAPPC. She is also the Liveability Lead for The Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub\, which is supported through funding from the Australian Government’s National Environmental Science Programme and her team is currently mapping policy-relevant urban liveability indicators across all Australian capital cities. \nStreamed online as part of the Inspiring Victoria initiative in 2021.\nShe has published over 300 articles\, book chapters and reports\, and by citations\, is ranked in the top 1% of researchers in her field globally. She is an Honorary Fellow of both the Planning Institute of Australia and the Public Health Association\, a Fulbright Scholar and in 2016\, was awarded an NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Fellowship as the top ranked female fellow in public health in 2015. She is a member of the Victorian Office of the Government Architect Design Review Panel; and from 2003-2016 was a member of the Heart Foundation’s National Physical Activity Committee (Chair 2007-2009). \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite. RSV Members are prompted to enter their promotional code to access a member’s ticket. Alternatively\, you can watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket. \n
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/liveable-cities/
CATEGORIES:Lifelong learning
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SUMMARY:STEM and Society: The Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:  \nHuman pressures on the planet as a whole – the ‘Earth System’ – have now become so great that scientists have proposed that we have now left the Holocene\, the geologic epoch that has been humanity’s accommodating home for the last 11\,700 years. It’s proposed we’ve entered a new geologic epoch\, the Anthropocene\, characterised by extremely rapid changes to the climate system and the biosphere\, driven primarily by a range of direct and indirect human pressures. \nProfessor Will Steffen\nProfessor Brendan Wintle\nTo understand what these changes mean for nature\, ecosystems\, and the future of humanity\, and what we can do about it\, join Professor Will Steffen\, an Earth System scientist and researcher at the Australian National University\, and Professor Brendan Wintle\, Director of the Threatened Species Recovery Hub based at the University of Melbourne. \nProfessor Steffen’s research focuses on the incorporation of human processes in Earth System modelling and analysis; and on sustainability and climate change. Professor Wintle specialises in decision support for threatened species conservation\, ecological modelling and monitoring\, and measuring the cost-effectiveness of conservation programs. \nWill and Brendan will describe how we must become stewards of the Earth System to secure our prosperity and conserve our natural and cultural heritage\, based on transformed societies\, with a greater level of equity and a focus on the maintenance of a well-functioning biosphere. \n\n\nStreaming online via Facebook Live and the Victorian Parliament’s website.\n\n\nThis special series of online presentations explores the science and stories behind the game-changing work undertaken by Victoria’s scientific community. Our leading experts will talk about the work they’re doing to engage the community and affect meaningful change in their field of study and in our everyday lives. Presented by the Victorian Parliament\, with the Royal Society of Victoria and Victorian Parliamentarians for STEM. A part of the Inspiring Victoria program.
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/the-anthropocene/
CATEGORIES:Lifelong learning
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SUMMARY:Coastal Resilience: How Landforms Cope with Changing Waves and Rising Seas
DESCRIPTION:The 2021 Howitt Lecture\nPresented in partnership with the Geological Society of Australia (Victoria Division). \nOur coast is a dynamic system. As the protective boundary between the land and sea it absorbs the constant energy it receives from waves and tides and in doing so creates the landforms on which people recreate and build. The forms we see on the coast today are the result of each interaction waves have with the seabed\, averaged over timescales of centuries to millennia. \nTo predict how the coast will look in a future dominated by climate change it is critical to understand the unique local conditions that have combined to give us the forms we see today. This talk will explore how some of Victoria’s iconic coasts have developed\, from 90-mile Beach to Western Port and the 12 Apostles\, and what their future may hold. There are no easy solutions\, however by acknowledging the natural processes and especially sediment dynamics that shape the coast\, we can plan a way forward. \nAbout the Speaker:\nAssociate Professor David Kennedy is a coastal geomorphologist who specialises on the impacts of climate change\, storms\, tsunami and sea level rise on coastal landforms\, particularly coral reefs and islands\, rocky shorelines (cliffs and shore platforms) and estuaries. Surveying using total stations and remote sensing (eg. LiDAR) technologies are central to his research\, which is combined with sedimentological and geochronological methodologies as well as real time measurement of wave and tidal processes. \nStreamed online as part of the Inspiring Victoria initiative in 2021.\nDavid’s research is based in the Pacific Islands and Australasia as well as in the Caribbean. He currently holds several elected positions chairing research working groups for the International Association of Geomorphologists and the International Quaternary Association. He co-leads the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Project\, a multi-agency group commissioning citizen scientists to produce 3D models that precisely measure shoreline change\, which was the recipient of the 2020 Eureka Prize for Innovation in Citizen Science. He is the Director of the University of Melbourne’s Office for Environmental Programs. \nTickets are available below to participate in the webinar via Zoom and/or Eventbrite: scroll down in the ticket window to see all ticket types\, as you can also purchase an “add on” ticket to attend the lecture in person. Should COVID restrictions prevent us from proceeding\, we will cheerfully refund your ticket and provide you with a link to join us via webinar instead. Alternatively\, you can simply watch along via Facebook Live at the appointed time without buying a ticket. \n
URL:https://inspiringvictoria.org.au/event/coastal-resilience/
LOCATION:Royal Society of Victoria\, 8 La Trobe Street\, Melbourne\, Vic\, 3000\, Australia
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