Sustain: Is forestry contributing to climate change?
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...
Reimagining Our World: A Competition from Ngā Ara Whetū and The Big Q
In a world where values shape our actions and the direction of society, the way we define success and beauty has consequences. Ngā Ara Whetū and The Big Q have come together with a competition that challenges these norms and encourages us to think differently. This...
Sustain: What can be done about invasive species?
Red imported fire ant. Photo by Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC0 1.0 Sustain is a podcast brought to you by Ngā Ara Whetū: Centre for Climate, Biodiversity, and Society. Invasive species are costing us billions of dollars, but what can be done about it?...
Rod’s Big Q: What’s the new business model in a world with climate change?
Rod McNaughton is a professor of entrepreneurship and academic director of the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Drawing on his experience developing entrepreneurial ecosystems and helping start-ups launch and grow, Rod collaborates across the...
JR’S BIG Q: HOW CAN WE LIVE MORE LIGHTLY ON THE EARTH?
JR Rowland is an Earth scientist with research interests in geothermal energy and mineral resources, earthquakes and volcanoes. She is the Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Science. JR is a structural geologist passionate about tectonic-magmatic-hydrologic interactions,...
Rethinking Our Economy: The Case for a Circular Approach
Modernity has become synonymous with wastefulness. We take, make, and dispose of the things we buy. This linear system operates so that resources flow in one direction. However, a promising alternative exists—a brave new world of the circular economy, which promotes...
Niki Harre’s Big Q: How can we better cooperate and protect the natural world?
Niki Harre is the Head of School for Psychology in the Faculty of Science and is a director for Ngā Ara Whetū. She is a community psychologist with research interests in sustainable organisation, core human values, religion, and political activism. She coordinates a...
Jacqueline Beggs’ Big Q: How do we maintain NZ’s unique biodiversity?
Jacqueline Beggs is a professor at Waipapa Taumata Rau, the University of Auckland’s School of Biological Sciences. She is an ecologist and a committed advocate for Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique biodiversity. Her PhD (University of Otago 1999) was on the ecology...
Saeid Baroutian’s Big Q: How do we transform our economy?
Saeid is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering. He is the Director of Innovation at Ngā Ara Whetū Centre for Climate Change, Biodiversity and Society and the Director of Circular Innovations (CIRCUIT) Research Centre at the...Subscribe by Email
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