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Environment
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James Hansen | Sydney | Mar. 2010
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 James Hansen is known as the 'grandfather of climate change' and is perhaps the world's leading authority on the science of climate change. He is director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s E... » play video
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Clive Hamilton | Albury-wodonga | Jan. 2010
Part 1 | Part 2 Professor Clive Hamilton explores the balances being struck between environmental protection and economic growth in the context of the current advice from climate scientists. He also argues that our preoccupation with economic growth is inconsistent with protecting the Earth from sev... » play video
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Ian Enting | Melbourne | Apr. 2009
Part 1 | Part 2In his contribution to the Key Thinkers seminar series at the University of Melbourne, Professor Ian Enting (Mathematics and Statistics) talks about the contested but majorly influential work of independent scientist, author, researcher, environmentalist, and futurist James Lovelock.... » play video
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David Newth | Melbourne | Apr. 2009
At the Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Transport forum, Dr David Newth gives a brief but fascinating overview of the way complex systems behave, as a means to analyse the interrelated issues of maintaining sustainable societies on earth.Dr David Newth is a CSIRO Research Scientist whose work focuse... » play video
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Guy Pearse | Melbourne | Mar. 2009
In conversation with ABC Radio National's Peter Mares, Guy Pearse discusses the ideas that form the basis for his recent Quarterly Essay, Quarry Vision - Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom. 'Quarry vision' is the belief that Australia's greatest asset is its mineral and energy re... » play video
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Mark Schapiro | Sydney | Mar. 2009
Mark Schapiro, a veteran environmental journalist and Editorial Director of the California-based Center for Investigative Reporting, explores the intersection between two very different forces: the inherent uncertainties of the scientific method and the demand for clarity by those in power. Whose sc... » play video
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Marc Mangel | Canberra | Mar. 2009
According to Professor Marc Mangel, one of the great challenges of this century is to answer the question: How do we bring first class basic science to bear on important applied problems? In this fascinating talk, Professor Mangel addresses this and a series of sub-questions, including: How does the... » play video
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David Karoly | Melbourne | Mar. 2009
In the first of SlowTV's Climate Series conversations, David Karoly talks to Age environment reporter Adam Morton in considerable detail about the latest scientific findings in the areas of climate change, ocean level rises and the changing composition of our atmosphere. One of the world's l... » play video
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In this Melbourne Conversations event, academics, environmentalists and opinion makers discuss the impact of the water crisis on costs, health, food production, gardens and our rivers. Speakers are: Dr Greg Moore, one of Australia's foremost experts in urban tree management and arboriculture; Dr... » play video
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Philip Adams | Melbourne | Dec. 2008
Professor Philip Adams from Monash University's Centre of Policy Studies presents, "Insurance against catastrophic climate change: How much will an Emissions Trading Scheme cost Australia?". He explores the likely cost and benefits of an Emissions Trading Scheme - the basis for the Rudd... » play video
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