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Adaptive resilience vs safety paternalism

On May 16, 2022 · Leave a Comment · In Commentary

Resilience means more than our ability to return to a previous state after disruption. It means being able to respond and adapt in meaningful ways that take a new set of conditions into account.

The climate crisis is upon us, and already in Australia we are witnessing displacement as a result of increasingly […]

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A Flood of Emotions – Sydney Ideas Event

On May 16, 2022 · Leave a Comment · In Media

The following podcast/video was hosted by Sydney Ideas on 21 April 2022 in collaboration with the Sydney Environment Institute. It features:

Maddy Braddon, community organiser Professor James Bennett-Levy, mental health expert Aidan Ricketts, academic and environmental activist Samuel Savage, emergency services coordinator Jeanti St Clair, journalism lecturer and storycatcher Moderator: Dr […]

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Left wing, right wing? What just happened to politics?

On January 21, 2022 · Leave a Comment · In Commentary

As a deep green myself, but also a democratic communitarian I have often found myself arguing against banning things. Our real environmental enemies are the huge corporations, not the working class fishermen, the 4 wders, the campers. These people, whether we think they are doing harm or not, are part of our community and we need to win their hearts and minds. Similarly, if we care about animal rights, we need to win hearts and minds not generate resentment by seeing how many types of racing we can ban.

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Participatory democracy in the COVID era – SCU podcast

On September 23, 2021 · Leave a Comment · In Media

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Southern Cross University · Lockdown protests and the echo chamber of social media: a chat with Aidan Ricketts

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Covid, class and the addiction to certainty

On September 14, 2021 · Leave a Comment · In Commentary

These are frightening and most of all uncertain times. The big question, for true sceptics, is can you really sit with uncertainty? Can you simply not have the answer? Can it simply be beyond your expertise? Is it really you who has to solve it?

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