Local Environment Heroes

Julie and Ryan chat with Dr Kate Ringvall about how circularity can assist in removing the word 'waste' from our vocabularies.   Dr Kate has been a leader in the sustainability field for more than 25 years.  From her first job as a graduate in a recycling processing plant in Fremantle to becoming the Sustainability Lead for IKEA Australia, Kate has worked for all levels of government, la...

Professor Mark Howden is Director of the Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions at the Australian National University.  He is also Vice Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a member of the ACT Climate Change Council.  He has been a major contributor to the IPCC since 1991 and shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with other IPCC participants and Al Gore.   Al...

Dr. Robert Costanza is a professor of ecological economics and Vice Chancellor's Chair in Public Policy at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.   Dr. Costanza's work focusses on breaking our societal addiction to growth, replacing GDP with a measure of wellbeing and integrating natural and social capital in our economic decision making. He is co fou...

Centre Director Ryan Lungu and sustainability professional Julie Boulton have both some microphones and are on a mission to interview their local environmental heroes.    Get to know your hosts in episode 1 and watch this space for future interviews with Canberrans who are getting things done in the filed of sustainability.