How renewable are renewables? How do we feed 8 billion people? Why is 30% the magic number for protection in protected area management? And how we can adapt to the challenges we face today in sustainable and resilient ways?

Welcome to Steering Sustainability, where we explore the questions that need to be asked – and answered – to unlock a better future.

Join Professor Melissa Nursey-Bray and Dr Ariane Gienger, as they tackle these questions, and try to understand the challenges and opportunities in answering them.

Steering Sustainability explores options for nourishing humanity and preserving ecosystems, delve into the environmental and social impacts of the green transition and reflect on the importance of engaging diverse communities in our pursuit of sustainability.

Steering Sustainability is supported by the University of Adelaide’s FAME Sustainability Strategy. It is produced by Solstice Podcasting in collaboration with Ramona Palfy.

• Melissa’s research profile: https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/melissa.nursey-bray
• Ariane’s research profile: https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/ariane.gienger

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We know climate action is crucial, yet so many of us struggle to live fully sustainable lives. But does it really matter how much we, as individuals, engage in climate action? Who is ultimately responsible for addressing global challenges like climate change?

Melissa and Ariane sit down with Dr Scott Hanson-Easey from the School of Public Health at the University of Adelaide to explore the often-discussed gap between knowledge and action in addressing climate change.

Drawing on his background in health promotion, science communication, psychology, and social policy, Scott shares fascinating reflections on why people’s behaviours often fall short of their ideals and discusses the kinds of contextual transformations that could help individuals better align the two, paving the way for more meaningful and sustained climate action.

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• Scott’s research profile:
  • https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/scott.hanson-easey
• Scott’s recommendations:
  • Naomi Klein: “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate”

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It can be overwhelming to think about feeding eight billion people. But in our current food system, choices in one place can influence lives around the world. So what can we collectively do to make sure that people everywhere have access to fresh and healthy food?

In this episode, we talk to Associate Professor Douglas Bardsley, a fellow human geographer from the University of Adelaide. Drawing on his extensive research on environmental and agricultural risk management, Doug shares his insights into experiences of food insecurity in different contexts, the challenges that climate change poses to human and environmental stability and the importance of thinking of food as a human right.

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• Doug’s research profile:
  • https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/douglas.bardsley
• Doug’s recommendations:
  • Ulrich Beck: “Living in and coping with world risk society”
  • Ulrich Beck: “Climate for change, or how to create a green modernity?”
  • Vandana Shiva: “Solutions to the food and ecological crisis facing us today”
  • Vandana Shiva: “The Violence of the Green Revolution: Science and Politics of the Green Revolution”
  • Douglas Bardsley: “Climate change threatens to cause ‘synchronised harvest failures’ across the globe, with implications for Australia’s food security”
  • Douglas Bardsley: “Risk alleviation via in situ agrobiodiversity conservation: drawing from experiences in Switzerland, Turkey and Nepal”
  • Douglass Bardsley & Andrea Knierim: “Hegel, Beck and the reconceptualization of ecological risk: The example of Australian agriculture”

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