Dear GEP-Eders The University of Sydney is hosting Australia's National Environment Meeting this year.
This is the country's largest gathering of environmental groups, and we're organising as a meeting of scholars and practitioners. So for those of you who are in Australia, or close by, do come along -- see the details below. Charlotte Epstein Dr Charlotte Epstein Associate Professor Department of Government and International Relations School of Social and Political Sciences The University of Sydney Room 287 | Merewether Building (HO4) NSW 2006| Australia P 61 2 9351 2082 F 61 2 9351 3624 e charlotte.epst...@sydney.edu.au<mailto:charlotte.epst...@sydney.edu.au> | w http://sydney.edu.au/arts/government_international_relations/staff/academic_staff/charlotte_epstein.shtml ________________________________ View online<http://sydneyenvironmentinstitue.cmail19.com/t/r-e-ydirdkjd-l-r/> | Unsubscribe<http://sydneyenvironmentinstitue.cmail19.com/t/r-u-ydirdkjd-l-y/> [http://i1.cmail19.com/ei/r/09/720/B80/csimport/header.144434.jpg] SYDNEY ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE National Environment Meeting 2016 EDITION [http://i2.cmail19.com/ei/r/09/720/B80/csimport/420_Hope.102114.jpg] The National Environment Meeting 2016 'Hope in the Dark' - Challenging our commonly held assumptions on the Australian environment The Sydney Environment Institute, in partnership with Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Nature Conservation Council of NSW. A National Environment Meeting has been held annually since 2014, and strives to be a forum for environmentalists across Australia to meet, network, and discuss key issues facing the environmental movement. This year, NEM is expanding to include academic and public streams, an exciting development that will broaden the focus of this event and allow many different environmentalists to share their knowledge and skills. Thursday 20 - Sunday 23 October 2016 University of Sydney More information: click here<http://sydneyenvironmentinstitue.cmail19.com/t/r-i-ydirdkjd-l-t/> SYDNEY IDEAS | Thursday 20 October 2016 Truth & Beauty : Talking about the Environment What we're talking about when we talk about the environment. Our relationship with the environment can be expressed in terms of our love for the transcendent beauty of nature, or the scientific building blocks of life, or the mundanities of everyday experience. Our panel of distinguished speakers will provide their insight and discuss the challenges and joys of communicating about the environment at a time when the natural world has never been under greater threat. Speakers: Don Watson, a prominent Australian author Rod Lamberts, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) Thursday 20 October | 6.00 - 7.30 PM Lecture Theatre 4002 | Sydney Nanoscience Hub | Physics Rd | UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY More Information: click here<http://sydneyenvironmentinstitue.cmail19.com/t/r-i-ydirdkjd-l-i/> SYMPOSIUM: Friday 21 October 2016 Movements and Researchers: Defining the Questions What can movements and scholars learn from one another and, more importantly, what are the key questions we should continue to explore together? A day for movement activists and university researchers to explore key developments and issues within the environmental movement. Friday 21 October 2016 Holme Building, Science Rd UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY More Information: <http://sydneyenvironmentinstitue.cmail19.com/t/r-i-ydirdkjd-l-d/> click here<http://sydneyenvironmentinstitue.cmail19.com/t/r-i-ydirdkjd-l-h/> CONFERENCE: Saturday 22 October 2016 THE MOVEMENT DAY Challenging our commonly held assumptions on the Australian environment The third day of NEM2016 is open to all members of the public, and anybody with a passion and commitment for helping the fight for a sustainable Australia. Opening with a ‘Politics and the Environment’ panel, we will hear from a broad cross-section of politicians about their Party’s position on environmental issues. Six skill-orientated workshops will be offered twice during the day to provide learning opportunities for all attendees. The day will be closed with the NSW Environment Awards, which celebrate and acknowledge outstanding environmental campaigners in our community. This event will be MC’d by Australian cartoonist First Dog on the Moon. AGM: Sunday 23 October 2016 Nature Conservation Council of NSW’s Annual General Meeting The fourth and final day of NEM2016 will be the THE AGM, to be held at the University of Sydney. Voting at this meeting is closed to member delegates, however attending and observing is welcome to all members of the public. Speakers at the AGM will include Shadow Minister of the Environment Penny Sharpe and Green’s Environment Spokesperson Mehreen Farqui. 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