September
Articles
27 September 2018
Building food utopias: amplifying voices, dismantling power
As the number of food movement groups promoting different, yet overlapping, food and agriculture solutions continue to increase, it is essential that they include not only the voices of people from diverse backgrounds but their leadership, too.
26 September 2018
The return of the repressed: the first reef war and its significance today
SEI’S Iain McCalman, shares the story of how poet Judith Wright’s small community coalition helped win the First Reef War, and reflects on what lessons we can learn from that victory, for today’s fight for the Great Barrier Reef.
17 September 2018
Economic justice in the emerging energy system
“What are we actually talking about when we talk about ‘energy’? Is it a commodity that we trade? Is it a public good or an essential service? Or, is it a fundamental human right? Because, how we think about energy is going to lead us down very different economic pathways.” Dr Amanda Cahill, CEO of The Next Economy explores the opportunities for justice that exist in democratising the ownership and control of renewable energy generation in Australia.