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A case for sustainable education
Rechelle Rozwadowski | August 2, 2016Our kids are exposed to an endless stream of media promoting beauty over substance, immediate reward over delayed gratification, self-promotion over self-control. Rechelle Rozwadowski, a teacher and mother herself, would love to see schools not only teaching content, but also nurturing virtues like cooperation, tolerance, compassion and kindness.
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Cyberbullying in the workplace and bystanders
Charmein Madden | August 2, 2016Cyberbullying is a unique form of bullying because it can reach their victims anytime and anywhere. Charmein Madden says it’s important to better understand the role witnesses or bystanders play in the longevity of cyberbullying behaviours.
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What we really need from innovation in Australia
Ron Johnston | August 2, 2016We live in a society dependent on innovation, in which hardly anyone knows anything about innovation. Ron Johnston, Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Innovation (ACIIC), says while it can mean many different things to different people, innovation is only ever a means to an end.
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Intercultural innovation: Leveraging multi-cultural thinking
Frank Wyatt | August 2, 2016Rather than seeing different cultures in the workforce as a problem, it could be an un-utilised asset under our nose. Frank Wyatt and Lynda Ford explain how the online incubator cultov8 drives intercultural innovation.
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Get involved with Science Week
editor | August 1, 2016It is National Science Week from 13 to 21 August 2016, an annual celebration of science and technology in Australia. School children, university students and science enthusiasts of all ages are invited to take part in events happening around the country.
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Our climate and energy dilemma: The case for emergency action
Ian Dunlop | August 1, 2016To avoid catastrophic outcomes for our climate, we must take action now to halt new fossil-fuel investment. Ian Dunlop says for a sustainable future we have no choice but to make the transition to low-carbon technologies work.
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Peer learning with shoulders, not precincts
Pete Cooper | August 1, 2016To kick off our discussion forum ‘Spaces of Australian Innovation’, we hear from Pete Cooper, founder of The Start Society. He suggests a cheaper, more effective and more enduring way to make real innovation happen from the ground up.
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Join The Big Conversation
editor | July 29, 2016On 2 August 2016 Engineers Australia’s Sustainable Engineering Society and UTS are hosting ‘The Big Conversation' on the significant risks that climate change poses for our social, financial, and energy systems, making the case for emergency action.
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Relationships can make or break us. So how are young people learning them?
Sue Roffey | July 29, 2016The quality of young people’s future is dependent on their understanding what is involved in building healthy relationships in all aspects of their lives. Sue Roffey says this needs to be part of learning in every school and across every age group.
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Youth and feminist activism: questions and challenges
Akane Kanai | July 27, 2016Feminism is back, re-embraced in particular by young women, and is increasingly moving into mainstream popular culture. Akane Kanai says this opens some difficult but fascinating questions that contemporary feminist activists must address.
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Creating a culture where violence against women is no longer excused or joked about
Libby Davies | July 27, 2016Domestic violence has been brought to the forefront of community consciousness and the silence has been broken. Yet, many women and their children live in fear, where the real terror that impacts their lives is not an external force but one within the walls of their home. Libby Davies, CEO of White Ribbon Australia, talks about a campaign aiming to stop domestic violence.
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“Part time gay”: Bisexual young women putting the “B” in LGBT
Ruby Grant | July 25, 2016Although gay and lesbian issues are coming to be recognised in Australian culture, bisexuality remains largely obscured. Ruby Grant says we need to better understand what safe sex means to young people and how they negotiate this in order to improve approaches to sexual healthcare that is inclusive of sexual difference.
