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We host seminars with a range of international and local speakers. Contact us if you are interested in presenting your work, or would like to receive seminar notifications:
Email centre-sustainability@otago.ac.nz
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Centre for Sustainability news
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01 Feb 2024
Treasure or Trash? Investigating materials and sustainability
A Summer School paper is practising what it teaches – and with a roll seven time...
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15 Dec 2022
Pacific Alliance condemns radioactive discharge from Fukushima Daiichi – calls for NZ action
Plans to discharge tonnes of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean for a...
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08 Nov 2022
Nuclear Connections Across Oceania conference set to build strategic relationships
As war and climate change bring nuclear issues back to the forefront of global c...
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12 Sep 2022
Taking charge in the face of adversity – climate change adaptors focus of project
As the world struggles to take meaningful action on climate change, University o...
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16 Jun 2022
Centre for Sustainability Director Caroline Orchiston featured in North &
Associate Professor Caroline Orchiston recently featured in North & South, discu...
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09 Feb 2022
Hefty bags hindering active transport to school
Heavy school bags are a “significant” issue for teenagers, with one-third of the...
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05 Nov 2021
Marsden and Rutherford funding success for Humanities
The Division of Humanities celebrates the news that Associate Professor Priscill...
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28 Sep 2021
Culture and Sustainability
Professor Janet Stephenson's Inaugural Professorial Lecture: Culture and Sustain...
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22 Sep 2021
Research must make a difference says new Centre for Sustainability Director
Newly appointed Centre for Sustainability Director Associate Professor Caroline...
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27 May 2021
Looking at future of Antarctic through an Indigenous Māori lens
It is time for the management and conservation of the Antarctic to begin focusin...
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08 Apr 2021
Response to the Climate Change Commission
Response to the Climate Change Commission
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09 Nov 2020
Dunedin energy study shows worrying trends
Dunedin energy study shows worrying trends