“Stewardship of Country:
Resilience, regeneration and escaping the iron law of business-as-usual”
Presented jointly by the
Royal Societies of Australia and
Inspiring Australia Victoria
Date: Wednesday, 10 March, 6.00–8.00pm AEDT
Venue: Live streaming on the RSA Facebook page
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Entry: No charge for Facebook livestreaming. Paid registration is required for participation as a Zoom panellist.
All are welcome
Stewardship of Country, presented by the Royal Societies of Australia and Inspiring Australia Victoria, is a series of three webinars that aim to generate a discussion of landscape and environmental stewardship bridging Indigenous, scientific, economic and social perspectives with supporting ideas for practical action and public good. This initiative represents a fruitful collaboration between the Royal Society of Victoria, the Royal Society of Queensland and the Royal Society of New South Wales with support from the CSIRO.
Stewardship describes a deep relationship between people and place. In modern Australia, it is increasingly proposed as the next step of transition for a culture emerging from its colonial, extractive relationship to the landscape. The transition to stewardship may require we reorganise around the unique characteristics of the country, undertake significant regeneration of damaged ecosystems and deprioritise constant economic growth in favour of an enduring sufficiency gathered from a prosperous and biologically diverse environment. This series poses a fundamental question – who are we becoming as Australians faced with an increasingly unpredictable and challenging future?
Webinar 2: Resilience, regeneration and escaping the iron law of business-as-usual focuses on untangling the knots in our system confounding beneficial change, from the fixed thinking enforced by our political culture to the slow-changing traditions of agricultural land management and business practices founded in European soils and ecosystems. We also look at how business, entrepreneurship and private property have an effective role to play in conserving and rebuilding ecosystems and biodiversity.
This event will feature four presentations by:
- Dr Nicholas Gruen, CEO, Lateral Economics (Keynote)
- Ms Carolyn Hall, The Mulloon Institute
- Ms Jody Brown, La Trobe Station
- Mr Nigel Sharp, Odonata.
with panellists:
- Dr Mark Stafford Smith, CSIRO Honorary Fellow
- Ms Verity Morgan-Schmidt, Gheerulla Creek Consulting
- Dr Tyson Yunkaporta, Deakin University.
Stewardship of Country will be conducted online as a Zoom webinar. Each event will be livestreamed on the Societies Facebook page free of charge; paid registration is open to those who would like to submit questions and engage in the session as audience members.