FENNER SCHOOL SEMINARS
Thursday 17 July, 1-2pm, Forestry Lecture Theatre
Donald J. Brightsmith, PhD
Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas
A&M University
"Conservation and Natural History of Wild Parrots in Peru"
HUMAN ECOLOGY FORUM
Friday July 18th, 12 - 2pm, Room 101, Forestry Building
TBA
Members of FSES are invited to attend a mid-winter talk
organised by the UWA Alumni Group at
12:30 pm on Friday 18th July in the Forestry Lecture Theatre.
The speaker is Mr. David Montgomery, a leading potato grower from Crookwell,
NSW. David will talk on:
"2008 International Year of the Potato"
2008 the UN International Year of the Potato aims to raise awareness of the
important role the potato plays in agriculture, the economy and world food
security.
Welcome
Kavitha Robinson, the new School Administrator. Kavitha will manage
the administrative team of the Fenner School and provide advice to the School
Leadership on School Administration matters. She comes from the ANU College
of Law where she was the Assistant Manager of the College Outreach and Administrative
team. She is a recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's staff development scholarship
which she is using to fund her study towards a MBA. Kavitha also has a Bachelor
of Arts with majors in Mathematics and History, a honours in History and a
Graduate Diploma of Education. For any issues or feedback regarding the school's
student administration and human resource functions, please see Kavitha. She
is located in room F0.11A, X57235
The Lindenmayer group has three new arrivals:-
Badrul Sharif (new PhD student) located in H5.18a, X58136
Prof. Gene Likens (Visiting Fellow until Feb 2009), located in H5.04,
X50678
Phyllis Likens (assistant to Gene), located in H5.04, X50678
DIARY DATES
FENNER SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LUNCH, FRIDAY 25 JULY 12.30-2.00 PM, ROOM 102
FORESTRY BUILDING
The Fenner School annual International Lunch will be held on Friday 25 July,
in Room 102, Forestry Building. It is a potluck lunch with an International
flavour! All staff, graduate students and honours students are invited to come
along and contribute something delicious from your particular cuisine.
For contributions of either a main dish or a dessert, please sign up on the
list in the Forestry front office (see Mayumi Hay, or let Jess Drake know),
or in Hancock building office (see Di Wallace).
If you are bringing a meat dish, we will ask you to specify what it is. If
your dish is spicy (ie hot), we will ask you to put a Chilli Rating on it (1-5
scale).
Soft drinks and juice are provided. BYO alcoholic drinks.
Come along, enjoy some wonderful food, and relax before the semester begins
in earnest.
Sue Holzknecht and the Fenner Graduate Students
PUBLICATIONS
Sherren, K. 2008. A history of the future of higher education for sustainable
development, Environmental Education Research, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 238-56.
Lorrae Van Kerkhoff, 2008 Making a Difference. Science, Action and Integration
in Environmental Research. Sense Publishers.
Wong, V.N.L., Murphy, B.W., Koen, T.B., Greene, R.S.B. and Dalal, R.C., 2008.
Soild organic carbon stocks in saline and sodic landscapes, Australian Journal
of Soil Research, Vol. 46, pp 378-389.
MORNING TEA
David Dumaresq, Rob Dyball and Sonya Duus are the hosts for morning tea next week in the John Banks courtyard.
ABSENCES: THIS WEEK & FORTHCOMING
Richard Baker. 11-20 July. Leave
John Boland. 14-23 July. Leave
Valerie Brown. 19th June - 24th July. In Europe presenting invited
workshops on Collective social learning for transformational change to
the annual meeting of EU Development Agencies (Geneva), the European Conference
of Pattern Languages for Program Design (Irsee, Bavaria) and Integrated Knowledge
Emergent's Multiple Knowledges Research Program (Cambridge, UK)
Debbie Claridge. 7 July – 1 September. Leave
Steve Dovers. 7-15 July. Leave
Cathy Gray. 14 July. Leave
Phil Greaves. 7-18 July. Leave
Richard Greene and Yuki Shiga. 16-18 July. Will be attending the 4th
Australian New Zealand Aerosol Seminar at Lucas Heights, Sydney, at which Yuki
will be presenting an oral paper
Natasha Herron. 4 July – 4 August. Attending the International Environmental
Modelling and Simulation Society conference in Barcelona (7-10 July), then
leave until 28 July. 28-31 July in Lugano, visiting colleagues at the Dalle
Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA)
Clive Hilliker. 11-24 July. Leave
Sue Holzknecht. 7-15 July. Leave
Terry Korodaj. 27 July – 5 August. Newport, Oregon (Oregon State University)
attending a course on bird movement, migration techniques and study design
conducted by MIGRATE (Migration Interest Group: Research Towards Applied Education).
Karl Nissen. 14 July. Leave
Paul Perkins. 11-20 July. Will be travelling to Wuhan and Hong Kong
in his role as chair of the CRC for contamination assessment & environmental
remediation. The CRC has a relationship with Hua Zhong university (HUST) with
some seven PhD projects in progress.
Carmel Pollino. 1 July – 4 August. Attending the International Environmental
Modelling and Simulation Society conference in Barcelona (7-10 July), then
leave until 28 July. 28-31 July in Lugano, visiting colleagues at the Dalle
Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA)
Libby Robin. Until 1 August. OSP, Copenhagen (based at Research Centre.
Danish National Museum) and at the
Stockholm Resilience Centre; attending the Resilience Conference (April) and
presenting as part of a panel on IHOPE
Lisa Robins. 6 June –
19 July. In Canada presenting a paper at the Canadian Water Resources Association
Conference in Gimli, Manitoba (Capacity development for watershed management:
Insights from Canada and Australia). Lisa will also have meetings with the
Gordon Water Group of Concerned Scientists (Toronto, Victoria and Vancouver),
Bow River Basin Council (Calgary), Quebec's Coalition of Water Organisations
(Quebec), Quebec Ministry (Montreal) and staff in several departments at UBC
(Vancouver)
OTHER INFORMATION
The book 'Troubled Waters' edited by Patrick Troy will be launched on Thursday
17 July.
The launch will be by Graeme Hugo who will launch the book at the conclusion
of his Toyota series public lecture on 'Population and Water'. (see Hugo lecture
flyer on noticeboards)
The launch will be in the Copland Lecture theatre at 6.00pm.
An electronic version has now been published online. The direct URL address
for the book is http://epress.anu.edu.au/troubled_waters_citation.html
The book card gives details on how the book may be ordered. Copies can, of
course, now also be downloaded free.
Meanwhile, tell all your friends to order a copy now while stocks last!
Events from the Upper Murrumgidgee Catchment Coordination Committee newsletter
UMCCC General Meeting. Come along to the UMCCC meeting on 30 July where
ActewAGL staff members Graham Crostin and Stacey Thompson will be talking about
their work on the Murrumbidgee to Googong project. The meeting will be held
in the Monaro Room at the Queanbeyan Community Centre in Crawford St, commencing
at 9:30am. As this topic is generating a lot of discussion, can you please
ensure that the UMCCC meeting information is passed through your networks.
Back Paddock Dreaming – Visions of Sustainable Landscapes Greening
Australia invites you to a free event hosted by James O'Loghlin from the ABC's
The New Inventors and a line-up of respected thinkers who will describe their
visions of sustainable landscapes through personal stories encompassing water,
climate change, conservation farming and biodiversity. The event will be held
at Old Parliament House on Thursday 21 August from 2pm to 5 pm and is free.
Bookings essential phone (02) 6523 3035 or email admin@act.greeningaustralia.org.au
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