FENNER SCHOOL SEMINARS

• Thursdays 12-12:30pm - Forestry building Rm F103 - Weekly Weather Briefing by Clem Davis

Fenner School Seminar Series

• Wednesday 21 October 2009, 1.00-2.00pm CRES Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Building 43 - Ms Flavia Loures LL.M, WWF International (assisted by Jamie Pittock, Fenner School, ANU) "The UN Watercourses Convention: in force by 2011, but will Australia ratify in the interests of better climate change adaptation?"
  
  
• Thursday 22 October 2009, 1.00–2.00pm Forestry Lecture Theatre,  Forestry Building 48 - Viveka Hocking, PhD Scholar, Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU  “Creative Approach to Complex Issues: A Design-led Research Methodology”

Human Ecology Forum

• Friday 23 October 2009, 10.00 – 12.00 noon Room 101, Forestry Building 48 - Dr David Pearson,  Visiting Fellow, Fenner School of Environment and Society, ANU “Organic and Local Food Webs in Australia”. Within the context of sustainable food systems Dr Pearson will be exploring a research agenda for organic and local food webs in Australia.

HDR/Honours Student Officer - Update

Tanya Blewitt, acting HDR/Honours Student Officer, has changed her work hours. She will now be able to assist in the HDR/Honours Student Officer role for four days (instead of three) until we appoint a permanent person to the role.  (The position is now advertised on the ANU Internal Jobs site).

Tanya will be available on:

• Tuesday 8am to 4pm
• Wednesday 8am to 4pm
• Thursday 8am to 4pm&
• Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm   

MORNING TEA

Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Rob Dyball and David Dumaresq will be hosting this week’s morning tea in the John Banks Courtyard.

PUBLICATIONS

Boydell, E., 2009. An environment for integration?: Climate change, sustainable development and Europe's external identity, The ANU Undergraduate Research Journal, 1, 49-55.

Paull, J. 2009. Temeing, New Scientist, 10 November, 2729: 26-27. Available at: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427290.300-temeing.html

Robin, L. 2009. Dead Museum Animals: Natural Order or Cultural Chaos?', recollections,  4(2). http://recollections.nma.gov.au/issues/vol_4_no_2/papers/dead_museum_animals/index.jsp

GRADUATION DINNER 2009

The Fenner School invites all potential graduates, lecturers and friends to the annual Fenner School Graduation Dinner.

Venue: Teatro Vivaldi Restaurant, Union Court

Date:  Thursday the 22nd of October

Time: 6:00pm for courtyard drinks

Dress: Cocktail

Cost: $45 (includes 3 course meal, table wines and pre-drinks)

To secure your elusive seat RSVP by Tuesday 20th October Amy Forbes, u4405181@anu.edu.au or Tom Mungoven, u4319822@anu.edu.au Cash payments will need to be made on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this week between 12-2pm at the Forestry Building  -  No tickets available at the door!!