Tom Blees’ Prescription for the Planet event is now available as a podcast on the EI website.  The Royal Institution of Australia, in association with The Environment Institute, hosted an event with Tom Blees on 3 February at The Science Exchange .  Tom outlined how a trio of little-known yet profoundly revolutionary technologies (such as the Integral Fast Reactor), coupled with their judicious use in an atmosphere of global cooperation, can solve the power, pollution and resource problems facing the world today.

Click here to access each of three downloadable audio files from the event.

10 free passes are available to PhD and Masters students at Adelaide Uni for the CleverGreen conference and showcase.

To apply students must contact the Environment Institute by email, environment@adelaide.edu.au with their contact details and the topic of their PhD or Masters. Applicants must register their interest by the 8^th of February and will be advised of the outcome by the 12^th.

The CleverGreen conference and showcase brings together researchers, government and business to examine and discuss green technologies, market opportunities and innovation for environmental sustainability.

What to expect.

• Join South Australia’s leading Clean Technology innovators.
• View the many South Australian products and services
• that are helping the world to be cleaner and more environmentally sustainable.
• Find out about the world-class research coming out of our Universities and research sector.
• Hear internationally recognised speakers on investment and global trends in the Clean Tech sector.
• Visit some of our best Clean Tech business operators and innovators through industry tours.
• Enjoy world class food, wine and hospitality.

Roger Butlin gave a seminar for the Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity called “Winkles and the origin of species”

Listen to the podcast here

Listen to Tom Blees field questions on Fresh FM 92.7 here.

Missed tom Blees on Fresh FM? Listen to the podcast here.

Tom Blees will be appearing on Morning Fresh, Fresh FM 92.7  at 9am on the 2nd of February 2010. Tom Blees will explore the topics raised in his book Prescription for the Planet, listeners will be able to call in with questions for Tom.

Tom is in Adelaide for the week and will be participating in two events. The first at the Royal Institute of Australia is already booked out, however the Nuclear Debate will be held at 7:30 pm February 5 still has places available. Click here for more information.

Eric Mazur’s seminar “Confessions of a converted lecturer” is now ready as a podcast. Download the podcast here.

The seminar was sponsored by the Centre for Learning and Professional Development. In the seminar Professor Mazur spoke about how changing his approach to teaching significantly improved the perfomance of his students.

“I thought I was a good teacher until I discovered my students were just memorizing information rather than earning to understand the material. Who was to blame? The students? The material? I will explain how I came to the agonising conclusion that the culprit was neither of these. It was my teaching that caused students to fail! I will show you how I have adjusted my approach to teaching and how it has improved my students performance.”

Eric Mazur is the Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University.

David Pilz presents “Protecting Environmental Flows in the Western US” a free seminar hosted by ICE WaRM

The International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM) is proud to host David Pilz as the keynote speaker at a free seminar on: “Protecting Environmental Flows in the Western US: A Story about Cowboys, Indians, Fish and Markets”.

David is in South Australia as part of the ICE WaRM Visits and Exchanges Programme.  This presentation is the story of a system of laws and regulations that was born in the “Wild West” but has recently been forced to adapt to and include environmental and other public values.

When: Thursday 28th January, 4:00pm

Where: SA Water Building, VS 1, SA Water Learning Centre, 250 Victoria Square, Adelaide

RSVP by 25th January

E: Dthaw@icewarm.com.au
P: 8236 5200

For more details visit  www.icewarm.com.au

‘From Plains to Plate’ Conference, February 10-13 2010

‘From Plains to Plate’ will bring together community, business and government to discuss the issue of strengthening South Australia’s food systems in the face of intensifying environmental, social and economic challenges.

Speakers from a range of fields will discuss how local producers and successful government policies and programs can complement community action to provide accessible, healthy food and the skills to cultivate resilient communities. The convergence will examine food and agriculture through a number of streams, including urban planning and growth, agriculture and the environment, public health and food access, education and sustainability, and economics and policy.

‘From Plains to Plate’ will bring together great minds and great ideas to produce a vision that will pave the way for making healthy and sustainable food systems a reality in South Australia.

For more information please visit http://futureoffoodsa.ning.com/.

Tom Blees the author of “Prescription for the planet”, will be in Australia in February.  His book the “Prescription for the planet” presents a solution to the world’s energy and environmental crises. Tom is also the president of the Science Council for Global Initiatives, a new international Non-Governmental Organisation, creating the framework for the global energy revolution proposed in in his book. For twenty years Tom skippered a seasonal fishing boat on the Bering Sea, and led a diverse and adventurous life. He then founded a charitable organisation with his wife, to provide safe water supplies to villagers in Central America. While fundraising to launch this project, Tom discovered some lesser known technologies that if properly used, could have a profound global impact. After nearly ten years of research and working hand in hand with scientists who helped develop the core concepts, Blees wrote ‘Prescription for the Planet’.

Tom Blees will be in Australia during the first two weeks of February and throughout his stay he will speak about his book at functions in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

Tom will speak at two functions in Adelaide, both open to the general public. The first event, hosted by the Royal Institution of Australia, in association with The Environment Institute, will be a discussion with Tom as he explains his thinking and outlines how a trio of little-known yet profoundly revolutionary technologies (such as the Integral Fast Reactor), coupled with their judicious use in an atmosphere of global cooperation, can solve the power, pollution and resource problems facing the world today.  For more information about this event and to register your interest in attending, please click here.

The second event, presented by The Australian Solar Energy Society, Sustainable Populations Australia and The Zero Carbon Network, will see a debate on “Should we consider Nuclear Power as a response to climate chage?” with Mark Diesendorf and Helen Caldicott for the negative and Barry Brook and Tom Blees for the affirmitive. For more information about this event and to register your interest in attending, please click here.