Dr Anna Roberts, Senior Research Scientist, Future Farming Systems Research Division – Agricultural Resources, Victorian Government Department of Primary Industries. Most people want to know that ‘the environment’ is being protected, including water quality, habitat, threatened species and specific environmental assets. Agricultural land management greatly affects the environment and large amounts of money are being committed to protecting aspects of the Murray–Darling Basin, Great Barrier Reef and many other areas. A focus on process, including making plans and setting targets, helps create a sense that outcomes will be achieved, but often they are not. Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.

Sustainability

Trade-offs Between Agrictulture and Environment

Information is the great natural resource of the 21st century but our focus is shifting towards the ‘I’ and away from the ‘T.’ So what are the implications for sustainability in Information, Communication and Technology for 2012 and beyond? Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.

Information Technology and Sustainability

Present vs. Future, individual vs. public, time vs. wealth, meaning vs. interest. How well equipped are we to judge tradeoffs wisely and have they become the most important sustainability dynamic? Copyright 2012 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.

Weighing up the Trade Offs

Fair Trade coffee has begun to make a huge difference to producers in the developing world. So what is it about that little coffee bean that makes it so powerful? Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.

Coffee with a Conscience

Managing Environmental Sustainability

30 new solar panels have been installed on top of a bike shed at the La Trobe University Bundoora campus, providing power generation and the chance for further education. The press release for this story is available at: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2008/article/green-tea-_and_-eggs-at-the-bikeshed-free! Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Please contact for permissions.

La Trobe solar power station gets green tick

Professor Tim Flannery on environmental and climate change issues. A transcript for this podcast is available at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2008/podcasts/a-talk-with-tim-flannery/transcript Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

A Global Turning Point

Professor Adams explains why business must take environmental and sustainability concerns of staff and customers seriously. A transcript of this podcast is available at http://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2008/podcasts/sustainability-reporting/transcript Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Sustainability Reporting

Podcasts, lectures and videos on the topics of living and working sustainably.

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Sustainability

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