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IPWEA appoints new National Director Sustainability

By: Chris Champion, Feb 29, 2012 1:08 AM

IPWEA has appointed Dr Stephen Lees as its new National Director Sustainability.

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RE:Why has the Community of Practice name been changed...

By: Stephen Lees, Mar 26, 2012 6:05 AM

Posted in: Sustainability

Hi Frans, Thanks for your well considered comments. My apologies for the delay in responding. As you have observed, one of the benefits of changing the name of our Community of Practice to Sustainability... More
CSIRO: Climate Change is Continuing

By: Chris Champion, Mar 14, 2012 11:04 PM

Posted in: Sustainability

The CSIRO & ABM 2nd 'State of the Climate' report concludes that multiple lines of evidence show that global warming continues and that human activities are mainly responsible. ... More
RE:Actions speak louder than words

By: Stuart Small, Mar 11, 2012 6:06 PM

Posted in: Sustainability

There is a good article in today's SMH regarding expected changes in weather patterns associated with warming. In summary it identifies that short storm bursts will increase in frequency and severity,... More
Actions speak louder than words

By: Peter Diprose, Mar 8, 2012 12:37 AM

Posted in: Sustainability

Standing on the outside of local government, as I frequently do (I'm a supplier), I am a more than casual observer of the manner in which local government operates. If we accept that climate change... More
RE:Why has the Community of Practice name been changed...

By: Darron Passlow, Mar 5, 2012 9:28 PM

Posted in: Sustainability

Stephen, Thank you for pointing out this change (to forum title). I think you are saying and I whole-heartedly support your statement: "Climate change is the most fundamental of all sustainability... More
RE:IPWEA Appoints a new National Director Susta...

By: Stephen Lees, Mar 5, 2012 2:24 PM

Posted in: Sustainability

Hi Darron, Thanks for your well-considered and thought-provoking message. You have queried how sustainability is commonly defined in terms of sustainable development . The two words - sustainable... More
RE:Why has the Community of Practice name been changed...

By: Frans Brouwer, Mar 4, 2012 9:28 PM

Posted in: Sustainability

Stephen, I happen to agree with you about climate change being a reality, and your other observations. However, media comment and other sources suggest that lots of others (including Engineers) do... More
What have Local Governments been doing about climate...

By: Stephen Lees, Mar 4, 2012 12:40 PM

Posted in: Sustainability

Considerable progress has already been made by local government to address climate change, within their capacities to do so. In the early years of the new millennium, Australian local councils focussed... More