[ANU Pacific.Institute] MTR seminar - notice

[Rachel England]

A message for the ANU Pacific Institute.

You are cordially invited to the following public seminar:

10.30 am on 4 December 2017
Seminar Room, Frank Fenner Building 141, Linnaeus Way, ANU
Shining a light on Indigenous peoples' ways of living sustainably in remote places for sustainable development.
Rachel England (Mid-Term Review)

"Our old people say: when you're reading Country, always remember that Country is reading you!" Nyikina-Mangala participant, September 2017.

The known social, economic and environmental challenges facing humanity in this 21st century are profound. Unsustainable population growth, biological and cultural diversity losses, social and economic inequalities, and global warming impacts are placing unprecedented pressure on social-ecological systems (SESs) across the globe; and without intervention, the situation is predicted to get worse. Since the 1980s, the international community's main response to these challenges has been 'sustainable development.' The ideal of sustainable development seems a good one - development that "...meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland, 1987: para. 27). But for Indigenous peoples, the reality of sustainable development has and continues to be something less than 'good'.

This presentation reports some preliminary learnings of a grounded-theory study that is exploring Indigenous ways of living sustainably in remote places. Framed by the United Nations 2015-2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - which aims to 'leave no one behind' in the fight to end all forms of poverty, address inequalities, and tackle climate change across the globe - the sustainable development context of two Indigenous case studies will be described. They are: water stewardship ways of the Nyikina-Mangala peoples of the west-Kimberley region (Western Australia), and nature-based tabu (taboo) practices of the White Grass people of central-west Tanna island (Vanuatu).

I hope to see you there.

Warm regards,
Rachel England

Rachel England | Australian National University
PhD Scholar | Fenner School of Environment & Society
ANU College of Science
m  0411 536 585
e   rachel.england at anu.edu.au<mailto:rachel.england at anu.edu.au>
Building 141, Linnaeus Way, Canberra ACT 2601

+ Social Media Editor for Global Sustainability journal https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-sustainability.
+ Environmental Scientist with Alluvium Consulting Australia http://www.alluvium.com.au<http://www.alluvium.com.au/>.

I acknowledge that I was born and raised on Wiradjuri country, and now live and work on Ngunnawal country, and I pay respect to all Elders, past and present.

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