Upcoming events
We host seminars with a range of international and local speakers. Contact us if you are interested in presenting your work, or would like to receive seminar notifications:
Email centre-sustainability@otago.ac.nz
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Centre for Sustainability news
01 Feb 2024
Treasure or Trash? Investigating materials and sustainability
A Summer School paper is practising what it teaches – and with a roll seven time...
15 Dec 2022
Pacific Alliance condemns radioactive discharge from Fukushima Daiichi – calls for NZ action
Plans to discharge tonnes of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean for a...
08 Nov 2022
Nuclear Connections Across Oceania conference set to build strategic relationships
As war and climate change bring nuclear issues back to the forefront of global c...
12 Sep 2022
Taking charge in the face of adversity – climate change adaptors focus of project
As the world struggles to take meaningful action on climate change, University o...
16 Jun 2022
Centre for Sustainability Director Caroline Orchiston featured in North &
Associate Professor Caroline Orchiston recently featured in North & South, discu...
09 Feb 2022
Hefty bags hindering active transport to school
Heavy school bags are a “significant” issue for teenagers, with one-third of the...
05 Nov 2021
Marsden and Rutherford funding success for Humanities
The Division of Humanities celebrates the news that Associate Professor Priscill...
28 Sep 2021
Culture and Sustainability
Professor Janet Stephenson's Inaugural Professorial Lecture: Culture and Sustain...
22 Sep 2021
Research must make a difference says new Centre for Sustainability Director
Newly appointed Centre for Sustainability Director Associate Professor Caroline...
27 May 2021
Looking at future of Antarctic through an Indigenous Māori lens
It is time for the management and conservation of the Antarctic to begin focusin...
08 Apr 2021
Response to the Climate Change Commission
Response to the Climate Change Commission
09 Nov 2020
Dunedin energy study shows worrying trends
Dunedin energy study shows worrying trends