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China and Australia: A possible pathway to collective action on climate change?

  • Prof. Mark Beeson,

China and Australia could model joint action if they can rethink traditional views of security in theory and practice.

How Indonesian creativity can influence dominant ideas of design and sustainability

  • A/Prof. Juhri Selamet & Prof. Alexandra Crosby ,

Fresh Indonesian approaches to design, such as repair, are helping address urgent issues caused by climate breakdown.

The potential and risks of environmental storytelling in Southeast Asia

  • A/Prof. Edwin Jurriëns,

Deeper understanding of planetary crises requires the insights from the arts and Humanities and Social Sciences.

The myth and politics of nature in Laksmi Pamuntjak’s novel Amba

  • Dr Tom Hercules Davies,

Amba presents political events as unfolding within the more enduring cycles of nature, and of myth.

Indigenous voices against the Kaliwa dam in the Philippines: Short video documentaries

  • A/Prof Laurence Marvin Castillo,

These films raise awareness of the environmental destruction caused by the dam and the impact on Indigenous communities.

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