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UNSW IES

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IES contributes to the global vision of sustainable development through innovative research and interdisciplinary teaching

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Climate change raises security risks: terrorism, disease, poverty, food shortage. -US Defense Dept ow.ly/CH7MB @nytimes
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Nine out of 10 Australian households consider switch to #solar shar.es/1mYYql
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Finally, see through solar panels. Now windows can be energy sources: ow.ly/CHMn3 #solar http://t.co/yBpb0lKWSi #KYSenDebate
Solar energy that doesn't block the view

Solar energy that doesn't block the view

Researchers have developed a new type of solar concentrator that when placed over a window creates solar energy while allowing people to actually see through the window. It is called a transparent...

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Richard Denniss: Wannabe Climate Change activists growing lettuce in their backyards = individualistic neoliberalism at its best.#UNSWSSE
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"Always take a gun to a knife fight" Richard Denniss. #UNSWSSE
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Richard Denniss: We are not having an economic debate in Aus, we have spokespeople from vested interests telling us what to do. #UNSWSSE
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Graeme Maxton: higher welfare benefits (paid for by taxing Corps properly) will lead to higher wages and less unemployment! #UNSWSSE
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Shortening the working year as a solution to boost level of employment - PLEASE! @GraemeMaxton #unswsse #sustainability #degrowth
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Mining industries need to stop digging holes in the ground and start mining our waste dumps. #UNSWSSE
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Richard Wilkinson: the popular pastime of shopping is a manifestation of low level of well-being. #UNSWSSE
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Great presentation by Spirit Level writer Richard Wilkinson. Top execs get 3-400% more than ord workers in more unequal societies #UNSWSSE
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Richard Wilkinson: We've reached the end of benefits of economic growth for wellbeing. Now it's relationships that really matter #UNSWSSE
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Addicted to Growth? Oct 2-3, 2014 ies.unsw.edu.au/about-us/eve… Follow #UNSWSSE @IES_UNSW #environment #efficiency #planet #resources
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Lovely wind act to end a very thought provoking day at #UNSWSSE conference on #environment & steady state economy
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Ian Lowe: We should be doing something to ameliorate the terrible situation ppl are in where the boats are coming from #UNSWSSE #refugees
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Anyone who thinks 3 day working week is unproductive has obviously never worked part-time! #UNSWSSE
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'Personal wealth doubles in 5 decades no matter the size of #population' #UNSWSSE @IES_UNSW
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Ian Lowe no such thing as The Magic Pudding #UNSWSSE ."
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Dick Smith: Half the stuff in shops is rubbish but if we don't buy it we'll get a recession. No change without a catastrophe #UNSWSSE .
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Tuesday's mid-lake tutorial with Prof Iain Suthers. @IES_UNSW #ecology #unsw #science #SmithsLake #biodiversity
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