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In conversation with Professor Tim Flannery
No full textThe inaugural Mick Dark Talk for the Future was given in 2015 by Professor Tim Flannery (Climate Council), one of Australia’s preeminent writers on climate change. The event was hosted by Varuna Writers’ House in partnership with the Blue Mountains Conservation Society and took place at the Wentworth Falls School of Arts. The Mick Dark Talk for the Future was founded after Mick Dark’s passing, to honour his legacy in environmental activism and his generosity in bequeathing the Dark family home to the NSW Government for use as a national writers’ centre. After his talk, Professor Flannery spoke about his new book Atmosphere of Hope (2015) with author and academic Dr Kate Fagan. The following is a transcript of their conversation. The complete audio version of Professor Flannery’s talk and the Q&A session following was broadcast on ABC Radio National’s “Big Ideas” program in October 2015
Tim Flannery: The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
No full textTim Flannery is on a mission. He believes that human activity is drastically altering the earth\u27s climate, and that before too long these changes will have a devastating effect on life on this planet. He wants to mobilize the social and political will to address this problem before it\u27s too late.
That\u27s why Tim Flannery wrote The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth. In this important and provocative new book, which debuted on The New York Times best-seller list, Flannery tells the fascinating story of climate change over millions of years to help us understand the predicament we face. He carefully lays out the science, demonstrating the substantial, human-induced climate change and the likely ecological effects to the planet if this process continues. He then proposes a game plan to halt-and ultimately reverse-this damaging trend.
Tim Flannery is director of the South Australian Museum, and chairman of the State Science Council and Sustainability Roundtable, as well as the National Geographic Society\u27s Australasian representative. He spent a year as professor of Australian studies at Harvard, where he taught in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. In 2002, he became the first environmentalist to deliver The Australia Day address to the nation, and in 2005 he was honored as Australian Humanist of the Year.
A regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and The Times Literary Supplement, Flannery also contributes to ABC Radio, NPR and the BBC. He has also written and hosted several Documentary Channel specials, including The Future, and Islands in the Sky
Greg Cornwell and Professor Tim Flannery shaking hands at the 2008 Kenneth Myer Lecture "Climate change: an update to July 2008" presented by Tim Flannery at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 15 July 2008 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Photographs of the 2008 Kenneth Myer Lecture, "Climate change: an update to July 2008" presented by Tim Flannery at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 15 July 2008.; Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition documentation.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia, 2008
Tim Flannery in San Diego Padres uniform
No full textTim Flannery in San Diego Padres uniform; he spent eleven seasons with them from 1979 to 1989. He was a member of the Chapman College baseball team 1975-1978 and on the 1977-1978 All League Team.https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cu_athletics/1119/thumbnail.jp
Professor Tim Flannery presenting the 2008 Kenneth Myer Lecture "Climate change: an update to July 2008" at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 15 July 2008 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Photographs of the 2008 Kenneth Myer Lecture, "Climate change: an update to July 2008" presented by Tim Flannery at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 15 July 2008.; Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition documentation.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia, 2008
Baillieu Myer, Professor Tim Flannery, the Honourable Peter Garrett and Sarah Myer at a reception following the 2008 Kenneth Myer Lecture "Climate change: an update to July 2008" presented by Tim Flannery at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 15 July 2008 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Photographs of the 2008 Kenneth Myer Lecture, "Climate change: an update to July 2008" presented by Tim Flannery at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 15 July 2008.; Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition documentation.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia, 2008
Martyn Myer, Professor Tim Flannery, Louise Myer and the Honourable Peter Garrett at a reception following the 2008 Kenneth Myer Lecture "Climate change: an update to July 2008" presented by Tim Flannery at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 15 July 2008 [picture] /
No full textPart of the collection: Photographs of the 2008 Kenneth Myer Lecture, "Climate change: an update to July 2008" presented by Tim Flannery at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 15 July 2008.; Title devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisition documentation.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia, 2008
8th ANU Reconciliation Lecture 2011: Reconciliation in an era of globalisation
No full textProfessor Tim Flannery is one of Australia's leading writers on climate change and heads up the multi-party Climate Change Commission established by the Prime Minister. An internationally-acclaimed scientist, explorer and conservationist, Professor Flannery was named Australian of the Year in 2007.
Professor Flannery used this talk to reflect on what ancient Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures have to teach us all in the modern world. He discussed the rapid globalisation of the world and the common culture of social media among young people. He also discussed how people are adopting global solutions to global problems such as climate change and reflected on how the nature of reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and other Australians is being influenced by these trends
A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species
No full textGroves, C. P., Flannery, Tim F. (1994): A revision of the genus Uromys Peters, 1867 (Muridae: Mammalia) with descriptions of two new species. Records of the Australian Museum 46 (2): 145-169, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.12, URL: https://journals.australian.museum/groves-and-flannery-1994-rec-aust-mus-462-145169
The critical decade
No full textAmidst the heated debate around the introduction of a carbon tax in Australia, leading environmentalist Tim Flannery shares with Prof Robert Manne his views on the global warming debate. They discuss the political environment in Australia, global emissions reduction efforts and the issues around communicating the science of climate change.
Presented by La Trobe University Ideas and Society Program, August 2011.
Duration: 66m 16
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