Dear ASCers,

Are you looking for a professional transformational experience?

The Communicating climate change series workshops are delivering even more than what they promised. Those who attended the second workshop left energised and enthusiastic about using practical new ways of thinking. Several people attended based on the strength of the first workshop and are looking forward to the third.

This is your opportunity to pick up skills to communicate for action. The workshop is in the context of climate change issues but the concepts are far more widely applicable.

I encourage you to register for the next workshop for Communicating for Action with Kath Fisher which is on next week. For the value of the skills you’ll gain this interactive learning experience is amazingly cost-effective.

Spaces are limited and if you are keen to attend book now. The workshop offers incredible value for ASC members and is a clear enticement to join ASC to get the most out of the discount.

Communicating Climate Change Workshop Series

Workshop 3: Communicating for Action with Kath Fisher (8 September 2010)

(Workshop 1 Communicating the Science with Jenni Metcalfe, was held on 11 August 2010 and received very positive feedback from attendees. Workshop 2: Communicating the Story with Sohail Inayatullah was on 25 August 2010 and gave attendees new approaches to communication.)

In Workshop 3: Communicating for Action with Kath Fisher, the 3 hour interactive session will help you to communicate for action. The workshop draws on Kath’s research interests and practical skills in community consultation processes. She will deliver a hands-on tools focused approach to engagement, with a particular focus on groups who are traditionally disengaged. Dr Kath Fisher is the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at Southern Cross University and also works as a consultant facilitator to government and non-government organisations. Kath combines her experience in facilitation and group processes and practical skills in community consultation processes that incorporate deliberative processes, particularly citizens’ juries with her 30 years teaching in the areas of politics, sociology, economics, participatory democracy, group processes, communication and social research.

Cost: $110 for IAP2, AAEE and ASC members, students and NGOs, $220 other non-members (incl GST). The workshops are three hours long and there are two sessions each day. Cost includes morning or afternoon tea.

Venue: Powerhouse Museum, Board Room, level 5 (this is a great venue)

Book today – don’t miss out. Go to www.iap2.org.au/events for information and to register (scroll through the Events page to September; IAP2 NSW – Communicating Climate Change – Workshop 3…).

To view the flyer see http://www.asc.asn.au/2010/07/climate_change_workshops/0019-workshop-flyer-g reen-2/

The series is designed for anyone working in the area of climate change communication, policy, education and engagement and is hosted by the Powerhouse Museum as part of the Ultimo Science Festival.

ASC has collaborated with The International Association for Public Participation Australasia and the Sydney Environmental Educators Network to present this series of 3 innovative workshops with 3 leading practitioners during August and September 2010.

Cheers, Jesse

Jesse Shore

President, Australian Science Communicators, 2010

http://www.asc.asn.au/

Jesse Shore PhD Science Communicator http://www.prismaticsciences.com/picts/email_img.jpg P: (02) 9810 2328 M: 0415 841 276 E: jesse@prismaticsciences.com W: http://www.prismaticsciences.com/ www.prismaticsciences.com

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THE CRAWFORD FUND

MEDIA ALERT

30 August 2010

2010 International Development Conference

Biodiversity and World Food Security:

Nourishing the Planet and Its People

Parliament House, Canberra

Contact: Cathy Reade 0413 575 934 cathy.reade@crawfordfund.org

30, 31 August and 1 September 2010

.

CAN WE HAVE OUR BIODIVERSITY AND EAT IT TOO?

Professor Stephen D. Hopper, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Dr Christian Samper, Director, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Dr Emile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International

Professor Hugh Possingham, the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists

A recent panel discussion at Kew Gardens televised by CNN identified loss of biodiversity as a bigger challenge than climate change to the environment and business.

Australian director of Kew Gardens, Professor Steve Hopper is one of a range of the international and Australian advocates and specialists in Parliament House this week to address biodiversity and world food security issues at the Crawford Fund’s 2010 conference.

Speakers include:

30 August in Mural Hall:

8pm The Sir John Crawford Memorial Address:

Professor Stephen D. Hopper, Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew will argue that plant diversity is at a turning point.

Prof Hopper is only available for interviews Monday.

31 August in Theatrette:

9-10.20am KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS AND OPENING

Dr Christian Samper, Director, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution who will give a global perspective on nature and food security.

Prof Hugh Possingham, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists who will argue agriculture should not be seen as the problem, but rather as the solution to biodiversity loss.

The Hon Bob McMullan, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance who will open the event.

12-12.30pm GM AND BIODIVERSITY

Dr TJ Higgins, CSIRO Plant Industry will argue that by maintaining or even increasing yields on existing land, biotechnology crops can aid biodiversity conservation.

1.30-3pm INTERNATIONAL AND AUSTRLIAN SPEAKERS ADDRESSING LIVESTOCK, AQUATIC, FOREST AND MICROBIAL BIODIVERSITY

3.45 Q&A Panel with all speakers, moderated by Dr James Moody, CSIRO/ABCTV Inventors

1 September in Mural Hall (over breakfast):

7.45-8.30am

Dr Emile Frison, Director General, Bioversity International will discuss how agricultural biodiversity, rather than pills and supplements, offers an alternative approach to obesity and malnutrition.

Dr Megan Clark, Chief Executive, CSIRO talking on the importance of biological collections.

Further info/press releases are available at www.crawfordfund.org http://www.crawfordfund.org/ and pre-event interviews can be arranged. Contact Cathy Reade 0413575934.

The Crawford Fund wishes to thank the supporters of this event including ACIAR; AusAID; Austraining International; Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; AIAST; Bioversity International; CAB International; CropLife Australia; CSIRO; Doyle Foundation; Fisheries Research and Development Corporation; Grains Research and Development Corporation; Industrial Research Limited; Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation; World Vegetable Centre

Cathy Reade Coordinator – Public Awareness Crawford Fund Ph/Fax: 07 54483095 Mobile: 0413 575 934 www.crawfordfund.org

The Crawford Fund’s mission is to increase Australia’s engagement in international agricultural research, development and education for the benefit of developing countries and Australia.

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ASC has received a request for information from the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity. Please reply to JiYun Lee or Mrs. Eunju Kim directly if you can provide the information they request and if you are interested in seeing them on their visit to Australia in mid- September.

Jesse

From:

Science communication students …

A ten-week summer internship in the field of astronomy outreach is available at CSIRO’s Parkes radio observatory in country NSW.

To be eligible, you must have completed at least three years of a relevant undergraduate degree.

Details are at:

https://recruitment.csiro.au/asp/job_details.asp?RefNo=2010%2F470 [project 10]

Please don’t reply to this email: read the information at the above URL and follow it!

cheers,

Helen

> —— Forwarded Message > From: Judith Dawes > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:55:59 +1000 > To: Phil Dooley

> Subject: Re: promotion for Hans Bachor Lecture on Wednesday 8 September for > Laser Fest? > > WHEN Wednesday 8th September > TIME 6:30 PM > PLACE Lecture Theatre W5A T2 Macquarie University >   > We all use and rely on lasers when we communicate, watch a video, drive a car > or need medical help. 100 years ago these possibilities were unheard of – just > ideas in the mind of a visionary. 50 years ago > the first laser sent out the first pulse of light and now it is one of the > underlying technologies used today. > > Lecture: 50 years of Lasers and a Brilliant Future > € How does a laser actually work? > € Why is it so powerful? > € What might the future bring? > Speaker: Hans Bachor is a Professor at the Australian National University, > Director of the ARC > Centre of Excellence for Quantum-Atom Optics, and an internationally > recognised scientist and > educator. In 2009, he was awarded the Australian Institute of Physics Award > for outstanding > services to physics in Australia. > Laser Activities: Navigate a Laser Maze and create your own Laser Graffiti > from: > 6 – 6.30 pm and 7.30 – 8 pm > Parking: Free parking is available from 6 pm without a ticket in W4 and X3 car > parks only > (see S13 and S14 on campus map over page), however, you must park in the white > marked > bays or grass car park only. > For more INFO Full details can be found at > http://www.physics.mq.edu.au/laserfestsydney/events/bachor/

For ASC members in Adelaide:

Cutting-edge lecture: The handfish

Tuesday August 31 6:00-7.30pm The Science Exchange

Free but bookings required: http://www.riaus.org.au/events/2010/08/31/cutting_edge_lecture_the_handfish.jsp

The first handfish was recorded during a French expedition in 1802. Found only in Australian waters, these small, unusual, slow-moving fish prefer to ‘walk’ on their pectoral and pelvic fins, which have extremities resembling a human hand. However, researchers warn that a group of the species is at risk of becoming the ‘thylacines of the sea’ – they are facing extinction.

Join Dr Daniel Gledhill as he sheds light on the secrets of this amazing species and Dr Gretta Pecl as she discusses how the REDMAP project helps monitor species biodiversity across a range of Tasmanian marine environments.

Dr Daniel Gledhill is a Hobart-based ichthyologist in the Fish Biogeography and Taxonomy team working with CSIRO’s Wealth from Oceans Flagship. The group investigates the biogeography of Australasian fishes to better understand the historic and contemporary processes affecting speciation and distribution. Current projects include developing web-based tools to assist in species identification. The group is also investigating the affinities of fish families to localised regions and relating these to historical and evolutionary events and pathways.

Dr Gretta Pecl is a Fulbright Fellow and a Senior Research Fellow leading several projects within the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Theme at the Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute. Her current research activity spans a range of topics including range extensions associated with climate change, evaluating adaptation options in socio-ecological systems, assessing population and fishery responses to climate change, and using citizen science approaches for ecological monitoring and engagement (e.g. www.REDMAP.org.au). She was lead author of the recent Australian Federal Department of Climate Change interdisciplinary report into the impacts and adaptation response options for the Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishery (www.climatechange.gov.au/en/publications/coastline/east-coast-rock-lobster.aspx).

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Think B4U Print 1 ream of paper = 6% of a tree and 5.4kg CO2 in the atmosphere 3 sheets of A4 paper = 1 litre of water

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Coast to Coast 2010 – Adelaide

Actions for Change

Monday 20th September – Friday 24th September 2010 Adelaide Convention Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide

Coast to Coast is the renowned, and only, National Coastal Management Conference, when all with interest on coastal, estuarine and marine matters get together, every two years, to celebrate Australia’s coasts, and share knowledge and experiences on management, science, policy, governance, activism and many other topics.

Details at: http://www.coast2coast.org.au/

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For ASC members in Adelaide- come along to the third instalment of the Thinking Critically About Sustainable Energy.

For interstate members, videos of the first two events are now available online.

The TCASE#2:Established Renewable

http://www.riaus.org.au/events/2010/08/11/thinking_critically_about_sustainable_energy_established_renewables.jsp

and TCASE#1: Our Fossil Fuel Future

http://www.riaus.org.au/events/2010/07/07/thinking_critically_about_sustainable_energy_fossil_fuel_future.jsp

Thinking critically about sustainable energy: Future renewables

Wednesday 1st September 6.00 – 7.30pm The Science Exchange

Free but booking essential: http://www.riaus.org.au/events/2010/09/01/thinking_critically_about_sustainable_energy_future_renewables.jsp Renewable energy is seen by many as an opportunity to tap into unlimited supplies of energy generated from natural resources, with the benefit of little or no pollution. While solar and wind power generation have been steadily developed over the last 50 years both systems still suffer from efficiency and supply issues. Because of this, there has been much interest in developing a second generation of renewable resources that can cope with base load energy demands.

In the last decade both geothermal and marine energy have been identified as power sources potentially capable of supplying our ever-increasing energy demands. Geothermal energy taps into the vast amount of heat in the earth’s core and marine energy utilises the enormous amount of renewable energy in our oceans, all without carbon emissions. More recently, energy from biomass has also been identified as a viable option due to its high energy output with little or no net CO2 emissions.

These renewable resources show enormous potential in reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, but can they really deliver the cost-effective base load power they promise and just how long will it be before we can integrate these new power sources into the existing grid? Join us as panel members Susan Jeanes (Australian Geothermal Energy Association), Alan Major (Tenax Energy) and Steve Schuck (Bioenergy Australia) discuss the future for these three exciting technologies in detail with Barry Brook.

This event is the third of six public forums aimed at providing a comprehensive examination of sustainable energy technologies and critical evaluation of their potential for reducing carbon emissions. Come along, hear what the experts think and ask your own questions about how solar and wind power might fit into a sustainable future.

In association with the Centre for Energy Technology, Environment Institute/Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources.

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Good afternoon,

I am looking for expressions of interest from communicators that might want to work with lush logic, a specialist science communication business.

Our business is currently expanding and we are anticipating availability of part time or casual hours, 5-25 per week (with the possibility of hours increasing).

We are looking for staff with skills in:

. science marketing

. writing editorial/press releases

. web and print copywriting

. fact sheet and case study production (research and writing)

. general editing

. general administration

Basically a bit of everything! Our focus is agricultural and environmental science communication, so applicants with a background in this area are encouraged to register their interest.

Working from our office in Adelaide is preferred but working from home may be an option.

If you are interested, please send a brief resume and examples of your work via email to angela@lushlogic.com.au

Feel free to forward on these details to anyone you know who might be suitable.

Kind Regards,

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Ph: 0408 810 778

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e: angela@lushlogic.com.au

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