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Jane Cassidy on the massive transformation on the way

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Amanda Steele on pathways to success in sustainability 36:48

6 weeks ago36:48

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Amanda Steele is group executive, head of property for ISPT , a business with a strong sustainability profile in the built environment. In her current role, Amanda is in the leadership team; but in the past she’s had direct sustainability roles at Stockland and CBRE and before that under the mentorship of our current Governor General Sam Mostyn when they were both at insurer IAG. In this podcast, Amanda talks about the drivers of ESG, the success of ISPT’s retrofit of 500 Bourke Street in Melbourne, and the challenges that we can expect as the rollback of globalisation and political upheaval in the climate battle continue. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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TFE Learn: Gabrielle McMillan on activating the vertical villages of office towers 57:32

7 weeks ago57:32

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Gabrielle McMillan kicked off Equiem in 2011 for Lorenz Grollo, developer and part owner of the Rialto tower in Melbourne who could see the enormous potential of adding value for occupants in the building through technology and social programs to create a kind of village in the sky, that made tenants sticky. Other people agreed. Today the business has blossomed and employs nearly 200 people over 18 Countries. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Sara Stace and Marc Lane on Active transport and Placemaking 47:18

12 weeks ago47:18

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Sara Stace is an influential voice in the active transport and placemaking space. Recently she joined forces with Marc Lane at Vivendi Consulting to becomes its new joint directors of cities. Stace and Lane met at WSP, where the two shared an immense passion for designing for cities and streets. Stace and Lane are now working on housing strategies, active transport, net zero and urban design and policies that helps shape cities and precincts. Tune in to hear their insights on the good and the great of city planning. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Jane Cassidy on the massive transformation on the way 59:27

13 weeks ago59:27

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As national president of the Australian Institute of Architects Jane Cassidy juggles a lot of competing priorities – and they’re not all in the order you’d expect. There are the usual topics of aesthetics and the role of architects and how it’s been eroded over the past decades. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Andrew Eagles on NZ’s green challenge in the new political regime 50:45

14 weeks ago50:45

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Andrew Eagles, CEO of the New Zealand Green Building Council reports on an industry that wants to do better, wants green buildings and better regulation. This conversation is a breath of fresh air. Listen now! Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Philip Graus on how cities are shaped and how to shape them 1:33:50

22 weeks ago1:33:50

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Philip Graus has an omnibus cache of insights and history into how cities are formed, what keeps them growing or failing and how to make them sustainable. This podcast is a bit of rambling chat, weaving in and out the incredible number of influences that make a city tick – or not. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Jeremy Mcleod and Nightingale Housing – from inspiration to disruption 1:05:00

27 weeks ago1:05:00

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Founder of Nightingale Housing Jeremy McLeod will no doubt go down in history as the man who managed to shift a truckload of preconceptions about what housing needs to look like – what it should cost and who it is for. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Transitions podcast: Liam Wallis on how to generate radical sustainable development 1:00:03

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Melbourne based Liam Wallis founded boutique sustainable developer Hip V Hype with the idea of spreading the sustainability message by demonstrating viable exemplar projects. Today that notion has evolved into advisory work with other developers and a raft of government authorities, as well as the direct educational events he likes to host from his offices in Melbourne’s inner north Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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TFE Live: The race for green tech in Australia and China 1:10:28

31 weeks ago1:10:28

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At TFE Live, Tim Buckley director of Climate Energy Finance, and Heidi Lee, chief executive officer of Beyond Zero Emissions, delved deep into Australia’s potential as a global renewable energy superpower, how to transform our coal mining regions to clean energy and new jobs and how China is doing so much to decarbonise the planet. TFE Live Host: Maria Atkinson Talents this episode: Tim Buckley and Heidi Lee Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Transitions podcast: Rory Hunter and Reade Dixon on innovative BTR 48:22

32 weeks ago48:22

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On this episode of Transitions, Tina Perinotto talks to Rory Hunter about the announcement of his first project, which will tick all boxes, including using CLT (cross-laminated timber), being Passivhaus certified and building to rent. He is joined by architect Reade Dixon from Frasers & Partners, who is tasked with turning the vision into reality. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Tim Buckley on a clean tech in Australia and China and the need for partnership 1:22:59

33 weeks ago1:22:59

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TFE Live: Global Trends and Tipping Points podcast 52:41

36 weeks ago52:41

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Good vibes were off the charts at our TFE Live event, brought on by Elena Bondareva, who’s on a changemaking arc following the release of her book Changemakers’ Handbook, her fellow guest Pablo Berrutti of Stuart Investors, whose passion project sustainable finance library Altiorem, and upbeat moderator Maria Atkinson. From the impacts of United States on Australia and the rest of the world, to role of AI in communicating sustainability to changemaking, the road to sustainability is, in fact, full of barriers and opportunities. TFE Live was brought to you thanks to the support of Moderator: Maria Atkinson Location Host: North Sullivan at The Photo Studio, Glebe AVS Livestream support: North Sullivan and The Photo Studio team Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Transitions podcast, Ep.2: Michael Mobbs on Sustainable House and coolseats 42:11

47 weeks ago42:11

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Tina Perinotto interviews Michael Mobbs, a sustainability guru who founded the sustainable house in Sydney's Chippendale. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Alison Scotland on herding cats 56:08

49 weeks ago56:08

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Alison Scotland cut her professional teeth in the challenging world of Standards Australia. Today she runs the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council. So, you could say she’s had perfect training for the diplomatic minefield she now has to tread in her current job of getting agreement on built environment policy from a wide range of stakeholders. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Transitions podcast, Ep.1: Skipp Williamson from Partners in Performance 46:06

50 weeks ago46:06

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This is the first episode of the Transitions podcast for The Green List on The Fifth Estate’s How to Build a Better World podcast feed. We interview Skipp Williamson, managing director of Partners in Performance, who shares insights into what happens in advisory and energy transitions at the big end of town. Skipp has led the ambitious company she co-founded for more than 28 years and speaks to us just as it’s about to be acquired by giant Accenture. We’re joined on the podcast by partners from Skipp’s team, Inga Von Fircks and Rob Fowler. This episode was recorded on 27 May 2024. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Jess Miller on doing things differently 1:02:18

1 year ago1:02:18

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Jess Miller is well known to readers of The Fifth Estate - she’s been a brilliant and highly entertaining MC for several of our events now. Starting with our Urban Greening summits at the University of Technology Sydney in the past few years. But of course Jess has a much wider audience than ours. At a very young age, she became a councillor and then deputy mayor of The City of Sydney and then became a prime initiator in a green or living infrastructure movement called Greener Spaces Better Places program where she worked with another bright spark, Ben Peacock of the Republic of Everyone. These days, Jess is working with another ignitor of great ideas, Ross Harding of Finding Infinity, who, quite like Jess, enjoys breaking down conventional barriers alongside conventional wisdom to change the world to another level of sustainability. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Dawn O'Neil: How to develop the solar panels of the cleaning industry 39:56

1 year ago39:56

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Dawn O’Neill is one of those quiet achievers who’s helping to change the world. As the chief executive of eWater, she’s getting rid of toxic chemicals in our kitchens and buildings. If you care about the chemicals that end up in our waterways and oceans, you’ll be fully behind her dream that her product could be to the cleaning industry and what solar panels have been to the fossil fuel industry. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Ray Brown: value of charettes, architecture at the big end of town, and Adelaide hitting its stride 54:01

2 years ago54:01

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Ray Brown heads a practice of 700 people with Architectus, which, after the merger with Conrad Gargett in April this year, is now the biggest architectural practice in Australia. He’s led some of Australia’s biggest projects – from buildings to urban planning, in most sectors, from offices to rail, social housing and heritage – sometimes, for the biggest projects, in collaboration with big global architectural names. These include the stunning 1 Bligh Street in Sydney, which scooped sustainability hearts and minds when it was completed in 2011. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Rob Bernard: CBRE’s global sustainability boss 48:02

2 years ago48:02

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Rob Bernard is chief sustainability officer for CBRE, the massive global property consultancy that has 115,000 people on its books across the planet and a responsibility to help transform real estate portfolios owned by the biggest institutional investors in the US where he is based, and across the world. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Paolo Bevilacqua on challenges that might be tough but are also irresistible 52:31

2 years ago52:31

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Paolo Bevilacqua is group head of sustainability for Frasers Property Limited. The role is with the parent company that owns Fraser’s Property Australia, one of the earliest and most courageous movers on the sustainability and greening front. Think Burwood Brickworks Shopping Centre in Melbourne, a Living Building Challenge project that really challenged the thinking on what is possible in development. Not to mention those who worked on it. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Jua Cilliers - Eyes on global ambitions for a nature-positive world 46:50

2 years ago46:50

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Jua Cilliers, head of the School of Built Environment and Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Technology Sydney brings global framing to her view of the urgent challenges we face with nature and biodiversity Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Sarah Ratcliffe: NABERS UK, optimism and collaboration 1:00:40

2 years ago1:00:40

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In this episode of the How to Build a Better World podcast, The Fifth Estate 's managing editor Tina Perinotto sat down with Sarah Ratcliffe, CEO of the Better Buildings Partnership, to pick her brains over several hot topics facing the real estate sector in the UK. BBP UK is a collaboration of major property owners in the UK with 51 members holding around £280 billion (A$493) worth of assets under management – so when this group turns its attention to energy efficiency and sustainability you can be sure you’ll get cut through in the entire market. Sarah said that although there is a long way to go in the UK when it comes to sustainability, she is optimistic about what the future will bring. “I think the UK is making some really good strides here... because time is short." read the article on our website: https://thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/rating-tools/sarah-ratcliffe-nabers-uk-optimism-and-collaboration/ Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Mathew Nelson: What motivates investors to save the planet? 1:01:38

3 years ago1:01:38

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On this latest episode of How to Build a Better World , our managing editor Tina Perinotto talks to Mathew Nelson – the first Oceania chief sustainability officer at EY – about what’s getting big Fortune 500 companies ticking on the climate question. For someone at the big end of town, leading the sustainability team at a company that’s 300,000 strong globally, he’s remarkably down to earth and happy to share practical insights into the big questions around our transition to low or zero carbon and what’s getting in the way. Clients are larger businesses – ASX200 listed, NZ 50 listed or globally, fortune 500s – all big household names like BHP, Santos, Origin Energy, Mirvac, Stockland, and CSL. That larger reach – coupled with the fact he’s been at the company for 20 years – means he’s able to see the broader trends in the ESG and climate space. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Paul King: Future buildings, and the intersection between imagination and practical iteration 57:54

3 years ago57:54

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NEW PODCAST: On this latest episode of How to Build a Better World , our managing editor, Tina Perinotto, spoke with Paul King from Bentley about how new technology like building information models (BIMs) and digital twins can help designers and engineers make better choices about building design and maintenance. It’s an exciting world that is starting to look a bit like the sci-fi image we read about in stories about gaming or fiction. A parallel universe in cyberspace that we can – hopefully – step in and out of at will. That’s pretty much what these brainy people in the digital world are getting at. All in the name of generating and managing digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of buildings. Because quite frankly, once a building is built, it’s too late to do much to change its essential structure and much of its inbuilt services. As the solution director of construction at infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems, Paul King leads the global construction solutions engineering teams; he implements the business strategy for the company’s software portfolio, supports the project delivery organisations with their digital transformation, and helps them to create tailored strategies focused on business value and integrating them into everyday operations. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Alan Pears: The “big challenge ahead of us” in sustainability and energy efficiency 1:18:45

3 years ago1:18:45

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In our latest podcast, our managing editor, Tina Perinotto, spoke with Alan Pears about how he got started in the sustainability and energy efficiency space, and the “big challenge ahead of us”. Alan Pears is probably Australia’s favourite, most trusted and reliable “go-to” authority on energy efficiency. And no wonder. He’s been around since the dawn of the environmental movement in the 1970s and initiated many of its big leaps forward. While a lot has changed since then, Alan’s recollections on this podcast of the journey, the political setbacks, the successes, plus the challenges still in front of us are a clear demonstration of why he continues to hold that special place in the sustainability sector's heart. And he told The Fifth Estate that while the environmental movement has undoubtedly made leaps and bounds since its inception, much more needs to be done in the next few years. “We are locked into a lot of pain,” he says. “And what we need to do is plan ahead so that we help people avoid that pain or minimise that.” Find out what steps Pears says are critical to meeting that challenge – including specific technical requirements for energy efficiency, how government policy can push the needle, what’s happening overseas with hydrogen, the latest technological improvements in the sector, and the importance of cross-sector business collaboration. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Ainsley Simpson: The unexpected optimism of green infrastructure 1:13:39

3 years ago1:13:39

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In our latest podcast, our managing editor, Tina Perinotto, spoke with Ainsley Simpson all about the surprising world of green infrastructure. Ainsley Simpson is the chief executive officer of the Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC), a member-based peak body that's purpose-driven, ensuring all infrastructure delivers social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits. At The Fifth Estate we’ve long been fascinated by the infrastructure sector – with some conflicting tensions playing a part. On the one hand is the enormous amount of carbon that’s consumed in traditional big projects, such as roads and bridges. On the other is the massive savings in carbon that can be made by bringing a sustainability lens to the job. But as Ainsley explains so beautifully in this insightful podcast, there’s so much more to infrastructure and much of it can enable our bright new better world. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Dan Hill: why we need to flip the thinking, and his new role at Melbourne University’s School of Design 1:18:38

3 years ago1:18:38

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In our latest podcast, our managing editor, Tina Perinotto, spoke with Dan Hill all about his new role at Melbourne University’s School of Design. Dan Hill’s got a bit of a fan club in Australia. So there was no surprise that the announcement in April that he was to be director was well received. (No pressure, Dan.) It’s a job that’s lured him back to Oz after more than 10 years away, during which his City of Sound blog kept tabs on his projects in Scandinavia, the UK and Italy. Most recently he worked at Stockholm University in Sweden, where he held the position of Director of Strategic Design for the Swedish Government’s innovation and research agency, Vinnova. There was also the “influential” book Dark Matter & Trojan Horses: A Strategic Design Vocabulary, as the university noted in its announcement of the appointment. Dean of the school, professor Julie Willis told me at his appointment that what was particularly interesting was Dan’s blend of skills from urban infrastructure to technology that she thinks students would crucially need by the time they graduated. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Dr Tyson Yunkaporta: How Indigenous thinking can save the world 1:21:11

3 years ago1:21:11

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On our latest podcast, our managing editor, Tina Perinotto, spoke with Dr Tyson Yunkaporta about his recent book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World . The Apalech clan member is a deep and wide thinker, an academic and poet who dabbles in traditional wood carving. He’s innovative, provocative, and pulls no punches when he’s talking about the impact of white settlers on this land and on Australia’s Indigenous People. As a senior research fellow at Deakin University, he has been responsible for establishing the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab – creating a space where Indigenous practitioners can come together and apply Indigenous thinking to different contexts around the world. “This economic system came from a 10,000 year old experiment of separating from the mother. They invented the word for nature in order to separate themselves: separate the human from nature – separate from the mother. Once you do that, you are then free to displace your matriarchs, you are then free to displace the centre of your community – which is the mother and the child – and all relationships in human communities.” Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Beck Dawson: What’s keeping Sydney’s chief resilience officer up at night 44:36

3 years ago44:36

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On our latest podcast, our managing editor, Tina Perinotto, spoke with Beck Dawson, who has been Sydney’s chief resilience officer since 2015. Her role basically involves worrying about the potential disasters that might befall Australia’s biggest city, and how to build resilience in the community… just in case. It’s a big job. In Beck’s case it involves 33 councils in Sydney as well as state government, business and the community, and plenty of links to resilience experts in other cities around the world. Back when she first started her role, people didn’t always understand what she meant by “resilience”. After three years of fires and floods, not to mention the drought that preceded the fires, they sure do. As for what’s keeping her up at night? Quite a lot. But namely Aussie’s “She’ll be right” attitude. Host: Tina Perinotto Produced by: The Fifth Estate The Fifth Estate website: www.thefifthestate.com.au Sign up to the newsletter: https://thefifthestate.com.au/subscribe Support The Fifth Estate: thefifthestate.com.au/support-us LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-fifth-estate Twitter: @FifthEstateAU Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefifthestateAu…

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Dr Paul Bannister: What’s next for energy efficient office buildings 1:13:15

3 years ago1:13:15