Posts Tagged ‘CSIRO’
Sustainable Agriculture Flagship: CSIRO
Posted in Research by Kate Archdeacon on April 22nd, 2010
Source: Cleanfood, the Future Climate newsletter
CSIRO’s National Research Flagships tackle Australia’s major research challenges and opportunities through large-scale multidisciplinary partnerships. The Sustainable Agriculture Flagship’s goal is to secure Australian agriculture and forest industries by increasing productivity by 50% and reducing carbon emissions intensity by at least 50% between now and 2030.
CSIRO’s research brings together many different scientific disciplines to address the economic, environmental and social sustainability of agriculture and forestry. Australian agriculture and forestry are entering an era where it must cope with rapidly changing global markets for commodities, changes to water allocations, rising input costs, skills deficiencies, environmental pressures and meet consumer expectations for sustainable land management and healthy, ethical food production. These land use goals cannot be simply traded off against each other.
The national challenge for the Flagship is to develop rural land use systems that deliver the highest value benefits to the Australian economy and society and address the major global issues of food security and greenhouse gas abatement.
Michael Ambrose, Sustainable Cities Round Table – The Energy to Change, 20 May 2009
Posted in SCRT Videos, Sustainable Cities Round Tables by Virginia on June 9th, 2009
Michael Ambrose, from CSIRO, presents the Zero Emissions Home Project, where they aim to envision and build houses with zero net emissions of green house gases. The project is a collaboration between Sustainability Victoria, Henley Properties Group, and Delfin Land Lease.
Take part in national consumption survey
Posted in Research by Virginia on May 13th, 2009
Take part in a national online survey to inform innovative research into household consumption and lifestyles in Australia. CSIRO’s Household Consumption project is conducting research into household consumption, time use and lifestyles with the aim of developing a lifestyle typology based on the consumption and time use behaviour of Australian households. Their research hypothesis is that different household types and their way of consuming and living will result in distinguishable resource use and emission intensities. The project outcomes should enable the identification of pathways for consumption to promote a low carbon economy.