Public Talk Prof. John Whitelegg and panel discussion on food, transport and urban living
DATE Mon Dec 1st 2008
WHERE The Old Geology Lecture Theatre, Sydney Uni.
WHEN 5:00pm for a 5:30pm start (until 7:30pm)
COST : FREE PUBLIC LECTURE (RSVP for indication of numbers)
Host : CSIRO
What: The ultimate resource: sorting out local food for a sustainable futureCurrently we eat oil. We use it to grow food, move food around the world, process food and go to the supermarket to buy food. In an oil constrained world struggling with climate change and seeking to switch land to feed cars and not people this is not very intelligent. The presentation will explore the issue and build a practical sustainable alternative based on international experience in celebrating and facilitating high quality local food.
Following this we have a panel discussion with David Mason from the NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wayne Mitchell and Monique Desmarcheliers from Penrith City Council and Prof. Whitelegg to discuss the tradeoffs around land use for housing and for food production in the context of urbanising populations, long-term oil shortages and other factors such as climate change.Who: Professor John Whitelegg has worked in academia and at the Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Traffic in Dusseldorf, Germany, and as a visiting Professor of Transport at Roskilde University in Denmark. John is Founding Editor of the journal "World Transport Policy and Practice” and has acted as a consultant to governmental bodies in Australia and governments and community groups in Israel, India, Sweden, Denmark, Romania, Slovenia and Poland. He also works with community groups in Kolkata (Calcutta) on air pollution and transport and has advised the State government of West Bengal.
In 1993 he up his own company, Eco-Logica Ltd, a Lancaster-based consultancy specialising in sustainable transport, environmental audit and review, life cycle analysis and corporate environmental strategies.
Where: Old Geology Lecture Theatre, University of Sydneysee this link (http://www.usyd.edu.au/fstudent/careers/study/pub/eco2004_98_map.pdf to a map where The venue is located roughly at coordinates H2
How: 413, 435, 436, 437, 438, 440, 480 or 483 bus Parramatta Rd: off at University Footbridge.
limited pay parking is avail.
RSVP phone or email at CSIRO / Tim Baynes//Urban Systems ProgramCSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems www.csiro.au/csePO Box 310, North Ryde NSW 1670Ph: + 61 2 9490 8824 Mobile: 0439 629 739
E-mail: Tim.Baynes@csiro.au