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IMAGINING THE FUTURE: CHALLENGES TO SUSTAINABILITY

The 1994 Autums season at the Ecoversity with guest presenter, environmentalist Karen Alexander.

1. April 27, 1994
CHANGING THE WORLD: FROM VIOLENCE TO NON-VIOLENCE
with Judith Dixon, Chief Conciliator of the Equal Opportunities Commission and director of the Victorian Community Council Against Violence; visual artist William Kelly; and Alan Nichols, Executive Associate, Christian Resource Unit, World Vision Australia.

This forum included the launch of Violence to non-violence: prints from The Peace Project by William Kelly, hosted by ITF, in association with the Victorian Community Council Against Violence and the Australian Conservation Foundation.

2. May 4, 1994
WHAT FUTURE AND WHO CARES ANYWAY?
with Paul Turly, chairperson of Australian Youth Policy action Coalition; and Margie Lane, a research executive with Beveridge and Cummings Pty Ltd which did the 1993 Clemenger report on youth attitudes 20 Twenty: a clearer view of today's twenty year olds.

3 May 11, 1994
THREATENED SPECIES/THREATENED WORLD
with Sam Lake, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Monash University; and Barrie Pittock, Climate Impact Group, CSIRO's Division of Atmospheric Research.

4 May 18 , 1994
POPULATION, COPULATION & WOMEN
with Janet Hunt, International Women's Development Agency; and Sheila Jeffreys, Department of Politics, Melbourne University. (See below for Pamela Bone's op-ed in response to this forum in The Age newspaper.)

5 May 25, 1994
COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: WHO'S TALKING TO WHOM, WHY AND WHAT'S IT ALL MEAN?
with Bill Melody, Centre for International Research on Communication and Information Technology; and Bill Coppinger, Australian Centre for International Education Resource Network, with students from Broadford Secondary School.

 
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