Resources

For tips on saving water (opens an external site) in your home, garden or business go to the Sydney Water Corporation web site.

For tips on saving energy (opens an external site) go to the Information for Householders section of the Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability website.

If you are renovating or building a home the award winning guide to sustainable building Your Home (opens an external site), developed by ISF, will be useful to you.

Resources to assist anyone who is assessing the quality of transdisciplinary research are available from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.

Videos featuring ISF research

Thirst

Thirst, a visually stunning short documentary, was created collaboratively by individuals from Western Sydney in a world-first process online through CrowdTV, with the guidance of professional filmmakers and ISF researchers.

Food security

The ABC's television program Catalyst screened a special edition on food security on 17 March 2011. To view the segment of this program on Peak Phosphorus that featured ISF's research go to the Catalyst site. To view the panel discussion featuring ISF's Dr Dana Cordell that followed the Catalyst screening go to the RiAus site. The UTSpeaks public lecture held on 18 February 2009 on Ethical Eating featuring, Prof. Stuart White, Dr Rosemary Stanton and Dana Cordell can be viewed, or listened to, on the ABC's Big Ideas site.

Trade secrets

Institute researchers helped develop the Trade Secrets – Skills for the Future series of short online videos. These videos aim to equip regular tradespeople with the basic skills and knowledge they need to adapt to the increasing demand for sustainable housing and energy and water efficiency.

World Wide Views on Global Warming

A group of 105 ordinary Australians came together in Sydney on 25 & 26 September 2009 to deliberate on international climate change action and develop policy recommendations. They discussed the same questions put to citizens in 38 other countries over the same period. Recommendations were given to climate change negotiators prior to the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15). The University of Technology, Sydney was the Australian partner of the international WWViews alliance and Institute researchers found sponsors, recruited the participants and facilitators, coordinated the event's logistics and compiled the results for the Australian event. View a 5 minute mini-documentary on the Australian event on youtube.