{"id":30989,"date":"2025-08-27T10:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T02:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?post_type=futures-platform&p=30989"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:32:03","slug":"the-future-of-podcast-ep-138","status":"publish","type":"futures-platform","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/futures-platform\/the-future-of-podcast-ep-138\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future Of | EP 138"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Future Of, a podcast powered by Â鶹ֱ²¥, where experts share their vision of the future and how their work is helping shape it for the better.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable Futures: climate, curriculum and collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do an urban designer, an electrician and Â鶹ֱ²¥ have in common? They all want to help humanity prosper. To achieve that, sustainability is key. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n

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In this episode, our host David is joined by Professor Josh Byrne and Saf Flatters. Josh is Dean of Sustainable Futures at Curtin (he\u2019s also well-known as a presenter on ABC TV\u2019s Gardening Australia<\/em>), and Saf is an electrical and energy specialist and third-year Curtin data science student. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, they explore what a \u2018sustainable future\u2019 really means, and how a novel Â鶹ֱ²¥ subject called Sustainability Challenge is bringing together academia, industry, government and community to create real solutions to some of the most pressing environmental and social problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What does a \u2018sustainable future\u2019 mean? [03:24]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Sustainability problems more complex than ever [04:40]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Big problems mean big solutions [07:30]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Data science brings structure to complexity [08:28]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Cultivating hope and optimism [10:11]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Sustainability Challenge insights [12:29]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. There\u2019s no \u2018doctor evil\u2019 industry [30:59]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Learnings to last a lifetime [35:17]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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