{"id":29209,"date":"2025-09-04T15:25:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=advice&p=29209"},"modified":"2025-09-23T11:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T03:15:09","slug":"tfo-podcast-sustainable-future","status":"publish","type":"advice","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/advice\/tfo-podcast-sustainable-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable future? It\u2019s a challenge worth fighting for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From energy to skincare, sustainability seems to be everywhere. But what does it actually mean? You may know sustainability has something to do with practising habits that are good for the environment and good for humanity, but how does that happen at scale? How can societies, industries and governments practise sustainability in ways that are equitable and economical?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To answer these tough questions, Josh Byrne and Saf Flatters joined us on our podcast, The Future Of<\/a>. They explained sustainability and discussed how a Curtin short course called the \u2018Sustainability Challenge\u2019 is uniting students, academia and industry to create realistic solutions to shared sustainability problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the full conversation: The Future Of: Sustainable Futures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Â鶹ֱ²¥ our guests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Josh Byrne<\/a>\u2019s CV includes Dean Sustainable Futures at Curtin, environmental scientist, urban designer, Gardening Australia<\/em> presenter and Member of the Order of Australia. In short, his sustainability expertise is significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Josh Byrne.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Saf Flatters<\/a> participated in this year\u2019s Sustainability Challenge. She is a qualified electrician and is now studying Data Science<\/a> at Curtin to \u201cbring structure to complexity\u201d when it comes to our energy future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saf Flatters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First off, what does a sustainable future mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Josh:<\/strong> For me, a sustainable future is one where humanity can prosper in a fair and just way. For humanity to do well, we all have to do well.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not only is that the right thing to do from an ethical perspective, but it’s also just common sense \u2013 if one group of people have more than others, you’re never going to have balance and symmetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then there’s the \u2018more than human\u2019, a term that’s used to capture all those other incredible parts of this planet that we share, and we need to make sure that the more than human can thrive as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s realising that as one species, we live within a very intricate web of life. And if we don’t recognise that and we allow it to unravel, well, that’s at our own peril.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the video, \u2018What is sustainability\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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