{"id":4679,"date":"2008-06-01T07:40:41","date_gmt":"2008-05-31T23:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/curtin-profile-professor-peter-newman\/"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:06:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T05:06:30","slug":"curtin-profile-professor-peter-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/curtin-profile-professor-peter-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtin Profile – Professor Peter Newman"},"content":{"rendered":"

The founder of the Â鶹ֱ²¥ Sustainability Policy (CUSP)<\/a> Institute, Peter Newman believes universities are in a position to lead in developing innovative solutions to the major sustainability issues facing the community and businesses today.<\/p>\n

\u2018We have to do things differently so local economies become much more important,\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The process of change is about someone getting out there to help start things off and then sitting back and smiling once it comes together,\u2019 Professor Newman said.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m just glad I got a chance to be a bit of a stirrer.\u2019<\/p>\n

Make no mistake though; Professor Newman is more than a \u2018stirrer\u2019. The renowned Australian academic and 2006\/7 Fulbright Senior Scholar has advised multiple governments, helped save the Fremantle rail line, written numerous books and lectured across the globe.<\/p>\n

For Professor Newman, who\u2019s been fighting for change since 1974, the increased discussion about sustainable development in recent years is a victory, but there\u2019s still a lot of work to be done.<\/p>\n

\u2018Attitudes and popular understanding have improved enormously but we still have to fight the system,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Things don\u2019t change quickly … the system grinds on even when cultural attitudes have changed.<\/p>\n

\u2018We want change and yet we can\u2019t seem to achieve it through current planning.\u2019<\/p>\n

Gone are the days of global economics, argues Professor Newman. \u2018We have to do things differently so local economies become much more important,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Two things driving sustainability are oil prices and climate change \u2013 we\u2019ve realised there are limits to the kind of development we once thought possible. Local economies use far less oil and burn less fossil fuels.\u2019<\/p>\n

Professor Newman will start lecturing in April with a syllabus based on his latest book \u2018Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems\u2019 and will work with PhD students at CUSP\u2019s Fremantle centre.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ll be leading a more local life after many years of globe trotting, and I\u2019m looking forward to that.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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