Melbourne Rio+20: shaping our future, telling your stories
Melbourne Conversations & United Nations Association of Australia (Vic)
Melbourne to Rio+20: Shaping our future, telling our stories
29 February 2012, Melbourne Town Hall
Twenty years on from the Rio 1992 Earth Summit, the City of Melbourne in partnership with the United Nations Association of Australia (Vic.) invited guests to an important local discussion as part of the lead up to the UN's Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development and its numerous side events in June.
Expert commentators discussed the opportunities and challenges towards a sustainable future and audiences joined in (Part 2) to contribute to the conversations and ask questions.
Panellists:
- Professor Kate Auty, Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability, Victoria
- Geoff Lawler, Director of City Planning and Infrastructure, City of Melbourne
- Ellen Sandell, National Director, Australian Youth Climate, Melbourne
- Emeritus Prof. Chris Wallace-Crabbe AM, Poet, critic and Professor Emeritus in The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne
- Prof. Robert Hill, National President UN Association of Australia, former Chairman of the Australian Carbon Trust Ltd
- Rob Gell BSc (Hons) FRGS FEIANZ, President Greening Australia, and Sustainability and Media Consultant
- Councillor Cathy Oke, City of Melbourne, Chair of the Future Melbourne (Eco-City) Committee, Deputy Chair of the Future Melbourne (Connected City) Committee and Co-Chair of the Parks and Gardens Advisory Committee.
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