Steve Douglas
Whilst I mostly work as a consultant ecologist in NSW, my PhD thesis is in Human Ecology (Religious Aspects, Australia) and examines whether the 'greening' of religion could represent part of the solution to the ecological crisis. It was completed at the ANU (Fenner School of Environment & Society) 2004-7 and was passed unamended by two USA and one AU professors. I was awarded a Publication Fellowship and several related papers have been produced (see the journal 'Religion Compass'). Whilst I maintain a passionate interest in this field, it attracts little attention in Australian academia, but is a far more substantial field in Europe and the USA.
I am interested exploring the relationship between the 'greening' of religion and farmers' values, attitudes and behaviours towards Nature. Can religious teachings that promote a better relationship with Nature result in farmers who identify with those religions adopting new or improved pro-environmental practices such as conservation of remnant habitat; revegetation; riparian protection/restoration; less carbon-intensive farming; and 'organic' production?
I primarily work and publish in ecology, including on significant flora of the Sydney Basin and South Eastern Highlands Bioregions; native vegetation mapping (e.g. Blue Mtns City LGA; Wingecarribee LGA); identification, nomination, and recovery of threatened plant species and ecological communities. I have assisted with a small number of PhD students' work in plant ecology / restoration ecology / climate change vulnerability assessment.
I am interested exploring the relationship between the 'greening' of religion and farmers' values, attitudes and behaviours towards Nature. Can religious teachings that promote a better relationship with Nature result in farmers who identify with those religions adopting new or improved pro-environmental practices such as conservation of remnant habitat; revegetation; riparian protection/restoration; less carbon-intensive farming; and 'organic' production?
I primarily work and publish in ecology, including on significant flora of the Sydney Basin and South Eastern Highlands Bioregions; native vegetation mapping (e.g. Blue Mtns City LGA; Wingecarribee LGA); identification, nomination, and recovery of threatened plant species and ecological communities. I have assisted with a small number of PhD students' work in plant ecology / restoration ecology / climate change vulnerability assessment.
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Religious Environmentalism in the West. II: Impediments to the Praxis of Christian Environmentalism in Australia, Religion Compass 3/4 (2009) pp. 738–751, 10.1111/j.1749‐8171.2009.00162.x
and others engage in international aviation-dependent meetings to address critical challenges facing humanity and the planet. Yet, climate scientists and advocates call for an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 to cap the increase in global temperatures to 2ºC.
Aviation emissions resulting from international meetings raise questions that are not silenced by GHG emissions off setting. The era of climate change and ‘peak oil’ poses ethical challenges for holding international in-person religious and academic events, especially when the events
propound an environmentalist concern and when aviation use is assumed. This paper raises questions regarding the ecological impacts of large international events and focuses the ‘inconvenient truths’ associated with international aviation in the era of global warming. The Parliament of the
World’s Religions, the largest multifaith gathering in the world, serves as a case study. The paper emphasizes the view that faith-based/faith-inspired organizations have a special responsibility for leadership in policy and praxis on the moral imperatives of sustainability, sustainable development
and climate justice.
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The species is endemic to the highlands of south-eastern Australia It is known from a single population in the ACT (Namadgi National Park), three populations in far south-eastern NSW (Wadbilliga National Park, Tinderry and Coolumbooka nature reserves), and a multipart population in the north-eastern highlands of Victoria’s Alpine National Park. The species occurs in montane heath/scrub and montane to subalpine woodland/low open-forest between about 800-1400 m above sea level. Substrates are generally granitic or metasedimentary.
Dampiera fusca was recently listed as Endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW Scientific Committee, 2007), and is similarly listed under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. Its status is under review in the ACT, where it was discovered after the 2003 wildfires that burnt much of the northern Australian Alps (Douglas 2005, 2007). The species warrants nomination at least as Vulnerable under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
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Religious Environmentalism in the West. II: Impediments to the Praxis of Christian Environmentalism in Australia, Religion Compass 3/4 (2009) pp. 738–751, 10.1111/j.1749‐8171.2009.00162.x
and others engage in international aviation-dependent meetings to address critical challenges facing humanity and the planet. Yet, climate scientists and advocates call for an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 to cap the increase in global temperatures to 2ºC.
Aviation emissions resulting from international meetings raise questions that are not silenced by GHG emissions off setting. The era of climate change and ‘peak oil’ poses ethical challenges for holding international in-person religious and academic events, especially when the events
propound an environmentalist concern and when aviation use is assumed. This paper raises questions regarding the ecological impacts of large international events and focuses the ‘inconvenient truths’ associated with international aviation in the era of global warming. The Parliament of the
World’s Religions, the largest multifaith gathering in the world, serves as a case study. The paper emphasizes the view that faith-based/faith-inspired organizations have a special responsibility for leadership in policy and praxis on the moral imperatives of sustainability, sustainable development
and climate justice.
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The species is endemic to the highlands of south-eastern Australia It is known from a single population in the ACT (Namadgi National Park), three populations in far south-eastern NSW (Wadbilliga National Park, Tinderry and Coolumbooka nature reserves), and a multipart population in the north-eastern highlands of Victoria’s Alpine National Park. The species occurs in montane heath/scrub and montane to subalpine woodland/low open-forest between about 800-1400 m above sea level. Substrates are generally granitic or metasedimentary.
Dampiera fusca was recently listed as Endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 (NSW Scientific Committee, 2007), and is similarly listed under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. Its status is under review in the ACT, where it was discovered after the 2003 wildfires that burnt much of the northern Australian Alps (Douglas 2005, 2007). The species warrants nomination at least as Vulnerable under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
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