Environmental Hope & Heroes

Under the banner, Environmental Hope & Heroes, this event is for anyone with an interest in learning more about environmental issues confronting our world. This will be an exceptional event and bookings are essential, read on:

Facilitated by Professor Tim Flannery, the discussion will revolve around two recently released books:

·      Plotting the Oceans : Associate Professor Sarah Hamylton

·      Nature’s Last Dance : Natalie Kyriacou OAM

Associate Professor Sarah Hamylton is a coastal scientist, nature writer and an emerging popular science writer. She works alongside Traditional Owners of Sea Country to learn how coastal environments have changed across broader scales of space and time. She has written several books, including a textbook ‘Spatial Analysis of Coastal Environments’ (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and an essay collection ‘Coral Reefs of Australia: Perspectives from beyond the water’s edge’ that brought together essays from Indigenous Australians, coral reef scientists, historians, social scientists, managers and politicians about living alongside Australia’s coral reefs (CSIRO Publishing, 2022). As a SCWC Coledale Writer-in-Residence she will be working on her new book, provisionally titled ‘A thousand restless islands: A journey around Australia’s changing coastline’. 2026 sees the launch of her latest book and tonight’s focus : ‘Plotting the Oceans : Stories of powerful maps and their makers’.

Natalie Kyriacou OAM is an award-winning environmentalist, writer, professional public speaker, and company director. “Nature’s Last Dance” is a powerful story of survival and extinction. Blending science, politics, storytelling, and advocacy, Natalie leads readers on a journey across hunting grounds, through jungles and oceans, inside communities, and into the heart of battles to survive against all odds. This book will radically alter the way you think about nature, humanity and extinction.

Professor Tim Flannery is a scientist, explorer, conservationist, prolific writer and one of Australia’s foremost authorities on environmental issues. He has held various academic positions including visiting Professor in Evolutionary and Organismic Biology at Harvard University, Director of the South Australian Museum, Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum, Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne, and Panasonic Professor of Environmental Sustainability, Macquarie University. His books include the award-winning international bestseller The Weather Makers, Here on Earth and Atmosphere of Hope. Tim was the 2007 Australian of the Year. He is currently chief councillor of the Climate Council.