Community and advocacy

The Productivity Commission has published the Hub leader UNSW SMaRT Centre's detailed submission for its inquiry into “opportunities in the circular economy”.

The Hub has contributed an artwork made from waste materials to an auction raising funds for the National Youth Science Forum. 

Hub leader Prof Veena Sahajwalla delivers the Ann Moyal Lecture, discussing opportunities for creating sustainable materials from waste and champions a circular economy. 

Hub leader, Prof Veena Sahajwalla, has spoken about new technologies that enable green manufacturing by “reforming” waste into new products. 

The Hub’s Air Quality team held a mid-point workshop to showcase their research and discuss their work with stakeholders. 

The Hub leader, Prof. Veena Sahajwalla, delivered a plenary to nearly 200 students at the 2024 STEM Enrichment Conference hosted by Flinders University.

Hub partners SMaRT@UNSW, CSIRO and Monash University collaborated with other leading sustainability organisations to deliver the PELICANS initative.  

Hub leader Professor Veena Sahajwalla has officially opened a Sustainability Learning Centre at St Philip’s College in Alice Springs. 

Welcome to the August 2023 quarterly update from the National Environmental Science Program (NESP), by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Hub Steering Committee Chair Michael Sharpe and Hub Leader Prof Veena Sahajwalla joined a manufacturing roundtable event as part of the AgQuip festival in regional Gunnedah, NSW

Hub Leader Prof Veena writes in a new opinion editorial the world has a waste challenge, and none bigger than that posed by plastics, but solutions are coming to hand

Hub researchers have completed a report summarising a workshop to help design their Nature Connection Storytelling Project

Hub researchers have completed a report summarising a workshop to help design a coordinated, long-term research strategy on the benefits of nature connection

Hub researcher Dr Emily Flies was interviewed by The Lentil Intervention, a planetary health platform promoting nature and health

Hub Leader, Prof Veena was interviewed by Ocean Protect for its podcast series talking about the importance of using waste as a resource to achieve sustainability and decarbonisation goals

On 14 March 2023, Hub Leader Prof Veena will deliver a keynote address at the Innovation Summit Sydney 2023

On 15 March, Hub Leader UNSW Prof Veena will deliver an address and join a panel discussion at the Ocean Plastic Action Forum at Bondi Beach

On 28 March 2023, the Hub is jointly hosting a Key Thinkers Forum on Air Quality and Indigenous Health, with Macquarie University, the HEAL Network and Asthma Australia