Interview Partner Australia David Bussau, Founder, Maranatha Trust & Opportunity International, Sydney, Australia "Have I been a good steward of my resources and talents? Have I made significance in other people's lives? - these are the questions I want to be able to answer positively." - how a self-made millionaire has more to give than his money and why he believes in the power of potential. Read more... Benjamin Roche, Manager Sustainable Living Project, Faculty of the Built Environment at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia „When you realize that you can change things it becomes an addicting process.” – how a young activist became a part of the solution and why education matters so much. Read more... Martin Green, Director of the Photovoltaics Special Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia "My satisfaction comes from knowing that I have contributed something that made a significant impact." – why solar energy will be our future, if there is one left. Read more... Prof. Chris C. Sorrell, School of Materials Science & Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia “We want to do relevant research that will be used.” – why hydrogen is not always environmentally friendly and how leadership and learning matter. Interview to be published soon Nicholas J. Ashbolt, Professor and Head School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia “The world needs scientists; they can help to make money and the planet a better place." – why engineers matter and how waste can help. Interview to be published soon Richard Jefferson, Founder & CEO, CAMBIA, Canberra, Australia “When I was 25 I was the best in my area of molecular biology in the world, but I knew nothing of the world.” – why being the best is not enough and how open source principles should be used in life sciences. Interview to be published soon Prashanth Shanmugan, President, United Nations Society, Sydney, Australia “I believe young people have the responsibility to choose what they want to be in the future.” – how Prashanth sees himself as a continuous challenger and why education is a right not a privilege. Interview to be published soon Janis Birkeland, School of Resources, Environment & Society, Australian National University Faculty of Science, Canberra, Australia "Measurement is important but very often we measure the wrong things. We study the problem down stream; it's like carefully, very carefully watching a burning house." – how architecture, art, law and activism combine for sustainability. Read more... Michael Smith, Content Coordinator, The Natural Edge Project, Canberra, Australia “If you want to make things more sustainable, find a niche for yourself, find a mainstream institution who wants to change and support it.” – how creative engineers can be and why a website matters. Interview to be published soon Dr. Clive Hamilton, Founder & Executive Director, The Australia Institute for a just, sustainable peaceful future, Canberra, Australia “From our research we learned that the single most decisive component of someone being happy or unhappy is the sense of meaning.” – why growth fetish can be a wrong way of thinking and what it has to do with neo-liberalism. Read more... Dexter Dunphy, Distinguished Professor School of Management, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia "I don't know any large truly sustainable corpo-ration. But many of them are doing very well in some aspect of sustainability and they should get credit for it." – how enterprises can change even without Harward. Read more... Nicolas Frances, Founder & CEO, EasyBeingGreen, Melbourne, Australia “The only thing I can change in the world is me. I avoid being part of the problem.” – how a social entrepreneur understands the business of poverty and never manages to create wealth for himself. Interview to be published soon Alan Pears, Director, Sustainable Solutions, Adjunct Professor RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia “The idea was to do good things and hopefully make a living.” – how a sustainability consul-tancy takes up challenges and why justifying past actions won’t help us. Read more... Victoria Wilding, CEO, Shift Foundation, Melbourne, Australia “I believe young passionate people are the greatest untapped resource.” – how passion is necessary but not enough and why a successful business woman cares. Read more... Caroline Bayliss, Deputy Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia “It is easy to stand away and blame companies for all the evil they cause.” – how enterprises need encouragement and why not everyone is a hired gun. Interview to be published soon Charlie Hargroves, Project Coordinator, The Natural Edge Project & Nick Palousis, Secretariat Member & Operations Coordinator, The Natural Edge Project, Adelaide, Australia "What gives me satisfaction is the feeling of going in the right direction and working with people who care about things that I find important." - why a robotics geek and engineers get involved with sustainability and how family matters. Read more... Dan Atkins, Director, Sustainable Business Practices, Melbourne, Australia “When I started working it seemed that I couldn't have both; if I loved business I couldn't love the environment.” – how to combine pas-sions in every day life. Interview to be published soon John Brisbin, Director, Arid Lands Environ-ment Centre, Alice Springs, Australia “You push somewhere and realize that the world pushes back. Then you ask yourself what it is that you actually can do.” - how a hippie doesn’t stay one forever and why food matters. Interview to be published soon Lania Lynch, Environmental Management Coordinator & Cairns Workplace Health and Safety Officer, James Cook University, Vice-President Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability, Cairns, Australia “You can only work within your own boundaries. As an idealistic person it is sometimes hard to define and accept your personal boundaries.” – why a university is a hard but fascinating working field and how an idealist provides practical solutions. Read more... Peter Jackson, Partner, Jackson Smith Solicitors, Sydney, Australia “Yes, I do turn down clients if the business they want to have done is not ethical.” – how a lawyer inspires others to do good and enjoys the challenges. Read more... Dr. Mark Diesendorf, Institute of Environ-mental Studies, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia “The current focus of my work is renewable energies. There is no way to achieve a sustainable lifestyle with our current energy resources.” – how it can sometimes be really hard to fight against the establishment and influential lobbies. Read more... Ramsay Moodie, Director Corporate Affairs, Fuji Xerox Australia, Sydney, Australia “How do you be what you what your stake-holders expect you to be? I don’t know; we are exploring.” – how to make a business with old printer parts and still have time for bush walks. Read more... May Miller-Dawkins, Program Coordinator, Oxfam International Youth Parliament, Sydney, Australia “It seemed that everything is wrong and everything is right with the world.” – how young people contribute to solving issues instead of making trouble. Read more... Paul Gilding, Founder & Director, Ecos, Sydney, Australia “My passion is to drive social change. I run a successful company that makes money to drive even more change.” – how a former Green-peace boss gets down to business and makes is sustainable. Interview to be published soon back to top