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\n Keith Roby Memorial Lecture \n \n
\n \n Date: \n 20 AUG 2019\n Time: \n 6:00 PM to\n 7:10 PM\n \n \n Location:\n\n Kim E Beazle y Lecture Theatre\, 351.1.001\, 351 - Lecture Theatres \n \n \n Website:\n \n Background to the annual Keith Roby Memorial Lecture \n \n \n Add to Calendar:\n \n \n
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\n All students are welcome to attend the Keith Roby Memorial Lecture in Kim Beazley Lecture Theatre 20 August 2019

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Does science need a moral compass? \; T he role of community.

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The industrial revolution began the western world&rsquo\;s dependency on science to explain the world around them\, to produce solutions to problems\, to improve living conditions and accelerate innovations. \; Despite the many advances in science\, the wellbeing of people across the globe is very patchy\, the sustainability of natural systems as a whole is under threat. \;

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The pursuit of scientific knowledge is important but needs to be steered for community benefit and environmental outcomes. The challenges we face as a society w ill not be solved by better science alone. \; Science is only one form of knowledge and more positive when combined with technical knowledge and \, most importantly\, moral judgement. Keith Roby was a strong advocate fo r citizen science - the engagement of community in setting community visio n\, helping in the formulation of questions that science can assist in ans wering\, the gathering of data for primary research and using information to take positive action for a sustainable world for all. \; The settin g of positive visions and development of action pathways based on good inf ormation shared across the community generates hope in the future and moti vation for change.  \;This approach requires integration of science an additional challenge where research can be both competitive and conducted in isolation. This talk will look at a range of examples including the De nmark Walpole Green Town Project\, Watershed Torbay\, and Gondwana Link wh ere the citizen science approach has resulted in positive changes for comm unities and the environment. \;  \;

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Biography

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Dr. Louise Duxbury is a community change facilitator and grad uate of Murdoch University. \;  \;She has 40 years of experience f acilitating the development of community and project visions\, providing l eadership training\, initiating community and environmental projects and i mplementing them. \; She established Green Skills in 1989 and was awar ded the Great Southern Development Commission Medal for Excellent in NRM i n 2006 for Green Skills contribution to the region. \; She currently d ivides her time as Green Skills senior project manager and co-executive of ficer for the WA Landcare Network while serving as a Director on the Board s of Gondwana Link Ltd and Deco Living Ltd\, as a member of the National L andcare Network Members Council and as a Commissioner for the Forest Produ cts Commission. \; She walks her sustainability talk living on a long- standing multiple occupancy community\, the Wolery\, near Denmark on the s outh coast of WA.

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