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\n Keith Roby Memorial Lecture \n \n
\n \n Date: \n 20 AUG 2019\n Time: \n 5:30 PM to\n 8:00 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 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/do-we-need-a-mora l-compass-the-role-of-the-community-2019-keith-roby-memorial-lecture-ticke ts-65898065889 \n \n \n Add to Calendar:\n \n \n
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\n All staff are welcome to attend the 2019 Keith Roby Memorial le cture.

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Does sc ience need a moral compass? \; The 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 problem s\, to improve living conditions and accelerate innovations. \; Despit e 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 t hreat. \;

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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 will not be solved by better science alon e. \; Science is only one form of knowledge and more positive when com bined with technical knowledge and\, most importantly\, moral judgement. K eith Roby was a strong advocate for citizen science - the engagement of co mmunity in setting community vision\, helping in the formulation of questi ons that science can assist in answering\, the gathering of data for prima ry research and using information to take positive action for a sustainabl e world for all. \; The setting of positive visions and development of action pathways based on good information shared across the community gen erates hope in the future and motivation 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 Denmark Walpole Green Town Project\, Water shed Torbay\, and Gondwana Link where the citizen science approach has res ulted in positive changes for communities and the environment. \; &nbs p\;

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Biography

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Dr Louise Duxbury is a comm unity change facilitator and graduate of Murdoch University. \;  \ ;She has 40 years of experience facilitating the development of community and project visions\, providing leadership training\, initiating community and environmental projects and implementing them. \; She established Green Skills in 1989 and was awarded the Great Southern Development Commis sion Medal for Excellent in NRM in 2006 for Green Skills contribution to t he region. \; She currently divides her time as Green Skills senior pr oject manager and co executive officer for the WA Landcare Network while s erving as a Director on the Boards of Gondwana Link Ltd and Deco Living Lt d\, as a member of the National Landcare Network Members Council and as a Commissioner for the Forest Products Commission. \; She walks her sust ainability talk living on a long-standing multiple occupancy community\, t he Wolery\, near Denmark on the south coast of WA.

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