Author: Dr Mark Diesendorf

Dr Mark Diesendorf, a scientist and interdisciplinary researcher, is Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Humanities & Languages at the University of New South Wales. Previously he was Professor of Environmental Science and Founding Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures at University of Technology Sydney. His latest book is “Sustainable Energy Solutions for Climate Change” (UNSW Press and Routledge).

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A Steady State Economy needs Renewable Energy

Following the release of the Gibbs/Moore film, ‘Planet of the Humans’, an anti-renewable energy group has emerged from within an organisation promoting a steady state economy. For many years the fossil fuel (FF) and nuclear industries have spread misinformation about renewable energy (RE). Although these Read More …

Ecological Economics: The Economics of Sustainability

In the 1970s and 1980s a few neoclassical economists began to realise that their discipline had failed to explain the origin of environmental pollution and how to mitigate it. Even when markets were operating well, industries were continuing to pollute. The fundamental problem was, and Read More …

An Environmental Science Perspective on Population

The article by Kurt Johnson opened up the population debate in NENA Journal. I endorse his statement that “a conversation on population growth must occur on the back of an unequivocal condemnation of racism. But it still must occur.” The present contribution offers an environmental Read More …