NESS SEMINAR
Robyn Gulliver
@NESS_aus
Date: Wednesday 11th September 2019
Time: 12 – 1pm
Room: Room 275
Location: Global Change Institute (Building 20)
How are Australian environmental organisations mobilising supporters to trigger urgent action on our environmental problems, and have they been successful? In this presentation Robyn will walk us through her multi-layered research into the Australian environmental movement which seeks to answer these questions. Informed by empirical data gathered through webscraping, content analysis, surveys and interviews, this seminar will demonstrate the diversity of campaign activities, targets and goals found across almost 500 environmental organisations around the country. Following this, a close examination of climate change activism will identify both meanings and measures of success, and how these relate to changing activism tactics with the rise of global grassroots organisations such as Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future.
Robyn Gulliver is a PhD student in the School of Communication and Arts. She is also a long-term environmental activist who has served in a range of roles including ACF Councillor, 350.org Brisbane City Coordinator, Coordinator of the Queensland Conservation Council and currently as Front desk Coordinator for the Stop Adani Alliance.
