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Post-Growth Australia PodcastPGAP Presents: UNSW Centre of Ideas –DegrowthIn 2024, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) held a panel discussion on Degrowth as part of their Centre for Ideas series. The panellists were Tommy Wiedmann (Professor of Sustainability Research), Bronwen Morgan (Professor of Law and member of NENA), and Sabrina Chakori (CSIRO researcher). The discussion was hosted by former Deputy Lord Mayor and author of Glimpses of Utopia, Jess Scully. The panel explored sustainability and the urgent challenge of ensuring human needs are met without compromising a sustainable and inclusive future. With the kind permission of UNSW Centre for Ideas, the recording of this panel discussion is...2025-02-271h 13
UNSW Centre for IdeasDegrowthDespite rapid technological advancements, increasing affluence and population growth continue to strain our planet. Currently not a single country in the world is operating at sustainable level of resource use – and yet that is what we need to aspire to if we’re going to slow climate change, reduce inequality and increase our quality of life. So, how do we get there? Listen to UNSW’s sustainability scientist Tommy Wiedmann and Professor of Law Bronwen Morgan, CSIRO researcher Sabrina Chakori, and former Deputy Lord Mayor and author of Glimpses of Utopia Jess Scully as host, discuss sustainability and the ur...2024-10-241h 00
Wonderspace#89 Eeva Houtbeckers (Degrowth Journal) [S7:E9]This week on Wonderspace, we welcome Dr Eeva Houtbeckers, a scholar, writer and speaker active in the degrowth movement in Finland and the co-founder of the Degrowth Journal and Untame.
Eeva was nominated by our 53rd guest Sabrina Chakori from Brisbane, who founded the Brisbane Tool Library, a social enterprise based on degrowth and a sharing economy. Sabrina describes Eeva as an amazing Activist and Scholar.
For more info:
https://untame.fi/
https://meidanmetsamme.org/
https://degrowthjournal.org/
https://degrowth.info/en/fada
https://kohtuusliike.fi/
Her story...2022-11-0415 min
Inside Ideas with Marc BuckleySystemic change for ecologically sustainable degrowth societies, with Dr. Sabrina ChakoriDr. Sabrina Chakori is my guest on Episode 164 of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Sabrina is a Researcher at CSIRO - Australia’s Science Agency, Associate Lecturer University of Queensland, founder (Brisbane Tool Library), Post Growth Institute fellow. Sabrina holds a BSc. in Biology (University of Geneva) and an MSc. in Environmental Economics (The University of Queensland). Using a systems approach in her Ph.D. research (The University of Queensland) Sabrina explored packaged food reduction in food systems. Her work provides an understanding and repositioning of the socio-materiality of food packaging, politicising packaged food, and highlighting the need to purs...2022-07-251h 29
WonderspaceEpisode 53: feat. Sabrina Chakori [S4:E13]On Wonderspace this week we orbit with Sabrina Chakori in Brisbane Australia. For more than a decade, Sabrina has been advocating for a more sustainable society, leading numerous collaborations in various countries around the world. In 2017, she founded the Brisbane Tool Library, a social enterprise that encourages people to borrow tools, camping gear and other equipment which reduces waste and household consumption. Sabrina was nominated by our 16th guest Donnie Maclurcan from the Post Growth Institute.
More information:
brisbanetoollibrary.org
To view the episode page with a summary of the interview, links to...2021-11-2814 min
The Smart Community PodcastWhere to Next for Smart Cities and Communities (Part 10)Hello #smartcommunityfriends, it's our podcast birthday! The Smart Community Podcast turns 3 on the 23rd February! So to celebrate we're doing a week of bonus episodes, bringing together multiple guest answers over multiple days to the question, 'Where to next with Smart Cities and Communities?" And this time I'm sharing with you the answers from a range of our guests this past year:
•Mark Thomas from Episode 187
•Sabrina Chakori from Episode 179
•Michael Holmstrom from Episode 201
•Imogen Schifferle from Episode 189
•And Deke Copenhaver from Episode 186
Find the full show notes at: www.mysmart.community
Connect with me via email: hello@mysmart.community
Connect wi...2021-02-2127 min
GeoffEbbsRedlands 2030Interviews from EcoRadio 4zzz, Brisbane - 09 09 2020.
Steve Macdonald - Redlands 2030
Tania Kromolof - ACF Bayside
Colliers - Newell Valley sales pitch
David Graeber - Occupy London
Sabrina Chakori - Brisbane Tool Library2020-09-0908 minGeoffEbbsWelcome Back ShorebirdsInterviews from EcoRadio 4zzz, Brisbane - 09 09 2020.
Steve Macdonald - Redlands 2030
Tania Kromolof - ACF Bayside
Colliers - Newell Valley sales pitch
David Graeber - Occupy London
Sabrina Chakori - Brisbane Tool Library2020-09-0908 minGeoffEbbsPacific CityInterviews from EcoRadio 4zzz, Brisbane - 09 09 2020.
Steve Macdonald - Redlands 2030
Tania Kromolof - ACF Bayside
Colliers - Newell Valley sales pitch
David Graeber - Occupy London
Sabrina Chakori - Brisbane Tool Library2020-09-0902 minGeoffEbbsDemocracyInterviews from EcoRadio 4zzz, Brisbane - 09 09 2020.
Steve Macdonald - Redlands 2030
Tania Kromolof - ACF Bayside
Colliers - Newell Valley sales pitch
David Graeber - Occupy London
Sabrina Chakori - Brisbane Tool Library2020-09-0902 min
GeoffEbbsBrisbane Tool LibraryInterviews from EcoRadio 4zzz, Brisbane - 09 09 2020.
Steve Macdonald - Redlands 2030
Tania Kromolof - ACF Bayside
Colliers - Newell Valley sales pitch
David Graeber - Occupy London
Sabrina Chakori - Brisbane Tool Library2020-09-0906 minGeoffEbbsBrisbane Tool Library 2Interviews from EcoRadio 4zzz, Brisbane - 09 09 2020.
Steve Macdonald - Redlands 2030
Tania Kromolof - ACF Bayside
Colliers - Newell Valley sales pitch
David Graeber - Occupy London
Sabrina Chakori - Brisbane Tool Library2020-09-0906 min
The Smart Community PodcastCommunity as the Next Metric in Smart Economies, with Sabrina ChakoriIn this episode of the Smart Community podcast, I have a brilliant chat with Sabrina Chakori, the founder of the Brisbane Tool Library. Sabrina tells us about her background in environmental economics and her passion for creating a sustainable society, as well as what sparked her interest in Smart Community concepts. We discuss why democratising the economy is so important and the need for other economic models and using metrics other than just GDP. Sabrina tells us about the Brisbane Tool Library and how it fits in the sharing economy, as well as what she's learned through the process. We...2020-07-0539 min
Impact Boom Podcast - Social Enterprise & DesignEpisode 188 (2019) Turning Ideas Into Impact: Lessons From Social Entrepreneurs & Greta ThunbergOn September 7th, Impact Boom was invited to present on Turning Ideas Into Impactful Actions at the Logan Eco Forum. A range of insights were shared during the presentation and captured in this article and podcast from Tom Allen (Impact Boom), Jack Stone (Bee One Third), Lewis Carter and Ali Coghlan (EcoGames) and Sabrina Chakori (Brisbane Tool Library). Tony Sharp (Substation33) joined the Q&A and the event was emceed by Chad Renando of Startup Status.2019-10-0241 min
Go SimoneSabrina Chakori on circular economy and re-creating the commonsSabrina Chakori founded the Brisbane Tool Library, a social enterprise based on degrowth and sharing economy which aims to reduce household consumption.
During our conversation, Sabrina tells us more about what shaped her strong political engagement and her motivations to fight for a better society. She also highlights the importance of making room for a community-based circular economy to tackle climate change.
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References mentioned during the episode:
Marc Fleurbaey, Beyond GDP: Measuring welfare and assessing sustainability (book)
Tim Jackson, Prosperity without growth (book)
Richard Denniss, Clive Hamilton, Curing affluenza...2019-08-1441 min
Impact Boom Podcast - Social Enterprise & DesignEpisode 123 (2018) Sabrina Chakori On Redesigning The Economy With Sharing & Circular Economy ModelsSabrina Chakori discusses a practical response to the sharing economy, explaining her experience in building the Brisbane Tool Library (based at State Library of Queensland), and talks about how the ‘circular economy’ has become a mainstream term, sometimes misused, and points us to where we should be focussing…2018-11-2118 min