iDEA26: 25 years and the next generation

Day Two

60L Building and Online

Program

08:00 - 09:00

Local Park Run

For those who like to start the day at a faster pace, one of our student organisers will lead you on a scenic run through the gardens.

09:30

Morning coffee & registration

Time to catch up and share news and ideas before the first session.

10:00

Caring for Country: Indigenous Knowledge, Climate Protection & Health

The link between people and Country is inextricable, if people care for Country then Country will care and provide for people and communities. People are part of nature and cannot presume to exist outside of it. Learning from and working with First Nations leaders to care for Country is essential to protect health through care of the environment.

Moderator: Madi McDonald is a proud Gunditjmara woman, final year medical student at the University of Melbourne and the First Nations representative on the Medical Student Society’s Executive Team.

Panellists

• Kat Williams is the Emerging CEO of Wilya Janta and a visionary leader grounded in her Warumunga, Warlmanpa, and Warlpiri heritage
• Donna Burns is a proud Wiradjuri woman and a nationally respected leader in Indigenous health, governance and climate equity. 

11:00

Healthy Cities

Climate, Health & Community Action in urban environments.

From urban heat islands to infrastructure strain the immediate and longer term health impacts caused by increasingly extreme weather need to be addressed. We look at how we can prepare our communities for the unavoidable impacts of global heating such as overwork, food insecurity, increase in communicable diseases and heat- related deaths.

• Emilie Flynn is the Co-CEO of Geelong Sustainability and a committed advocate for climate and social justice in the Geelong region and beyond. She oversees the climate safe rooms program.
• Dheepa Jeyapalan from Good Food Purchasing Australia, her work centres on building food systems that work for people and planet.

12:00

Talking about our eco-distress

Eco or climate distress are not anxiety disorders but responding well can have a big impact. Safe, accurate climate education & evidence-based support helps, not harms, children & young Australians’ mental health, yet their is an ongoing movement to silence discussion. This session presents the evidence on why talking eco-distress is better for people and ultimately better for our planet.

• Dr Cybele Dey is a child and adolescent psychiatrist, academic and leader in climate and mental health.

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30

Water in a Warming World: a focus on the Murray Darling Basin Plan

Water is life and yet we manage it as if there is a limitless supply. Globally we are in a water deficit and in Australia the mighty river system of the Murray Darling Basin is on its knees due to climate, over extraction and disregard for the needs of our environment. With the plan currently under review this is the time for us to look at how the plan is tracking and what it means for human and environmental health. 

• Anna Demant is Co-National Director of the Murray-Darling Conservation Alliance, leading fundraising and stewardship efforts for river conservation. Anna is a Director of First Tier Media, a board member of Greenpeace Australia Pacific and Save Our Arts, and works on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne.

14:00

Clean Air in Darwin

Join Dr Louise Woodward as she shares how doctors advocacy is highlighting air pollution and the climate and health impacts from gas extraction and processing in Darwin. From the Middle Arm inquiry to the establishment of the Community Health Air in the NT (CHANT) and its raising money for an air monitor in Darwin, the capacity and credibility of Louises advocacy shows the power of the doctors voice. 

• Dr Louise Woodward is a Darwin paediatrician frustrated by the disregard of public health and safety from fossil fuel companies and governments.

14:30

Future Directions for Doctors for the Environment Australia - A Member Workshop

Let's take this opportunity to come together to discuss what is important to members for the next five years of DEA.

We've already had great achievements in the many facets of modern life, so we now look to continuing and growing our work in areas such as agriculture, diet, finance, education, energy, nature protection and restoration, transport, urban planning and more.

15:30

Closing Remarks

Reflections and acknowledgements.

16:00 Close

*Please note: This Program is correct as of the time of publishing but may be updated, added to, or amended prior to the event