Reimagining Hope - Panel discussion with Ella Hickey

Thu 18 Mar 2021

Reimagining Hope: Discussing the possibilities of climate change.

One of Australia's former Prime Ministers once declared climate change to be the "greatest moral challenge of our generation." Yet, some within our culture feel that we have not risen to this challenge, which leaves many of us to see humanity's future as bleak. Is there hope amidst the challenge of climate change? How can we navigate an uncertain and fragile future?

We take this discussion beyond the edge by going to the ends of the earth.

Matt King (Professor of Polar Geodesy, University of Tasmania) will consider how to reimagine hope within the subject of climate change with his vast experience in Antarctica.

Mikey Lynch (University Fellowship of Christians) will answer this question by pointing to the potential source of hope.

Our moderator is Ella Hickey.

Topics

Christian Faith

Work and Vocation

Lifestyle and Wellbeing

Relationships and Community

Science and Technology

Art, beauty and creativity

Society and culture

Worldview and Religion

Contributors

With

Matt King

Matt King is the Professor of Polar Geodesy at the University of Tasmania and Director of the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science. Much of his work has focused on the changing Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and the subsequent impact this is having on sea levels. Matt has published more than 140 scientific journal publications, and his research has been recognised by the award of medals from the Royal Society of London and the Australian Academy of Sciences.

Mikey Lynch

Mikey Lynch is the Campus Director of the University Fellowship of Christians, University of Tasmania, Hobart. He wears a number of hats and also founded organisations such as The Vision 100 Network and Geneva Push. Mikey is a blogger, speaker and author of the book, The Good Life in the Last Days: Making Choices When the Time Is Short.

Ella Hickey

Ella Hickey is the state representative of Alphacrucis College in Tasmania, providing higher education in areas such as Theology and Social Science to equip future leaders. She has extensive and diverse experience as a speaker, writer and community radio host. You will often find Ella sipping on a long black in a local café or hiking up a mountain somewhere around Tasmania. She lives alone and has no cats.