Triple Helix Consulting - landscapes, lifestyles & livelihoods

 

Triple Helix Consulting works with progressive organisations in the public and private sectors to develop and implement more sustainable policies and practices. The ‘triple helix’ is Andrew Campbell’s metaphor for sustainability—the intertwined and interdependent strands of landscapes, lifestyles and livelihoods.

Hello & Welcome

The Triple Helix Consulting site offers a range of information resources including publications, presentations and projects. Andrew Campbell can be contacted via email andrew@triplehelix.com.au

Latest Publications

Powerful Choices:  the know-how for a shift to a biofuel economy in Australia

This paper, co-authored with Barney Foran, summarises the findings of eight years' research into the implications of a transition to a biofuel economy using woody biomass feedstocks for second-generation biofuels. | pdf (116Kb) |  The full research findings can be found here.

It's time to renew Landcare     

July 2009 saw the 20th anniversary of Bob Hawke's announcement of a Decade of Landcare.  This paper in Agricultural Science proposes a new agenda for rejuvenating landcare.

Paddock to Plate: 
food, farming and  sustainability

Policy propositions to sustain the Victorian food system in a carbon, water, energy and nutrient-constrained world.  The background paper is here.

 

Managing Australian Soils

A discussion paper looking at how Australia could develop a more coherent and cohesive approach to soil policy.  

| pdf (6Mb) | More info:projects

 

 

Food, Energy, Water:  conflicting insecurities (and the rare win-wins offered by soil stewardship) 

A feature article in the US Journal of Soil & Water Conservation discussing how soil stewardship is one of the few win-wins in food, energy and water security issues.

 

A Climate Change Primer for Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM).
Regional climate change implications reviewed in a primer targeted at regional NRM and catchment bodies. | pdf (1.3Mb)

 

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The Getting of Knowledge—a guide to funding and managing applied research.   A practical guide to managing applied research at a project, program and portfolio level. | pdf (1.7Mb) | Hard copies can be ordered (free): ring CanPrint on 1800776616 and quote product code PK071243.

Knowledge for managing Australian landscapes - a comprehensive exploration of knowledge, knowing and learning for sustainability as applied to managing natural resources in Australia | pdf (4.1Mb) |

Latest Papers and Presentations

  • Book Review:  Out of the Scientist's Garden:  a story of water and food, by Richard Stirzaker   For a Land & Water Australia fellowship, Richard Stirzaker has written an elegant exploration of the challenges of growing more food using less water, less reliable water and poorer quality water.  Distilling lessons from meticulous empirical observation and measurement in his own garden, Stirzaker's book is a classic.  Review here and more info here.
  • Converging insecurities:  water, energy, carbon and food   This public lecture in the magnificent Shine Dome of the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra, takes a 'big picture' look at integration challenges in science and policy. |pdf 3Mb|
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  •  A 2020 Vision for the natural resources and people of New South Wales

          The Natural Resources Commission is seeking public submissions as part of its mid-term review of natural resource management in NSW. This piece attempts to stretch the debate.  | pdf (1.1Mb) | NRC website |

  •  Reforming Rural Research    Land & Water Australia was abolished in the 2009 federal budget.  This OpED piece appeared in The Australian newspaper on 11 May, and this paper provides more detail.
  • Thoughts on the Victorian Bushfires 
  • Landscapes, Lifestyles and Livelihoods
    A big picture overview of environmental and sustainability challenges facing Australia. Lecture to SRES (first year students across the ANU & the National University of Singapore), March 2009. | pdf (1.9Mb) |
  • Rural Practice Change National Symposium.  Andrew Campbell facilitated this national symposium at the University of Melbourne on 14 November 2008, attended by more than 400 people.  The symposium explored the factors influencing practice change in rural landscapes, led by Professor David Pannell of the University of Western Australia. Presentations and papers here.
  • Stop treating soil like dirt.  Opinion piece in The Australian Financial Review on 5 March 2008 (p79) | pdf (108 kb) |
  • How the US is tracking trends in its natural environment - 2007 study tour report examining the US National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. | pdf (1.8Mb) |
  • A French-Australian comparison - young countries in old landscapes vs old countries in young landscapes | pdf (400kb) |