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

Reforming Rural Research

Land & Water Australia was abolished in the 12 May federal budget.  This OpED piece appeared in The Australian newspaper (p10) on 11 May, and this paper provides more detail.

Thoughts on the Victorian Bushfires 

Paddock to Plate:  food, farming and Victoria's progress towards sustainability

A project exploring the future of the Victorian food system in a carbon, water, energy and nutrient-constrained world.  The background paper can be downloaded here.

Managing Australian Soils

A policy discussion paper commissioned by the National Committee for Soil and Terrain, looking at how Australia could develop a more coherent and cohesive approach to soil policy, management and knowledge.  

| pdf (6Mb) |  More info: see 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 managing food security, energy security and water security issues, which are often in tension. 

A Climate Change Primer for Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM).
Regional climate change implications reviewed in a primer targeted at the Board members and senior staff of regional NRM and catchment bodies. | pdf (1.3Mb) |  Hard copies can be ordered (free) from DCC:  call 1300 130606

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

Latest Papers and Presentations

  • A new agenda for Landcare and NRM      This July will see the 20th anniversary of Bob Hawke's announcement of a Decade of Landcare.  This presentation proposes a new agenda for rejuvenating landcare and a rethink of the regional model for natural resource management (NRM) and Caring for our Country.  | ppt (308Kb) |  A background paper fleshes these ideas out in more detail.
  • 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 latest research on the factors influencing practice change on farms and in rural landscapes, led by Professor David Pannell of the University of Western Australia. Presentations and papers here.
  • Peri-Urban implications of the pressures on food and farming systems  Presented to a scenario planning workshop at RMIT, Melbourne 27 November 2008.  | pdf (2.4 Mb) |
  • Knowing & Learning to deal with the climate challenge
    Presented to the actKM Conference in Canberra on 14 October 2008.   Exploring climate change impacts and the implications for how we learn and manage knowledge across the economy and society. | pdf (1.3Mb) |
  • Relationships in applied research
    Presentation to the CRC Association Conference, Sydney May 2008. Insights, tips and tools to assist research managers to identify and sustain key relationships.
    | pdf (2Mb) |
  • 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) |
  • Stop treating soil like dirt.  An opinion piece published 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) |