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Editorial
By Dr Jessica Gallagher,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(External Engagement)
Hello, and welcome to the first Lumen
for 2023.
Lumen has a long and proud history as a
publication for, by and about the alumni of
the University of Adelaide – and this issue
celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Each issue reaches about 100,000
members of our community across South
Australia, interstate and around the world
via print and digital editions.
Over its life, Lumen has taken different
forms and its content has flexed and
changed. This ongoing evolution is essential
for any publication of such longevity
and note.
It is our goal to continue to evolve Lumen
to meet the current needs of our diverse
community, and to add new ways of talking
to each other to make it a more dynamic
conversation.
As part of that process, we would like to
know more about what you think about the
publication – what you like now, and would
like in the future. Issues that are important.
Content which would be helpful. New ways
for us to connect with each other and the
life of the University.
From this issue onwards, we would like
to invite you to be part of the life of this
publication by sharing your thoughts
through correspondence and memories,
and your lives through updates on your
career and where you are now to help you
keep in touch.
“A publication of this kind,
with its audience of educated,
intelligent and interesting people,
created by a top 100 global
university, has the potential to
be something smart, engaging
and thoughtful. That is our goal.”
More details on how to do this are inside.
We’d like to create, with your help, a
publication which is consistently interesting,
and sometimes surprising and provocative,
both in print and online. Our message in
some ways is simple. Here at the University
of Adelaide we are actively engaged in the
most pressing matters of our time. Our
faculty, staff and alumni Make History.
These are stories we need to tell.
Some changes to the format of Lumen we
can make immediately - this issue has a
broader range of content and the theme of
sustainability. Nothing less than the fate of
our planet is at stake as we strive to find
answers. Our faculty and alumni are playing
their part.
Future issues will have other themes –
suggestions are welcome – and next year
our University’s 150th birthday will need its
own special celebrations.
We hope you enjoy this issue, as we take our
first steps down this new path.
We look forward to talking with you, and
listening to you.
This issue...
Sustainability matters – 4-9
Can we save the planet
Environment snapshot – 10-13
Report card – fail. How you can help
Cli-fi – 34-35
Our box office love affair
with disaster movies
Reviews and new writing – 36-39
Wine, music, books and Earth’s last
polar bear
Life on campus – 40-43
Editorial team
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
(External Engagement):
Dr Jessica Gallagher
By post:
Lumen,
The University of Adelaide,
SA 5005
Views expressed by contributors in
Lumen are not necessarily endorsed by the
University of Adelaide, the publisher.
Director, Media & Communications:
Elisa Black
We’d love to hear from you.
Copyright© 2023, the University of Adelaide
ISSN 1320 0747
Lumen Editor: Mark Douglas
(Lumen@adelaide.edu.au)
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potential bequest, please contact us in
one of these ways:
Photographic coordinator:
Isaac Freeman
By phone: +61 8 8313 5800
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Contact us
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or would like to send a letter to the editor,
you can contact us in these ways:
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of its origin.
Sustainability statements
Lumen is printed on paper from recycled
and sustainably grown sources. The plastic
cover is fully compostable.
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