Experienced sustainability professional, facilitator, educator + catalyst for a living systems approach to sustainability transformation. At Yalukit Willam, Boonwurrung Country, Melbourne (Naarm), Australia.https://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3mfl2isxrwk27Happy to bang on! And I’d add that it might be wise to wait a bit just in case the whole AI shitshow collapses in a heap! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfl2isxrwk27https://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3mf4ju4et5c2j“Alcoa denies any wrongdoing” Bloody hell! For real? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/alcoa-fined-for-clearing-jarrah-forest-for-bauxite-mine/106359988?utm_source=abc_news_app18 Feb 2026 07:15 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf4ju4et5c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3meffpqg2ls2jVery sad news today! I enjoyed your work @kudelka.bsky.social. You’ll be missed! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/jon-kudelka-tasmanian-cartoonist-dies/106321714?utm_source=abc_news_app09 Feb 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3meffpqg2ls2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3m4f5nqqias27Should’ve acted earlier (say, 3 decades). [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Oct 2025 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4f5nqqias27https://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3m3t4ifh7d22tGary Bartz at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival #MIJF last night - what a wonderful evening of joyous-and at times, transcendent- music! Supported brilliantly by local musicians led by Barney McCall!23 Oct 2025 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3t4ifh7d22thttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3m2new6zoj22iSurely they are joking!??? Closing down Institutes or Centres like this almost never works. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Oct 2025 00:25 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2new6zoj22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lwfrktece223Same here. Handed to external consultants - patronising, trite, tin-eared, irrelevant + mostly useless. I feel for those at UTS going through this, given its unlikely many academics involved will ever get a permanent full-time job in the sector again. Wear those undies on the outside as protest! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Aug 2025 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwfrktece223https://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lwb7fe4mec2oWell, well, whoda thunk it? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2025 06:33 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwb7fe4mec2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lv5fg4xk5s22My latest piece on Second Nature - this time I have a go at emerging issues in use of recycled materials in building construction, using a socio-technical systems lens. https://drmatthewparnell.substack.com/p/recycled-bricks-as-an-expression?r=1p5eyz #circulareconomy #sustainablebuilding #recycledmaterials30 Jul 2025 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv5fg4xk5s22https://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lv2yg4vcdc2jI spotted this “conference of the pelicans” on my morning bike ride around the Williamstown foreshore on Boonwurrung country in Melbourne. Always a pleasure, pelicans! #birds29 Jul 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2yg4vcdc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3luvvmciamk2yAnd a tragic last minute (literally last minute) loss for the Wallabies in front of 90000 at the MCG. A fantastic game nevertheless!27 Jul 2025 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3luvvmciamk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3luu7mfjr7s2sEagerly awaiting the start of the Wallabies vs British and Irish Lions at the MCG! Woo! Carn the Wobblies!26 Jul 2025 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3luu7mfjr7s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lugxayzhrk2uThis is very good news! https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/18/native-title-win-for-millewa-mallee-first-nations-peoples-after-decades-long-fight?CMP=share_btn_url21 Jul 2025 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lugxayzhrk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3ltv3ijgdxs2wRead + weep. Academia is now deep in the enshittification zone: the drive to publish to stay alive in academia; the need to be highly cited; the greed of academic publishers; the increasing use of LLM AIs; and peer reviewers who can't spot the bleeding obvious. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/13/quality-of-scientific-papers-questioned-as-academics-overwhelmed-by-the-millions-published?CMP=share_btn_url14 Jul 2025 00:01 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltv3ijgdxs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lthduy4gdc2lMy latest post on my Substack - Second Nature. This is the first of my Retrospectives, where I dust off an old article and add my reflections on the content in the article. This is the link https://open.substack.com/pub/drmatthewparnell/p/dome-learning-through-a-process-of?r=1p5eyz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Enjoy (and consider subscribing - its free!)08 Jul 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthduy4gdc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3ltg5yle5hs2wTook my Sustainable Operations students from Insight Academy for a walk in the Jawbone marine reserve at Williamstown, Victoria last week. Its a perfect place to talk sustainability: the worst of our industrialised world and the best of environmental preservation and reconstruction starkly contrast!08 Jul 2025 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltg5yle5hs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lsrvf3iap22oBeautiful day for x-country skiing on Taungurung country at Mt Stirling, Victoria on Saturday!30 Jun 2025 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrvf3iap22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lsaps6qwus2kGreat day at Dixon's Creek in the Yarra Valley, Victoria, on Saturday, planting trees with the Tree Project!23 Jun 2025 04:13 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsaps6qwus2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lrz34qzx5k2sGreat image of the place where I lived for nearly 14 years! Talking property values when walking across an amazing landscape is a sad sign of the times! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jun 2025 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrz34qzx5k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lrz2x443r22sMy latest post on Second Nature at drmatthewparnell.substack.com. The problem of waste solar panels and the failure to apply a whole-systems approach.20 Jun 2025 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrz2x443r22shttps://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lpnjx3tc4s24Currently working from this beautiful place at Mordialloc Beach on Boonwurrung Country in Melbourne! Literally, on seat, with laptop.21 May 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:t36ts2rx5xsuigq5twoafcxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpnjx3tc4s24https://bsky.app/profile/dr-matthew-parnell.bsky.social/post/3lpg2lab3e222Excellent thread on the promise vs reality of international carbon markets. 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