Planning for sustainability

THE Institute of Sustainability and Technology Policy (ISTP) was established in 1988 to help create a better understanding of the roles and effects of science and technology for the benefit of all sectors of society.

The ISTP has grown to become Australia’s leading research institute integrating policy for simultaneously creating a better economy, an improved environment and a more just, participative society.

ISTP’s research can be divided into five key areas:

• Sustainable Cities: urban planning, transport, water and waste in city policy
• Sustainable Regions: natural resource management, especially in regional Western Australia
• Sustainable Futures: advancement and critique of innovation and technology
• Sustainable Energy and Third World Development: especially renewable energy in Indonesia and Bangladesh; also population policy
• Sustainable Selves: identity, education, spirituality, ethical dimensions of technology and sustainable development