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Sperling, Karla Michelle |
| Lawyer and Academic |
Karla Sperling is a committed Green activist whose academic study makes her an expert on environmental law and sustainability. She stood for the Greens in the following elections: |
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Karla Sperling tutored and lectured at the University of Wollongong. She was for some time Deputy Chairperson of the Illawarra Catchment management Committee. Karla Sperling gained the world’s first Ph.D. in Sustainable Futures when she graduated from the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney in May 2002, writing her thesis on “Overcoming legal impediments to urban planning for sustainability in the Sydney greater metropolitan region.” She was the convenor of the Friends of the Regent Theatre, Wollongong which campaigned to retain, protect and conserve the theatre and ensure its continuing public. |
| Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.caths.org.au/unf44.htm (accessed 7 October 2005); http://www.isf.uts.edu.au/whoweare/karla.html (accessed 7 October 2005); http://www.isf.uts.edu.au/publications/KB_KS_1999pdf (accessed 7 October 2005). |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 23 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1763b.htm |