http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/ The Institute for Land, Water and Society is the leading research group at Charles Sturt University, Australia's largest regional university with five campuses spread across the state of New South Wales. It comprises nearly 250 social, economic and environmental scientists who are making important contributions to regional sustainability. en-us http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/news/connections/ Welcome to the first issue of the Institute's newsletter 'Connections' for 2014. Inside you'll find all the latest news from the Institute include updates on some of our many research projects, the latest happenings from our Strategic Research Areas, details of PhD graduates and new students for this year, an interesting Opinion Piece from A/Prof Andrew Rawson on the growing gap between Europe and Australia on actions and public engagement on climate change, emissions reduction and renewable energy, and well as a feature story on one of our most-loved and respected adjunct members Professor David Mitchell. Happy reading!