Sustainability has been identified as one of the most pressing challenges facing further and higher education. Sustainability considerations cut across the core functions of education, research, management operations of those organisations. This volume argues that it has implications for the core of the institutional culture – influencing the decisions, procedures and actions of the further and higher education sector.
Effective teaching
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A national review of environmental education and its contribution to sustainability in Australia: Further and higher education Volume 5
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ARIES, Macquarie University
A National Review of Environmental Education and its Contribution to Sustainability_Frameworks for Sustainability
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ARIES, Macquarie University
This volume provides the conceptual basis for understanding Environmental Education (EE)'s contributions to sustainability. It attempts to define the components of learning for sustainability approaches as well as the influence they have had on EE as an area of learning. It differentiates between traditional EE practice and more 'critical' approaches to learning prompted by the sustainability agenda.
ANU Green - Sustainability Office: Outreach and education for sustainability
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The Australian National University
ANUgreen is the ANU's award winning environmental management program, run by the Facilities and Services Division. Program staff work to reduce the University's environmental impact by implementing the University's environmental management plan (which is overseen by the Environmental Management Planning Committee) and other University environmental management commitments.
ANU Green - Sustainability Office: Outreach and education for sustainability
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The Australian National University
The site illustrates how an institution could engage the entire community, both staff and students in pursuing and reaching sustainability goals.
Business transformer
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Swinburne University of Technology
Delivered through partnerships with the local Councils, the program allows organisations to capture the ‘business benefits’ that flow from sustainability initiatives and to interactively develop local and appropriate approaches in their organisational context.
Communicating sustainability: How to produce effective public campaigns
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UNEP
Case study, Reference material
This report covers the principles and challenges of communicating sustainability effectively. Case studies are presented from all over the world of effective communication campaigns.
Communicating Sustainability: How to produce effective public campaigns
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United Nations Environmental Program
This guide highlights some of the common pitfalls involved in communicating sustainability development and ideas that are proven to work. It demonstrates that communicating sustainable development is no longer a niche activity. This guide showcases national and local authorities who are leading the way in communicating their sustainable development policy effectively.
Community Engagement
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Charles Sturt University
This site show how Charles Sturt University is working closely with regional communities to bring about mutually beneficial outcomes.
CSIRO Education
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CSIRO
Reference material
The Research and reportsi section of the CSIRO site includes papers on issues such as climate change, soil carbon sequestration, Murray Darling Basin mitigation strategies etc.
Design@Eng
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The University of New South Wales
Design@Eng contains a flexible learning studio, CAD/CAE and digital design research laboratory, informal student learning space and conference facilities, and has been purpose built for final year design education, which involves collaboration with Australian industry at the nexus between research and teaching.
Discovering ecology
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La Trobe University
provides an ideal setting for secondary students to develop skills in science based topics
Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global Challenge
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IUCN – The World Conservation Union
This book presents stories told by some of the many people around the world who are searching and struggling for ways of shaping their educational programmes or activities to the challenges of sustainable development.
Enabling change
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Les Robinson
Toolbox
This website provides a number of activity sheets, interactive exercises and articles on how to bring about change in organisations and communities towards sustainability.
Environment Collective
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The Australian National University
The Environment Collective is a quasi-autonomous group within the ANU Students' Association (ANUSA). It is not simply a group for students of environmental disciplines, although the involvement of these students is highly valued. The Collective is the main group at ANU for all students interested in engaging with environmental issues. It aims to promote environmental awareness on campus and to facilitate engagement with environmental issues and campaigns.
Envirosmart awards
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La Trobe University
Greening La Trobe is a La Trobe University annual event, seeking ideas to make the University a greener place.
Farming the Future
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RMIT University
Farming the Future provides opportunities to observe and discuss a range of issues related to human use and management of environment resources in a rural context
Frameworks for sustainability Volume 1
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ARIES, Macquarie University
This report is Volume 1 in a five part series. This volume provides the conceptual context for understanding Environmental Education’s contribution to sustainability. It attempts to define the components of learning for sustainability and reviews international and national frameworks which support this approach. The document provides analysis as well as recommendations to improve strategic planning and actions for sustainability through Environmental Education.
Green office program
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Swinburne University of Technology
The Green Office program is delivered using an accredited unit from the Diploma of Sustainability, staff are required to develop and implement a change program within the workplace.
Greensteps: environmental auditing internships
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The Australian National University
The University’s GreenSteps Internship program provides training to students in environmental auditing and corporate reporting. The students then provide a one off audit and report to a department or business unit. With support from the Commonwealth Government Green Precincts program, there is a longitudinal element where placement organisations are visited twelve months after the original audit to assess the success of sustainability recommendations.
Guidelines and recommendations for reorienting teacher education to address sustainability
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UNESCO
This document was submitted to UNESCO to be used in building the foundation of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD). It poses guidelines for reorienting education to address sustainability. In addition, this document makes recommendations in a number of areas that are crucial to the success of reorienting teacher education to address sustainability.