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.
Community engaged learning
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ANU Green - Sustainability Office: Outreach and education for sustainability
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The Australian National University
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.
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
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
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.
Hands on Habitats
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La Trobe University
The program exhibits the Melbourne Wildlife Sanctuary as the perfect authentic learning environment for your students.
Human Ecology Forum
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The Australian National University
Themes covered by the Forum are broad, and represent the considerable intellectual breadth of the Forum members and their interests, although generally with a concentration on research topics like complexity (of social and ecological systems), human ecology, rationality, environmental policy, science, social science and the practice of research (notably around methodology, transdisciplinarity and theory broadly).
Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy
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Murdoch University
The School of Sustainability runs short courses from time to time. The website also has resources such as case studies and publications. It also provides students opportunities to support local, regional and global efforts to enhance sustainability.
La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary
La Trobe Wildlife Sanctuary provides a valuable resource to students and teachers of Biological sciences, Archaeology, Geology and Education.
Lurujarri Dreaming
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RMIT University
In this course students have the opportunity to learn about, listen to, discuss and engage with indigenous people about their knowledge and relationship to land.
Mirvac School of Sustainable Development
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Bond University
This site shows how Bond University is contributing to sustainability within Australia.
Neighbourhood Sustainability Indicators Guidebook
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Urban Ecology Coalition (Minneapolis)
Case study
Guidelines on how to create neighbourhood sustainability indicators. Example of how this was done in Minneapolis.
Study Tours
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RMIT University
A variety of study tours that include a focus on sustainability in global contexts.