In 2009 and 2010 applications from University staff members were invited for projects, up to a maximum value of $15,000, to further the sustainability values and commitments of the University. Approximately $100,000 was available in each year.
Professional development
Developing the skills and capacity of professional staff in learning and teaching for sustainability is critical to achieving curriculum change, at both disciplinary and interdisciplinary levels, and to institutional reform. Initiatives underway include: a range of resource sites for staff; workshops on educating for sustainability; accredited courses for university staff; the use of sustainability ambassadors; self-teaching guides; and ways of using the university and its workplaces as a living laboratory.
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Education for sustainability: Professional learning hub
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NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Assessment, Multimedia
This website provides a capabilities framework for education for sustainability and enables academics to identify their professional development needs in the area. It also provides a list of service providers in the area of education for sustainability. The website has multimedia resources and lists relevant publications.
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.
Green degree directory
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Green degree directory
Professional development
This site allows users to search over 1400 workshops, courses and degree programs in over 30 countries (taught in English).
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.
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.
Intensive courses in Sustainability for professional development
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Curtin University
These intensives can be taken as short stand-alone courses for professional development or as part of a university degree.
Learning Concepts, Skills and Values for a Sustainable Future
This unit reviews and brings together processes and strategies for learning the concepts, skills and values in the Society and Environment (S&E).
National professional development initiative for sustainability educators
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Sponsored initiative of AAEE
Toolbox
The site identifies, recognizes and facilitates delivery of endorsed professional development for sustainability/environmental education practitioners. There are workshops available for professional development. The workshops are facilitated by leaders in field of Educating for Sustainability. They follow action learning principles, provide opportunities for networking, and are inclusive of individual participant learning styles. Certificates endorsed by Australia’s peak environmental education organisations are issued to participants upon successful completion of the recognised modules.
Photovolatic Devices and Applications
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The University of New South Wales
The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering and the ARC Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence are currently offering to the public the online course Photovoltaic Devices and Applications. The course has been designed for professional engineers, or others with a similar educational background, wishing to develop expertise in the field. This 12 - 16 week on-line course is now available either in an engineering strand for professional engineers or in a essay based ‘minimal mathematics’ strand for professional architects and related occupations.
Society and Environment Education for a Sustainable Future
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Edith Cowan University
This unit brings together knowledge, approaches and strategies such as cooperative learning, futures studies, values education, anticipatory action learning, place-based education and community-based social marketing.
Sustainability ambassadors
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Swinburne University of Technology
The Sustainability Ambassador program aims to develop a group of community group representatives to become leaders and ambassadors for sustainability in their communities.
Sustaining academic life : a case for applying principles of social sustainability to the academic profession
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Emerald
This paper aims to examine the social sustainability of academic work in Australian tertiary institutions, in addition to offering a summary of recent research on social sustainability with a particular emphasis on Barron and Gauntlett’s work. Barron and Gauntlett’s principles of social sustainability are used as a lens to investigate some of the current conditions of the academic profession. It appears that Australian universities often fail to perform in a way that complies with the principles of social sustainability. This paper identifies examples in the literature of conditions which inhibit academic staff’s ability to work in socially sustainable ways.
Vocational Graduate Certificate in Education and Training for Sustainability
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Swinburne University of Technology
This qualification for educators in VET and Higher Education seeks to embed sustainability in their curriculum, teaching and assessment.