On this page is a list of resources that you may find useful for assisting with campus sustainability.
Survey Monkey
“The simple way to create surveys”
ACTS members have full access to this intelligent survey software, allowing you to create professional online surveys quickly and easily. Survey Monkey features:
- Powerful survey designer - using just your web browser
- Complete creative control over the look and style of your survey
- Ability to choose your method of collection ie. email or link
- Powerful reporting tools
- Ability to download your results
To access the Survey Monkey Pro, email Delwyn Langdon for member login details.
Resources
Dear ACTS Members,
Dr Nathan Cassidy, Policy Officer with Universities Australia, has requested ACTS members assistance with a UA research project to help progress the National Action Plan for Education for Sustainability, Living Sustainably (request below). As the report needs to be complied by the end of October, could you please provide information by Friday 23 October 2009.
We will also be putting this information up on the ACTS website. Thanks in advance for your assistance to Universities Australia and in helping build ACTS into the type of organisation you want.
Regards,
Lania
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Universities Australia is a member of the National Council on Education for Sustainability, which will progress certain actions under the Australian Government’s National Action Plan for Education for Sustainability, Living Sustainably (NAP). Contained within the NAP are actions pertaining specifically to the university sector. These actions involve strategies to develop whole-of-institution sustainability programs (including research; teaching and learning and campus management); sustainability incentives scheme for universities; and sustainability networks to improve co-ordination, share best practice and communicate concepts within universities as well as sustainability for key professions through integration of sustainability into professional learning qualifications and university degree accreditation.
As a background to this work Universities Australia has been asked to compile a short background snapshot of where the higher education sector is currently placed in terms of a) campus green programs and environmental management and b) education for sustainability.
I would ask those of you who are interested to provide me with short blurbs about what your university is doing in either or both of these two spaces. I understand that there is a range of practice in the sector and some institutions are doing more than others. In the interests of providing an honest snapshot of the whole sector, I would urge that you provide information even if you are not proud of your institution’s progress.
I need to have this report compiled by the end of October, so I would ask that you provide the information to me by Friday 23 October 2009.
Please contact me directly if you have any queries on 02 6285 8105.
Universities Australia is planning to become more involved in sustainability issues in the near future, and looks forward to a deeper relationship with ACTS.
Regards,
Nathan Cassidy
Two Australian Universities feature in the first global issue of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Bulletin. Macquarie University features in their Member Spotlight. The Bulletin will be produced bi-annually and feature sustainability stories in higher education outside the USA and Canada.
The Sustainable Campus Group (SCG) is focused on progessing sustainability in the Further and Higher Education (FHE) sector in Victoria through collaboration, partnerships, capacity building and the sharing of information. The SCG is an approach developed by AECOM (formerly Maunsell AECOM) and Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI). The Sustainable Campus Bulletin is designed to engage with and capture sustainability information from sector stakeholders, and to stimulate cross fertilisation of programs, ideas and new directions.
Sustainable Campus Bulletin:
“PC fleets and associated peripherals account for approximately 31% of worldwide information technology and communications technology energy use.”
Environmental sustainability is becoming a prominent feature of tertiary education institutions, ranging from water saving, paper recycling, waste reduction, energy savings, including Green IT.
Australasian tertiary educational institutions must extend their current environmental sustainability practices to identify how their IT practices and systems can be managed more effectively to reduce operating costs and environmental impacts.
Decision Resources and Event Zero Greentrac can provide a range of solutions to assist with:
- Enabling highly visible and engaging GreenIT initiatives
- Measuring and reducing carbon footprint and energy operational costs
- Meeting legislative requirements, such as the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Legislation
If your institution is interested in finding out more about Greentrac please contact:
Dan Bushby - Senior Executive 0427 213 262
DESISION RESOURCES Pty Ltd Ph: (03) 8683 6930 or 1300 785 336 www.decisionresources.com.au
The Packaging Stewardship Forums newsletter ‘e-Forum’ is published quarterly and provides updates on the latest activities the PSF is involved in. This third edition announces a number of projects from within our key program areas, delivered through partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
This resource from the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts provides information on current policies and projects relevant to tertiary institutions.
IARU Campus Sustainability Program
IARU Campus Sustainability Toolkit
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
The Role of IT in Campus Sustainability Efforts (White Paper)
Practical Guide to Reducing the Campus Carbon Footprint
