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University of Sydney Sustainability Team

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

SCI 2022


University of Sydney technology spin-off Gelion delivers smart solar benches on campus

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

SCI 2022


BS Taronga Wildlife Conservation

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

This unique degree will develop your expertise in wildlife conservation. It is designed for students wanting to make an impact in the conservation sector, to secure a shared future for ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Bachelor of Environmental Systems (honours)

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The Bachelor of Environmental Systems (Honours) comprehensively examines both natural and agricultural systems. How we manage our environment and natural resources will arguably determine Australia's economic future, and ensuring ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Bachelor of Architecture and Environments

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The Bachelor of Architecture and Environments (BAE) provides a uniquely broad overview of the built environment through studies in design and architecture, urban planning, sustainability, heritage, building systems and construction ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Specialisation: Energy and the Environment

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

Our Energy and the Environment specialisation provides students with the necessary skills required to design efficient energy generation and conversion systems and to assess and quantify the environmental impacts of ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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BS Environmental Science

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The environmental science major provides students with the understanding and skills needed to find solutions to environmental problems, combining geosciences, agriculture and biology. They develop the knowledge and skills to ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Specialisation: Human Rights

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The human rights specialisation provides students with an understanding of how human rights apply in various political, social, economic and environmental contexts. The specialisation allows them to develop critical skills ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Master of Sustainability

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

By tackling key global issues, the Master of Sustainability equips students to further their career in diverse areas from environmental science to finance, from law to urban planning, and from ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Master of Architectural Science (Sustainable Design)

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The Master of Architecture (Sustainable Design) involves an approach to creating buildings that meets the world's need to reduce our impact on ecological systems. The built environment professions "including ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Master of Agriculture and Environment

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The Master of Agriculture and Environment trains students to solve the big challenges in the world: food security, climate change, and management of carbon, water and the environment. With lots ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Specialisation: High Performance Buildings

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The High Performance Buildings program at the University of Sydney is unique in Australia. It offers the opportunity to pursue or develop an exciting career in the built environment field ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Specialisation: Sustainability and Environmental Engineering

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

This specialisation is designed for qualified engineers seeking to move into a management role or to specialise or update their skills. The Master of Engineering, to which this specialisation belongs ...

  • Posted June 10, 2022
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Development of the University Food Environment Assessment (Uni-Food) Tool and Process to Benchmark the Healthiness, Equity, and Environmental Sustainability of University Food Environments

  • University of Tasmania (TAS)
  • Monash University (VIC)
  • Deakin University
  • Flinders University (South Australia)
  • University of Melbourne (Victoria)
  • University of Wollongong (New South Wales)
  • University of Sydney (NSW)

Globally, there is increasing interest in monitoring actions to create healthy, equitable and environmentally sustainable food environments. Currently, there is a lack of detailed tools for monitoring and benchmarking university ...


A scoping review of policies promoting and supporting sustainable food systems in the university setting

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

Background Transitioning towards sustainable food systems for the health of the population and planet will require governments and institutions to develop effective governance to support the adoption of sustainable food ...

  • Posted April 22, 2021
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Educators’ experiences and strategies for responding to ecological distress

  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Sydney (NSW)

Research is increasingly identifying the issues of ecological distress, eco-anxiety and climate grief. These painful experiences arise from heightened ecological knowledge and concern, which are commonly considered to be de ...

  • Posted April 21, 2021
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A whole‐person approach to educating for sustainability

  • University of Sydney (NSW)
  • University of Brighton

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of a whole‐person approach to educating for sustainability (EfS), with a focus on persons' identity, motivation and higher ...


AASHE Award Winnner Ceremony 2020

  • Lehigh University (PA)
  • Lafayette College (PA)
  • Smith College (MA)
  • University of Central Florida (FL)
  • University of Coimbra
  • Dickinson College (PA)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
  • Muhlenberg College (PA)
  • Southwestern University (TX)
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Carlos III University of Madrid
  • Palo Alto College (TX)
  • University of Dayton (OH)
  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The AASHE Sustainability Awards provide global recognition to the individuals and organizations leading the higher education sustainability movement. On Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 a virtual ceremony honored the 11 winners ...

  • Posted Jan. 12, 2021
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Promoting botanical literacy with a mobile application - CampusFlora - using an interdisciplinary, student-as-partners approach

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

In this article, we describe our students-as-partners process for bringing undergraduate and academic staff together to develop a mobile application (app) - CampusFlora - for use across our campuses. Our project at ...

  • Posted March 5, 2020
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Intersectional sustainability and student activism: A framework for achieving social sustainability on university campuses

  • Southwestern University (TX)
  • University of Sydney (NSW)

In recent decades, universities have made significant progress toward environmental sustainability and have likewise tightened their budgets and restructured economic models in the name of financial sustainability. However, institutions of ...

  • Posted March 4, 2020
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Humanities for the Environment—A Manifesto for Research and Action

  • Arizona State University (AZ)
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Sydney (NSW)
  • Trinity College Dublin (The University of Dublin)
  • National Sun Yat-sen University
  • National Taiwan University

Human preferences, practices and actions are the main drivers of global environmental change in the 21st century. It is crucial, therefore, to promote pro-environmental behavior. In order to accomplish this ...

  • Posted July 19, 2019
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The Paradox of Public Transport Peak Spreading: Universities and Travel Demand Management

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The characteristics which make public transport attractive and contribute to high public transport use by specific market segments create the paradox in which encouragement of peak spreading of public transport ...

  • Posted Oct. 26, 2016
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Beyond problem solving: Engineering and the public good in the 21st century

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

Problem solving is upheld as a defining feature of engineering identity, and the ability to solve problems is built into engineering curricula as a learning outcome and a graduate attribute ...


A Sustainable Campus: The Sydney Declaration on Interspecies Sustainability

  • University of Canterbury
  • University of Technology Sydney
  • University of Sydney (NSW)

Under the remit of an expanded definition of sustainability – one that acknowledges animal agriculture as a key carbon intensive industry, and one that includes interspecies ethics as an integral part ...


Engaging with the contradictions of capitalism: Teaching "sustainability" in the business school

  • University of Sydney (NSW)
  • The University of Newcastle (NSW)

The chapter explores how sustainability education might contribute to a reimagining of our economic system and the role of business. Based on our experience in developing and teaching sustainability curricula ...


Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law requires 24 credit points for completion, equivalent to four units of study. Most of the units on offer carry a value of six credit ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master of Environmental Science & Law (MESL)

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The Master of Environmental Science and Law is a highly regarded postgraduate program at the University of Sydney which offers a unique combination of environmental science and environmental law units ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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Master in Environmental Law (MEL)

  • University of Sydney (NSW)

The Environmental Law program is open to lawyers and those with degrees in other disciplines. It provides candidates with opportunities to meet and learn from others involved in environment-related disciplines ...

  • Posted Feb. 25, 2016
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