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Sustainable Academia: The Responsibilities of Academic Historians in a Climate-Impacted World
- University of Western Australia
- La Trobe University (Victoria)
- University College London (London)
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
- King's College London
Environmental degradation is the most serious challenge of the twenty-first century. To date, academic historians, among many others, have failed to fully confront the climate and biodiversity crises, often engaging ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Impactful Education for Sustainability Through Research and a Community of Practice
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
For humanity to persist, we need populations with sustainability knowledge and practices. Higher education has the potential to contribute but there are many barriers preventing higher education actors from reaching ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Shooting for the STARS in Australasia and Helping Improve Global Application
- University of Queensland (QLD)
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Three Australasian universities recently submitted their first STARS report, each achieving a Silver rating after many lessons learned as new participants in the self-reporting framework. Each university is now working ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Thinking Outside the Rectangle for Sustainable Transport
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
After a decade of focus, implementation of the University of Tasmania’s sustainable transport strategies led to staff and student modal shifts. Sustainable outcomes and travel behaviours evolved from policy ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Pigface Pancakes – Towards an Edible Campus at University of Tasmania
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
The University of Tasmania has for many years promoted community gardening and the growing of native food plants on its campuses throughout the Australian island state of Tasmania. A recent ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Zero Hour for Net Zero at University of Tasmania
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
While the University of Tasmania has been certified carbon neutral since 2016, delivery of a holistic Emissions Reduction Strategic Plan has come to fruition in 2022. Our approach to emissions ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Knowing Your Community Expectations Can Drive Sustainability Outcomes
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
The value of knowing your community expectations can drive sustainability outcomes. The University of Tasmania runs biennial student and staff sustainability surveys since 2016. Using the Sustainability Culture Indicator (SCI ...
- Posted May 17, 2023
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Strategic Framework for Sustainability
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
The Strategic Framework for Sustainability provides a collective focus on activities in and for sustainability across the campus and in so doing encapsulates commitments across four areas:
- Goal 1: A ...
- Posted Oct. 19, 2022
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Sustainable Living
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
The Diploma of Sustainable Living allows you to pursue a passion for sustainability, in whatever that means for you, through a range of exciting, multi-disciplinary study options. Specifically developed for ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Natural Environment and Wilderness Studies BS
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
This wide, interdisciplinary degree will enable you to contribute your skills and experience to a wide variety of occupations in a wide variety of places. Every nation, regardless of their ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Environmental Science BAS
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
The Bachelor of Applied Science (Environmental Science) is a multi-disciplinary degree combining the disciplines of biology, chemistry, ecology and geography complemented with studies in environmental policy and management. The Environmental ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Master of Environmental Management
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Environmental managers work around the world tackling a wide range of challenges with global relevance, and local impacts. This can include threatened species management in both developed and developing countries ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Master of Marine and Antarctic Science
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
As a gateway to Antarctica and with a natural marine laboratory on your doorstep, the University of Tasmania provides an ideal base to study for a career in marine biology ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Master of Protected Area Governance and Management
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
This course equips students with the knowledge and skills required by contemporary protected area professionals working in middle or senior governance or management roles. This course covers governance, planning and ...
- Posted June 10, 2022
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Graduate Certificate in Protected Area Planning
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
This course equips students with the knowledge and skills required by contemporary protected area planners. This course covers planning practice in government, private and community-based protected areas.
- 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 ...
- Posted May 20, 2022
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Walking the Walk: Democratizing Change in Teacher Education
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
In this essay, as a group of teacher educators, we discuss our experience of “walking the walk” of teacher education transformation at a time of urgent change. We reflect upon ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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The Perceived Importance and Intended Purchasing Patterns of Sustainable Foods in Australian University Students
- Western Sydney University (NSW)
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Although there has been considerable research on consumers’ opinions about sustainable foods and purchasing behaviors, the experience of university students remains unclear. This study aims to characterize university students’ perceptions ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Sustainability in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
- Universidad de Murcia (Murcia)
The COVID-19 pandemic has created cause for rapid innovation in, reimagining of, and pivoting of higher education institutions. Prior to 2020, the global higher education sector began to radically focus ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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How We Became Carbon Neutral Certified: Charles Sturt University and University of Tasmania
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Climate change remains one of the single greatest environmental and social challenges we face. Tertiary education organizations can take positive action and be part of the global response that is ...
- Posted Nov. 15, 2021
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Citizen science sustainability at the University of Tasmania
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
As part of her paid internship through the Sustainability Integration Program for Students (SIPS), Zoe Bucher-Edwards organised a wild pollinator count with the University of Tasmania's entemologist and PhD ...
- Posted Aug. 19, 2021
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Design precepts for online experiential learning programs to address wicked sustainability problems
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
There are increasing pressures within the higher education sector to incorporate digital pedagogies into teaching and learning, a trend amplified by recent extensive recourse to online delivery within the sector ...
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Building an environmentally accountable medical curriculum through international collaboration
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
- University of Hull
- University of Cape Town
- University of British Columbia (BC)
- University of East Anglia
- Georgetown University (DC)
- University of Edinburgh
- Aarhus University
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
Background: Global environmental change is associated with significant health threats. The medical profession can address this challenge through advocacy, health system adaptation and workforce preparedness. Stewardship of health systems with ...
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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Distributed leadership: Building capacity for interdisciplinary climate change teaching at four universities
- UNSW Sydney (NSW)
- University of Wollongong (New South Wales)
- Murdoch University (Western Australia)
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Purpose – Interdisciplinary approaches to climate change teaching are well justified and arise from the complexity of climate change challenges and the integrated problem-solving responses they demand. These approaches require academic ...
- Posted July 19, 2019
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Student and Staff Sustainability Surveys - expectations being met? An Australian example.
- University of Tasmania (TAS)
Traditional approaches to teaching sustainability have been through including the topic in geography and science curriculums. More recently, we have seen an expansion of Education for Sustainability across discipline areas ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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