1. SustainabilityleadersfromacrossAustraliaandNew Zealandwereonthe edge of theirseatslast
night,as the winnersof the 2015 GreenGownAwardsAustralasiawere announcedlivefromthe
spectacularwaterfrontvenue - The Pier- inGeelong,Victoria.
43 finalistsfrom22 institutionswere holdingtheirbreathasACTSpresident,LeanneDenby,andVice
Presidentof Resources,CoreyPeterson,announced16winnersrepresenting11 institutionsfrom
across Australasia.
Guestsat the highlyengagingandfun packedevening,now intheirsixthyear,includedsustainability
professionalsfromthe tertiaryeducationsectorinAustralasia,New ZealandandUK,aswell as
Leadersfromthe sector,such as UniversitiesAustralia,TAFEDirectorsAustralia,Environment
EducationVictoriaandthe National TertiaryEducationUnion.Conference hosts,DeakinUniversity
were alsorepresentedbyProfessorLee Astheimer(DeputyVice-Chancellor,Research,andActing
Vice Chancellorwhoattendedandpresentedthe three international Awards).
The onlyaward to be receivedbythe hostinguniversity,DeakinUniversitywas:
Highly Commendedinthe categoryof Learning,TeachingandSkills.
The award teamcomprisedprincipallyof the CreatingSustainableFuturesteam:
TeresaCapetola, Sue Noy,Janine McBurnie,BarbCieveska,KimberleyJamesand
The HealthNature and SustainabilityTeam:RebeccaPatrick,SoniaNuttman,JustinLawsonand
Claire Henderson-Wilson.
The award entryincludedthe followingdescription:
Creating Sustainable Futures commenced as an interdisciplinary unit on climate change, seven years later it has
evolved into a process for, as well as product of, Education for Sustainability (EfS) which over 1000 students
have experienced. It utilizes the EfS elements of head (thinking), heart (feeling) and hands (actions) (Sipos et al
(2008) within a context of critical, futures and creative thinking. It is included in all Deakin University
undergraduate sustainability majors. It has facilitated and contributed to: establishment of a student sustainable
food society; short courses for health practitioners; sustainability events for local communities; sustainability
workshops for secondary school students and; reinvigorated a Centre for Sustainability Research. Operating
successfully for seven years, it is testimony that interdisciplinary perspectives and collaboration can be
productively implemented in EfS.
You can alsowatch the 2minute video:
http://air.deakin.edu.au/public/media/LEARNING+TEACHING+AND+SKILLS+TERESA+CAPETO
LA+DEAKIN+UNIVERSI/0_fkrtw9mt
ACTS alsohostsa photographiccompetitionaspart of the conference.Thisyearthe Staff category
and People’sChoice awardwaswonbyJustinLawson’sentry.