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Monash Water for Liveability is the new name of the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, following the creation of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. This program aims to play a pivotal role in transforming Australian cities and their communities in ways that will help them live in harmony with natural water environments and become resilient to current and future challenges. |
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ClimateWorks Australia is a non-profit collaboration between Monash University and The Myer Foundation that aims to provide practical solutions dedicated to a sustainable and prosperous low carbon society. |
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Green Steps is a multi-award winning program that empowers tertiary students and people already in the workplace with the practical skills to make their workplaces and work practices more sustainable. We do this through specialised training, work-based internships and real-world projects. |
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The Monash Soil Carbon Program is a multidisciplinary program that pulls together Monash's considerable soil research expertise under the stewardship of the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI). Our joint aim is to address the sustainability and climate change challenges of soil health, soil productivity and carbon storage in Australia.
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The International WaterCentre is a joint venture of four leading Australian universities that provides education and training, applied research and expert services to promote a whole-of-water cycle approach and develop capacity in integrated water resource management around the world. |
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The projects in this AusAID-funded portfolio focus on bringing together multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder teams to develop climate change adaptation and mitigation policies and natural resource management frameworks in South and South East Asia. |
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BehavourWorks Australia works collaboratively to build understanding and develop applied approaches to influence the everday decisions that are integral to living in a sustainable world. It's mission is to be an internationally-recognised behaviour change research centre for environmental sustainability. |
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A program exploring the practical and theoretical robustness of current water and climate change governance regimes and develops new models and strategies to make future governance fit-for-purpose in a climate-changing world. |
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The Sustainable Campus Group (SCG) aims to progress sustainability in the tertiary education sector by working with institutions to monitor and report on their sustainability performance, and by driving cultural change across campuses. |
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A partnership of MSI, the Monash Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science and Bond University, established with funding from RACV Insurance, which aims to advance national action on bushfire arson prevention. |
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This program aims to identify and explore new and emerging research questions and build knowledge related to the health consequences of climate change and the decline in biodiversity. |
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Education for Sustainability
Program to help shape the policies of the university for embedding sustainability in the curriculum. Contact: Professor Geoff Rose |
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The program explores sustainability, examines its relationship to contemporary university academic practice and prepares staff to embed Education for Sustainability (EfS) in the units they teach. |
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Monash students can develop their sustainability knowledge and skills by enrolling in a MON2222 ‘Sustainability: learning and living it'. This new unit will be offered on the Clayton Campus for the first time in Semester 2, 2012. It is part of the Monash Passport program and is open to students from all faculties. |
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Sustainability Training and Education Consultancies
The MSI Education team uses its extensive experience in environmental sustainability and education program development to create and deliver customised cutting-edge training programs and other consultancy services. They specialise in a highly interactive form of teaching and learning that recognises participants' existing knowledge, encourages discussion and group work, and is based on an understanding of the processes of organisational change. Contact: Mark Boulet |
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The Interface between Social and Environmental Sustainability
This program looks at how social and environmental sustainability are inter-related and at how policy solutions would maximise outcomes in both areas. It focuses on policy and community engagement in climate change mitigation and adaptation; the provision of land transport and its interconnections with social inclusion; and the measurement of social and environmental sustainability. Contact: Dr Janet Stanley |
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This program seeks to better understand the many challenges facing urban form, especially those relating to climate change. In particular, it aims to identify responses to the challenges of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining a city that is inclusive, accessible and has high liveability. |
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MSI offers the opportunity to undertake a Research Masters or PhD on an issue related to sustainability. |
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MSI is working in partnership with Indigenous communities and organisations to understand how climate change and natural resource management policies affect traditional livelihoods, values, practices and needs. The aim of this work is to assist the communities to respond to the climate change and have a stronger say in policies and management decisions affecting their traditional lands. |
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With support from the Monash Sustainability Institute, a small scale prototype has been built and demonstrated proof of concept by producing an impressive 800W of electrical power. |
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