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Annual ActivityReport 2012
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Monash Sustainability Institute
Annual Activity Report 2012
Published by the Monash Sustainability InstituteMonash University, Victoria, 3800
Copyright © MSI 2013
Edited by: Vicki Kyriakakis
Designed by: 2fish productions
Printed on 100% recycled paper
2012: On the International Stage 2From the Chair 3From the Director 32012: At a Glance 4
About the Institute 6Answering the ‘Wicked’ Questions 7Leaders in our Field 8 MSI Welcomes New Team Members 9
World-Leading Programs and Partnerships 10BehaviourWorks Australia 11ClimateWorks Australia 14Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health 16Economics for Sustainability 18Indigenous Communities and Climate Change 20Monash Water for Liveability 22Natural Resource Management in Asia 24in Response to Climate ChangeSocial and Environmental Sustainability 26Sustainable Cities 28Australian Bushfire Prevention 30Soil Carbon 32Sustainable Development 34Systemic Governance Research 36Green Steps 38
Sustainability at Monash 40Turning Monash Green 41Education for Sustainability 43Sustainable Campus Group 44MSI Postgraduate Program 45
Our Impact 46MSI Seminar Series 47Climate Scientists Australia 48Awards 49Policy and Advice 49Representation 49Presentations 50Publications & Opinion Piece 54
Grants & Philanthropic support 56
CONTENTS
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on the international stage2012 saw MSI branch out globally.
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Despite the doom and gloom insome quarters, there have beenglimpses of light along our path to amore sustainable Australia. TheMonash Sustainability Institute (MSI)can take some credit for that.
It is now clear that greenhouse gasemissions from electricity are finallyfalling in Australia. Emissions fromelectricity in December 2012 wereten per cent lower than three yearsago. While there are a range offactors contributing to this, we arebeing more productive in how we useenergy. ClimateWorks Australia haspromoted energy efficiency inbusiness and households throughthe Low Carbon Growth Plan forAustralia and it’s other activities.Distributed energy is becoming moreimportant and the work thatClimateWorks has done withbusiness and government to reducethe barriers to cogeneration shouldfurther encourage it in future.
Governments and communities arealso now beginning to realise that theway that we manage water in theurban environment not onlycontributes to water security, but canalso make our cities more liveable.The Victorian Government and anumber of councils around Australiaare implementing strategies toharvest storm water and integratewater planning with land useplanning. There is no doubt thatProfessor Tony Wong and the teamfrom the Cooperative ResearchCentre (CRC) for Water SensitiveCities have been lead ers in the field.The new CRC is an outstandingexample of cooperation betweenacademic experts, industry andgovernment. MSI will continue its rolein urban water with the new Centrefor Urban Water Liveability under theleadership of Professor Rob Skinner,who will work closely with the CRC.
Some government agencies are alsonow understanding the important rolethat behavioural experts can play inpromoting a more sustainableAustralia. Dr Liam Smith and hisgrowing team at BehaviourWorksAustralia are undertaking practicalresearch projects to promote positiveenvironmental behaviours includingenergy efficiency and wastereduction.
At the Rio+20 Conference, theworld’s nations agreed to develop aseries of Sustainable DevelopmentGoals (SDG’s) to set a moresustainable development path for allcountries from 2016. Getting
agreement on the SDG’s will nodoubt be a difficult process andacademic institutions and experts willneed to play an important role inadvising and coming up withpotential solutions. With this in mind, Iam very pleased that MonashUniversity, through MSI, has beenappointed as the Regional Centre forthe United Nations SustainableDevelopment Solutions Network(SDSN), which will advise on theSDG’s and mobilise scientific andtechnical expertise from academia,civil society and the private sector insupport of sustainable developmentproblem solving.
This appointment fits well with theincreasingly global focus of MSI,which builds on the Natural ResourceManagement in Asia programdeveloped by Dr Paul McShane andthe important global advisory role ofour Director, Professor Dave Griggs.
We have a long way to go beforeAustralia and our region can beconsidered sustainable. Recentweather events and fires have againdemonstrated our vulnerability toclimate change. However, MSI ismaking a significant contribution toAustralia’s sustainability journey.Through research, education atMonash and our very successfulsustainability training program –Green Steps – we are making adifference.
Professor John ThwaitesChair, Monash Sustainability Institute
When I first became a manager mythen boss, Sir John Houghton, gaveme a piece of advice which I havefollowed ever since: always recruitpeople who are smarter than youbecause they make you look good.
In MSI we have certainly applied thatto good effect this year. We arehonoured that Sir Bob Watson,former chief of the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change (IPCC), hasagreed to join MSI. He has beenjoined by economist ProfessorMichael Ward and Professor CarolAdams, former Pro-Vice Chancellorat Latrobe University. Dr Gill Owenand Mr David McInnes, CEO ofEarthwatch Institute (Australia), havealso joined us. It is a great testamentto MSI, the outstanding staff alreadyin the organization and the reputationwe have built, that people of thiscalibre want to work with us to solvethe sustainability challenges facingour world.
There were a couple of very personalhighlights for me this year. Thanks toa very generous donation from theHarold Mitchell Foundation, and thesupport of NAB and the FederalGovernment, we have been able tobegin a three year program to helpunderstand and develop conceptsaround Sustainable DevelopmentGoals, focused on Australia and theAsia-Pacific region. This is a personalresearch interest of mine so it isparticularly gratifying to know thatMSI will be able to devote some realeffort to this topic over the comingyears.
The second highlight has been ourcontinued relationship with the YortaYorta and in particular an IndigenousKnowledge for Climate ChangeAdaptation National Workshop thatwe ran (with funding from NCCARF)in Echuca, on Yorta Yorta countrywith almost 100 indigenous leadersand attendees. While theorganisation and logistics in the lead
up to the workshop may have givenus all a few more grey hairs, theworkshop itself was a greatexperience and I learned a lot. As myfriend Lee Joachim from the YortaYorta put it, I have learned to lookwith two eyes!
Finally, but by no means of leastimportance I would like to thank myMSI colleagues. They are incrediblytalented and dedicated but mostimportant they are fun to work with. Iwould like to thank everyone whohas worked with us and supportedus throughout the year, both insidethe university and out. Without yoursupport MSI simply would not exist.
Professor Dave GriggsDirector, Monash Sustainability Institute
FROM THE CHAIR
FROM THE DIRECTOR
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12 Leading academics
join the MSI team
Leading academics from aroundthe world have joined the MSIteam this year, in a great testamentto MSI’s reputation for excellence.The UK’s Sir Bob Watson, formerhead of the IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change (IPCC),joined MSI in late 2012 and willwork with the team on the newSustainable Developmentprogram. He was joined by formerPro-Vice Chancellor from LatrobeUniversity, Professor Carol Adams,who will be working with MSI on anumber of strategic sustainabilityprojects. Other new additionsinclude Dr Gill Owen, a formerCommissioner for the UK’sCompetition Comission, ProfessorMichael Ward, a Professor ofEconomics and Sustainability, andMr David McKinnes, CEO of theEarthWatch Institute (Australia).
2012 was the year that MSI took its seat at the international table, with the launch ofnew international programs and the appointment of world-leading academics.
2012: AT A GLANCE
MSI Chair invited onto key national and internationalsustainability bodies
In 2012 MSI’s Chair, Professor JohnThwaites, was selected to chair theNational Sustainability Council ofAustralia. The council will provideindependent advice to thegovernment on sustainability issuesand produce public reports against aset of sustainability indicators.Professor Thwaites was also invitedby UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to join the UN’s LeadershipCouncil of the SustainableDevelopment Solutions Network. Hejoins luminaries such as HSH PrinceAlbert II and Peter Bakker, Presidentof the World Business Council forSustainable Development. Theappointments are a great recognitionof the impact that MSI andClimateWorks Australia are havingnationally and internationally.Professor Thwaites was also namedin 2012’s Top 100 Global
Sustainability Leaders list, publishedby ABC Carbon Express andproduced by Sustain AbilityShowcase Asia and ABC Carbon.
Global leadership role forMonash on SustainableDevelopment
Monash University has beenappointed by the United NationsSustainable Development SolutionsNetwork to spearhead sustainabledevelopment solutions in Australiaand the Asia region. Theappointment positions Monash asone of the key global leaders inresearch and scholarship aroundsustainable development. MonashUniversity’s Vice-Chancellor,Professor Ed Byrne, said theappointment was “a tribute to thework being done by the passionateleaders at the Monash SustainabilityInstitute”. The appointment coincideswith the launch of MSI’s newSustainable Development program,which will look at the challengespresented to the region by theintersection of climate change,urbanisation, poverty reduction andnatural resource management. The program is being supported by the Harold Mitchell Foundation and the National Australia Bank and theAustralian Federal Government. Seepage 34 for more on our newprogram.
Green Steps delivers its firstinternational course
MSI’s award-winning environmentalsustainability program – Green Steps– is now helping to change practicesin the Northern Hemisphere, with thelaunch of the Green Steps @Warwick program in 2012. GreenSteps ran its first extensive summerprogram at Monash University’s UKpartner, the University of Warwick inJuly. Twelve Warwick studentscompleted the training aspect ofGreen Steps and worked on a rangeof sustainability projects on campus.They join an international network ofmore than 700 Green Steps alumnifrom eight Australian universities,who have interned in more than 450organisations. Director of StudentSkills and Careers at Warwick, SueBennett, said the University was verypleased to be involved in theinnovative program.
MSI Chair, Professor JohnThwaites was named one of2012’s Top 100 GlobalSustainability Leaders.
MSI’s burgeoning international reputationhas attracted high-achieving academics tothe team (PHOTO: STEVE RHODES, FLICKR)
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MSI branched out in 2012 into excitingnew fields with the new Soil Carbon andEconomics for Sustainability programs.
Professor Ana Deletic winsVictoria Prize for Science andInnovation
Monash Water for Liveability Director,Professor Ana Deletic, won theprestigious Victoria Prize for Scienceand Innovation in November 2012.The prize was awarded by the Hon.Louise Asher, State Government ofVictoria, for Professor Deletic’s workin developing green storm watertreatment and harvestingtechnologies. Professor Deletic is theworld leader in storm-watermanagement, pioneering the conceptof rain gardens for treatment andharvesting of storm water.
New MSI programs launched
2012 saw the launch of innovativenew programs at MSI, with theintroduction of the Monash SoilCarbon Program, and the launch ofour Economics for Sustainabilityprogram. The programs are cross-faculty initiatives, with the Economicsfor Sustainability program being ajoint program with the Faculty ofBusiness and Economics. The SoilCarbon Program is being run underthe leadership of Dr Tim Cavagnarofrom Monash’s Faculty of Science.See pages 18 and 32 for more onthese exciting new programs.
First year engineering studentsget education in sustainability
Important progress was made in2012 with the launch of an Educationfor Sustainability project for first yearengineering students at Monash.Students were able to access aspecially designed website withmaterials on sustainability inengineering. Results showed asignificant impact on student’sknowledge of sustainability.
New research centre on watersustainability launched
The Cooperative Research Centre(CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities waslaunched in 2012, with the help of $30million start-up funding from theAustralian Government. The CRCincludes four research hubs inMelbourne, Brisbane, Perth andSingapore. The Centre has 21 projectsunderway, involving the support of 76partners including state governmentagencies, local governments, waterauthorities and universities.
MSI is helping to prepareMonash graduates tocreate a moresustainable world.
about the instituteMSI’s reputation for excellence is built on its people: making Monash aleader in global sustainability research and education.
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The Monash Sustainability Institute’s (MSI) mission is to solve the sustainability challenges facing our world.The problems are complex. So to find the answers, we have to work very differently.
That’s why we bring together the best minds from multiplefields of endeavour. We pull together scientists, lawyers,economists, psychologists, biologists, engineers, healthprofessionals and more to nut out the ‘wicked’ problems.Together – the world-leading experts from the MonashSustainability Institute and Monash University, combine withthe best industry and academic know-how from around theworld, to create the world of the future.
Our experts at MSI are tackling the tough questions:
• How can we change people’s behaviour to create a moresustainable society?
• How do we reduce Australia’s greenhouse emissions? • What new economic models do we need to develop to
meet the challenges of sustainability?• How do we better value and incorporate traditional,
indigenous wisdom to help us meet the challenges of achanging climate?
• What goals should we put in place to encourage moresustainable development in our region?
• How do we better manage our natural resources?• How can we build more water-sensitive cities?• What impact will climate change have on our health?• What does a sustainable city look like? • How do we better prepare Monash University graduates
to contribute to a sustainable world?
We then use the knowledge we amass through our researchto help students and organisations create the sustainableworld of the future, through award-winning programs likeGreen Steps and our Education for Sustainability program.
Through this innovative cross-disciplinary work, MSI is havinga real-world impact both in Australia and overseas. It’s doingits part to create a sustainable future through nation-leadingorganisations and programs:
• BehaviourWorks Australia• ClimateWorks Australia• Green Steps• Monash Water for Liveability• Sustainable Development
MSI is also leading a range of cross-disciplinary researchprograms:
• Australian Bushfire Arson Prevention Initiative• Economics for Sustainability• Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health• Indigenous Communities and Climate Change• Natural Resource Management in Asia in Response to
Climate Change• Social and Environmental Sustainability • Soil Carbon• Sustainable Cities• Systemic Governance Research
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE:ANSWERING THE ‘WICKED’ QUESTIONS
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The Monash Sustainability Institute brings together social scientists, psychologists,behaviour change experts, climate scientists, engineers, economists, biologicalscientists, health professionals and more in world-leading programs and centres ofexcellence. Leaders in their own disciplines, they come to MSI with a passion forcross-disciplinary work and for finding solutions to the environmental sustainabilitychallenges that face our society.
LEADERS IN OUR FIELD
MANAGEMENT ANDADMINISTRATION TEAMProfessor John Thwaites, ChairmanProfessor Dave Griggs, DirectorJulie Arcilla, PA to the DirectorVicki Kyriakakis, Communications &Marketing Manager
PROJECTS TEAM Dr Janet Stanley, Chief ResearchOfficerDr Paul McShane, Chief ResearchOfficerProfessor Michael Ward, Professorof Economics and SustainabilityDr Gill Owen, Research ProgramLeaderSir Bob Watson, Sir Louis MathesonDistinguished Visiting ProfessorProfessor Carol Adams, Professor(Research)Mr David McInnes, ProfessorialFellow Professor Ray Ison, Professor,Systems for Sustainability and OpenUniversity UK Dr Phil Wallis, Research FellowSimon Rowntree, ProjectCoordinatorDr Tahl Kestin, Research ProjectManager
Associate Professor (Adjunct)Marion Carey, Monash Climate,Biodiversity and Health ProgramPaul Read, Research Fellow Dr Terry Chan, Research Fellow Dr Tina Kalivas, Research Fellow(Indonesia)Dr Max Richter, Research Fellow(Indonesian Engagement)Dr Jeremy Aarons, Research Fellow(Knowledge Sector Development)Fabrizio D’Aprile, Research Fellow(Forestry)Dr Pan Wang, GIS ProgrammerNikki Reichelt, Research Assistant
BEHAVIOURWORKS AUSTRALIA TEAM Dr Liam Smith, DirectorDr Jim Curtis, Research FellowDr Haywantee Ramkissoon,Postdoctoral Research FellowDr Joshua NewtonMichael LamSara Kneebone, PhD Candidate
EDUCATION TEAMProfessor Geoff Rose, Professor andConvenor, Education forSustainabilityMark Boulet, Manager, EducationTeam
Kati Thompson, Green StepsTraining CoordinatorHelena Schulze, Green StepsMarketing CoordinatorErin Simpson, Green StepsInternship and Alumni CoordinatorEmma Grace, Green Steps ProjectAdministratorKendra Scaife, Green Steps ProjectAdministrator
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING TEAM Belinda Towns, Manager,Sustainable Campus Group andSustainable Reporting
MONASH WATER FOR LIVEABILITY TEAMProfessor Rob Skinner, CEO Professor Ana Deletic, DirectorProfessor Rebekah Brown, DirectorCara Jordan, Business ManagerDr Phillip Johnstone, AdjunctAssociate Professor (DSE Science-Policy Partnership)Rachelle Adamowicz, ResearchAssistant
CLIMATEWORKS AUSTRALIAProfessor John Thwaites, ChairmanProfessor Dave Griggs, CEOAnna Skarbek, Executive DirectorSamantha Tannahill, ExecutiveAssistantMeg Argyriou, Head of EngagementAmandine Denis, Head of ResearchEli Court, Engagement ProjectOfficerParis Nichols, Senior BusinessAnalystRob Kelly, Business AnalystWei Sue, Business AnalystEmma Lucia, Business AnalystScott Ferraro, Project ManagerShane Gladigau, Project OfficerBrigid O’Brien, Information Manager
PEOPLE
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“The research project that I wasinvolved with gave me a greatwindow into the breadth ofexpertise and talent that is insideMSI. The way MSI can actuallygalvanise the best experts fromacross Monash University to worktogether was for me a windowinto its much greater capability…” — Industry Stakeholder
MSI staff put theirbikes we’re theirmouths are in the2012 Bupa Around theBay. The event helpsto raise money forThe Smith Family andis Australia’s largestmass participationone day bike ride
MSI WELCOMES NEW TEAM MEMBERS
2012 saw MSI drasticallyexpand with the addition ofnew researchers and staff tothe team. They bring with thema wealth of experience andexpertise in areas as diverseas climate science, economics,business analysis,engagement, behaviourchange, psychology,sustainability strategy andmore. Our new team membersare working withBehaviourWorks Australia,ClimateWorks Australia,Monash Water for Liveabilityour programs andmanagement to consolidateand build on MSI’s excellent work.
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world-leading programsExciting research, cutting-edge education programs and real-world impact define MSI’s programs.
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PEOPLE
CORE TEAMDr Liam Smith, DirectorDr Jim Curtis, Research FellowDr Haywantee Ramkissoon, Research Fellow Dr Joshua Newton, Research FellowMr Michael Lam, Research Assistant
PHD CANDIDATES IN 2012Amy Smith, Monash University Franz Carillo, Monash University Haywantee Ramkisson, Monash UniversityKate Buckley, Charles Darwin University
KEY ASSOCIATESProfessor Bas Verplanken, University of BathProfessor Beth Walker, Edith Cowan University Professor Betty Weiler, Southern Cross University Dr Jan Packer, University of Queensland Dr Janice Redmon, Edith Cowan UniversityProfessor John Falk, Oregon State University Professor John Thøgersen, Aarhus UniversityDr Kelly Fielding, University of Queensland Professor Roy Ballantyne, University of Queensland Mr Eric Windholz, Faculty of Law, Monash University Professor Graeme Hodge, Director, Monash Centre forRegulatory Studies Associate Professor Jo Lindsay, Faculty of Arts, Monash UniversityDr Andrea Kirk-Brown, Faculty of Business and Economics,Monash University Dr Brian Cooper, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University Dr Jan Brace-Govan, Faculty of Business and Economics,Monash UniversityAssociate Professor Daniel Prajogo, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University Professor Harmen Oppewal, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash UniversityDr Judith Mair, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University Professor Julie Wolfram-Cox, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University Dr Fiona Newton, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash UniversityProfessor Lata Gangadharan, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash UniversityDr Pieter van Dijk, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash UniversityMs Amandine Denis, Head of Research, ClimateWorksAustralia Dr Phil Blythe, GreenSync Pty Ltd
ADVISORY BOARDProfessor Dave Griggs, Director, MSI Mr John Merritt, CEO, EPA Victoria Mr Bill Shannon, Principal, The Shannon Company Professor John Thwaites, Chair, MSI Mr Stan Krpan, CEO, Sustainability VictoriaMr Michael Reid, Manager Built Environment, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
BWA WORKING GROUPDr Stefan Kaufman, Social Science Portfolio Leader, EPA VictoriaMr Roger Clifton, Board Member, The Shannon CompanyMs Susan Pyke, Strategic Research, Planning and BusinessImprovement, Sustainability VictoriaMs Alex Graham, Senior Program Development Officer, NSWOffice of Environment and Heritage
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSSustainability Victoria, Funder and Delivery PartnerOffice for Environment and Heritage, Funder and DeliveryPartnerEnvironmental Protection Agency, Funder and Delivery PartnerThe Shannon Company, Funder and Delivery Partner
BehaviourWorks Australia is at the forefront of behaviourchange research, bringing interdisciplinary researchers atMonash University together with leading practitioners ingovernment and business who share an interest inbehaviour change and environmental sustainability.
At the heart of our work is a focus on applying contemporarybehaviour change learnings to practical action. We do this througha range of innovative projects and initiatives to answer thecommon question: “what approaches work best?”
Our core partners are the Monash Sustainability Institute, EPAVictoria, The Shannon Company, and the NSW Office ofEnvironment and Heritage. BehaviourWorks Australia also has anongoing research collaboration with Sustainability Victoria.Together we incorporate the expertise and learnings of a host ofbehaviour change disciplines and practices to better understandand influence the everyday behavioural decisions that are integralto living in a sustainable world.
BEHAVIOUR WORKS
“The Shannon Company’s relationship withBehaviourWorks is changing the way we dobusiness. Being exposed to the world ofbehaviour change research in a way wehaven’t been previously has opened up newways of thinking, and as a result,opportunities for business.” — Michael Daddo, The Shannon Company
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2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• The BehaviourWorks Australiateam took on 13 differentprojects in 2012, undertakingresearch on litter, policy, energyuse, zoo visitor behaviour, wateruse, composting, charity bindumping and wildlifeconservation.
• BehaviourWorks Australiacontinued to grow in 2012, withthe addition of four newmembers to the team. We alsodoubled the size of our PhDprogram, with six students nowundertaking their doctorateswith us.
• Our new website –www.behaviourworksaustralia.org– was launched in 2012,featuring extensive resourcesfor those interested in behaviourchange.
• BehaviourWorks Australiahosted a number of leadinginternational behaviour changeacademics in 2012. ProfessorJohn Thøgersen (AarhusUniversity, Denmark), ProfessorBas Verplanken (University ofBath, UK) and Professor SusanMichie (University CollegeLondon) visited andcollaborated withBehaviourWorks Australia andits partners in 2012, givingpublic presentations to over 800people during the year.
• BehaviourWorks Australia co-hosted the Third BehaviourChange for SustainabilityNational Congress, whichbrought together corporate andcommunity leaders, policy-makers, psychologists, socialscientists, programimplementers, andorganisational experts to shareand develop their expertise andunderstanding of individual andorganisational behaviourchange.
• BehaviourWorks Australia was aconsortium member of twosuccessful applications to theFederal Government’s LowIncome Energy Efficiencyprogram. The two projects, ledseparately by the Brotherhoodof St Laurence and GVCommunity Energy, aim toaddress capital constraints andinformation failure as barriersthat prevent low incomehouseholds improving theirenergy efficiency.
Following its launch in 2011, BehaviourWorks Australiahas grown from strength to strength, leading the waywith innovative behaviour change research.
KEY INITIATIVES
Evaluating changing attitudesto climate change
BehaviourWorks Australia designedand developed measures toevaluate a ClimateWorks Australiavideo campaign on climate changeaction called ‘Empower’. Wemeasured watchers’ level ofattention and enjoyment as well asthe video’s effectiveness atinfluencing attitudes toward climatechange. A pool of nationally-representative participants (N=750)were recruited using an onlinepanel. Results of the study showedthat the Empower video did havean overall impact, although itssuccess varied depending on thestrength of initial attitudes.
Barriers and benefits of wormfarming and composting
In this project, BehaviourWorksAustralia researchers sought tounderstand the barriers and driversof worm farming and compostingamong residents in the City ofWhitehorse. In addition to anumber of knowledge, financial andstructural barriers, the resultshighlighted a tension between thebenefits and experience ofperforming those behaviours, whichwere linked to perceptions of socialapproval.
Training Ergon Energy staff to monitor and evaluate their programs
BehaviourWorks Australia trainedseveral key Ergon Energy staff inhow to design and incorporatemonitoring and evaluation into theirprograms, so that the findings canprovide greater certainty for futureprograms. This training focused ona trial for energy efficiency in smallbusiness which, if implemented, willyield results that will inform the leveland type of engagement that ErgonEnergy has with small businessesinto the future.
Curbing illegal dumping
In conjunction with SustainabilityVictoria, the National Association ofCharitable Recycling Organisationsand EPA Victoria, BehaviourWorksAustralia designed a field trial totest the effectiveness of differentinterventions to reduce dumpingoutside charity stores. The projectcommenced late in 2012 andinterventions were implemented inJanuary 2013.
Using websites to influence the pro-wildlife behaviour of zoo visitors
The aim of this project is toinvestigate whether websites canbe used to influence the behaviourof zoo visitors post-visit and theusefulness of different websitecontent. While research conductedin zoos reveals that visitors intendto undertake pro-wildlifebehaviours, follow-up research hasso far revealed little or no change inbehaviour. This project commencedlate in 2012 with interventions to beimplemented in mid-2013. It is anARC Linkage Project with theUniversity of Queensland, TarongaConservation Society Australia,Territory Wildlife Park, Bronx Zoo,and Wellington Zoo.
Strategies to foster pro-environmental behaviour in zoo-visitors
This three year project wrapped upat the beginning of 2012.Researchers identified over 500behaviours that zoo visitors couldundertake to help wildlife. Out ofthese, ten were prioritised.Researchers then investigated thereasons why visitors do or do notintend to do each of the behavioursand developed messages toinfluence them. The strategies andevaluations put in place targetedtwo behaviours – both yieldedchanges in intended and reportedbehaviour. This was an ARCLinkage Project with the TarongaConservation Society Australia,Zoos South Australia, Zoos Victoriaand Perth Zoo.
BEHAVIOUR world–leading programs
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Accelerating our transition towater sensitive cities
This large project, to be conductedover four years, is investigating therole of behaviour change as a toolfor accelerating transitions to watersensitive cities. To do this, we areidentifying and prioritising desiredaudience behaviours throughstakeholder consultation.Researchers are also working tounderstand the topography of watersensitive behaviour through a largescale survey and designing abehavioural roadmap by prioritisingand sequencing the identified poolof water-sensitive behaviours. Laterin the project we will seek toinfluence high-priority behavioursthrough different strategies. Thisproject has just commenced and willrun through to 2016 as part of theCRC for Water Sensitive Cities.
Researcher in residence program
The BehaviourWorks Australiaresearcher in residence programlinks Monash University behaviourchange expertise with governmentand industry. BehaviourWorksAustralia provides organisationalprogram managers with anaccessible and convenient pool of
evidence to help them make betterprogram decisions and developapproaches using the latestscholarly research and thinking inthe behaviour change field.
Visiting academics program
Each year, BehaviourWorks Australiainvites leading behaviour changeresearchers to come to Australiaand provide strategic and advancedperspectives on behaviour changetopics relevant to the research andprogram needs of our partners. In2012, we hosted Professor JohnThøgersen from Aarhus University,who talked about the phenomenonof spill-over in the context of pro-environmental behaviour. ProfessorBas Verplanken, visiting from theUniversity of Bath, is recognised asone of the world’s leading expertson habits. Finally, Professor SusanMichie – from University CollegeLondon – provided valuable insightsinto her work on innovative methodsfor developing and evaluatingbehaviour change interventions (witha particular emphasis on health).These visits have helped us refineour partners programs, and led tocollaborations on AustralianResearch Council Linkageapplications.
Behaviour change masterclass
Working with Green Steps,BehaviourWorks Australia offers abehaviour change “masterclass” toindustry and government. We drawon advanced theory and practicalapproaches to behaviour change toassist organisations to clearlyarticulate and prioritise thebehaviours they want to influence;understand the context of thebehaviour and the beliefs of thetarget audience; and selectappropriate behaviour changetechniques to form part of anintervention. In 2012, themasterclass was delivered to theDepartment of Defence,Sustainability Victoria, Perth andTaronga Zoos and The ShannonCompany.
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BehaviourWorksAustraliaresearchers arehelping Australianzoos betterunderstand howwebsites could beused to promote pro-wildlifebehaviour.
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world–leading programs
• In 2012, ClimateWorksundertook a major analysis ofenergy opportunities formedium to large industrialbusinesses. The analysisidentified barriers and driversfor energy efficiency acrossdifferent industry sectors.
• In February 2012, ClimateWorksreleased a new methodology tomeasure the effectiveness ofprograms in reducing consumerenergy consumption. “How toMake the Most of DemandManagement” was developedwith the support of ErgonEnergy in partnership withBehaviourWorks Australia. Itassists in delivering sustainablechanges in customer energyuse, while optimising demandmanagement program designfor energy providers.
• In February 2012, ClimateWorkslaunched a new nationalprogram designed to‘Empower’ businesses andhouseholds to reduce theirgreenhouse gas emissions andsave money.
• In October 2012, the “LowCarbon Lifestyles” report waslaunched, providing Australianhouseholds with informationabout how they can savemoney on their energy bills andreduce their impact on theenvironment.
• In November 2012,ClimateWorks launched aproject to track Australia’sprogress in reducing emissionsacross the economy bymeasuring business activity atall stages of the project pipeline.The project will provide valuabledata that can inform policydesign and build consensus onan appropriate emissionreduction target for 2020.
ClimateWorks Australia is an independent, non-profit organisation founded by The Myer Foundation and Monash University (under the auspices of the MSI). It isfocused on translating research into action. ClimateWorks is committed to catalysingsubstantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in Australia. In 2012, our focushas been on working with business, government, and investors to drive Australia’stransition to a low carbon economy.
CORE TEAMProfessor Dave Griggs, CEOAnna Skarbek, Executive DirectorGreg Garvin, Interim ExecutiveDirectorMeg Argyriou, Head of EngagementAmandine Denis, Head of ResearchParis Nichols, Senior BusinessAnalystRob Kelly, Business AnalystWei Sue, Business AnalystScott McKenry, EngagementManagerEli Court, Engagement Project OfficerBrigid O’Brien, Information ManagerRafi Mohamed Feroze, Senior AnalystProgrammerVicki Kyriakakis, Communicationsand Marketing ManagerSamantha Tannahill, ExecutiveAssistant
BOARDProfessor John Thwaites, Chair,Monash UniversityDavid Shelmerdine, Deputy Chair, TheMyer FoundationHoward Bamsey, United States StudyCentre, Sydney UniversityProfessor Edwina Cornish, Provost,Monash UniversitySam Mostyn, Leading Business andSustainability Advisor
Jon Myer, Communications,Foundation for Young AustraliansProfessor Robert Hill, AdjunctProfessor in Sustainability, UnitedStates Study Centre, SydneyUniversity and Chancellor, Universityof AdelaideHeather Ridout, Board Member,Reserve Bank and Climate ChangeAuthorityWilliam Spraggett, InvestmentSpecialist, Bell Potter Securities
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSThe Myer Foundation, Funder andCo-FounderMonash University, Funder and Co-Founder
BUSINESS PARTNERSErgon EnergyOrigin EnergySiemensCarbon Market InstituteRare Consulting
GOVERNMENT PARTNERSDepartment of Climate Change andEnergy EfficiencyDepartment of Resources, Energyand TourismRegional Development AustraliaCity of MelbourneCity of Greater Geelong
Brisbane City CouncilGippsland Local GovernmentNetworkGreater Dandenong CouncilKnox City CouncilLow Carbon AustraliaDepartment of Business & Innovation(South East Melbourne InnovationPrecinct)
ACADEMIC AND NON-PROFIT PARTNERSCSIROFuture Proofing Geelong CommitteeProperty Council of AustraliaMacquarie UniversityHope AustraliaToowoomba Chamber of CommerceUniversity of Southern QueenslandRyde Gladesville Climate ChangeAction GroupEarthfest Sustainability FestivalGippsland Climate Change NetworkSustainable Melbourne Fund
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CLIMATEWORKS AUSTRALIA
ClimateWorks Australia is a multi-award winning partnershipbetween The Myer Foundation and Monash University.
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Analysing and reducingAustralian industrial energy use
ClimateWorks undertook a majoranalysis of energy efficiency inmedium and large industrialcompanies in Australia. The projecthas produced an unprecedentedgranular dataset on energy use andenergy savings by sector andtechnology – as well as developed aframework to identify and quantifybarriers to implementation.
Measuring the impact ofdifferent programs on consumerenergy use
ClimateWorks partnered with ErgonEnergy in 2012 to develop a newmethodology to measure thechange in consumer energyconsumption achieved through arange of programs that encourageuptake of energy efficiencytechnologies or changes inconsumer behaviour. The aim ofthese programs is to reduce orpostpone the need for costlyelectricity infrastructure upgrades.The project led to the release of areport outlining the methodology inFebruary 2012.
Empowering Australians toreduce their greenhouse gasemissions
ClimateWorks devised an innovativecommunications and engagementprogram called ‘Empower’ toincrease understanding of how
industry and communities canreduce their greenhouse gasemissions. The program wasconducted across five regions andengaged with government, industry,business, community organisationsand education providers through aseries of regional outreach eventsand a suite of communicationmaterials.
Saving money and reducing yourimpact on the environment
Together with Origin Energy,ClimateWorks has developed apractical guide on how Australianhouseholds can save money ontheir energy bills whilesimultaneously reducing their impacton the environment. The “LowCarbon Lifestyles” report identifiesdifferent actions householders cantake to reduce their energy use orswitch to cleaner energy solutions.The report analysed three differenthouse types across four states.
Tracking Australia’s emissionsreduction
In 2012, ClimateWorks launched aproject to track Australia’s progressin reducing emissions across theeconomy. The project will gatherdata to track action beingundertaken by companies to reduceemissions and identify the majordrivers behind the activity. This workwill inform decision-making on anappropriate emissions reductiontarget for 2020.
“There is enormousimportance for anindependent centre forpolicy discussion andthe independentperspective thatClimateWorksprovides and I highlyvalue that.” — Professor Ross Garnaut, Melbourne University
ClimateWorks ishelping Australianindustry reduce theirenergy use.
• The results of our research on climatevulnerability in Victoria were presentedat a National Climate ChangeAdaptation Research Facilityconference in June 2012 and havebeen submitted for peer-reviewedpublication.
• A national workshop was held at thePopulation Health Congress inAdelaide in September 2012 on thehealth impacts of energy choices.
• We published scientific articles onwater insecurity and health, and onfood, health and sustainability.
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CORE TEAMDr Marion Carey, Program Leader, MSIDr Janet Stanley, Chief Research Officer, MSI
KEY ASSOCIATESDr Nigel Barr, University of the Sunshine CoastMs Denise Beaudequin, University of theSunshine CoastDr Mark Holmes, University of the SunshineCoastMs Catherine Pendrey, Project Officer, MonashUniversityDr Anne Roiko, University of the Sunshine CoastProfessor Malcolm Sim, Monash Centre forOccupational and Environmental Health, Facultyof Medicine, Nursing and Health SciencesDr Martha Sinclair, Monash Department ofEpidemiology and Preventative Medicine,Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and HealthSciencesDr Margaret Stebbing, Department of Rural andIndigenous Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursingand Health Sciences
Dr Ken Winkel, Director, Australian VenomResearch Unit, Department of Pharmacology,University of MelbourneAssociate Professor Linda Selvey, School ofPublic Health, Curtin UniversityAssociate Professor Grant Blashki, NossalInstitute for Global Health, University ofMelbourne
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSDepartment of Pharmacology, University ofMelbourne, Delivery PartnerFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and HealthSciences, Monash University, Delivery PartnerSchool of Health and Sports Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Delivery PartnerThe Victorian Health Promotion Foundation,FunderVictorian Department of Sustainability and theEnvironment, Funder
The Climate, Biodiversity and Health Program is a cross-disciplinary research program that is unique inAustralia. Led by the MSI’s Dr Marion Carey, a public health physician, the program is working toimprove our understanding of how changes to the natural environment, such as climate change andbiodiversity loss, can affect human health. It draws together expertise from Monash University withother national experts to research issues of climate change vulnerability, water insecurity, air pollution,heat impacts, and the value of natural ecosystems to human health. In 2012, the program was fundedby VicHealth (The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation) and Monash University, with support fromthe Department of Sustainability and Environment.
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Human health and wellbeing is at the heart of thesustainability challenge for the climate change,biodiversity and health program.
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What impact does extremeweather have on the health andwell-being of homeless people inVictoria?
As the climate changes, extremeweather events such as floods,bushfires and heat waves areexpected to increase – impacting onhuman health and well-being.Currently, we don’t know enoughabout how community health andwelfare sectors can meet thischallenge. Homeless people inAustralia are particularly at risk. Ourresearch project investigated theimpacts of extreme weather on thehealth and well-being of homelesspeople in Victoria (as reported byservice providers) and the potentialimplications of climate change for thispopulation. This is one of the firststudies in Australia to research thisissue, with important implications foradequate planning and resourcing toprotect vulnerable population groups.
How do people in country townsadapt to the health impacts oflong-term water insecurity?
This study investigated how peopleliving in small rural towns in Victoriaadapt to the effects of long termwater insecurity on their health and
well-being. Focus groups with townresidents and key informantinterviews were conducted in fourrural Victorian towns experiencingdiffering water security challenges.The data offered insights intoadaptive responses at the individualand community level. The Faculty ofMedicine, Nursing & Health SciencesStrategic Grant Scheme seedfunding commenced in 2011 and theproject was undertaken incollaboration with MonashDepartments of Epidemiology andPreventive Medicine and Rural andIndigenous Health. The results havebeen presented at a nationalconference and published in theconference proceedings.
How can health carepractitioners best respond to theimpacts of extreme heat events?
Extreme heat events linked to climatechange will increasingly stress thehealth care system, with acute heat-related illness and exacerbation ofchronic disease. Increases inmortality and morbidity with heatwaves have already been describedin Australia. Involvement of primaryhealth care practitioners is animportant part of the public healthresponse to extreme heat under
climate change, but research isneeded to inform how best to involvethis sector. This study examined thecapacity of primary and allied healthcare practitioners to respond to thechallenges of increasing heat healthimpacts – an important part of healthsystem adaptation to climate change.
What is the link betweenbiodiversity and human health?
Recent international assessmentshave highlighted the closedependence of human health onbiodiversity, through benefits such asecosystem services, diseaseregulation and genetic resources.However biodiversity loss is occurringat an unprecedented rate throughenvironmental degradation andclimate change. This project, inpartnership with the VictorianDepartment of Sustainability andEnvironment and the University ofMelbourne, is working to synthesiseand disseminate information on thelinks between biodiversity and humanhealth in an Australian context andthe health implications of biodiversityloss.
Climate changewill hit Australia’smost vulnerablehardest.
“The importance of biodiversity tohealth is profound. The MonashClimate, Biodiversity and HealthProgram is an essential steptowards improving Australia’sresilience in the face ofunprecedented and interlinkedclimate, biodiversity and healthchallenges. I congratulate DrCarey on this pioneering effortand on Monash University’scommitment to making adifference to biodiversity andhealth, now and into the future.” — Dr Ken Winkel, Director, Australian Venom Research Unit,University of Melbourne
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Professor Michael Ward, Program Leader, MSI and Department of Economics
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Professor Lata Gangadharan, Department of Economics, Associate Researcher Professor Jeff LaFrance, Department of Economics, Associate ResearcherDr Anke Leroux, Department of Economics, Associate ResearcherDr Paul Raschky, Department of Economics, Associate Researcher
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Australian Research Council, FunderCRC for Water Sensitive Cities, FunderDepartment of Economics, Monash University, Partner
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“The Department of Economics is very pleasedto partner with MSI on this program. This is apriority research area for us, and sustainability isa core strategic research theme of the Faculty.We’re looking forward to more collaborationwith MSI, in particular around sustainability indeveloping countries. Our early collaboration inthis area has already helped lead to Monashbeing appointed a regional centre of the UN’sSustainable Development Solutions Network.” — Professor Russell Smyth, Head of Department of Economics, Monash University
MSI’s brand new Economics Program,launched in 2012, is conducting high-impact research and engagement oneconomics of the environment, naturalresources and sustainability. The programis led by Professor Michael Ward, who wasjointly appointed in 2012 to both MSI andMonash’s Department of Economics.
In its early stages, the program isleveraging its impact through partnershipwith associated members from Monash’sDepartment of Economics, who bring in abroad research capacity in economics –from environmental regulation, andresource management in developingcountries, to biodiversity and ecosystemservices. During this first year, the programhas conducted research on the economicsof water management, with major grantsfrom the Australian Research Council andthe CRC for Water Sensitive Cities.
ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY
• A major grant was received by theAustralian Research Council toconduct research into the economicsof urban water management.
• The CRC for Water Sensitive Citiesprovided a grant for research intoeconomic valuation for the Cities asWater Supply Catchments project.
• The program co-hosted an educationsymposium on carbon markets,attended by over 200 people.
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It’s not a case of the economy versus theenvironment for MSI’s Economics inSustainability researchers, who areinvestigating the links between the two.
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How effective are economic levers whenmanaging Australia’s urban water?
This ARC Discovery Project, led by ProfessorMichael Ward, is analysing the effectiveness anddistributional consequences of using economiclevers – such as price-based demand management– for urban water. The project commenced in late2012 and is now in the research design phase.
How willing are people to pay for stormwatermanagement?
This three-year project, funded by the CRC forWater Sensitive Cities and led by Professor LataGangadharan, commenced in 2012. Researcherson the project are working to identify the willingnessto pay for stormwater management, in order toquantify the contribution urban water amenitiesmake to property values and to determine theoptimal portfolio of urban water supply sources.
MSI is working withresearchers from Monash’sFaculty of Business andEconomics on innovativenew initiatives.
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MSI is working in partnership with Indigenouscommunities and organisations to understand howclimate change and natural resource managementpolicies affect traditional livelihoods, values,practices and needs. The aim of this work is to assistthe communities to respond to climate change andhave a stronger say in policies and managementdecisions affecting their traditional lands.
The key activity in this program is a joint project withthe Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation andwith Brown University in the USA. The project islooking at how Yorta Yorta knowledge can becombined with scientific knowledge to support betterwater management and climate change adaptation inthe Barmah-Millewa area of the Murray River.
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
• Over 20 Yorta Yorta youth and Elders undertook a ‘talkingjourney’ as part of a cultural knowledge collectioncampaign.
• Indigenous leaders, researchers, and international expertsgathered in Echuca to look at how Indigenous knowledgecan improve climate change adaptation.
• The NICC Opportunities Roadmap was published: “ADecision Support Framework to Assess IndigenousClimate Change Opportunities in Australia”
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CORE TEAMProfessor Dave Griggs, MSI, ProgramLeaderMr Lee Joachim, Yorta Yorta NationAboriginal Corporation, Yorta YortaProject Co-LeaderProfessor Amanda Lynch, BrownUniversity, USA, Yorta Yorta ProjectCo-LeaderDr Carolina Adler, ETH Zurich, ProjectTeamMr Zac Bischoff-Mattson, BrownUniversity, USA, Project TeamDr Tahl Kestin, MSI, Project TeamMs Jackie Walker, Yorta Yorta NationAboriginal Corporation, Project TeamDr Pan Wang, MSI, Project TeamDr Xuan Zhu, School of Geographyand Environmental Sciences, Facultyof Arts, Monash University, ProjectTeam
KEY ASSOCIATESProfessor Kate Auty, Commissionerfor Environmental SustainabilityVictoria, Advisor and WorkshopOrganising Committee
Mr Rowan Foley, Aborigianl CarbonFund, National Indigenous ClimateChange Group and WorkshopOrganising CommitteeDr Cathy Robinson, CSIRO, NationalIndigenous Climate Change Groupand Workshop Organising CommitteeMr Joe Ross, National IndigenousClimate Change GroupMs Emily Gerard, Arthurs, NationalIndigenous Climate Change Group
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSYorta Yorta Nation AboriginalCorporation, Delivery PartnerBrown University, USA, DeliveryPartnerCSIRO, Delivery Partner Office of the Commissioner forEnvironmental Sustainability Victoria,Delivery PartnerNational Climate Change AdaptationResearch Facility (NCCARF), FunderVictorian Centre for Climate ChangeAdaptation Research (VCCCAR),Funder
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Victoria’s Yorta Yorta community is teaching MSI researchers to ‘see with both eyes’ when it comes to dealing with climate change.
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MSI scientists held aworkshop with Indigenousleaders, academics andexperts from around theworld late last year.
Integrating traditionalknowledge on theBarmah-Millewa
In this innovative andinspiring project,researchers arecombining the traditionalknowledge of the YortaYorta people withconventional knowledgeof the Barmah-Millewaarea in a secure onlineGIS database. The toolwill be used by the YortaYorta community toparticipate more fully inmanagement and policyprocesses affecting thearea. The work involvesknowledge collectionthrough Elder and youth‘talking journeys’,development of IPprotocols, and GISsystem and productdevelopment.
Touching base with thecommunity onmanagement of theMurray-Darling Basin
The Murray River is the lifesource and spirit of theYorta Yorta people, but itswater is also the basis ofa $9 billion per yearagricultural industry. Thisstudy is examining theperspectives ofIndigenous and non-Indigenous residents,workers and decision-makers in the region onmanagement options forthe Murray River, with theaim of identifying potentialfor common ground.
National IndigenousClimate ChangeOpportunitiesRoadmap
This CSIRO-led project,with MSI involvement, forthe National IndigenousClimate Change (NICC)Group, produced andpublished the “NICCOpportunities Roadmap:A Decision SupportFramework to AssessIndigenous ClimateChange Opportunities inAustralia.” The project islooking to identify anddevelop newopportunities forIndigenous communitiesand enterprises.
A national workshopon IndigenousKnowledge for ClimateChange Adaptation
In November 2012, nearly100 participants, includingIndigenous leaders,academics andinternational experts,gathered in Echuca, onYorta Yorta land, to begina conversation on howIndigenous knowledgecan improve climatechange adaptationoutcomes for Indigenouscommunities and for allAustralians. Topics ofdiscussion includedknowledge ownershipand confidentiality;research by and forIndigenous people; andIndigenous participation inland management andpolicy processes. Theworkshop has resulted inproduction of a report tocapture the findings. “Our work with MSI has benefited the Yorta Yorta Nation
in so many ways – such as capacity building, communityempowerment and international relations. In turn we’vebeen able to educate the researchers in Yorta Yortaknowledge and culture - the possibility of seeing theworld through two eyes – so they have benefited as well.” — Lee Joachim, Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation
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Monash Water for Liveability is working to transformcities and their communities in ways that will helpthem live in harmony with natural water environments.The Centre (formerly the Centre for Water SensitiveCities) is playing a pivotal role in transformingAustralian cities to become resilient to current andfuture challenges.
The Centre is building Australia’s capacity to advancesustainable urban water practices through:
• Research excellence
• Engagement with planning, development and watermanagement professions; and
• Supporting the development of government policies
MONASH WATER FOR LIVEABILITY
• The multi-million dollar CRC for Water Sensitive Citieswas launched in July 2012.
• Professor Ana Deletic, a Director of Monash Water forLiveability, was awarded a Victoria Prize for Science andInnovation by the Victorian State Parliament.
• The Liveability Report was released as part of theCentre’s Department of Sustainability and Environment-Monash Science Policy Partnership.
• Blueprint 2012 was released, which includes insights andrecommendations from research across multipledisciplines undertaken by the Cities as Water SupplyCatchments Research Team in 2011.
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CORE TEAM Professor Rob Skinner, Director, MSI Professor Ana Deletic, Director,Department of Civil EngineeringProfessor Rebekah Brown, Director,School of Geography andEnvironmental SciencesProfessor Nigel Tapper, School ofGeography and EnvironmentalSciencesMs Cara Jordan, BusinessManager, MSIMs Jennifer Edwards, ExecutiveSupport, MSIKEY ASSOCIATESProfessor John Thwaites, MSI, Chairof Project Management Committee Mr Ross Allen, Cities as WaterSupply Catchments, Project LeaderMs Rachelle Adamowicz,Department of Sustainability andthe Environment, Project Officer –Science Policy Partnership Dr Niki Frantzeskaki, DutchResearch Institution for Transitions,Erasmus University Rotterdam,Research FellowDr Rupak Aryal, University ofQueenslandDr Peter Breen, AECOM
Associate Professor HeatherChapman, Griffith UniversityMr Hugh Duncan, Melbourne Water,eWater CRC, Monash UniversityProfessor Beate Escher, Universityof QueenslandProfessor Tim Fletcher, University ofMelbourneDr Wolfgang Gernjak, University ofQueenslandMs Jane-Louise Lampard, GriffithUniversityMr Tim O’Loan, AECOMMr Jeroen Rijke, Delft University ofTechnology and Monash UniversityMr Michael Sammonds, Universityof MelbourneDr Mike Stewardson, University ofMelbourneDr Janet Tang, QueenslandUniversityDr Geoff Vietz, University ofMelbourneAssociate Professor Chris Walsh,University of MelbourneSCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY ANDENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE,FACULTY OF ARTSProfessor Jason Beringer, LeaderMs Katie Brookes, Research FellowDr Andrew Coutts, Research Fellow Dr Meredith Dobbie, ResearchFellow Miss Jennifer Edwards, ExecutiveAssistantDr Megan Farrelly, Lecturer Dr Fjalar de Haan, Research Fellow Dr Margaret Loughnan, ResearchFellow
Professor Ray Ison, ResearchCollaboratorProfessor Nigel Tapper, ProjectLeaderDEPARTMENT OF CIVILENGINEERING, FACULTY OFENGINEERINGDr Edoardo Daly, Research FellowMs Cintia Dotto, Research FellowDr Belinda Hatt, LecturerMs Louisa John-Krol, AdministrativeAssistantMr Peter Kolotelo, ResearchAssistantDr David McCarthy, LecturerDr Catherine Osborne, ResearchFellowMr Peter Poelsma, ResearchAssistantMs Christelle Schang, ResearchAssistantRichard Williamson, TechnicalAssistantMr Frank Winston, ManagerHydraulics LaboratoryMr Yaron Zinger, Research FellowDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS,FACULTY OF BUSINESS ANDECONOMICSDr Anke Leroux, Department ofEconomics, Senior LecturerDr Dinusha Dharmaratna,Department of Economics, Facultyof Business and Economics,LecturerProfessor Lata Gagadharan,Department of Economics, ProjectLeaderDr Paul Raschky, LecturerSCHOOL OF MATHEMATICALSCIENCES, FACULTY OF SCIENCEDr Lorenzo de la Fuente, ResearchFellowProfessor Christian Jakob, ProjectLeader
Dr Bhupendra Raut, ResearchFellowProfessor Michael Reeder, ResearchCollaboratorSCHOOL OF BIOLOGICALSCIENCES, FACULTY OF SCIENCEProfessor Jenny Davis, ResearchCollaboratorDr Ross Thompson, Senior LecturerORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSWATER FOR LIVEABILITYDepartment of Sustainability andEnvironment (Victoria), FundingPartnerJewish National Fund of Australia,Funding PartnerUNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands,Research PartnerDutch Research Institute forTransitions, Erasmus University,Rotterdam, Research PartnerTechnical University of Denmark(DTU), Denmark, Research PartnerCITIES AS WATER SUPPLYCATCHMENTS PROGRAMThe University of Western Australia,Research PartnerThe University of Melbourne,Research PartnerThe University of Queensland,Research PartnerAECOM, Research PartnerDepartment of Business andInnovation (Victoria), FundingPartnerMelbourne Water, Funding PartnerNational Water Commission,Funding PartnerDepartment of Water (WA), FundingPartnerBrisbane City Council, FundingPartnerMarrickville City Council, FundingPartnerVicUrban, Funding PartnerWater Corporation (WA), FundingPartnerDepartment for Water (SA), FundingPartnerSA Water, Funding PartnerArmadale Redevelopment Authority(WA), Funding Partner
Department of Housing (WA),Funding PartnerLandCorp, Funding PartnerLand Management Corporation,Funding PartnerAdelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRMBoard, Funding PartnerManningham City Council, FundingPartnerSA Murray-Darling Basin NRMBoard, Funding PartnerSouth East Water, Funding PartnerChemCentre, Funding PartnerBlacktown City Council, FundingPartnerCity of Port Phillip, Funding PartnerCity of Sydney, Funding PartnerFairfield City Council, FundingPartnerHornsby City Council, FundingPartnerKu Ring Gai Council, FundingPartnerNSW Department of Planning,Funding PartnerSwan River Trust, Funding PartnerSydney Metropolitan CMA, FundingPartnerWarringah (NSW), Funding PartnerCity of Canning, Funding PartnerCity of Gosnells, Funding PartnerCity of Armadale, Funding PartnerCity of Geraldton-Greenough,Funding PartnerCity of Mandurah, Funding PartnerCity of Melville, Funding PartnerCity of South Perth, Funding PartnerCity of Subiaco, Funding PartnerCity of Vincent, Funding PartnerCity of Wanneroo, Funding PartnerSouth East Regional Centre forUrban Landcare (WA), FundingPartnerYarra Valley Water, Funding PartnerCentral West CatchmentManagement Authority (NSW),Funding PartnerCentral West Councils Salinity andWater Quality Alliance (NSW),Funding PartnerEastern Metropolitan RegionalCouncil (WA), Funding PartnerDepartment of Planning and LocalGovernment (SA), Funding Partner
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Harnessing the potential ofstormwater
The Cities as Water Supply CatchmentsProgram is a five year national researchprogram which aims to harness thepotential of stormwater and buildgreener, more liveable cities withresilience to the challenges of housing agrowing population in an era of climatechange. This flagship program, led byMonash University, brings together fiveresearch partners in eight separate butinterlinked projects and counts 52industry partners throughout Australia.
Visualising different options formanaging urban water
This project aims to develop a modellingtool that can examine possiblescenarios for managing urban waterwhen building and renewing Australiancities and towns. It will enable us to testa large number of potential urban watersystems within the context of uncertainclimate, population growth and citydevelopment at a range of scales.
New technologies for managingurban water systems
The Water Sensitive Urban Design(WSUD) Technologies program aims todevelop and test a range of newtechnologies for managing urban watersystems, with a particular focus onurban stormwater management. Whilstthe urban stormwater technologiesbeing developed are mainly focussed onthe improvement of water quality and/orthe restoration of natural catchmenthydrology, they also aim for a widerrange of benefits including aesthetic andmicro-climate benefits.
Urban Water Governance: Bridging policy and practice
The Urban Water Governance Programseeks to bridge the policy-implementation gap throughfundamental and applied research inurban water management, by providinga reliable knowledge base on thegovernance of urban water. Watergovernance refers to the managementof collective issues, the stakeholdersinvolved and the processes used todeliver treat and dispose of water incities.
Exploring ecosystem dynamics
The Ecosystem Dynamics Programexplores the link between urban watersystems, the urban landscape andecosystems, with a particular emphasison aquatic receiving waters such asstreams, wetlands and estuaries. Itexamines how water sensitive urbandesign can be used to support andrestore natural elements of ecosystemfunction, both to protect ecosystemservices to humans and to protect theintrinsic values of the ecosystemsthemselves.
Green cities and microclimate
It is the aim of the Green Cities andMicroclimate Program to determine theurban microclimate advantages ofdecentralised stormwater harvestingsolutions, green infrastructure andtechnologies. Additionally, the programaims to provide potential multiplebenefits of stormwater harvestingstrategies for the improvement of urbanclimate, carbon sequestration,stormwater runoff and air quality.
Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)for Water Sensitive Cities
The CRC for Water Sensitive Citiesbrings together the inter-disciplinaryresearch expertise and thought-leadership to undertake research thatwill revolutionise water management inAustralia and overseas. In collaborationwith over 70 research, industry andgovernment partners, the CRC willdeliver the socio-technical urban watermanagement solutions, education andtraining programs, and industryengagement required to make townsand cities water sensitive.
Researchers with the Monash Urban Water for Liveability program aretreading new pathways in the use and management of urban water.
Previously the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash’s Water for Liveability program is continuing the centre’s ground-breaking work.
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“Monash Water for Liveability wasa key technical advisor in thedevelopment of the VictorianGovernment’s policy for a watersensitive city. Monash Universitywas able to demonstrate a strongcase for change, backed by goodscience and a national alliance ofpractitioners across waterauthorities, councils andgovernment.”— Jaime Ewert, Regional Water Strategy Manager, Melbourne Water
Helping practitioners realiseWater Sensitive Cities
While all the research of the Centre isinformed by and informs practicethrough industry partnership, actionresearch and policy maker andpractitioner capacity buildingprograms, the ImplementationModels Program is specificallygeared towards the creation of newmodels of implementation. Byproducing scientifically backedplanning and technical tools andframeworks, these projects will createnew implementation models forpractitioners to use, and help realiseWater Sensitive Cities.
Partnering with government
The Science – Policy Partnership is ajoint initiative of the VictorianGovernment (Department ofSustainability and Environment, DSE)and Monash University that links theresearch activities of the Centre tothe policy programs of DSE andensures the rapid and ongoingdevelopment of evidence-basedpolicy making in the urban waterresources area. The Partnership willsupport the application of science toinform policy decisions for thedevelopment of urban water policyparticularly related to the LivingMelbourne, Living Victoria policy.
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Funded by AusAID, thisprogram brings togetherthe multidisciplinaryresearch expertise ofMonash University withinternational teams to linkresearch and policyrelevant to adapting andmitigating climate changein South and South EastAsia. The program isassisting efforts to reducepoverty in the regionthrough sustainabledevelopment of naturalresources.
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ASIA IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
“When we first came to [the Monash Sustainability Institute],we were interested in developing water resourceallocation policy given Vietnam’s exposure to climatechange. We took much of the case study analysisincluding the work done on the Murray Darling Basin.We’ve now adopted this in our plans for environmentalprotection in polluted river basins, and plans for waterresources management. It’s also influenced our actionplan linked to Vietnam’s strategic plan for climate change.”— Dr Tran Hong, Deputy Director General, Vietnam Institute ofMeteorology, Hydrology and Environment
• More than $1.3 million in funding was received in 2012 from AusAID tosupport mutli-disciplinary sustainable development programs.
• MSI hosted a delegation of 22 Indonesian scholars in a 10 week researchskills development program.
• MSI conducted a successful stakeholder engagement program in Kapuas,Central Kalimantan together with the Kalimantan Forests and ClimatePartnership.
• Successful workshops were held in Kolkata, India and in Hanoi, Vietnam toaddress climate change adaptation and community development.
• MSI joined forces with the Climate Change Institute (Australian NationalUniversity) to examine climate change impacts on Himalayan-sourced rivers.
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CORE TEAMDr Paul McShane, Chief Researcher, MSIMr Simon J Rowntree, Logistical Support for InternationalProjects, MSIDr Terry Chan, Research Fellow (Systems Modelling), MSIDr Tina Kalivas, Research Fellow (Indonesia), MSIDr Max Richter, Research Fellow (Indonesian Engagement),MSIDr Jeremy Aarons, Research Fellow (Knowledge SectorDevelopment), MSIFabrizio D’Aprile, Research Fellow (Forestry), MSI
KEY ASSOCIATESDr Craig Thorburn, Advisor Community DevelopmentIndonesia, School of Geography and Environmental Science,Faculty of Arts, Monash UniversityProfessor Nigel Tapper, Advisor Climate Change and UrbanDevelopment, School of Geography and EnvironmentalScience, Faculty of ArtsProfessor Frada Burnstein, Knowledge Management, Schoolof Information TechnologyDr Henry Linger, Knowledge Management, School ofInformation TechnologyProfessor Marika Vicziany, Community Development SouthAsia, Monash Asia InstituteProfessor Gordon Whyte, Community Health South Asia,Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health SciencesProfessor Pushkar Maitra, Community Development SouthAsia, Faculty of Business and EconomicsDr Akbar Hessami, Clean Energy Technology, School ofMechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty ofEngineeringDr Ha Phan, Knowledge Management Vietnam, Faculty ofEducation
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSAusAid, FunderNational Council on Climate Change Indonesia, CollaboratorUniversity of Palangka Raya, Indonesia, CollaboratorInstitute of Development Studies Kolkata, CollaboratorUniversity of Dhaka, Bangladesh, CollaboratorForest Science Institute, Vietnam, CollaboratorDepartment of Forestry, Cambodia, CollaboratorInstitute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment,Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam,Collaborator
How can south-east Asiancountries work together tomanage Himalayan-sourcedrivers in response to climatechange?
MSI is collaborating with the ClimateChange Institute, at the AustralianNational University (ANU), toexamine adaptive responses toclimate change affecting Himalayan-sourced rivers. The rivers include theIndus (Pakistan), the Ganges andBrahmaputra (Nepal, Bhutan, Indiaand Bangladesh), the Mekong(China, Myanmar, Cambodia,Thailand, Laos and Vietnam), andthe Yellow River (China).
What sustainable opportunitiesexist that can help us bothreduce poverty and conservepeat-land in Indonesia?
MSI is working with the Indonesia-Australia Forest Carbon Partnership,Kalimantan Forests and ClimateChange (KFCP), and the Universityof Palangka-Raya on a program toidentify sustainable economicdevelopment opportunities. Theprogram is particularly concernedwith identifying opportunities that reduce poverty and conservepeat-land.
Helping Indonesia developresearch capacity forsustainable development
MSI is working with prominentIndonesian universities in a researchskills development program.Researchers are helping to developIndonesia’s knowledge sector aspart of a strategy to mobiliseIndonesia’s natural capital of nearly250 million people, develop itseconomy sustainably, and reducerates of poverty across thearchipelago. The universitiesinvolved include the University ofIndonesia, University of GadjahMada, the Institute of Technology ofBandung, the Institute PertanianBogor, the University of PalangkaRaya, and Tanjungpura University.The ten-week program involvesmost of Monash University’sfaculties and aims to improveresearch performance in thoseuniversities – including publication inpeer-reviewed journals andpresentation of research results toend users. An important context isthe challenge of reducing poverty,sustainably utilising Indonesia’snatural resources and adapting toclimate change.
Extending SuccessfulCommunity-Based ForestManagement in Response toClimate Change
With the support of AusAID, MSIcoordinated a series of workshopsto address community-based forestmanagement. The workshopbrought together researchers andpolicy makers from Australia,Cambodia, India, Indonesia andVietnam to improve the link betweenresearch and effective policy. Itfollowed a workshop in Kolkata,India, which identified shared issuesamong participating countries. Theproject draws on many disciplines,including law, economics, politicalscience, sociology, anthropologyand geography. Key outcomesincluded policy recommendations toincorporate community-based forestmanagement and a framework forresearch addressing identified gapsin knowledge.
Knowledge Management inResponse to Climate Change
MSI is working with Vietnam’sNational Target Program on ClimateChange. The Program involves theVietnamese Ministry of NaturalResources and the Environment,and their Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development. The program isaddressing barriers andopportunities for sharing informationand looking for ways of adapting toclimate change and allocating waterresources. A coordinated responseto natural resource managementand climate change is required inVietnam, which is disproportionatelyexposed to climate impacts withpopulous cities situated on largerivers. This is particularly importantgiven the range of disciplinesinvolved and the need to integratesocial, economic and environmentalissues.
Managing Community Impactsof Climate Change
This program aims to identify andpromote measures to improvecommunity resilience andsustainable livelihoods in the GangaBasin in response to climatechange. MSI researchers areworking with the community to lookat ways of better coordinatingresponses to key challengesbetween agencies and states(including nations occupying theGanga Basin).
MSI is taking Monash’s best sustainability expertise into Asia with these key projects and initiatives.
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• MSI researchers helped to establish asocial enterprise in the City ofWarrnambool, in Victoria. Theorganisation will coordinate and facilitatetransport options for peopleexperiencing disadvantage in the localarea.
• A report was released on how tofacilitate transport options for peopleliving in rural and isolated areas inWestern Victoria. Since then, somerecommendations from the report havebeen implemented by the VictorianGovernment.
• A new area of research was launched onhomelessness and climate change, thefirst of its kind in Australia.
Led by MSI’s Dr JanetStanley, researchers onthis program areexamining the relationshipbetween social andenvironmentalsustainability and workingto develop policysolutions to thechallenges Australia facesin both areas.
Researchers are lookingat how climate changeand other environmentalissues connect with socialpolicy, and how theyimpact peopleexperiencing socialexclusion and otherdisadvantages.Researchers are seekingto better understand howto improve the wellbeingof socially excludedpeople who will be themost adversely impactedby climate change andother environmentalimpacts (such as pollutionand biodiversity loss).
In 2012, the program hasparticularly studiedtransport andhomelessness issues.
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“The establishment of ConnectU, a SocialEnterprise Initiative which coordinates andfacilitates transport for those experiencingtransport disadvantage, is a new innovativeapproach in the transport field. The collaborationbetween MSI and Warrnambool Bus Lines hasbeen important in getting this project operationaland successful to date.” — Sam Lucas, Director, Transit South West
MSI researchers are studying the ways inwhich social and environmentalsustainability interrelate and connectthrough a series of initiatives.
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CORE TEAM Dr Janet Stanley, ProgramLeader, MSIMs Margaret Banks, ResearcherDr Lenore Manderson,ResearcherDr Katie Vasey, ResearcherProfessor John Stanley,ResearcherDr Marion Carey, ResearcherMs Catherine Pendrey, HonoursStudent
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSBusVic, FunderDepartment of Planning andCommunity Services (Victoria),FunderWarrnambool Bus Lines, Funder
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ConnectU: Helping people get around
MSI researchers conducted background research anddrafted a business plan, to examine the viability ofestablishing a social enterprise to support people whohave trouble accessing transport in Warrnambool and thesurrounding area. A social enterprise called ConnectUwas developed off the back of this work. The organisation now has an office and vehicles, and hasappointed a staff member and volunteers to run the program.
Improving transport options
This project reviewed how to improve transport optionsfor 25 small towns in two Victorian shires, through bettermanagement of existing resources. MSI researchersdeveloped a report that included recommendations onimprovements that could be made. Some of thoserecommendations have subsequently been implementedthrough the Transport Connections Program by theVictorian Government.
Homelessness on the Melbourne Fringe
Researchers on this project examined the growth inhomelessness in the outer Eastern suburbs ofMelbourne, looked at who was homeless and why theywere homeless. The project was particularly focused onhomelessness of new migrant and refugee families.
Giving people betteraccess to transport isthe focus of a newsocial enterprise,ConnectU.
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• Five important reports wereproduced on the topic "Whata climate change adapted citylooks like", through successfulcollaboration with state andlocal government, academics,and consultants from a broadrange of disciplines.
The Sustainable Places program, led by MSI’s Dr Janet Stanley, brings together expertisefrom across Monash University to better understand the sustainability and climatechange challenges facing large and small urban centres. Researchers are working toenvisage what a future climate adapted place would look like, how to best respond toclimate change (and other environmental concerns) while maintaining wellbeing.
CORE TEAM Dr Janet Stanley, ProgramLeader, MSIProfessor Dave Griggs,Research and AdviceDr Marion Carey,ResearcherDr Mark Symmons,ResearcherDr Bob Birrell, ResearcherDr Wendy Wright,ResearcherDr Michelle Duffy,Researcher
KEY ASSOCIATESMs Helen Martin, ConsultantDr Ian Manning, ConsultantMr Chris Stanley, ConsultantMr Steb Fisher, ConsultantMr Scott Feraro, ConsultantMr Craig Lyon, SouthGippsland ShireMs Lisa Price, Bass CoastShireMr Ashley Hall, Departmentof Sustainability andEnvironment, Victoria
ORGANISATIONALPARTNERSNational Climate ChangeAdaptation ResearchFacility, FunderDepartment of Sustainabilityand Environment, Victoria,FunderCamcare, FunderAssociation of South EastCouncils, Funder
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What does a climate changeadapted city look like?
Funding was provided by theNational Climate ChangeAdaptation Research Facility(NCCARF) to examine thequestion: “What would a climateadapted settlement look like in2030?”. Researchers looked attwo Victorian towns in particular –Inverloch and Sandy Point – ascase studies in order tounderstand what vision localcommunities have for a climate-adapted settlement. The programalso considered who and howdecisions are made to achieve thisvision. The research wasundertaken by a large multi-disciplinary team who examinedsocial, economic andenvironmental issues. The findingswere also workshopped in threeother states – South Australia,Western Australia and Tasmania.
The needs of disadvantagedpeople in high-income areas
Researchers examined the needsof people experiencingdisadvantage in the City ofBoroondara, in Melbourne. Thisproject looked in particular at theunmet needs of people affectedby external challenges in order tohelp a major welfare agency in thearea better plan their service andfuture directions. Researchersmade a series ofrecommendations on to how tobetter meet these needs and whatservices and programs wouldfacilitate this. Some of thoserecommendations have sincebeen implemented.
The impact of Tertiary andFurther Education (TAFE) cutson outer south-easternMelbourne
This project examined the impactof cuts to TAFE in the outersouthern eastern parts ofMelbourne. Researchers looked atthe impact on both individuals andthe wider regional economy. Theproject investigated the types ofcourses that were cut, who waslikely to be impacted and thebroader social and economicimpacts on the region.
“I have spent a very productive year workingwith MSI on case studies of adaptationchallenges in Gippsland. The findings will beused to assist adaptation outcomes beingachieved in many smaller settlements aroundAustralia. I have thoroughly enjoyed theexperience to be involved with research andam already using a different language when Ispeak with my stakeholders. I have found it aninvaluable experience and recommend thatthere be more unions formed betweengovernment and researchers workingtogether for better outcomes ” — Ashley Hall, Sustainability Program Officer,Department of Sustainability & Environment
MSI researchers have joined forces with experts from insideand outside Monash University to work towards developingsustainable urban settings in a time of climate change.
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• Led by MSI’s Paul Read,research with CrimeStoppers in 2012produced a report titled“Improving anInformation Campaign forPrevention of BushfireArson”. The researchsought and documentedthe opinion of 1100respondents across sixmain Victoriancommunities.
• Crime Stoppers reportedan increase of reportingof arson in Victoria from2010-11 to 2011-12 , anoutcome achieved withthe assistance of MSI’sresearch.
• Media interest in MSI’swork on arson preventionpeaked in 2012, withextensive coverage ontelevision, radio andpress media, bothnationally and in the UK.
The Australian Bushfire Prevention Initiative brings together the best academicexpertise of Monash University with national and international thought-leaders to helpthose dealing with arson develop better methods of prevention. Through research,policy development, and collaboration, researchers are working to identify andaddress information gaps, design and test prevention measures, and bring togetherkey stakeholders from across all sectors of the community.
CORE TEAMMr Paul Read, ResearchDr Janet Stanley, Research
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSCountry Fire Authority, Delivery PartnerMetropolitan Fire Brigade, Delivery PartnerFire Commissioner, Delivery PartnerCrime Stoppers, Delivery PartnerArson Squad, Victoria, Delivery PartnerRACV Insurance, FunderEmergency Services Commissioner, Victoria, Funder
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MSI’s research is continuing tomake a big impact in the area ofarson and bushfire prevention.
Encouraging people toreport on arson
Supported by the Departmentof Justice and RACVInsurance, MSI researchers areinvestigating communityattitudes to reporting arson.Led by Paul Read, researcherssurveyed communities tobetter understand whatpromotes reporting of arson toCrime Stoppers and whatprevents people from reporting.The study canvassed theoption of 1100 respondentsacross six main Victoriancommunities – five of whichwere nominated by VictorianPolice as arson-prone. Theresearch provided CrimeStoppers with a clearerunderstanding of why peopledon’t report arson, and helpedCrime Stoppers to increase thereporting rate in 2011-12.
Helping children and youthwho are fire-prone
MSI continued to work withkey health agencies, stategovernment and fire-preventionagencies to help children andyouth who are at risk of lightingfires. Researchers also workedwith the Gippsland ArsonPrevention Program, a place-based social enterprise thatcoordinates local government,fire, policy and emergencyservices, and major industry toprevent arson in the Gippslandregion.
“It is good to haveaccess to MSI and theirresearch. They helpexplain a lot, especiallyas we hear more aboutarson – a major causeof bushfires.”— Andrew Jaspan,Executive Director andEditor, The Conversation
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The Monash SoilCarbon Program is amultidisciplinaryprogram that pullstogether Monash’sconsiderable soilresearch expertiseunder the stewardshipof MSI. The programbrings togetherresearchers from MSI,the School ofBiological Sciences,the School ofChemistry, theDepartment of CivilEngineering, theCentre for GreenChemistry, and theSchool of Geographyand EnvironmentalScience.
Our joint aim is toaddress thesustainability andclimate changechallenges of soilhealth, soil productivityand carbon storage inAustralia. Theprogram’s researchersare particularlyinterested ininvestigatingsustainable solutionsto improve soil quality.The program seeks toincrease ourunderstanding of soilcarbon processes andfunction to improveland managementstrategies and betterinform public policy.
CORE TEAMDr Tim Cavagnaro, Researcher, School of Biological SciencesDr Phil Wallis, Researcher, MSIDr Will Gates, Department of Civil Engineering Professor Roy Jackson, Centre for Green ChemistryAssociate Professor Tony Patti, School of Chemistry Dr Mick Rose, School of Chemistry and School of Biological SciencesProfessor Jeff Walker, Department of Civil EngineeringDr Vanessa Wong, School of Geography and Environmental ScienceMs Jessica Drake, Researcher, School of Biological SciencesMr Roger Wrigley, Professional Engineer
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSAustralian Research Council, FunderBrown Coal Innovation Australia, Funder CSIRO, Delivery Partner Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, FunderDepartment of Primary Industries, Delivery Partner Greening Australia, Delivery Partner
SOIL CARBON PROGRAM
“At the base of a lot of the big issues we mustdeal with – climate change, food security,environmental quality, biodiversity – areprocesses that occur in the soil. We have todeal with the question of providing enoughfood for the world’s population, and ofsequestering carbon in soil. Working with theMonash Sustainability Institute has reallyhelped us ramp up our efforts to meet theseresearch challenges.”— Dr Tim Cavagnaro, School of Biological Sciences
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One of the new kids on the MSI block, the Monash SoilCarbon Program pulls together Monash’s extensive soilresearch expertise.
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Decreasing dairy farmgreenhouse gasemissions and buildingsoil carbon
Researchers are workingwith dairy farmers to providethem with the ‘real-world’knowledge they need tomake and use compostsusing dairy waste. Thesecomposts will store carbonin the soil, reduce Nitrogeninputs and consequentN2O emissions. By showingfarmers how to use on-farmdairy waste streams tomake the composts, thisproject is helping to reduceon-farm methane emissionsfrom effluent ponds.
Increasing theunderstanding of soilcarbon sequestration onfarms fromenvironmental plantings
This national projectextends the CarbonFarming Initiative (CFI)methodology for mixed-species environmentalplantings to include carbonin soil. Available evidencesuggests that woodyenvironmental plantingshave significant potential toincrease soil carbon,compared with changes toagricultural landmanagement, but we haveinsufficient data to modelthis. Researchers aretargeting agricultural-environmental planting sitesto markedly improve ourcapacity to estimate, fordiverse climates and soiltypes, how managementaffects soil carbon on areasof farmland with lowopportunity costs. Thisproject will give landmanagers the requiredknowledge to participate inCFI reforestation onmarginal farm lands withminimal impact onagricultural production.
Soil ecology – a crucialrole in land management
Recent technologicaladvances have helped usdiscover the role of soilecology in achievingsustainability in Australia.This project is developingways to take this complexknowledge and translate itinto forms that can be usedby land managers. Thework is focusing on soilcarbon sequestration, but isrelevant to many otherenvironmental issues. Theproject is an AustralianResearch Council FutureFellowship to Dr TimCavagnaro.
The contribution ofbiochar in increasing soilcarbon in native woodybioenergy crops and on-farm vegetation
Replanting of nativevegetation on farms is beingwidely undertaken acrossAustralia. This project isworking to demonstrate thepotential of biochar andbiochar/compost blends toincrease soil carbon innative woody bioenergycrops.
A green option forimproving soil carbon,soil fertility andagricultural productivity
This project is spearheadingresearch to look at the useof coal-derived Humicadditives for improving soilcarbon through increases insoil fertility and agriculturalproductivity.
More bang for yourcarbon buck – carbon,biodiversity and waterbalance consequencesof whole-catchmentcarbon farming
Researchers on this projectare developing a robustmodelling platform forcarbon and water fluxes ofa range of land usepractices at a scale that isrelevant to landmanagement. The project isan Australian ResearchCouncil Linkage Project.
• The Monash Soil Carbon Program waslaunched in 2012, combining the extensiveexpertise of MSI, the School of BiologicalSciences, the School of Chemistry, theDepartment of Civil Engineering, the Centre forGreen Chemistry, and the School ofGeography and Environmental Science.
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Launched in late 2012, MSI’s exciting newSustainable Development Program has hit theground running. In 2012, Monash Universitywas one of the first two organisations aroundthe world to be appointed a regional centre forthe UN Sustainable Development SolutionsNetwork (SDSN). MSI Chair, Professor JohnThwaites, was also invited to become amember of the SDSN Leaders Council, joiningleading global luminaries in sustainability.
Sir Bob Watson – one of the world’s leadingscientific experts on sustainability and formerChair of the Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC) – has joined MSI tochair a three-year project on the developmentof Sustainable Development Goals as part ofthe program.
In the coming years, the SustainableDevelopment Program will provide input toinfluence the national and internationaldiscussion on practical solutions tosustainability challenges, sustainabilityindicators, sustainable development goals, andgoing beyond the GDP and green economy.
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MonashUniversityhas beennamed aregionalknowledgecentre forthe UNSustainableDevelopmentSolutionsNetwork.
MSI’s exciting new Sustainable Developmentprogram places Monash at the forefront of globalefforts to solve the sustainability crisis.
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Universal goals to save the planet
At the Rio+20 UNConference in 2012, worldleaders agreed to developuniversal SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs)to create an economically,socially and environmentallysustainable future for ourplanet. MSI has developed athree-year project toinfluence the development ofthe SDGs, which wouldcome into effect in 2016,and the solutions forimplementing them. Theproject will involveworkshops in Australia andSoutheast Asia and involveleaders of business,government, civil society andacademia. It will besupported by speciallycommissioned research andinformation papers. The firstAustralian workshop isplanned for May 2013 inMelbourne, and the firstregional workshop forNovember 2013 in Malaysia.Sir Bob Watson, formerChair of the IPCC and one ofthe world’s leading scientificexperts on sustainability, hasjoined MSI as a Sir LouisMatheson Fellow to chair thisproject and lead theworkshops. This project willcome under the banner ofMonash’s SDSN RegionalCentre.
Monash University: Aregional knowledgecentre
In late 2012 MonashUniversity became one ofthe first two organisations inthe world to be designatedas a Regional Centre for theUnited Nations SustainableDevelopment SolutionsNetwork (SDSN). The SDSNis an independent globalnetwork that aims tomobilise scientific andtechnical expertise fromacademia, civil society, andthe private sector to solvethe sustainable developmentchallenge locally, nationally,and globally. It is led byProfessor Jeffrey Sachs,Director of the Earth Instituteat Columbia University inNew York, under theauspices of the UNSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon. MSI Chair, ProfessorJohn Thwaites, has beenappointed to the SDSN’sLeadership Council. As a regional hub, Monashwill work with organisationsin the region to promotesustainable development byhelping to develop regionalpathways to sustainability;identifying opportunities forsustainable developmentsolutions; and contributingto policy support forgovernments in the region.
CORE TEAMProfessor Dave Griggs, Program Leader, MSIProfessor John Thwaites, Program Leader, MSISir Bob Watson, SDG Project Chair, MSI Rosemary Bissett, National Australia BankSacha Courville, National Australia BankProfessor Sisira Jayasuriya, Department of Economics,Faculty of Business and Economics Dr Tahl Kestin, MSI
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSHarold Mitchell Foundation, FunderNational Australia Bank, Funder and PartnerFederal Government, PartnerUnited Nations Sustainable Development SolutionsNetwork (SDSN), PartnerCentre for Development Economics, Faculty of Businessand Economics, Monash, Partner
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• MSI will receive over $1.5million over three years torun the SustainableDevelopment Goals Projectfrom the Harold MitchellFoundation and theNational Australia Bank .
• Sir Bob Watson, formerChair of theIntergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC) andone of the world’s leadingscientific experts onsustainability, accepted anappointment with MSI as aSir Louis Matheson Fellowto work on the SustainableDevelopment GoalsProject.
• The UN SustainableDevelopment SolutionsNetwork (SDSN) appointedMonash University tospearhead sustainabledevelopment solutions inAustralia and the Pacificregion, off the back ofMSI’s work in this area. Theannouncement positionsMonash as one of the keyglobal leaders in researchand scholarship in thisfield. Monash was one ofthe first two organisationsappointed as a regionalSDSN hub.
• Professor John Thwaites,Chair of MSI, wasappointed to theLeadership Council of theUN SustainableDevelopment SolutionsNetwork. The first meetingof the group was held inNew York in late 2012.
“The appointment of Monash to help lead a regionalhub of the Sustainable Development SolutionsNetwork is a wonderful tribute to the work being doneby the passionate leaders at our SustainabilityInstitute. Institute chair Professor John Thwaites anddirector Professor Dave Griggs are building a high-impact research capability of global significance, andsustainable development is clearly one of the mostimportant issues of our time.” — Professor Ed Byrne, Vice-Chancellor, Monash University.
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• Researchers co-organised aninteractive and well-regardedspecial session on systemicgovernance at the InternationalConference on FreshwaterGovernance in South Africa inNovember.
• Researchers briefed seniorgovernment representatives fromthe Murray-Darling BasinAuthority, National WaterCommission and the Departmentof Sustainability, Environment,Water, Population andCommunity on the outcomes ofthe NCCARF-funded WaterGovernance Research Initiative.
• The program hosted a three-dayworkshop by UK systems-thinking guru, Rosalind Armson,on ‘Systems thinking for messysituations’.
• The program received funding toparticipate in two projectsinstigated by the Victorian Centrefor Climate Change AdaptationResearch (VCCCAR).
• Dr Phil Wallis and Professor RayIson made a field visit andpresentations in Africa as part ofan AusAID/CSIRO Africa FoodSecurity Initiative Meeting inDakar, Senegal 27 May – 3 June,2012.
The Systemic and AdaptiveGovernance program brings asystems thinking approach to‘wicked’ or ‘messy’ situations inorder to identify and create theconditions for more effectivegovernance. The programprimarily deals with thegovernance of water, climatechange adaptation, food security,research for development andorganisational learning.Researchers are engaging intransdisciplinary and collaborativeaction research with a range oforganisations to enhance systemicawareness and performance inthese fields. The program wasestablished by Professor Ray Isonin 2008 to explore the practical andtheoretical robustness of currentwater and climate changegovernance regimes and todevelop new models andstrategies to make futuregovernance fit for purpose in aclimate-changing world.
CORE TEAMProfessor Ray Ison,Program Leader, MSIDr Phillip Wallis, ResearchFellow, MSIMs Nicole Reichelt,Research Assistant, MSIMs Naomi Rubenstein,Research Assistant, MSIMr Ben Iaquinto, ResearchAssistant, MSI
KEY ASSOCIATESProfessor Lee Godden,Melbourne Law School, TheUniversity of MelbourneMs Robyn Holder, ResearchAssociate, Australian
National University, Dr Hartmut Fuenfgeld,RMITMs Kate Londsale, VCCCARVisiting Fellow 2012Ms Alianne Rance, RMITMs Sophie Millin, RMIT Professor Michael Ward,MSIDr Jamie Pittock, AustralianNational UniversityDr Shahbaz Mushtaq,University of SouthernQueenslandMs Monique Retamal,University of TechnologySydney
Ms Amandine Denis,ClimateWorks AustraliaDr Brian Spies, AustralianAcademy of TechnologicalSciences and EngineeringDr Steven Kenway,University of QueenslandDr Tony Priestly, CSIROProfessor Howard Bamsey,United State Studies CentreDr Carey King, University ofTexas
ORGANISATIONALPARTNERSARC, University ofMelbourne, Funder andPartnerClimate Change AdaptationProgram, RMIT, PartnerCSIRO SustainableAgriculture, Funder andPartnerOpen Systems ResearchGroup, The Open University,CollaboratorVictorian Centre for ClimateChange AdaptationResearch (VCCCAR),Funder
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MSI researchers are working withleading researchers around thecountry to determine how Australiashould govern and manage climatechange adaptation and its scarcewater resources.
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Improving agriculturalproductivity in Africa
The Learning Project is a part ofthe Africa Food Security Initiative(AFSI); a multi-million dollar CSIROand AusAID program to improveagricultural productivity throughjoint research and capacity-building with African agriculturalresearch organisations. In 2012,MSI researchers visited Senegalwith CSIRO staff to explore thecontext in which they arefacilitating effective research fordevelopment.
Implementing climate changeadaptation
The ‘Implementing Adaptation inthe Community and NaturalResources Management Sectors’project is a collaborative actionresearch project with RMITUniversity, funded by the VictorianCentre for Climate ChangeAdaptation Research (VCCCAR).Its main aim is to betterunderstand if and howgovernment service providers andfunded agencies adapt to climatechange impacts. In 2012, theresearch team engaged withorganisations from three sectors:primary care partnerships,community service organisationsand catchment managementauthorities.
The impact of climate changemitigation on water resources
This highly collaborative project isinvestigating the waterconsequences of a suite ofpossible climate change mitigationmeasures in Australia. Using theMcKinsey carbon abatement costcurve, as updated byClimateWorks Australia in 2010,researchers are assessing thewater impacts of a wide range ofcost-effective mitigation measures.
Talking about watergovernance
The Water Governance ResearchInitiative is an ongoing communityof conversation about watergovernance in Australia. TheNCCARF-funded phase of theInitiative was finalised in 2012.
“I've already started adopting some approaches[from the program] into my PhD research andpresented some thoughts at a research forum thisweek. I had many comments from attendeesregarding how easy the systems thinkingrepresentation of my research was to understandand I feel this will be a positive way forward for me!A few had seen me present my research ideasbefore and noted significant improvements.” — Alianne Rance, PhD Student
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• Green Steps delivered its first course overseas at the University of Warwick inthe United Kingdom
• The first ever Brisbane Green Steps @ Work course was delivered in 2012.
• Green Steps and BehaviourWorks Australia collaborated on the delivery of abehaviour change Masterclass to staff at the Australia Department of Defence
• In addition to alumni events in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, Green Stepscollaborated with the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, RMIT SEEDS andthe School for Social Entrepreneurs to host ‘Changemakers Connect’ eventsin Melbourne and Sydney. These events brought together alumni from all fourprograms for idea sharing and networking.
At Green Steps, it is ourmission to equip andenable people within everyorganisation to drivechange and play their partin a more sustainablefuture at work and beyond.We do this by deliveringenvironmentalsustainability training thatis practical, applied andtransformative. Ourtraining helps people turntalk into action in theirworkplaces. We offer:
• Established and tailoredenvironmentalsustainability trainingfor university students,and for organisationsand their people.
• Skilled universitystudents to supportorganisations on work-based sustainabilityprojects.
• Access to a network ofexperienced changeagents who arepassionate aboutcreating moresustainableorganisations.
CORE TEAMMr Mark Boulet, ManagerMs Emma Grace, ProjectAdministratorMs Erin Simpson, Internship andAlumni CoordinatorMs Helena Schulze, MarketingCoordinatorMs Kati Thompson, TrainingCoordinatorMs Kendra Scaife, ProjectAdministrator
KEY ASSOCIATESMr Matt Wicking, Sessional TrainerMs Jessica Fritze, Sessional TrainerMs Kat Lavers, Sessional TrainerMs Deb Riley, Sessional TrainerMr Stefan Hladenki, Sessional Trainer
Mr Tom McMurchy, Sessional TrainerMs Emma Anglesey, Sessional TrainerMs Jaime Nash, Sessional TrainerMs Michaela Lang, Sessional TrainerMr David Robertson, SessionalTrainerMs Helen Barclay, Sessional TrainerMs Megan Argyriou, Sessional Trainer
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERSWannon Water, Training ClientSustainability Victoria, Training ClientFuji Xerox Australia, Training Clientand Venue PartnerMonash Office for EnvironmentalSustainability, Delivery PartnerANUGreen, Australian NationalUniversity, Delivery PartnerCSU Green, Charles Sturt University,
Delivery PartnerSustainability Office, MacquarieUniversity, Delivery PartnerSchool of Environment, GriffithUniversity, Delivery PartnerInstitute of Advanced Teaching andLearning, Estates Office, andStudents Careers and Skills, TheUniversity of Warwick, DeliveryPartnerAsset Management Services,University of Tasmania, DeliveryPartnerBehaviourWorks Australia, DeliveryPartnerTasmanian Climate Change Office,FunderAECOM Pty Ltd, Consultancy ClientCommonwealth Department of
Defence, Consultancy ClientVictorian Department of Transport,Consultancy ClientYarra Environmental SustainabilityNetwork, Consultancy ClientEnvironment Protection AuthorityVictoria, Secondment PartnerMonash Short Course Centre,Delivery PartnerRMIT SEEDS, Delivery PartnerCentre for Sustainability Leadership,Delivery PartnerSchool for Social Entrepreneurship,Delivery Partner + 40 organisations Australia wideacting as internship hosts for GreenSteps students.
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GREEN STEPS
MSI’s multi-award winning Green Steps program wentinternational for the first time in 2012.
Green Steps @ University
Eight courses in seven universitiesacross Australia and in the UnitedKingdom were run in 2012,engaging over 100 students inintensive sustainability skills trainingand internships. This included ourfirst overseas course at theUniversity of Warwick.
Green Steps Internships
Green Steps managed theinternship component for four of its@ University courses and placedover 60 students within as manyhost organisations across Australia.
Green Steps @ Work – onsitetraining
Green Steps provided tailored, on-site training for Wannon Water andFuji Xerox Australia in 2012. Thesecourses engaged employees andstakeholder groups within theseorganisations in hands onsustainability skills learning and thecreation of action-based projects.
Green Steps consultancies
Green Steps provided high levelconsultancy services – primarilyaround the development anddelivery of sustainability trainingpackages, staff engagementprograms and behaviour change -to a number of organisations,including AECOM Pty Ltd,Sustainability Victoria and theDepartment of Defence.
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“Green Steps has inspired meto do more and reminded mewhy I love my job.” — Emma Schaefer, EnvironmentalManager, Tooronga Zoo, Sydney
Participants in theGreen Steps @University programdevelop leadershipand team-work skills.
Green Steps is e-live with a growingsocial media community. In 2012, over1200 people and organisations followedus on Twitter, and close to 800 have‘liked’ our Facebook page. We havealso developed a LinkedIn page for ouralumni, which currently has close to150 members.
JOIN GREEN STEPS ONLINE:http://monash.edu/greenstepshttp://facebook.com/GreenStepsAustraliahttp://twitter.com/GreenStepsAus
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sustainabiltyat monashMonash has a reputation as one of Australia’s ‘greenest’ universities.
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OUR IMPACT
Monash improved its environmentalsustainability in 2012. Compared to2011:
• Monash’s growth in carbonemissions remained steady(+0.3%) in the face of a 4%increase in space occupied.
• Monash’s renewable energygeneration increased 160%, witha doubling of the solar voltaiccapacity to 429 kWp.
• Our water harvesting capacityincreased to 2.2 million litres,which is used to flush toilets andwater grounds.
• The amount of waste sent tolandfill decreased by 8%.
• The amount of waste recycledincreased by 12%.
• The reams of paper purchaseddecreased by 25%.
• The number of staff and studentsusing public transport to get toUniversity increased by 7%.
• Monash University was a finalist in the Banksia Awards inthe category ‘Leading in Sustainability – Setting theStandard for Large Organisations Award’
• Monash University won a commendation as a SustainableBusiness in the City of Monash, World Environment DayAwards
• The sustainable refurbishment of the ‘Yarrawonga’ buildingwon a City of Monash, World Environment Day, BuiltEnvironment Award
• The new five-star Green Star Briggs &Jackomos student residences at ClaytonCampus were acknowledged in the RoyalInstitute of British Architects InternationalAwards. These awards are an annualshowcase of the best architecturally-designedbuilt works outside the European Union. TheHalls have also been awarded the AustralianInstitute of Architects’ Victorian ArchitectureAward for Multiple Housing; the AustralianInstitute of Architects’ Frederick RombergAward for Residential Architecture – MultipleHousing; and the Interior Design ExcellenceAward for Multi-Residential Housing.
TURNING MONASH GREEN
Monash’s Facilities and Services team areresponsible for making sure Monash Universitydoes it’s part for the environment. They helpMonash make better energy and water choices,reduce waste, develop green purchasing practices,support more environmentally sustainablebuildings, monitor our carbon output and worktowards more sustainable transport.
An international University, with a rich and diverseteaching and student population, Monashcontributes to a more sustainable world both locallyand internationally. Our students and staff use theUniversity’s infrastructure, teaching and researchcapabilities to test, study, teach, apply, and shareinformation, technologies and policies in a ‘livinglaboratory’ of environmental sustainability.Monash’s Facilities and Services team has helpedMonash become one of the greenest Universities inthe country.
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sustainabiltyat monashMaking Monash University’sbuildings more sustainable
Monash’s first Five Star Green Star(as built) buildings — the new Briggsand Jackomos Halls of Residence onthe Clayton Campus – welcomed thefirst set of students, and were fullyoccupied by March 2012. The Hallsincorporate sustainable buildingdesign such as a high performancefaçade, solar panels, grey waterrecycling and high efficiency hydronicheating. The Monash PeninsulaActivity and Recreation Centreopened in March 2012, becomingMonash’s second Five Star GreenStar (as built) building. The centre isopen to students, staff and thecommunity, and showcasessustainable design features such aspassive solar design, use ofharvested water and good use ofnatural ventilation and light. Theenvironmentally sustainablerefurbishment of the ‘Yarrawonga’building at Clayton Campus wasanother highlight of 2012, providing avaluable learning opportunity forfuture refurbishments. A dysfunctionalbuilding was comprehensivelyrefurbished using low environmental-impact materials and constructionwith a focus on passive comfortimprovement, energy and waterefficiency and recycling.
Improving sustainable transport on and off campus
Following continuing encouragementfrom the University, the stategovernment committed to ongoingfunding for the 601 shuttle busservice, a high frequency expressroute from Huntingdale Train Stationto the Clayton campus. Duringsemester, this bus service is now thebusiest bus in Victoria, carrying over3600 passengers a day.
An additional full electric vehicle joinedthe car fleet at the Gippsland campus.The two cars are used by the Securityand Traffic team to patrol thecampuses. Public charging points havebeen provided for electric vehicles atthe Clayton campus with a fastcharging point at the Gippslandcampus.
Increasing solar energy
Monash further expanded its solarpower generation with the installationof a 30kWp solar photovoltaic array atthe Gippsland campus and a 42kWparray at the Caulfield campus. Thesearrays combined with the 150 kWparray on the new Halls of Residencethat came on line in 2012, increasingthe total installed capacity of solarphotovoltaic at Monash University to429 kWp. These combined systemsgenerated over 470,000 kWh ofrenewable energy, decreasingMonash’s carbon footprint by over 630tonnes of CO2-e in 2012.
Increasing water harvestingcapacity
Water harvesting tanks (330,000 Lcapacity) were installed at the Claytoncampus hockey pitch. These tanksharvest water from the hockey pitch,the nearby lake and a bore to providewater to the sports ovals. At thePeninsula campus, tanks of 160,000L capacity were installed to harvestwater from the underground stormwater drain, providing the campuswith a ring main of harvested waterfor irrigation and building use.
Improving recycling
The Monash Furniture Re-Useprogram redistributes surplusfurniture to other departments withinthe University, diverting that furniturefrom landfill. Inventory reporting andpromotion of Program has beenimproved by launching the Re-Useweb store and inventorymanagement system. During 2012,the Monash Furniture and EquipmentRe-Use Program has re-used over3100 items, diverting more than 85tonnes of waste from landfill. TheUniversity continues to donatefurniture from this program to anumber of charities and communitygroups.
Renewing the Green Program
The tenth anniversary of the MonashGreen Program, an initiative tosupport and inspire our network ofGreen Representatives andEnvironmental Officers, saw a majoroverhaul to the program. Theprogram has evolved from a simpleten-point plan to provide skills andknowledge that are easily transferableacross departments, other jobs andhome. The revised program has sixlevels of achievement incorporatingover 45 individual sustainablepractices, which include participationand social responsibility, energy,water, recycling and wastemanagement, procurement, eventsand catering, transport andlaboratories, workshops and studios.
Decreasing the carbon footprint of the University
The total tonnes CO2 equivalentemitted by University activities as measured in the carbon footprint in the 2011calendar year (the latest dataavailable) decreased by two percent,or 3,875 tonnes CO2-e whencompared with the footprint for the 2010 calendar year. GHSemissions arising from gas used forheating and cooling (scope 1emissions) decreased by 4.6%, with emissions fromelectricity consumption (scope 2emissions) decreasing by 1.7%.Scope 3 emissions increased by10%. Contributions to this increaseincluded a 6% increase in the GHGemissions from air travel, whencompared to 2010, and the inclusionof electricity consumption from anoffsite data centre used by the University for the first time in 2011. Electricityconsumption accounted for 69% ofMonash’s total CO2-e emitted in2011, air travel for 18% and natural gasconsumption for 8% in the 2011 carbon footprint.
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Monash University’s Facilities and Services Team is putting the green into Monash’s campuses.
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EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
“Geoff’s willingness to goout on a limb and createnew learning resources isa great help in modellingways we can follow. Therange of learning materialsand delivery methodsensured we were engagedwith the program.”— Workshop participant, Staff Program
2012 saw importantprogress made in MonashUniversity’s journey toembed sustainability intoits education programs.
Bachelor of Engineeringstudents were the first tobenefit, with the launch ofprogram for first yearengineering students. A website was developed as part ofthe process to providematerial on sustainability inengineering to participants. Asurvey of students completedafter the program was runfound that their knowledge ofsustainability had significantlyimproved.
A professional developmentprogram was also launchedfor academic staff to helpthem embed sustainability inthe units they teach. Theworkshops garnered positivefeedback from participantswho attended. Oneworkshop participant saidthat the broad range ofperspectives provided byspeakers, the mixed
professional background ofparticipants, and the learningenvironment was useful inencouraging novel ways tothink about what and how toembed Education forSustainability into theirpractice.
As part of a separateinitiative, a one-day moduleon Education forSustainability was run for theGraduate Certificate in HigherEducation; and a newundergraduate cross-facultyelective on sustainability wasoffered for the first time.
MSI’s Education forSustainability team alsoworked as part of a largergroup formed to helpMonash’s Department ofManagement implement thePrinciples of ResponsibleManagement Education, andactivities of the Education,Environment and SustainableFaculty Research Group.
The Education forSustainability program is runby Professor Geoff Rose.
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Bringing together TAFEs and universities under the leadership ofMSI, the Sustainable Campus Group published the third annualNational Sustainability Report for the Tertiary Education Sector inAustralia in 2012.
The group, co-founded by MSI in 2005, began as a Victorianinitiative before going national in 2009. The group now representsstaff and students from across four states. Members providesustainability information on their performance in the areas ofenergy use, institutional commitment and practice, greenhousegas emissions, education for sustainability performance,procurement, IT, water use, and waste and recycling figures.
In August 2012, the Sustainable Campus Group launched thethird annual National Sustainability Report in Melbourne. Speakingat the launch were Jennifer Levasseur from Staples, who spokeon social sustainability, and Ian Shears from the City ofMelbourne, speaking on the urban forest strategy and urbanliveability.
The report found that despite a growth in student and staffnumbers, and in floor area, members had managed to reduceactual energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, waste, water andpaper use.
New sections reported on in 2012 included social sustainabilityand biodiversity.
The Sustainable Campus Group produces benchmarkinginformation to demonstrate how the sector is doing and empowermembers to improve their own performance.
The report can be downloaded fromhttp://monash.edu/research/sustainability-institute/scg/#publications.
The Sustainable Campus Group program is run by MSI’s Belinda Allison.
Universities and TAFEs in the Sustainable Campus Groupmanaged to reduce the environmental impact in 2011-12,despite an increase in the number of staff and students.
MONASH WATER FOR LIVEABILITY
Peter Bach, PhD candidate, Departmentof Civil Engineering
“Virtual city module and integratedperformance assessment tool”
Yvette Bettini, PhD candidate, School ofGeography and Environmental Science
“Processes and pathways to watersensitive cities”
Naomi Blackburn, PhD candidate, Schoolof Geography and Environmental Science
“Busy backyarders: the motivations ofcitizens implementing alternative outdoorwater management practices”
Annette Bos, PhD candidate, School ofGeography and Environmental Science
“Sustainable urban water management:the art of translation”
Jeddah Breman, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Integrated urban water management”
Ashley Broadbent, PhD candidate, Schoolof Geography and Environmental Science
“Mitigating urban extreme heat inAdelaide and Melbourne throughirrigation and stormwater”
Matthew Burns, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“The impacts of urbanisation oncatchment hydrology and opportunitiesfor stream health restoration throughfocussed catchment retrofit”
Gayani Chandrasena, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Modelling faecal microorganism removalin stormwater biofilters”
David Choy, Masters student, Departmentof Civil Engineering
“Nutrient behaviour in dry and wetweather of stormwater drainage”
Cintia Dotto, PhD candidate, Departmentof Civil Engineering
“Parameter sensitivity and uncertaintyanalysis in urban drainage models”
SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS GROUP
2012 saw important progressmade in Monash University’sjourney to embed sustainabilityinto its education programs.
POSTGRADUATE PRO
sustainability at monash
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
Charles Darwin University
Sunshine Coast TAFE
Skills Tech Australia
Chisholm Institute of TAFE
Deakin University
Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE
Monash University
Sunraysia Institute of TAFE
Murdoch University
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Nadine D’Argent, PhD candidate,School of Geography andEnvironmental Science
“Climatic and bioclimatic assessmentof the compact city urbanmorphology – a case study ofMelbourne 2030”
Jason Ellerton, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“The effect of competition betweenplants on the treatment performanceof stormwater biofiltration systems”
Weniun Feng, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Ti02 based photo-catalysisdisinfection for stormwater harvestingand WSUD”
Briony Ferguson, PhD candidate,School of Geography andEnvironmental Science
“Transitioning to a water sensitive city:the case of Melbourne”
Harsha Fowdar, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Development of dual-modebiofiltration systems”
Bonnie Glaister, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Optimisation of phosphorus removalin stormwater biofiltration systems”
Perrine Hamel, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Integration of stormwater harvestingand baseflow restoration measures torestore catchment hydrology”
Dusan Jovanovic, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Modeling sources, sinks andprocesses of faecal contamination inurban estuaries – a case study ofYarra River Estuary”
Harpreet Kandra, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Performance assessment of porouspavements/ fine media filter systems”
Dr Yali Li, PhD candidate, Departmentof Civil Engineering
“Passive filtration for pathogenremoval in urban stormwater”
Anna Lintern, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Assessment and improvement ofurban water management”
Katherine Lizama-Allende, PhDcandidate, Department of CivilEngineering
“Arsenic and metal removal usingconstructed wetlands”
Alice Niculescu, Masters student,Department of Civil Engineering
“Impact of biofiltration systems onwater, mass and energy balances inurban areas”
Sultana Nury, PhD candidate, School ofGeography and Environmental Science
“Estimation of actualevapotranspiration using remotesensing data to assess the role ofvegetation and water on urbanclimate: a study of Melbourne city”
Darien Pardinas-Diaz, PhD candidate,School of Geography andEnvironmental Science
“Evaluating the effectiveness of theurban forestry as a UHI mitigationstrategy at ity scale”
Emily Payne, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“The influence of plant species onnitrogen removal within biofilters”
Tracey Pham, Masters student,Department of Civil Engineering
“The influence of vegetation onhydrology and nutrient removal inbiofilters”
Michael Poustie, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Transitioning to sustainable urbanwater management in developingcountries of the pacific region”
Anja Randjelovic, visiting PhDcandidate, Department of CivilEngineering
“Modelling micropollutants instormwater systems”
Minna Tom, Masters student,Department of Civil Engineering
“Roof-harvested rainwater irrigation ofvegetables – is there a risk to humanhealth”
Carlyne Yu, PhD candidate, School ofGeography and Environmental Science
“Co-management of urbanstormwater”
Kefeng Zhang, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Micropollutants validation frameworkfor natural treatment systems”
Yaron Zinger, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering
“Optimisation of nitrogen removalcapacity for ‘best practice’stormwater biofiltration systems”
MSI POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM
Mohammad Bhuyan, PhD candidate,Monash Asia Institute
“The politics and economics ofresilience: Peasant perceptions andresponses to disaster in theSundarban area, Bangladesh”
Melisa Duque Hurtado, Mastersstudent, Faculty of Design
“Understanding sustainability in design”
Stephen Derrick, PhD candidate,School of Political and Social Inquiry,Faculty of Arts
“Sustainability and Time: A case studyof representations of sustainability inhigher education institutions”
Chris Lowe, PhD candidate“Does size matter? Linkingperformance with governancemodels in Victoria’s bus and coachindustry.”
Michael Spencer, PhD candidate,Department of Business Law andTaxation, Faculty of Business andEconomics
“An institutional framework forincluding ecosystem services andnatural capital in public policy andbusiness decisions.”
Sarah Kneebone, PhD candidate,BehaviorWorks and Department ofMarketing, Faculty of Business andEconomics
“Accelerating transitions to watersensitive cities by influencingbehaviour.”
Paul Read, PhD candidate, School ofPsychology and Psychiatry, Faculty ofMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
“Reconceptualising needs, equity andwellbeing in the context of globalsustainability.”
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our impactReal-world outcomes are thedriving force behind MSI’s work
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In 2012, MSI hosted 23 seminars and events, attractinghundreds of attendees from across government, academiaand civic society.
MSI SEMINAR SERIES
Valuing Adaptation
If you are a community faced with a decision about whether to protect a coastaltown from sea level rise, or to save an endangered species threatened by morefrequent drought, or how to respond to increased health risks of more frequentheatwaves, how do you respond? And with limited resources, how do youdecide which to choose? Those were the questions at the heart of MSI’sValuing Adaptations workshop, held in December 2012. Guest speakersincluded Blair Comley, then Secretary of the Department of Climate Changeand Energy Efficiency; Dr Kate Lonsdale from the UK Climate ImpactsProgramme; and Dr Casandra Goldie from the Australian Council of SocialService, among many others. The workshop explored competing ideas andapproaches to valuing the benefits of climate change adaptation actions. Itexamined how those values influence how decisions on adaptation are made.Each session explored the latest thinking on these issues from differentdisciplinary perspectives – including economics, wellbeing, governance,psychology, behaviour change, ethics and politics.
Meg ArgyriouTransitioning Regions to a Low CarbonFutureMonash University, Clayton Campus2 February 2012
Multiple speakersExtending Successful Community-Based Forest Management inResponse to Climate Change Aquarius Boutique Hotel, Palangka Raya,Indonesia22-23 February 2012
Professor Geoff RoseAdvancing Education for SustainabilityThrough Collaborative CurriculumrenewalMonash University, Clayton Campus23 February 2012
Associate Professor Derk Loorbach,Erasmus University, Rotterdam, TheNetherlandsTransitions and TransitionManagement: Facing the UrbanChallenge”Monash University, Clayton Campus8 March 2012
Multiple speakersManaging Community Impacts ofClimate Change ITC Sonar, Kolkata, India12-13 March 2012
Professor Neville Nicholls (MonashUniversity), Professor John Handmer(RMIT), Dr Padma Narsey Lal (CSIRO)Climate Change and Extreme Events:Understanding and Managing the RisksVillage Roadshow Theatrette, StateLibrary of Victoria19 March 2012
Mr Paul ReadA Global Carbon Target Using HumanLife ExpectancyMonash University, Clayton Campus22 March 2012
Professor Herbert Huppert FRS,Institute of Theoretical Geophysics,University of Cambridge, UKMitigating Climate Change: CarbonDioxide SequestrationMonash University, Clayton Campus16 April 2012
Georgina Wood, PhD Student,University of Nottingham, UKWater Literacy and Citizenship: SchoolEducation for Sustainable WaterManagement in the UKMonash University, Clayton Campus16 April 2012
Professor John Thøgersen, AarhusUniversity, DenmarkWhen One Pro-EnvironmentalBehaviour Leads to Another… Or Not? Village Roadshow Theatrette, StateLibrary of Victoria23 April 2012
Professor John Thøgersen, AarhusUniversity, DenmarkSpillover of Pro-EnvironmentalBehaviour: A Catalyst for Future GreenBehaviours, a License to Anti-SocialBehaviour or Neither?Monash University, Clayton Campus24 April 2012
Ms Amandine Denis, ClimateWorksAustraliaHow to Make the Most Out of DemandManagementMonash University, Clayton Campus17 May 2012
Multiple speakersKnowledge Management in Responseto Climate Change Hotel Metropole, Hanoi, Vietnam26 June 2012
Professor Bas Verplanken, Universityof Bath, EnglandIf You Don’t Understand Habits, HowCan You Hope to Change Them: TheChallenges and Opportunities of Habitsto Encourage Sustainable LivingTelstra Conference Centre, Melbourne24 July 2012
Jennifer Levasseur (CorporateExpress) and Ian Shears (City ofMelbourne)Sustainable Campus Group ReportKarstens Conference Centre, Melbourne 28 August 2012
Multiple speakersDeveloping Research Capacity forSustainable Development in Responseto Climate ChangeThe Westin, Melbourne3-7 September 2012
Multiple speakersListening to Indigenous Voices: GlobalPerspectives on IndigenousParticipation in Decision Making forNatural Resource ManagementMonash University Law Chambers12 November 2012
Multiple speakersNational Workshop on IndigenousKnowledge for Climate ChangeAdaptationEchuca, Victoria11-12 November 2012
2012 SEMINARS
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Professor Susan Michie, UniversityCollege, LondonWhich Behaviour Change ApproachShould I Choose? An Introduction to theBehaviour Change WheelMonash University, Clayton and TelstraConference Centre19 and 20 November 2012
Dr Rosalind ArmsonSystems Thinking in Practice WorkshopsMonash University Law Chambers20-22 November 2012
Pavan Sukhdov, Author of “Corporation2020”Valuing Natural CapitalMelbourne4 December 2012
Multiple speakersKnowledge Management forCollaborative River Basin Managementin Response to Climate ChangeThe Westin, Melbourne10-14 December 2012
Multiple speakersValuing AdaptationMonash University Law Chambers11-12 December 2012
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2012 SEMINARS
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CLIMATE SCIENTISTSAUSTRALIA – CORE TEAM Professor Dave Griggs, Convenor Dr Tahl Kestin, Secretariat
CLIMATE SCIENTISTSAUSTRALIA - ASSOCIATESProfessor Nathan Bindoff,University of TasmaniaProfessor Matthew England,University of NSWProfessor Anna Henderson-Sellers, Macquarie UniversityProfessor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,University of QueenslandProfessor Lesley Hughes,Macquarie UniversityProfessor Roger Jones, VictoriaUniversityProfessor David Karoly,University of MelbourneProfessor Tony McMichael,Australia National UniversityProfessor Neville Nichols,Monash UniversityProfessor Jean Palutikof, GriffithUniversityProfessor Andy Pitman,University of NSWProfessor Will Steffen, AustralianNational UniversityProfessor Chris Turney, Universityof NSWOrganisational PartnersDiversicon EnvironmentalFoundation, FunderClimateWorks Australia, Funder
The Green Ninja helps a man reduce the size of his feet and carbonfootprint, in the winning entry of the inaugural Green Screen Climate FixFlicks. “Green Ninja: Footprint Renovation”, directed by Marty Cooperfrom the USA, was one of eleven films shortlisted for the inaugural filmcompetition, held in 2012. Entrants from around the world submittedshort films of between 30 seconds and five minutes, to communicatepositive messages about a zero or low carbon, clean energy future. TheGreen Screen Film Competition is an initiative of climate scientists fromMacquarie University, the University of Melbourne and the MonashSustainability Institute, and Climate Scientists Australia. Thecompetition aims to raise awareness about climate change and thebenefits of moving to a low carbon future.
Climate Scientists Australia visited Parliament House for the fourth timein 2012, to provide an opportunity for members of parliament andsenators to ask questions about any aspect of climate change science.In addition to private meetings, they gave a lunchtime briefing on theoutcomes of the conference: 4 degrees or more: Australia in a hot world,held in mid-2011. Members of Climate Scientists Australia were joinedby Dr Peter Christoff, convenor of the conference, for the briefing.Climate Scientists Australia was founded by Director of MSI, ProfessorDave Griggs, and is an independent group of senior working scientistswith a mission to advance the use of balanced, scientifically-basedinformation in decisions on climate-related issues in Australia.
Climate Scientists Australia
Green Screen Climate Fix Flicks
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MSI’s influence and impact grew in 2012, with our researchers and staff giving nearly260 presentations; publishing over 85 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters,conference papers and opinion pieces; and providing expert advice on over 90committees, organisational boards, journals, and government processes.
OUR IMPACT
AWARDSProfessor Ana Deletic, Victoria Prize forScience and Innovation, Awarded by Hon.Louise Asher, State Government of Victoria,21 November 2012Professor Tony Wong, Alumnus Engineer ofthe Year, Department of Civil Engineering,Monash University, 19 June 2012
POLICY AND ADVICECatford, J., Aldridge, K., Capon, S.,Cunningham, S., Daniell, K., Wallis, P.,Wheeler, S. (2012), ‘Submission on theproposed Basin Plan by the Theo MurphyThink Tank, Murray-Darling Basin Plan sub-group’, 16 April 2012,http://submissions.mdba.gov.au/(S(vylvsz54kymcmzbhjuyoxyk3))/SubmitterFeedback.aspx
REPRESENTATION
Belinda AllisonMember, Senior Management Team(Environment)Member, Procurement Board, Monash Member, Green Purchasing CommitteeMember, Carbon Management Stakeholder,Reference Committee, MonashMember, Tertiary Education SustainabilityNetworkMember, EPA University PartnershipWorking Group
Mark BouletRegional Director, Victoria, AustralianCampuses Towards Sustainability Board
Professor Rebekah Brown Editorial Board Member, Urban Water Journal Editorial Board Member, InternationalJournal of Water GovernanceEditorial Board Member, EnvironmentalInnovation and Societal Transitions
Dr Marion CareyMember, Scientific Advisory Committee,Climate and Health AllianceMember, National Executive Committee,Doctors for the Environment AustraliaMember, Climate Change Working Group,Royal Australasian College of PhysiciansMember, Scientific Committee, PopulationHealth CongressMentor, Global Health Mentoring ProgramSupervisor and Examiner, Monash BMedScCourseMember, Atmosphere Expert ReferenceGroup, Victorian EnvironmentalSustainability Commissioner, State of theEnvironment ReportMember, Victorian EPA Community AdvisoryGroup
Vice-President (Policy), Public HealthAssociation of Australia
Professor Ana DeleticMember, Steering Committee, Urban WaterForum, Australian Academy of TechnologicalSciences and Engineering (ATSE)Member, Selection Committee for theFaculty of Engineering to Select the New DeanMember, Associate Professorial PromotionCommitteeInternational Expert Adviser, Pennine WaterGroup, Sheffield and Bradford Universities,EPSRC, Platform Grant Centre, UKChair, Korean-Australian Green GrowthWorkshop, Korea, Korean National Academyof Engineering (NAEK) and AustralianAcademy of Technological Sciences andEngineeringMember, Organisational Committee, 9th
Urban Drainage Modelling Conference,Belgrade, SerbiaInternational Expert Adviser, Water in Cities– Danish National Program on Urban WaterInternational Expert Adviser/ CommitteeMember, Urban Drainage Systems as KeyInfrastructures in Cities and Towns, aSerbian Joint National ProjectChair, Technical Review Committee, UrbanStormwater Best Practice EnvironmentalManagement Guidelines (BPEM)Participant, National Recycled WaterRegulators ForumParticipant, Urban Water StakeholderReference Panel, Federal Department ofSustainability, Environment, Water,Populations and Communities (SEWAPC)Guest Editor, Special Issue on Stormwater,Water Research JournalMember, Executive Committee, Departmentof Civil EngineeringCo-Director, Monash Water for Liveability,Monash UniversityHub Leader, CRC Melbourne (Victoria,Tasmania, South Australia), CRC for WaterSensitive Cities
Professor Dave GriggsMember, BehaviourWorks Advisory BoardVice-Chair, Joint Scientific Committee forthe World Climate Research ProgrammeMember, Climate Institute Strategic CouncilMember, Monash Research CommitteeMember, Monash Education ExecutiveGroupMember, Monash Senior Management Team(Environment)Member, EPA Victoria Partnership ReferenceGroupMember, ClimateWorks Australia BoardMember, Victorian Centre for ClimateChange Adaptation Research AdvisoryBoard
Member, Australian Council ofEnvironmental Deans and DirectorsMember, European Research CouncilStarting Grants Evaluation PanelMember, International Union forConservation of Nature, Commission onEducation and Communication
Professor Ray IsonInternational Reference Group Member,US$8 million USAID-funded project, RESILIMProject on Water Governance in South AfricaMember Advisory Editors Council, Journal ofGlobalisation StudiesFellow, Centre for Policy DevelopmentAdjunct Professor, Institute for SustainableFutures, UTSDirector, Systemic Development InstituteDirector, World Organisation of Systems andCybernetics
Dr Haywantee RamkissoonEditorial Board Member, InternationalJournal of Event and Festival ManagementEditorial Board Member, E-Review forTourismExecutive Member, Australia andInternational Tourism Research UnitReviewer, Annals of Tourism ResearchJournalReviewer, Journal of Sustainable TourismReviewer, Tourism Management JournalReviewer, Tourism Analysis JournalReviewer, International Journal of HospitalityManagementReviewer, Journal of HospitalityManagement and MarketingReviewer, Society and Natural ResourcesJournal’Reviewer, Current Issues in TourismReviewer, e-Review for TourismReviewer, International Journal ofEnvironmental, Cultural, Economic andSocial Sustainability
Professor Geoff RoseMember, Steering Committee, Principles ofResponsible Management Education (PRME)Member, Education, Environment andSustainability Faculty Research Group
Anna SkarbekDirector, Carbon Market InstituteDirector, Sustainable Melbourne FundDirector, Thermometer Foundation for SocialResearch on Climate ChangeBoard Member, Clean Energy FinanceCorporation BoardBoard Member, Land Sector Carbon andBiodiversity BoardRepresentative, NGO Roundtable
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Dr Liam SmithMember, Zoos Victoria Scientific AdvisoryCommittee
Professor John ThwaitesChair, Monash Sustainability InstituteBoard Chair, ClimateWorks AustraliaBoard Chair, BehaviourWorks AustraliaAdvisoryBoard Member, Monash Injury ResearchInstituteChair, Australian Building Codes BoardChair, National Sustainability CouncilLeadership Council, United NationsSustainable Development SolutionsNetworkChair, The Climate Group AustraliaChair, Peter Cullen TrustPresident, Australian Centre for the MovingImageDirector, Green Building Council ofAustralia
Professor Michael WardAssociate Editor, Australian Journal ofAgricultural and Resource Economics
Professor Tony WongProgram Director, Cities as Water SupplyCatchments Research ProgramCEO, CRC for Water Sensitive CitiesCEO, Monash Centre for Water SensitiveCities
PRESENTATIONS
Belinda AllisonSustainability Reporting, presented toMON222 Lecture: Sustainability: Learningand Living It, Monash University, ClaytonCampus, MelbourneSocial Sustainability in the TertiaryEducation Sector, presented toAustralasian Campuses TowardsSustainability Conference, BrisbaneExhibition Centre
Meg ArgyriouMethodology and Preliminary Findings ofCost Curve for Demand Management,presented to Ergon Energy, 4 January2012The Impact of the Carbon Price Package,presented to Green Steps Trainers, 9February 2012Findings of the Gippsland Low CarbonGrowth Plan, presented to Gippsland LocalGovernment Network, 10 February 2012Catalysing Council’s Engagement withOpportunities in the Gippsland Low CarbonGrowth Plan, 14 February 2012Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,presented to Sustainability Victoria, 14February 2012Reinventing the Regions: Geelong andBarwon South West. What is Required forGrowth in the Region? 22 March 2012Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland,Gippsland Industries in TransitionConference, 3 April 2012
Empower Presentation, GippslandEmpower Business Event, 26 April 2012ClimateWorks Australia Core Projects,presented to World Resources Institute,Washington D.C., 16 May 2012ClimateWorks Australia Core Projects,presented to Center for AmericanProgress, Washington D.C., 16 May 2012ClimateWorks Australia’s TrackingProgress Project, presented to ClimatePolicy Initiative, San Francisco, 21 May2012ClimateWorks Australia’s Core Projects,presented to International Council on CleanTransportation, San Francisco, 21 May2012ClimateWorks Australia’s TrackingProgress Project, presented toClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco,22 May 2012Clean Energy Opportunities for PortMacquarie, presented to Clean EnergyForum, Victoria, 14 June 2012Sustainability Frontiers, presented toMonash University, 24 August 2012 Impact of the Carbon Price Package,presented to Monash University, 29 August2012Climate Science and Carbon Pricing,presented to Lyceum Club, 18 September2012Tracking Progress, presented to ClimateChange Authority, 21 September 2012Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,presented to Eyre Peninsula LeadershipNetwork, 26 September 2012Tracking Progress, presented to ClimateChange Authority Board, 22 October 2012Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,presented in Melbourne North, 26 October2012Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,presented in Bendigo Region, 1 November2012Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,presented in Melbourne East, 14November 2012
Mark BouletAre People Just Bloody Idiots? AnIntroduction to Behaviour Change,presented at Sustainable Living Festival,Melbourne, February 2012The Green Steps Program: EmpoweringStudents to Create Change, presented atLa Trobe Sustainability Forum, Melbourne,February 2012Green Steps @ Work: Building StaffCapacity to Improve An Organisation’sSustainability Performance, presented atHargraves Institute SustainabilityConference, Melbourne, March 2012An Introduction to Green Steps, presentedby Kati Thompson at Monash Masters ofEnvironmental Science Introductory Forum,Melbourne, March 2012An Introduction to Green Steps, presentedby Kati Thompson at Metro Waste
Management Education Network Seminar,Melbourne, June 2012An Introduction to Behaviour Change,presented at Fuji Xerox AustraliaSustainability Conference, Melbourne,November 2012
Professor Rebekah BrownThe Bigger Picture: Demand ManagementResponses, presented at CEDA Forum –Water Series Part 1: Understanding UrbanWater Security, Hilton on the Park,Melbourne, 22 November 2012Water Sensitive Cities: Considering theSocial and Institutional Ingredients forMainstreaming Sustainable Technologies,presented at SGES 50th AnniversarySeminar, The Telstra Conference Centre,Melbourne, 21 November 2012Institutions, Governance and Transitions:Key Outputs and Insights, CRC IndustryPartner Workshop, Brisbane City Council,Brisbane, 26 September 2012Overview of CRC Research Program A:Society, presented to SEQ Water SensitiveCities Forum, Brisbane City Council,Brisbane, 25 September 2012KEYNOTE SPEECH: Enabling the Uptakeand Diffusion of New Technology: ThePolitical, Institutional and Social Contextsfor Change, presented to IWA LeadingEdge Conference, Brisbane, 4 June 2012
Adjunct Associate Professor MarionCareySaving Lives: Reframing Climate ChangeAround Health and Livelihoods,presentation at Environment Victoria andPsychology for a Safe Climate PanelSession, Melbourne, Victoria, 20 February2012INVITED PANEL SPEAKER: EnvironmentalJustice in Practice, Environmental JusticeSymposium, Melbourne Victoria, 27 July2012Climate Change Health Impacts, MonashUniversity Medical and Health ScienceLecture, Gippsland Campus, Victoria Improving Health Futures in a GlobalWorld, Monash Caulfield Lecture,Melbourne, Victoria, 8 October 2012Challenges to Services for HomelessPersons in Adapting to Predicted ExtremeWeather Events Under Climate Change,Climate Adaptation in Action 2012 –NCCARF Conference, Melbourne, Victoria,26 June 2012Adaptation to Heat Health Impacts andWorkshop on Health Impacts of EnergyChoices, presentations at PopulationHealth Congress, Adelaide, Australia, 10-12 September 2012CO-FACILITATOR: Wellbeing Session,presented at Valuing Adaptation Workshop,Melbourne, Victoria, 12 December 2012
Dr Terence ChanA Bayesian Network Approach toUnderstanding a Systemic Response toClimate Change: The Red River Basin and
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Integrated Water Resource Management,presented to ‘Developing Effective ClimateChange (Adaptation and Mitigation) Policy inVietnam’, The Metropole, Hanoi, Vietnam,26 June 2012WORKSHOP: Systemic Modelling: BringingSocial, Economic and EnvironmentalFactors Together to Assess SustainableDevelopment Options, presented toAustralian Leadership Award FellowsProgram: Developing Research Capacity –Week 7, Monash University, Caulfield andClayton Campuses, Melbourne, 14-17August 2012A Summary of ALAF Week 7 “SystemicModelling: Bringing Social, Economic andEnvironmental Factors Together to AssessSustainable Development Options”,presented to Australian Leadership AwardsFellowships Program: Developing ResearchCapacity, Closing Symposium, The Westin,Collins Street, Melbourne, 4 September2012Interdisciplinary Integrated and ParticipatoryModelling of Complex Systems for NaturalResource Management, presented toWorkshop: Community Engagement forLocal Livelihoods and PeatlandConservation, BAPPEDA, Kapubaten Kapuas,Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 30 October2012Preparing for Systemic Modelling,presented to Knowledge Management forCollaborative River Basin Management inResponse to Climate Change, MonashUniversity, Melbourne, 12 December 2012WORKSHOP: Knowledge Management andSystemic Modelling for the Cau River Basin,Vietnam, presented to KnowledgeManagement for Collaborative River BasinManagement in Response to ClimateChange, The Westin, Melbourne, 13-14December and 17-21 December 2012
Eli CourtLow Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong,presented to Geelong ManufacturingCouncil Clean Energy TechnologyConference, 29 May 2012Empower Presentation, presented toStringybark Sustainability Festival, 21September 2012
Dr Jim CurtisWEBINAR: The Psychology of BehaviourChange, presented to 3 Pillars Network, 3May 2012Introduction to Understanding andInfluencing Behaviour, presented toClimateWorks Australia, Melbourne, 8February 2012Behaviour Change Master Class, presentedto MON222 Sustainability: Learning andLiving It, Clayton, 3 & 6 September 2012Changing People’s Behaviour: How HardCan It Be? Presented to Glen WaverleySecondary School, Glen Waverley, 19 Julyand 16 October 2012Values and Behaviour Change, presented toValuing Adaptation Workshop, Melbourne,11 December 2012
Insights From Behaviour Change Researchand Their Relevance to Workplace SafetyCampaigns, presented to Worksafe Victoria,Melbourne, 29 June 2012Surprise Hit or the Blind Date from Hell?Complentarities and Conflicts in Strategiesfor Achieving Outcomes from SocialMarketing and Modern Regulation,presented to 2012 International SocialMarketing Conference, Brisbane, 28 June2012
Professor Ana DeleticManaging Polluted Highway Runoffs –Briefing Presentation, presented to MonashUniversity, University of Melbourne, VicRoads, EPA, LMA and Melbourne Water,Branden Business Park, Melbourne, 19January 2012Melbourne Participants’ Briefing, presentedto CRC for Water Sensitive Cities,Melbourne, 20 January 2012Consultation on Water Regulation,presented to National Recycled WaterRegulators Forum (NRWRF), Brisbane,Queensland, 2 February 2012Urban Water Infrastructure Economics andAsset Management, presented at 7th
International WSUD Conference, EngineersAustralia, Monash Water for Liveability,Melbourne, 21-23 February 2012Key Researchers Workshop, presented toCRC for Water Sensitive Cities and Cities asWater Supply Catchments project,Melbourne, 24 February 2012WORKSHOP II: Creating Water SensitiveCities in Israel, presented to Jewish NationalFund of Australia (JNF), Victorian Branchand KKL, Israel and Monash University,Clayton Campus, Melbourne, 26-27February 2012SEMINAR: Review of Melbourne Water’sPilot Regional Scale Bio-Retention Systemat Banyan Reserve, presented to MelbourneWater, Western Waterways and MonashUniversity, East Melbourne Library, 20March 2012CRC Industry Partner Workshop and AnnualGeneral Meeting, presented to CRC forWater Sensitive Cities and Monash Waterfor Liveability, Melbourne, 3-4 May 2012KEYNOTE SPEECH: Creating Water SensitiveCities, presented in ‘Climate Change onFuture Urban Societies’ at Korean-Australian Green Growth InternationalWorkshop, Korean National Academy ofEngineering (NAEK) and Australian Academyof Technology Sciences and Engineering(ATSE), Seoul, Korea, 12-17 May 2012KEYNOTE SPEECH: SupportingDevelopment of Policies for SustainableUrban Growth, presented in ‘ClimateChange on Future Urban Societies’ atKorean-Australian Green GrowthInternational Workshop, Korean NationalAcademy of Engineering (NAEK) andAustralian Academy of Technology Sciencesand Engineering (ATSE), Seoul, Korea, 12-17 May 2012
Water Forum Pathways, presented toAustralian Academy of TechnologicalSciences and Engineering, Melbourne, 1June 2012KEYNOTE SPEECH: Water Sensitive Citiesand Stormwater Harvesting, presented toFrankston Environmental Friends,Community Education Action Group,Frankston Art Centre, Melbourne, 13 June2012Clunies Ross Dinner Presentations, GalaDinner, presented to Monash University,Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre,NSW, 14 June Briefing on CRC for Water Sensitive Cities,presented to National Recycled WaterRegulators Forum (NRWRF), Alice Springs,NT, 9 July 2012Division Dinner Speech on Water SensitiveCities: Water and Climate Change Keynote(Biofiltration Stormwater TreatmentTechnologies), presented to AustralianAcademy of Technological Sciences andEngineering, University of Melbourne,Carlton, Melbourne, 2 August 2012Melbourne’s Transition to a Water SensitiveCity, Closing Forum for Monash Water forLiveability, Melbourne, 14 August 2012Water Sensitive Cities, presented to TheSociety of Danish Engineers (IDA), DTUUniversity, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28August 2012Various Presentations, presented to IsraeliWater Authority, Jewish National Fund ofAustralia (Victoria Branch), MonashUniversity, Israel, 10-11 September 2012Water Sensitive Cities – an AustralianPerspective, presented to the NationalTechnical University of Athens, Greece, 20September 2012I5th International River Symposium,presented to the International Water Centre,Melbourne, 8-11 October 2012Stormwater Harvesting Training Course –WSUD, presented to NSW CatchmentManagement Authority, Sydney, NSW, 17October 2012WORKSHOP: Presentation to Delegation,presented to Indonesian Academy ofSciences, ATSE, Melbourne, 25 October2012EPA Conference: Strategic Research andDevelopment Program, presented toEnvironmental Protection Authority (EPA),Melbourne, 8-9 November 2012Water Sensitive Urbanism, Hub Seminar,Monash Water for Liveability and CRC forWater Sensitive Cities, Monash University,Clayton Campus, 14 November 2012Blueprint Workshop, presented to CRC forWater Sensitive Cities, Melbourne, 19November 2012ACCEPTANCE SPEECH: Award for VictoriaPrize for Science and Innovation (PhysicalSciences), presented at Award Dinner heldby the State Government of Victoria, StateLibrary of Victoria, Melbourne, 21 November2012
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Water Sensitive Cities Briefings, presentedat Jewish National Fund- Monash Water ForLiveability workshops, Melbourne, 25-26November 2012Melbourne Water Research andDevelopment Forum, presented toMelbourne Water, Melbourne, 3 December2012Total WaterMark Catchment Review,presented to Melbourne Water, MelbourneTown Hall, 6 December 2012Briefing on CRC for Water Sensitive Cities,presented to Department of CivilEngineering, Monash University, ClaytonCampus, Melbourne, 7 December 2012OLV Fund Information Session, presented tothe Office of Living Victoria, Melbourne, 10December 2012
Amandine DenisMethodology and Preliminary Findings ofCost Curve for Demand Management,presented to Ergon Energy, 4 January 2012How to Improve Data on DemandManagement Projects in Australia,presented to A2SE Summer Study onEnergy Efficiency and Decentralised Energy,29 February 2012How to Make the Most of DemandManagement, presented to MonashSustainability Institute Seminar, 17 May2012Impact of the Carbon Price PackageAnalysis, presented to Energy ConsumersRoundtable, 20 July 2012Industry Efficiency Tool, presented to federalDepartment of Resources, Energy andTourism, 26 July 2012Low Carbon Lifestyles Report, presented atlaunch of the Go5 Campaign, City ofMelbourne, 13 September 2012MACC’s and Low Carbon Growth PlanMethodology, presented to federalDepartment of Energy Efficiency andClimate Change, Energy Efficiency branch,21 September 2012Carbon Decision Making and RiskManagement, presented at Carbon Expo, 7November 2012Reducing the Costs of Carbon ThroughInnovation and Energy Efficiency, presentedat Carbon Expo, 8 November 2012Low Carbon Lifestyles Report, 28 November2012
Professor Dave GriggsMonash Sustainability Institute, presented tostudy tour from Peking University, MonashUniversity, Clayton Campus, 7 February2012Climate Change and the SustainabilityChallenge, presented to a public forum,Horsham, Victoria, 7 February 2012Climate Change and the SustainabilityChallenge, presented to St Brigid’s College,Horsham, Victoria, 7 February 2012Monash Sustainability Institute, presented to
China Green University Network, MonashUniversity, 23 March 2012Climate Change and the SustainabilityChallenge, presented to Helsby High School,Helsby, UKClimate Change, presented to AncoraImparo Climate Change Panel, MonashUniversity, 24 April 2012Natural Resource Management in theBarmah-Millewa, presented to the YortaYorta Research Community Forum,Shepparton, Victoria, 27 April 2012Climate Change, presented at a forum onLabor’s plan to price carbon pollution,Deakin University, 15 May 2012Climate Change, Sustainability and Health,presented as a guest lecture to DeakinUniversity medical students, DeakinUniversity, 25 May 2012Talking Climate Change Adaptation,presented at VCCCAR Annual Forum,Melbourne, 25 June 2012Coastal Adaptation Challenges, presented atNCCARF Annual Conference, Melbourne, 28June 2012Climate Change and Public Health,presented as a guest lecture to apostgraduate unit on climate change:MPH5042, Monash University, 26 July 2012Business Sustainability and GovernmentPolicies and Programs, presented toDepartment of Business and InnovationExperts Forum, 7 August 2012The Monash Sustainability Institute – WhoAre We and What Do We Do? Presented toSchool of Biological Sciences, MonashUniversity, 16 August 2012Regarding the Earth: Ecological Vision inWord and Image, presented at 4th ASLEC-ANZ Biennial Conference, MonashUniversity, 1 September 2012Developing Research Capacity forSustainable Development in Response toClimate Change, presented at ALAFSymposium, Melbourne, 4 September 2012KEYNOTE SPEECH: Climate Change,presented at 2012 Waste and RecycleConference, Perth, 13 September 2012The Domestic Sustainability Outlook,presented at Global Perspectives onSustainability Seminar for the FederalGovernment, Canberra, 2 October 2012WORKSHOP: The IPCC Process, regardingthe government review of the working groupI contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth AssessmentReport, Canberra, 24 October 2012Climate Change and Energy, presented atthe Monash Business Breakfast: A CleanEnergy Future, Melbourne, 25 October 2012Climate Change, presented at NationalWorkshop on Indigenous Knowledge forClimate Change, Echuca, Victoria, 12November 2012What Would a Climate Adapted AustralianSettlement Look Like? Presented at theNCCARF Local Government Workshop,Melbourne, 6 December 2012
Professor Ray IsonSystems Thinking, half day workshoppresented to University of AgriculturalSciences, Vienna, Austria, 12 April 2012Building a Community of ConversationAbout Water Governance in Australia,presented at Practical Responses to ClimateChange Conference, Canberra, Australia, 1-3 May 2012Introduction to the Learning Project,presented at AusAID and CSIRO AfricanFood Security Initiative Meeting, Dakar,Senegal, 27 May – 3 June 2013‘Earth System’, ‘Social-Ecological System’:What is Meant by System? Presented atinvited seminar , Stockholm ResilienceInstitute, Stockholm Environment Institute,Stockholm, Sweden, 18 June 2012Paradigm Shift Towards Systemic andAdaptive Governance: Praxis Relevant to aStructurally-Coupled Social-BiophysicalSystem? Presented at Proc. ASC/BIGConference: “An Ecology of Ideas”,Asilomar, California, USA, 5 July 2012Systems Thinking and Practice in PhDResearch: Making Connections to FarmingSystems Research, presented at IFSASymposium, University of Aarhus, Denmark,29 June – 5 July 2012Future Workforce Perspective: TowardsContext Sensitive Learning and Design,invited presentation to Sustainability SkillsSub-Committee Expert Forum, IndustrySustainability Working Group, Department ofBusiness and Innovation, Melbourne,Australia, 27 July 2012Enabling Stories of Change – a NarrativeCase Study of Adapting to Coastal Change,presented to Climate Change and OlderPeople Research Network (CCOPRN),Special Session on Using NarrativeTechniques, University of Melbourne,Melbourne, Australia, 23 August 2012INVITED KEYNOTE: Investment andInnovation for Prosperous Nepal, presentedto 7th Non-Resident Nepali RegionalConference, Sydney, Australia, 31 August2012INVITED KEYNOTE: Systems andSustainability Issues in the Future of OpenUniversities, presented to 7th Non-ResidentNepali Regional Conference, Sydney,Australia, 31 August 2012Resolving Science-Policy Gaps inTransboundary Water Governance, invitedpresentation sponsored by Water Institute,Waterloo, Canada, 24 September 2012Explaining Systems, Systems Approaches,and their Role in Transdisciplinary Educationand Research, invited seminar presentationto Roundtable at University of Waterloo,Waterloo, Canada, 25 September 2012Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin: Towards aSystemic Governance Approach? Invitedseminar at University of Waterloo, Waterloo,Canada, 26 September 2012More Systemic, More Adaptive, specialsession at International Conference on
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Fresh Water Governance, ChampagneValley, South Africa, 4-7 November 2012FELLOWS WORKSHOP: Systemic andAdaptive Water Governance – SystemsThinking in Practice, presented to PeterCullen Trust, Canberra, Australia, 13November 2012BRIEFING: Outcomes of the NCCARF-funded Water Governance ResearchInitiative, presented to senior governmentrepresentatives from Murray-Darling BasinAuthority, National Water Commission andDepartment of Sustainability, Environment,Water, Population and Community,Canberra, Australia, 14 November 2012Complexity: Paradigms, presented tofacilitated session at Tapping the Turn: AConference About Water’s SocialDimensions, Canberra, Australia, 15-16November 2012Systems Thinking for Messy Situations, MSIhosted event with Dr Rosalind Armson,Melbourne, Australia, 20-22 November2012Governance, presented at ValuingAdaptation Workshop, Melbourne, Australia,11-12 December 2012
Dr Tahl KestinClimate Futures for the South GippslandCoast, presented to community meeting forthe project ‘What would a climate-adaptedAustralian settlement look like in 2030?’,Inverloch, 21 July 2012Learning from Indigenous Knowledge:Climate Change and Water Management inthe Barmah-Millewa, presented to VCCCAR– DCCEE Graduate Trainees MelbourneStudy Tour, Melbourne, 27 August 2012
Scott McKenryEmpower Presentation, presented to SouthEast Melbourne business community, 28February 2012Empower Presentation, presented to theGippsland community, 24 March 2012Empower Presentation, presented toToowoomba Business Community, 26March 2012Low Carbon Growth Plan and EmpowerVideo, presented to Gippsland marketingand sustainability students, 2 April 2012Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland andEmpower Video, presented to GTLC CleanEnergy Seminar, Morwell, 4 April 2012Low Carbon Growth Plan and EmpowerVideo, presented to Gippsland marketingand sustainability students, 21 May 2012Empower Presentation, presented toToowoomba community, 26 May 2012Empower Presentation, presented toBrisbane community, 27 May 2012Empower Presentation, presented toGippsland industry group, 19 June 2012Empower Presentation, presented to Rydecommunity, 21 August 2012Empower Presentation, presented to
Brisbane business community, 12September 2012Overview of ClimateWorks Work andOpportunities for Influencing Policy inDeveloping Nations, presented to MonashSustainability Institute Seminar, 28 August2012
Dr Haywantee RamkissoonRelationships Between Place Attachment,Place Satisfaction, and Pro-EnvironmentalBehaviour in an Australian National Park,presented to the 18th InternationalSymposium on Society and ResourcesManagement (ISSRM 2012): Linking theNorth and the South – Responding toEnvironmental Change, University of Alberta,Edmonton, Canada, 17–21 June 2012Various Lectures, presented to Faculty ofBusiness and Economics, MonashUniversity, Berwick & Peninsula campuses,Semester 1
Professor Geoff RoseAdvancing Education for SustainabilityThrough Collaborative Curriculum Renewal,presented at MSI Seminar Series, MonashUniversity, Clayton Campus, Melbourne,February 2012Sustainable Transport, presented to 2020program, Glen Waverley Secondary College,August and October 2012Empowering and Supporting Academic Staffto Embed Sustainability in UniversityEducation Programs, presented to Universityof Tasmania, Teaching Matters Conference,Launceston, Tasmania, December 2012
Anna SkarbekClimateWorks Presentation, presented toTMF Sustainability and EnvironmentCommittee, 14 February 2012ClimateWorks Presentation, presented toCleantech Conference, 27-28 February2012Launch of Empower, presented at SouthEast Melbourne Innovation Precinct Event,28 February Unblocking Barriers to Cogeneration,presented at A2SE Energy EfficiencySummer Study, 1 March 2012Low Carbon Growth Plan and the Impact ofthe Carbon Price Analysis, presented toMaddock Lawyers, 24 May 2012ClimateWorks and BehaviourWorks onVoluntary Data Collection, presented toA2SE Energy Efficiency Summer Study, 1March 2012The Impact of the Carbon Price, presentedto Trust for Nature, 7 March 2012Energy Efficiency, presented to DeutscheBank, 29 March 2012Carbon Price, presented to MelbourneBusiness School, 16 April 2012Reinventing Progress: Sustainability for aNew Era, presented to Cairns and Far NorthEnvironment Centre Conference, 17 April2012
ClimateWorks Presentation, presented toClean Energy Council’s Conference, 2 May2012Unblocking Barriers to Cogeneration,presented to the Australian Energy MarketCommission and the Property Council ofAustralia, 9 May 201
Dr Liam SmithFostering Pro-Environmental Behaviour ofVisitors to Perth Zoo: Saving Wildlife HabitatOne Toilet Roll at a Time, presented toVisitor Research Forum, University ofQueensland, Brisbane, Australia, January2012Behavioural Interventions: What Works andWhat Doesn’t, invited to present to theAustralian Association of Social Marketing:Victorian Hub Meeting, Melbourne,Australia, February 2012Relationships Between Place Attachment,Place Satisfaction, and Pro-EnvironmentalBehaviour in an Australian National Park,presented to 18th International Symposiumon Society and Resources Management,Linking the North and the South:Responding to Environmental Change,University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,June 2012Behaviour Change Master Class, presentedat Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia, 21-22June 2012KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: What Has TenYears of Zoo Visitor Behaviour Taught Us?Changing Hearts, Minds and UltimatelyBehaviours, presented to International ZooEducators Conference, Chester, UK, August2012Behaviour Change Master Class, presentedto Defence Science and TechnologyOrganisation, 15 and 22 August 2012Behaviour Change Master Class, presentedto MON222 Sustainability: Learning andLiving It, Monash University, ClaytonCampus, 3 and 6 September 2012You Can Lead a Horse to Water, invited topresent to the Bike Futures Conference,awarded Delegates Top Speaker award,Melbourne, Australia, October 2012Seven Challenges of Behaviour Change,invited to present to Behaviour Change forSustainability 3rd National Congress,Melbourne, Australia, October 2012Behaviour Change Master Class, presentedto Perth Zoo, Perth, WA, 15 October 2012Behaviour Change Master Class, presentedto The Shannon Company, Melbourne,Australia, 5 and 18 October 2012Values and Behaviour Change, presented atNCCARF Valuing Adaptation Workshop,Melbourne, Australia, December 2012Littering Behaviour Change ResearchAnalysis, presented to Victorian Litter ActionAlliance, Melbourne, Australia, December2012Behaviour Change Master Class, presentedto Sustainability Victoria, Melbourne,Australia, 12 December 2012
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Dr Janet StanleyAdaptation, presented to communityconsultation meeting, Inverloch, June 2012Adaptation, presented to communityconsultation meeting, Sandy Point, August2012Sustainable Cities, presented to Women’sAssociation, Inverloch, October 2012The Structural Causes of Homelessness,presented to the Southern Integrated CALDCFS Network forum, 28 June 2012Valuing Adaptation and Wellbeing, facilitatedpanel discussion at MSI AdaptationConference, Melbourne, December 2012
Professor John ThwaitesClimate Change: Trends and Opportunities,presented to Monash MBA Course, MonashCaulfield, Melbourne, 6 February 2012Launch: Riversymposium Conference,presented at Melbourne Convention Centre,Melbourne, 14 February 2012Climate Change and Extreme Events:Understanding and Managing, presented toMonash Sustainability Institute, RMIT andAMOS, State Library, Melbourne, 19 March2012Building Products: A Compliance Free Zone.The Role of the Building Code of Australia,presented at Housing Industry AssociationSummit, Park Hyatt, Melbourne, 28 March2012Leadership and Governance in LocalGovernment, presented to LGPro, Melbourne,29 March 2012Shaping the Policy Landscape: WaterConservation and Behaviour, presented atThe Global Leadership and TechnologyExchange, Berlin, Germany, 19 AprilPolitics, the Public and the Environment:Perspectives on Sustainability, presented toMasters in Environmental Science students,Monash University, Melbourne, 30 April 2012How Water Companies and Authorities canSave Carbon and Save Money, presented toAustralian Industry Group, Melbourne, 3 May2012Unlocking Barriers to Cogeneration,presented to Property Council of Australia,State Library, Melbourne, 9 May 2012Parks and Politics, presented to ParksBeyond Boundaries Conference, Adelaide, 22May 2012Clean Technology and the Low CarbonGrowth Plan, presented to Geelong CleanTechnology Conference, The Pier, Geelong,29 May 2012A Burning Political Issue, presented toCommunities in Control Conference, MooneeValley Racecourse, Melbourne, 29 May 2012A Sustainable Future: What’s Ahead,presented at NDY Sustainability ManagersDinner, Melbourne, 31 May 2012Carbon Reduction Opportunities for WaterCompanies and Authorities, presented toAustralian Water Association YoungProfessionals, 14 June 2012The National Construction Code and
Adaptation to Climate Change, presented atNational Climate Change AdaptationResearch Facility (NCCARF) Conference,Melbourne, 27 June 2012Unblocking the Barriers to Cogeneration:Making the Rules Work, presented to theClean Energy Conference, Sydney, 29 July2012A Low Carbon Future for Your Business,presented to AIG Industry to IndustryNetwork, Dandenong, 14 August 2012Commercialising Cleantech, presented toGeneral Electric At Work Seminar, Sydney, 21August 2012Launch of Maurice Blackburn EnvironmentManagement System, 7 September 2012Science to Policy Leadership, presented toPeter Cullen Trust Leadership Program,Adelaide, 17 September 2012Inspiring Sustainability: If Sustainability is SoGood Why Aren’t You Doing It? Presented atYarra Valley Water Business CustomerForum, 19 September 2012How the Public Sector Needs to Respond tothe Carbon Price, presented at GovernmentSustainability Conference, The Sebel, AlbertPark, 19 September 2012Next Courageous Steps: Climate Change,Political Change and Behavioural Change,presented to the Australian Association ofEnvironmental Educators Conference, TheSebel, Albert Park, 1 October 2012Politics from the Inside, presented to MonashUniversity Political Science Class, MonashUniversity, 1 October 2012KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Being Green Smart,presented to Australia Japan 50th
Anniversary Business Conference, Sydney, 9October 2012Rivers in Rapidly Urbanising Environments:How Scientists and Professionals CanInfluence the Decision Makers, presented atRiversymposium, Melbourne ConventionCentre, 10 October 2012The Political Process: Experience from theFront Line, presented as part of a MonashUniversity Sustainability Depth Unit, MonashUniversity, 11 October 2012Politics and Leadership, presented to Centrefor Sustainability Leadership, EnvironmentalProtection Authority, 16 October 2012Urban Indicators: Why Targets Are Important,with Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney,Maddocks Lunch, Sydney, 17 October 2012What is Driving Sustainable BusinessOperations, presented to City West WaterBusiness Breakfast, Melbourne Zoo, 18October 201250 Years of Building Control, presented tothe Australian Institute of Building SurveyorsConference, Crown Promenade Melbourne,22 October 2012Behaviour Change for Sustainability Panel,presented at National Conference, MonashLaw Chambers, 23 October 2012Strategies for Influencing Political Decision-Making, presented to CRC for WaterSensitive Cities Lunch, Melbourne, 30
October 2012The Climate Change CommunicationsChallenge, presented at Carbon ExpoConference, Melbourne, 7 November 2012Delivering Sustainability Policies AcrossGovernment, address to the Department ofSustainability, Environment, Water, Populationand Communities, Executive Dinner,Canberra, 8 November 2012Creating Low Carbon Communities,presented to Thriving NeighbourhoodsConference, Melbourne, 13 November 2012Addressing the Drivers of Rising EnergyPrices, presented to the Brotherhood of StLaurence and Australian Council of SocialServices Seminar, Melbourne, 13 November2012Graduation of Peter Cullen Fellows 2012,presented at Canberra Business EventCentre, Canberra, 15 November 2012Megatrends That Will Impact on Engineers,Opening Address, Monash Department ofCivil Engineering, Post Graduate Day,Caulfield Campus, 20 November 2012The Political Value of Climate Adaptation,presented at MSI Climate AdaptationWorkshop, Melbourne, 12 December 2012
Dr Philip WallisBuilding a Community of Conversation AboutWater Governance in Australia, presented toPractical Responses to Climate ChangeConference, Canberra, Australia, 1-3 May 2012What Role for Systemic and AdaptiveGovernance, presented to Climate Adaptationin Action: 2012 National AdaptationConference, Melbourne, Australia, 26-28June 2012Governing Integrated Landscapes, presentedto Victorian Centre for Climate ChangeAdaptation Research Forum, Melbourne,Australia, 25 June 2012Human Interfaces with Technology at theWater-Carbon-Energy Nexus, presented toMonash Lecture – ENV3022, MonashUniversity, Clayton Campus, 12 September2012Introduction to Systemic GovernanceResearch, presented to VCCCARImplementing Adaptation Project StakeholderWorkshop, Melbourne, Australia, 13September 2012Public Participation, presented to MonashLecture – MON2222, Monash University,Clayton Campus, 1 October 2012Governing Sustainability, presented toMonash Lecture – MON2222, MonashUniversity, Clayton Campus, 4 October 2012More Systemic, More Adaptive (SpecialSession), presented to InternationalConference on Fresh Water Governance,Champagne Valley, South Africa, 4-7November 2012Early-Career Researchers Workshop (SpecialSession), presented to Tapping the Turn: AConference About Water’s SocialDimensions, Canberra, Australia, 15-16November 2012
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Professor Michael WardEconomic Methods for Decision Making,presented at a workshop on Biosecurity,Australian National University, Sydney,March 2012Economics and Carbon Markets, presentedto Carbon Markets Higher EducationSymposium, Melbourne, July 2012Relating Multi-Criteria Approaches ofValuing Adaptation to Cost-Benefit Analysis,presented to National Climate ChangeAdaptation Research Facility Workshop onValuing Adaptation, Melbourne, December2012Economic Fundamentals of Sustainability,presented to MON2222 Sustainability:Learning and Living It, Monash University,Clayton Campus, July 2012
Professor Tony WongWater Management for Resilient andLiveable Future Cities, presented at 2012Victorian Centre for Climate ChangeAdaptation Research Annual Forum,Melbourne, Australia, 25 June 2012Achieving the Water Sensitive City,presented as part of a panel at the WorldWater Leaders’ Summit, Singapore, 3 July2012The Role of Water in Planning for Resilientand Liveable Cities, presented at WaterConvention Cities of the Future SpecialSession, Singapore International WaterWeek, Singapore, 2-4 July 2012Linking Urban Water Management to UrbanLiveability, presented at a public meeting onUrban Water Management of the DanishInstitution of Engineers, Copenhagen,Denmark, 28 August 2012A New Modelling Paradigm for Urban WaterManagement, presented at 9th InternationalConference on Urban Drainage Modelling,Belgrade, Serbia, 4-7 September 2012Promoting Interdisciplinary Research andPractice in Delivering Water Sustainability,presented at International Water AssociationWorld Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 16-21 September 2012Harmonising Liveability and FloodResilience Objectives in Urban Areas,presented at International Water AssociationWorld Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 16-21 September 2012The Water Economy of Cities of the Future,presented at International Water AssociationWorld Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 16-21 September 2012Ecological Landscapes in Cities: A Fusion ofEcosystem Services in the Public Realm,presented tat International WaterAssociation World Water Congress, Busan,Korea, 16-21 September 2012Urban Stormwater Management in a WaterSensitive City, Stormwater 2012, presentedat 2nd National Conference on Urban WaterManagement, Melbourne, Australia, 16-18October 2012
PUBLICATIONS AND OPINION PIECES
Books and Book ChaptersBettini, Y., Rijke, J., Farrelly, M. & Brown,R.R. (2012), ‘Connecting levels anddisciplines: connective capacity ofinstitutions and actors explored’, in:Edelenbos, J., Bressers, N. & Scholten, P.(eds.), Water Governance as ConnectiveCapacity, Ashgate, Chapter 7 Bernard, H., Ison, R., Sriskandarajah, N.,Blackmore, C., Cerf, M., Avelange, I., Barbier,M & Steyaert, P. (2012), ‘Learning inEuropean agricultural and rural networks:building a systemic research agenda’, InDamhofer, I., Gibbon, D. & Dedieu, B. (eds),The Farming Systems Approach into the 21st
Century: The New Dynamic, Springer,Dordrecht, pp. 179-200Blackmore, C., Cerf, M., Ison, R. & Paine, M.(2012), ‘The role of action-oriented learningtheories for change in agriculture and ruralnetworks’, In Damhofer, I., Gibbon, D &Dedieu, B. (eds), The Farming SystemsApproach into the 21st Century: The NewDynamic, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 159-178Blackmore, C. & Ison, R. (2012), ‘Designingand developing learning systems formanaging systemic change in a climatechange world’, In Wals, A. & Corcoran, P.B.(eds), Learning for Sustainability in Times ofAccelerating Change, WageningenAcademic Publishers, Education andSustainable Development Series,Wageningen, Netherlands, pp 347-364Brown, R.R. (2012), ‘A changing paradigm:the socio-technical challenge’, in Howe, C.& Mitchell, C. (eds.), Water Sensitive Cities,International Water Association, Chapter 1Brown, R., 2012, ‘Transitioning to the watersensitive city: The socio-technicalchallenge’, in Water Sensitive Cities, edsCarol Howe and Cynthia Mtichell, IWAPublishing, United Kingdon, pp. 29-39.Ison, R. (2012), ‘A cybersystemic frameworkfor practical action’, In Murray, J.,Cawthorne, G., Dey, C., & Andrew, C. (eds),Enough for All Forever: A Handbook forLearning About Sustainability, Champaign,Illinois, Common Ground Publishing, pp269-84Ison, R. (2012), ‘Systems practice: makingthe systems in farming systems researcheffective’, In Damhofer, I., Gibbon, D. &Dedieu, B. (eds), The Farming SystemsApproach into the 21st Century: The NewDynamic, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 141-158Stanley, J. & Stanley, J. (in press), ‘Mobilityand social exclusion’, In Friman, M., Ettema,D. & Gärling, T. (eds), Handbook ofSustainable Travel, Springer
Peer-reviewed journal and conference articlesAkter, S., Bennett, J. & Ward, M. (2012),‘Climate change scepticism and publicsupport for mitigation: evidence from anAustralian choice experiment’, GlobalEnvironmental Change, 22(3): 736-745Bos, J.J. & Brown, R.R. (2012), ‘Realising
sustainable urban water management: cansocial theory help?’, Water ScienceTechnology, 67(1): 109-116.DOI:10.2166/wst.2012.538Bos, J.J. & Brown, R.R. (2012), ‘Governanceexperimentation and factors of success insocio-technical transitions in the urbanwater sector, Technological Forecasting andSocial Change, 79(7):1340-1353Chan, T., Hart, B.T., Kennard, M., Pusey, B.,Shenton, W., Douglas, M., Valentine, E. &Patel, S. (2012), ‘Bayesian network modelsfor environmental flow decision making inthe Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia’,River Research & Applications, 28: 283-301, DOI: 10.1002/rra.1456Dobbie, M. & Brown, R.R. (2012), ‘Riskperceptions and receptivity of Australianurban water practitioners to stormwaterharvesting and treatment systems’, WaterScience and Technology: Water Supply,12(6): 888-894Ferguson, B.C., Brown, R.R., & Deletic, A.(2013), ‘Diagnosing transformative changein urban water systems: theories andframeworks’, Global Environmental Change,23(1): 264-280Grant, S.B., Saphores, J., Feldman, D.L.,Hamilton, A.J., Fletcher, T., Cook, P.,Stewardson, M., Sanders, B.F., Levin, L.A.,Ambrose, R.F., Deletic, A., Brown, R.R.,Jiang, S.C., Rosso, D., Cooper, W.J. &Marusic, I. (2012), Science,337(6095):681-686;DOI:10.1126/science.1216852Hughes, M., Weiler, B. & Curtis, J. (2012),‘What’s the problem? River management,education and public beliefs’, Ambio: AJournal of the Human Environment, 41(7),709-719Ison R., Bruce, C., Maru, Y., McMillan, L.,Pengelly, B., Sparrow, A., Stirzaker, R. &Wallis, P. (2012), ‘A ‘learning system design’for more effective agricultural research fordevelopment’, Proceedings of the EuropeanFarming Systems Research Conference,Aarhus Denmark, 1-4 July 2012, Ison, R., Collins, K. & Wallis, P. (2012),‘Institutionalising social learning: towardssystemic and adaptive governance’,Sustainable Hyderabad – Albrecht-Daniel-Thaer Kolloquium 2012, Crafting orDesigning? Intended Institutional Changefor Social-Ecological Systems, hosted byHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin incollaboration with the Heinrich BöllFoundationKaufman, S. & Curtis, J. (2012), ‘Surprisehit or the blind date from hell?Complementarities and conflicts instrategies for achieving outcomes fromsocial marketing and modern regulation’, inKubacki, K. & Rundle-Thiele, S. (Eds.), DelveDeeper: Conference proceedings of the2012 International Social MarketingConference, 126-131, Brisbane: GriffithUniversity, 27-29 June 2012Li, X., Ison, R., Kellaway, R., Stimson, C.,Annison, G. & Joyce, D. (2012), ‘Agronomic
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characteristics of annual Trifolium legumesand nutritive values as predicted by near-infrared reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy’,Crop & Pasture Science [P], CSIRO,62(12):1078-1087Moore, G., Langford, J., Ayre, M.,Learmonth, G., Brizga, S. & Wallis, P. (2011),‘The Murray-Darling Basin Game – A modelto explore water allocation decisions’,Proceedings of the 19th InternationalCongress on Modelling and Simulation,Perth, Australia, 12-16 December 2011Ramkissoon, H., Smith, L.D.G. & Weiler, B.(2012), ‘Relationships between placeattachment, place satisfaction, and pro-environmental behaviour in an AustralianNational Park, Journal of SustainableTourism,DOI:10.1080/09669582.2012.708042,(ERA 2010 – A)Ramkissoon, H., Smith, L. & Weiler, B. (inpress), ‘Testing the dimensionality of placeattachment and its relationships with placesatisfaction and pro-environmentalbehaviours: a structural equation modellingapproach’, Tourism Management, (ERA2010 – A*)Ramkissoon, H., Weiler, B. & Smith, L (inpress), ‘Place attachment, place satisfactionand pro-environmental behaviour: acomparative assessment of multipleregression and structural equationmodelling’, Journal of Policy Research inTourism, Leisure and EventsRamkissoon, H., Weiler, B. & Smith, L.D.G.(2012), ‘Place attachment and pro-environmental behaviours in national parks:development of a conceptual framework’,Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 20(2):257-276Rijke, J., Farrelly M., Brown, R. &Zevenbergen, C. (2013), ‘Configuringtransformative governance to enhanceresilient urban water systems’, EnvironmentalScience and Policy, 25:62-72Rijke, J., Brown R.R., Zevenbergen, C.,Ashley, R., Farrelly, M., Morison, P. & vanHerk, S. (2012), ‘Fit-for-purposegovernance: A framework to make adaptivegovernance operational’, EnvironmentalScience and Policy, 22:73-84Rose, G., Codner, G.P., & Griggs, D. (2012),‘Integrating sustainability in highereducation: insight from a case study of thefirst year engineering curriculum at MonashUniversity’, La Trobe SustainabilitySymposium 2012Selvey, L.A. & Carey, M.G. (2013),‘Australia’s dietary guidelines and theenvironmental impact of food “frompaddock to plate”‘, Med J Aust; 198(1): 18-
19, DOI:10.5694/mja12.10528Shenton, W., Hart, B.T. & Chan, T. (acceptedin November 2012), ‘A Bayesian networkapproach to support environmental flowrestoration decisions in a seasonal river’,Stochastic Environmental Research andRisk AssessmentSmith, L. (2012), ‘Visitors or visits? Anexamination of zoo visitor numbers usingthe case study of Australia’, Zoo Biology,DOI:10.1002/zoo.21013, (ERA 2010 – B)Smith, L.D.G., Curtis, J., Mair, J. & Van Dijk,P. (2012), ‘Requests for zoo visitors toundertake pro-wildlife behaviour: How manyis too many?’, Tourism Management, 33(6): 1502-1510 , (ERA 2010 – A*)Smith, L.D.G., Van Dijk, P.A., Smith, A.M. &Weiler, B. (in press), ‘Applying visitorpreference criteria to choose pro-wildlifebehaviours to ask of zoo visitors’, Curator:The Museum Journal, 55(4):453-466, (ERA2010 – A*)Taylor, A., Cocklin, C. & Brown, R.R. (2012),‘Fostering environmental champions: aprocess to build their capacity to drivechange’, Journal of EnvironmentalManagement, 98:84-97;DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.12.001Van Dijk, P.A., Smith, L.D.G. & Weiler, B.V.(2012), ‘To re-enact or not to re-enact?Investigating differences between first andthird person interpretation at a heritagetourism site’, Visitor Studies, 15(1):48-61,(ERA 2010 – A)Wallis, P. & Ison, R. (2011), ‘Institutionalchange in multi-scale water governanceregimes: a case from Victoria, Australia’,The Journal of Water Law, 22(2/3): 85-94Wallis, P., Ison, R. & Samson, K. (2012),‘Identifying the conditions for social learningin water governance in regional Australia’,Land Use Policy,10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.08.003Wallis, P., Godden, L., Ison, R. & Rubenstein,N. (2012), ‘Building a community ofconversation about water governance inAustralia’, Proceedings of PracticalResponses to Climate Change, 1-3 May,Canberra, AustraliaWei, Y., Ison, R., Colvin, J. & Collins, K.(2012), ‘Reframing water governance: amulti-perspective study of an over-engineered catchment in China’, Journal ofEnvironmental Planning and Management,55(3):297-318Yu, C., Brown, R.R. & Morison, P. (2012),‘Co-governing decentralised water systems:an analytical framework’, Water ScienceTechnology, 66(12):2731-2736,DOI:10.2166/wst.2012.489
Research reports, and non-peerreviewed journal and conferencearticlesBlythe, P. & Smith, L.D.G. (2012),‘Monitoring and evaluation framework forlow income energy efficiency programs’,BehaviourWorks Australia ReportCurtis, J., Smith, L.D.G. & Ramkissoon, H.(2012), ‘PhD Workshop Report’,BehaviourWorks Australia ReportGodden, L., Ison, R., Wallis, P. (2012),‘Damning dams’, Proceedings of Tappingthe Turn, Canberra, Australia, 15-16NovemberGriggs, D., Steffen, W. & Kestin, T. (2012),‘Climate futures for the southeast Australiancoast’, MSI Report 12/04, May 2012Ison, R. & Blackmore, C. (2012), ‘Designingand developing a reflexive learning systemfor managing systemic change in a climatechange world based on cyber-systemicunderstandings’, European Meetings onCybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna,9-13 April 2012Ison, R., Wallis, P., Bruce, C. Stirzaker, R.,Maru, Y. (2012), ‘Enhancing learning fromAFSI research: Notes for the field’, ReportMcShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Managingcommunity impacts of climate change inIndia and Bangladesh’, AusAID PublicSector Linkage Program Activity CompletionReport, ROU Number 54565McShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Extending successfulcommunity-based forest managementexperience for application in REDD schemereforestation trials and development of anAsia carbon economy’, AusAID PublicSector Linkage Program Activity CompletionReport, ROU Number 54356McShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Developing researchcapacity for sustainable development inresponse to climate change’, AustralianLeadership Award Fellowship ActivityCompletion Report, ROU Number 62735McShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Resolving tensionbetween poverty, economic developmentand climate change in South Asia’, Inproceedings of Asian Studies Association ofAustralia (ASAA) 19th Biennial Conference,University of Western Sydney, 11-13 July2012Pendrey, C., Carey, M. & Stanley, J. (2012),‘Climate change, extreme weather and thehealth and wellbeing of people who arehomeless’, report to participants of ?????Ramkissoon, H. & Smith, L.D.G. (2012),‘Evaluation of Empower Public Video forimpact on attitudes towards climatechange’, prepared for ClimateWorksAustralia
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Read, P. & Stanley, J. (2012), ‘Fourth report toCrime Stoppers Victoria: improving aninformation campaign for prevention ofbushfire arson’Stanley, J.R. & Banks, M. (2012), ‘Transportneeds analysis for getting there and back:report for transport connections – Shires ofMoyne and Corangamite’, WHERE????Stanley, J.R. & Read, P. (2012),‘Documented community needs in the Cityof Boroondara’, a report to Camcare by theMonash Sustainability Institute Stanley, J.R. & Stanley, J.K. (2012),‘Improving personal mobility opportunities inregional areas’, a report to BusVic by theMonash Sustainability InstituteStanley, J. (ed) 2012, ‘The presentenvironmental, social and economicsituation and trends in Inverloch and SandyPoint and Surrounds, a report to NCCARFStebbing, M., Carey, M., Sinclair, M. & Sim,M. (2012), ‘Understanding the vulnerability,resilience and adaptive capacity ofhouseholds in rural Victorian towns in thecontext of long-term water insecurity’,submitted for Water and Climate: PolicyImplementation Challenges – PracticalResponses to Climate Change Conference,Canberra, May 2012Taylor, T., Smith, L. & Curtis, J. (2012),‘Current behaviour change research inrelation to litter prevention’, prepared forSustainability VictoriaWong, T.H.F., Allen, R., Beringer, J., Brown,R.R. , Deletic, A., Fletcher, T.D., Gangadharan L., Gemak, W., Jakob, C., O’Loan, T.,Reeder, M., Tapper, N. & Walsh, C.,‘blueprint2012 – Stormwater Managementin a Water Sensitive City’, Centre for WaterSensitive Cities, ISBN 978-1-921912-01-6,March 2012
Opinion pieces and articlesCarey, M. (2012), ‘Air pollution from coalseam gas may put public health at risk’,The Conversation,http://theconversation.edu.au/air-pollution-from-coal-seam-gas-may-put-public-health-at-risk-10819Carey, M. (2012), ‘Coal seam gas: futurebonanza or toxic legacy’, Viewpoint:Perspectives on Public Policy, Issue 8,February 2012, pp 26 – 45,http://dea.org.au/images/general/viewpoint_issue_8_CSG.pdfCarey, M. (2012), ‘Reframing climatechange could deliver health benefits’, TheConversation,http://theconversation.edu.au/reframing-climate-change-could-deliver-health-benefits-5615Carey, M. (2012), ‘Rethinking climatechange action’, WME Magazine, pp 14Carey, M. (2012), ‘The Coal seam gas boom– what price will the environment and ourhealth pay?’, InTouch: Newsletter of thePublic Health Association of Australia Inc.,29(3): 12Curtis, J. & Smith, L. (2012), ‘Stage theoriesand behaviour change’, BehaviourWorksAustralia website,http://www.behaviourworksaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/BWA_StageTheories.pdfCurtis, J. & Smith, L. (2012), ‘Theelaboration likelihood model of persuasion’,BehaviourWorks Australia website,http://www.behaviourworksaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/BWA_ELM.pdfMcShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Forestry, economicdevelopment and climate change in Asia:resolving the tension’, The Conversation,http://theconversation.edu.au/forestry-economic-development-and-climate-change-in-asia-resolving-the-tension-6545McShane, P.E.(2012), ‘Resolving tensionbetween poverty, economic developmentand climate change in South Asia’, AsianCurrents, December 2012, pp 11,http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2012/asian-currents-12-12.pdfRead, P.A., Stanley, J.R., Vella-Brodrick, D.A.& Griggs, D., ‘Towards a contraction andconvergence target based on population lifeexpectancies since 1960’, Environment,Development and SustainabilityShearman, D & Carey, M. (2013), ‘Behindthe seams: who’s asking questions aboutcoal seam gas and health?’, Crikey,http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/08/behind-the-seams-whos-asking-questions-about-coal-seam-gas-and-health/
Smith, L. & Curtis, J. (2012), ‘Hit by anenergy efficiency backfire?’, ClimateSpectator,http://www.climatespectator.com.au Smith, L., Verplanken, B. & Curtis, J. (2012),‘Is the introduction of a carbon tax a‘teachable moment’ to change habits?’, TheConversation,http://theconversation.edu.au/is-the-introduction-of-a-carbon-tax-a-teachable-moment-to-change-habits-7737Stanley, J. & Lucas, K. (2012), ‘The publicagenda: what is working and what ismissing’, Thredbo Workshop 6 Report,Research in Transportation EconomicsStanley, J.K., Stanley, J.R. & Hensher, D.(2012), ‘Mobility, social capital and sense ofcommunity: what value?’, Urban Studies,49(16): 3595-3609Thøgersen, J., Smith, L, & Curtis, J. (2012),‘Simple steps to save the environment maynot make much difference’, TheConversation,http://theconversation.edu.au/simple-steps-to-save-the-environment-may-not-make-much-difference-6507 Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘How green is yourrevolution? The life cycle of homes’,Melbourne Review, March 2012Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘Turning from a two-speed economy to a clean economy’,Melbourne Review, April 2012Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘How water can makeMelbourne more liveable’, MelbourneReview, June 2012Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘Carbon Armageddon’,Melbourne Review, July 2012Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘Bad habits’, MelbourneReview, August 2012Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘CommercialisingCleanTech’, Melbourne Review, September2012Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘A plan for affordableenergy’, Melbourne Review, November2012Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘COAG’s energy marketreforms must protect the poor’, TheConversation, 10 December 2012,http://www.theconversation.edu.au/coags-energy-market-reforms-must-protect-the-poor-11225Wallis, P. (2012), ‘The drought strikes back:how decentralised water supplies will beatthe next dry season’, The Conversation,http://theconversation.edu.au/the-drought-strikes-back-how-decentralised-water-supplies-will-beat-the-next-dry-season-6741
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Source Project title
Cogeneration StakeholderReport
Addressing peak demand –impacts on vulnerablehouseholds
Adaptive economicmanagement of Australia’surban water
The actor and institutionaldynamics in emerging socio-technical transitions
Translating zoo visitors’behavioural intentions intoconservation actions usingevidence-based post-visitexperiences
Sinks and sources of faecalmicro-organisms in the YarraRiver Estuary
Exploring social innovations inurban water systems with anovel modelling approach
Developing effective climatechange policy (adaptation andmitigation) Vietnam
Developing research capacityfor sustainable development inresponse to climate change
Knowledge management for acollaborative response towater resource allocation inresponse to climate change
Community engagementresponsive to reduceddeforestation and forestdegradation in CentralKalimantan
Transitioning to sustainableurban water management indeveloping countries of thePacific Region
Guiding statutory and otherinstitutional measuresgoverning water managementand carbon abatementmeasures in Australia
Klaus Hein extension
Social enterprise in south westVictoria
Social needs in Boroondara
Green Steps @ Uni training
Zero Net Emissions 2020Roadmap for the City ofMelbourne
Mapping vegetation and heatprone areas across the CityWest Water region
Carbon decision making andrisk management: a guide forbusiness
Foundation paper on urbanwater
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
Development of ameasurement and verificationframework for evaluatingCSIRO’s adapted EnergyMarkprogram
AEMO
AGL
ARC Grant
ARC Discovery Grant
ARC Linkage Grant
ARC Linkage Grant and Melbourne water
ARC Linkage Grant and Melbourne Water
AusAID
AusAID
AusAID
AusAID
AusAID
AUSCEW (ANU and USSC) and NCCARF
BCIA
BusVIc
Camcare
Charles Sturt University
City of Melbourne
City West Water
CMI
Commissioner for EnvironmentalSustainability Victoria
CRC
CSIRO
$15,490
$10,000
$275,000 toMonash
$186,000 toMonash
$226,000 (Mostfor University ofQueensland)
$891,000
$246,000
$248,000
$453,000
$420,000
$80,000
$81,000
$49,500
$75,000
$27,000
$10,000
$10,000
$135,000
$31,000
$60,000
$10,000
$30 million
$12,000
2012
2012-13
2012-2014
2012 – 2015
2012-2014
2012-2015
2012 - 2014
2012-2013
2012
2012-2014
2012 - 2013
2012-2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012-13
Completed
2012
2012
2012 - 2020
2012
Anna Skarbek,ClimateWorks Australia
Gill Owen
Michael Ward, QuentinGrafton (ANU)
Rebekah Brown, ChrisCocklin (JCU), DerkLoorbach (DRIFT)
Roy Ballantyne, JanPacker, Liam Smith, JohnFalk
David McCarthy, AnaDeletic, Peter Kolotelo,Christelle Schang
Rebekah Brown, AnaDeletic, Fjalar de Haan
Paul McShane
Paul McShane
Paul McShane
Paul McShane
Ana Deletic, RebekahBrown, Michael Poustie
Philip Wallis
Kerry Pratt
Janet Stanley
Janet Stanley
Mark Boulet
Meg Argyriou
Nigel Tapper
Amandine Denis, GregGarvin (in partnership withBaker and McKenzie)
Tony Wong
Tony Wong
Liam Smith, Phil Blythe
Recipients YearsFunding
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Source Project title
Food Systems Innovation forFood Security project
The contribution of biochar inincreasing soil carbon in nativewoody bioenergy crops andon-farm revegetation
Decreasing dairy farmgreenhouse gas emissions andbuilding soil carbon
Increasing the understandingof soil carbon sequestration onfarms from environmentalplantings
Tracking Australia’s progresstowards a low carboneconomy
Community transport
Industrial Energy EfficiencyData Analysis project (IEEDAP)
EEO additionality modellingand delivery of subsectorsfactsheets based on IEEDAPwork
Review of behaviour changeprograms and development ofa behaviour change cost curve
Industrial Energy EfficiencyData Analysis Project (IEEDAP)
CEEP funding sources andenergy efficiency analysis
Advancing demonstratingcapability for stormwaterharvesting in Israeli cities
Sustainable Campus Group2012
Learning from Indigenousnatural resources managementin the Barmah-Millewa
Climate adapted communities
NCCARF social, economic andinstitutional dimensionsnetwork
Bridging the gap between userneeds and science capability
Technology opportunity scan
ResourceSmart training
Refining the Victorian litterdatabase
Green Steps @ Uni training
Decision taking in times ofuncertainty. Towards anefficient strategy to managerisk and uncertainty in climatechange adaptation
Implementing tools to increaseadaptive capacity in thecommunity and naturalresource management sectors
Briefing notes
CSIRO
DAFF
DAFF
DAFF via CSIRO
DCC, DRET, CCA
DPCD
DRET
DRET
Ergon Energy
ESI secretariat
Geelong
Jewish National Fund(JNF), KKL/JNF Israel, The Bat-yam and Ramlalocal councils, Ramla watersupply company LTD andBat-Yam Water LTD.
Membership Fees
NCCARF
NCCARF
NCCARF
NCCARF - University ofNewcastle
Siemens
Sustainability Victoria
Sustainability Victoria
University of Tasmania
VCCCAR
VCCCAR
WWF
$29,550
$263,770
$600,000
$300,000
$400,000
$20,000
$102,000
$89,000
$90,000
$307,000
$23,385
$730,000 cashand $725,000 in-kind
$59,000
$326,000
$321,000
$51,567
$6,000
$10,000
$15,000
$9,000
$13,000
$20,000
$50,000
$9,000
2012-13
2012 onwards
2012 onwards
2012 onwards
2012-13
2012
2012
2012
2011-2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012-2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012-2013
2012
Ray Ison
Tony Patti, TimCavagnaro, Phil Wallis,Dave Griggs
Tim Cavagnaro, TonyPatti, Roy Jackson
Cavagnaro, Cunningham,Tony Patti
Meg Argyriou, AmandineDenis
Janet Stanley
Amandine Denis, AnnaSkarbek
Amandine Denis
Liam Smith, AnnaSkarbek
Amandine Denis, AnnaSkarbek
Meg Argyriou
Ana Deletic, Yaron Zinger,David McCarthy, AsherBrenner, Peter Breen
Belinda Towns
Dave Griggs, Tahl Kestin
Janet Stanley, Dave Griggs
Dave Griggs, Tahl Kestin
Dave Griggs
Amandine Denis, Wei Sue
Mark Boulet
Liam Smith, Brian Cooper
Mark Boulet
Ray Ison, Philip Wallis
Funfgeld, McEvoy (RMIT);Rance (Melb Uni) andPhilip Wallis
Dave Griggs, Tahl Kestin
Recipients YearsFunding
grants and philantropic support
Further information
Monash Sustainability InstituteBuilding 74, Clayton CampusMonash University, Victoria, 3800, Australia
T: +61 3 9905 9323E: [email protected]: www.monash.edu/research/sustainability-institute
ISBN: 978-0-9870821-8-3MSI Report 13/5