March 2015 Quarterly Meeting Sustainability Representative Network.

March 2015 Quarterly Meeting

Sustainability Representative Network

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Welcome new SRN members

MACQUARIE SUSTAINABILITY

• Kate Marvell – Campus Life Sport• Kirsten Vile – Campus Life Human Resources• Lisa Zammit – Campus Life Administration • Keryn Boland – Campus Life Food and Beverage• Emily Sutton – Department of Indigenous Strategy • Rebecca Ritchie – Learning and Teaching Centre• Irma Knuistingh Neven – PACE Human Sciences• Angela Powell – PACE Science and Engineering• Hale Adasal – PACE International • Galina Lazareva – FBE Dean’s Office• Tara Hawley – Global Leadership Program • George Milad – PICT• Nikki De Souza – School of Education

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Welcome new SRN members

MACQUARIE SUSTAINABILITY

• Sophie Lennan – Department of Chiropractic• Roberta Palfreeman – Human Resources• Lara Hardy – Centre for Open Education • Rebecca Skinner – Gumnut Cottage• Malcolm Voyce – Law School • Andre Kok – Luxottica • Abraham Chua – Marketing • Rebecca Ohanessian – Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor

(Research)• Jill Hummelstad – FoHS Student Administration • Christina Miebach – Macquarie International• Markus Hadler – Department of Sociology• Tracey Grimes – Human Resources• Roberta Palfreeman – Human Resources• Dorian Minors – Vice-Chancellor’s Office

SRN Direction - WorkshopFacilitated by Janelle Wallace, consultant from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage

2015 Sustainability Focus

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2015 Sustainability Initiatives

MACQUARIE SUSTAINABILITY

• Rolling out new quarterly sustainability themes and on-line resources for ‘M-power’

• Target Sustainability relaunch to staff • Phase 2 of the permaculture garden and delivering permaculture

workshops• Continuing the bushcare program and Arboretum events and

tours• Continued rollout of the Learning & Teaching in Sustainability

Framework to Faculty of Arts, Business and Economics, Science and Engineering and Human Science in Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs

• Corporate Volunteering Strategy• Finalising Sustainability Strategy (2014-2019) • ‘One Planet’ Ecological Footprint training • Delivering actions in the Energy Strategy

M-POWER CAMPAIGN

Clean and Green

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One size fits allBIN SYSTEM

BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL OUTCOMESAll materials from our campus bins are sorted at a Materials Recovery Facility, diverting approximately 75% of our waste from landfill.

Check out the video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sebWmF7BBDA

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One size fits allBIN SYSTEM

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This is our campus.LET’S KEEP IT CLEAN AND GREEN!

YOU CAN HELP IN TWO WAYS:1. Avoid creating waste in the first place2.

WWW.MQ.EDU.AU/CLEAN-AND-GREEN

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SRN Wrap Up

OFFICE I FACULTY I DEPARTMENT

SUBHEAD

Staff Sustainability Culture Survey Extension – closes 27 March (https://www.take-survey.com/awake/mqu_sci.htm)

SRN grants open

New Harvest Hub at Biology E8A (delivers Wednesday morning). Hub name is MACQUARIE04 Next quarterly meeting in May 2015

Thank you!Please join us for lunch