Annual Activity
Report 2012
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Monash Sustainability Institute
Annual Activity Report 2012
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CONTENTS
2012: On the International Stage
From the Chair
From the Director
2012: At a Glance
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About the Institute
Answering the ‘Wicked’ Questions
Leaders in our Field
MSI Welcomes New Team Members
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World-Leading Programs and Partnerships
BehaviourWorks Australia
ClimateWorks Australia
Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health
Economics for Sustainability
Indigenous Communities and Climate Change
Monash Water for Liveability
Natural Resource Management in Asia
in Response to Climate Change
Social and Environmental Sustainability
Sustainable Cities
Australian Bushfire Prevention
Soil Carbon
Sustainable Development
Systemic Governance Research
Green Steps
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Sustainability at Monash
Turning Monash Green
Education for Sustainability
Sustainable Campus Group
MSI Postgraduate Program
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Our Impact
MSI Seminar Series
Climate Scientists Australia
Awards
Policy and Advice
Representation
Presentations
Publications & Opinion Piece
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Grants & Philanthropic support
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2012 saw MSI branch out globally.
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on the
international
stage
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Despite the doom and gloom in
some quarters, there have been
glimpses of light along our path to a
more sustainable Australia. The
Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI)
can take some credit for that.
It is now clear that greenhouse gas
emissions from electricity are finally
falling in Australia. Emissions from
electricity in December 2012 were
ten per cent lower than three years
ago. While there are a range of
factors contributing to this, we are
being more productive in how we use
energy. ClimateWorks Australia has
promoted energy efficiency in
business and households through
the Low Carbon Growth Plan for
Australia and it’s other activities.
Distributed energy is becoming more
important and the work that
ClimateWorks has done with
business and government to reduce
the barriers to cogeneration should
further encourage it in future.
Some government agencies are also
now understanding the important role
that behavioural experts can play in
promoting a more sustainable
Australia. Dr Liam Smith and his
growing team at BehaviourWorks
Australia are undertaking practical
research projects to promote positive
environmental behaviours including
energy efficiency and waste
reduction.
At the Rio+20 Conference, the
world’s nations agreed to develop a
series of Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG’s) to set a more
sustainable development path for all
countries from 2016. Getting
agreement on the SDG’s will no
doubt be a difficult process and
academic institutions and experts will
need to play an important role in
advising and coming up with
potential solutions. With this in mind, I
am very pleased that Monash
University, through MSI, has been
appointed as the Regional Centre for
the United Nations Sustainable
Development Solutions Network
(SDSN), which will advise on the
SDG’s and mobilise scientific and
technical expertise from academia,
civil society and the private sector in
support of sustainable development
problem solving.
This appointment fits well with the
increasingly global focus of MSI,
which builds on the Natural Resource
Management in Asia program
developed by Dr Paul McShane and
the important global advisory role of
our Director, Professor Dave Griggs.
We have a long way to go before
Australia and our region can be
considered sustainable. Recent
weather events and fires have again
demonstrated our vulnerability to
climate change. However, MSI is
making a significant contribution to
Australia’s sustainability journey.
Through research, education at
Monash and our very successful
sustainability training program –
Green Steps – we are making a
difference.
Professor John Thwaites
Chair, Monash Sustainability Institute
FROM THE DIRECTOR
When I first became a manager my
then boss, Sir John Houghton, gave
me a piece of advice which I have
followed ever since: always recruit
people who are smarter than you
because they make you look good.
In MSI we have certainly applied that
to good effect this year. We are
honoured that Sir Bob Watson,
former chief of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has
agreed to join MSI. He has been
joined by economist Professor
Michael Ward and Professor Carol
Adams, former Pro-Vice Chancellor
at Latrobe University. Dr Gill Owen
and Mr David McInnes, CEO of
Earthwatch Institute (Australia), have
also joined us. It is a great testament
to MSI, the outstanding staff already
in the organization and the reputation
we have built, that people of this
calibre want to work with us to solve
the sustainability challenges facing
our world.
There were a couple of very personal
highlights for me this year. Thanks to
a very generous donation from the
Harold Mitchell Foundation, and the
support of NAB and the Federal
Government, we have been able to
begin a three year program to help
understand and develop concepts
around Sustainable Development
Goals, focused on Australia and the
Asia-Pacific region. This is a personal
research interest of mine so it is
particularly gratifying to know that
MSI will be able to devote some real
effort to this topic over the coming
years.
The second highlight has been our
continued relationship with the Yorta
Yorta and in particular an Indigenous
Knowledge for Climate Change
Adaptation National Workshop that
we ran (with funding from NCCARF)
in Echuca, on Yorta Yorta country
with almost 100 indigenous leaders
and attendees. While the
organisation and logistics in the lead
up to the workshop may have given
us all a few more grey hairs, the
workshop itself was a great
experience and I learned a lot. As my
friend Lee Joachim from the Yorta
Yorta put it, I have learned to look
with two eyes!
Finally, but by no means of least
importance I would like to thank my
MSI colleagues. They are incredibly
talented and dedicated but most
important they are fun to work with. I
would like to thank everyone who
has worked with us and supported
us throughout the year, both inside
the university and out. Without your
support MSI simply would not exist.
Professor Dave Griggs
Director, Monash Sustainability Institute
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FROM THE CHAIR
Governments and communities are
also now beginning to realise that the
way that we manage water in the
urban environment not only
contributes to water security, but can
also make our cities more liveable.
The Victorian Government and a
number of councils around Australia
are implementing strategies to
harvest storm water and integrate
water planning with land use
planning. There is no doubt that
Professor Tony Wong and the team
from the Cooperative Research
Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive
Cities have been leaders in the field.
The new CRC is an outstanding
example of cooperation between
academic experts, industry and
government. MSI will continue its role
in urban water with the new Centre
for Urban Water Liveability under the
leadership of Professor Rob Skinner,
who will work closely with the CRC.
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2012: AT A GLANCE
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2012
2012 was the year that MSI took its seat at the international table, with the launch of
new international programs and the appointment of world-leading academics.
MSI’s burgeoning international reputation
has attracted high-achieving academics to
the team (PHOTO: STEVE RHODES, FLICKR)
Sustainability Leaders list, published
by ABC Carbon Express and
produced by Sustain Ability
Showcase Asia and ABC Carbon.
Global leadership role for
Monash on Sustainable
Development
Leading academics
join the MSI team
Leading academics from around
the world have joined the MSI
team this year, in a great testament
to MSI’s reputation for excellence.
The UK’s Sir Bob Watson, former
head of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
joined MSI in late 2012 and will
work with the team on the new
Sustainable Development
program. He was joined by former
Pro-Vice Chancellor from Latrobe
University, Professor Carol Adams,
who will be working with MSI on a
number of strategic sustainability
projects. Other new additions
include Dr Gill Owen, a former
Commissioner for the UK’s
Competition Comission, Professor
Michael Ward, a Professor of
Economics and Sustainability, and
Mr David McKinnes, CEO of the
EarthWatch Institute (Australia).
MSI Chair, Professor John
Thwaites was named one of
2012’s Top 100 Global
Sustainability Leaders.
MSI Chair invited onto key
national and international
sustainability bodies
In 2012 MSI’s Chair, Professor John
Thwaites, was selected to chair the
National Sustainability Council of
Australia. The council will provide
independent advice to the
government on sustainability issues
and produce public reports against a
set of sustainability indicators.
Professor Thwaites was also invited
by UN Secretary-General Ban KiMoon to join the UN’s Leadership
Council of the Sustainable
Development Solutions Network. He
joins luminaries such as HSH Prince
Albert II and Peter Bakker, President
of the World Business Council for
Sustainable Development. The
appointments are a great recognition
of the impact that MSI and
ClimateWorks Australia are having
nationally and internationally.
Professor Thwaites was also named
in 2012’s Top 100 Global
Monash University has been
appointed by the United Nations
Sustainable Development Solutions
Network to spearhead sustainable
development solutions in Australia
and the Asia region. The
appointment positions Monash as
one of the key global leaders in
research and scholarship around
sustainable development. Monash
University’s Vice-Chancellor,
Professor Ed Byrne, said the
appointment was “a tribute to the
work being done by the passionate
leaders at the Monash Sustainability
Institute”. The appointment coincides
with the launch of MSI’s new
Sustainable Development program,
which will look at the challenges
presented to the region by the
intersection of climate change,
urbanisation, poverty reduction and
natural resource management.
The program is being supported by
the Harold Mitchell Foundation and
the National Australia Bank and the
Australian Federal Government. See
page 34 for more on our new
program.
Green Steps delivers its first
international course
MSI’s award-winning environmental
sustainability program – Green Steps
– is now helping to change practices
in the Northern Hemisphere, with the
launch of the Green Steps @
Warwick program in 2012. Green
Steps ran its first extensive summer
program at Monash University’s UK
partner, the University of Warwick in
July. Twelve Warwick students
completed the training aspect of
Green Steps and worked on a range
of sustainability projects on campus.
They join an international network of
more than 700 Green Steps alumni
from eight Australian universities,
who have interned in more than 450
organisations. Director of Student
Skills and Careers at Warwick, Sue
Bennett, said the University was very
pleased to be involved in the
innovative program.
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2012 saw the launch of innovative
new programs at MSI, with the
introduction of the Monash Soil
Carbon Program, and the launch of
our Economics for Sustainability
program. The programs are crossfaculty initiatives, with the Economics
for Sustainability program being a
joint program with the Faculty of
Business and Economics. The Soil
Carbon Program is being run under
the leadership of Dr Tim Cavagnaro
from Monash’s Faculty of Science.
See pages 18 and 32 for more on
these exciting new programs.
MSI branched out in 2012 into exciting
new fields with the new Soil Carbon and
Economics for Sustainability programs.
First year engineering students
get education in sustainability
Important progress was made in
2012 with the launch of an Education
for Sustainability project for first year
engineering students at Monash.
Students were able to access a
specially designed website with
materials on sustainability in
engineering. Results showed a
significant impact on student’s
knowledge of sustainability.
New research centre on water
sustainability launched
The Cooperative Research Centre
(CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities was
launched in 2012, with the help of $30
million start-up funding from the
Australian Government. The CRC
includes four research hubs in
Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and
Singapore. The Centre has 21 projects
underway, involving the support of 76
partners including state government
agencies, local governments, water
authorities and universities.
Professor Ana Deletic wins
Victoria Prize for Science and
Innovation
Monash Water for Liveability Director,
Professor Ana Deletic, won the
prestigious Victoria Prize for Science
and Innovation in November 2012.
The prize was awarded by the Hon.
Louise Asher, State Government of
Victoria, for Professor Deletic’s work
in developing green storm water
treatment and harvesting
technologies. Professor Deletic is the
world leader in storm-water
management, pioneering the concept
of rain gardens for treatment and
harvesting of storm water.
MSI is helping to prepare
Monash graduates to
create a more
sustainable world.
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New MSI programs launched
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about the institute
MSI’s reputation for
excellence is built on
its people: making Monash a
leader 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.
We then use the knowledge we amass through our research
to help students and organisations create the sustainable
world of the future, through award-winning programs like
Green Steps and our Education for Sustainability program.
That’s why we bring together the best minds from multiple
fields of endeavour. We pull together scientists, lawyers,
economists, psychologists, biologists, engineers, health
professionals and more to nut out the ‘wicked’ problems.
Together – the world-leading experts from the Monash
Sustainability Institute and Monash University, combine with
the best industry and academic know-how from around the
world, to create the world of the future.
Through this innovative cross-disciplinary work, MSI is having
a real-world impact both in Australia and overseas. It’s doing
its part to create a sustainable future through nation-leading
organisations and programs:
Our experts at MSI are tackling the tough questions:
• How can we change people’s behaviour to create a more
sustainable 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 a
changing climate?
• What goals should we put in place to encourage more
sustainable 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?
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BehaviourWorks Australia
ClimateWorks Australia
Green Steps
Monash Water for Liveability
Sustainable Development
MSI is also leading a range of cross-disciplinary research
programs:
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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
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MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE:
ANSWERING THE ‘WICKED’ QUESTIONS
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LEADERS IN OUR FIELD
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2012
The Monash Sustainability Institute brings together social scientists, psychologists,
behaviour change experts, climate scientists, engineers, economists, biological
scientists, health professionals and more in world-leading programs and centres of
excellence. Leaders in their own disciplines, they come to MSI with a passion for
cross-disciplinary work and for finding solutions to the environmental sustainability
challenges that face our society.
PEOPLE
MANAGEMENT AND
ADMINISTRATION TEAM
Professor John Thwaites, Chairman
Professor Dave Griggs, Director
Julie Arcilla, PA to the Director
Vicki Kyriakakis, Communications &
Marketing Manager
PROJECTS TEAM
Dr Janet Stanley, Chief Research
Officer
Dr Paul McShane, Chief Research
Officer
Professor Michael Ward, Professor
of Economics and Sustainability
Dr Gill Owen, Research Program
Leader
Sir Bob Watson, Sir Louis Matheson
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Professor Carol Adams, Professor
(Research)
Mr David McInnes, Professorial
Fellow
Professor Ray Ison, Professor,
Systems for Sustainability and Open
University UK
Dr Phil Wallis, Research Fellow
Simon Rowntree, Project
Coordinator
Dr Tahl Kestin, Research Project
Manager
Associate Professor (Adjunct)
Marion Carey, Monash Climate,
Biodiversity and Health Program
Paul 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 Programmer
Nikki Reichelt, Research Assistant
BEHAVIOURWORKS
AUSTRALIA TEAM
Dr Liam Smith, Director
Dr Jim Curtis, Research Fellow
Dr Haywantee Ramkissoon,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Joshua Newton
Michael Lam
Sara Kneebone, PhD Candidate
EDUCATION TEAM
Professor Geoff Rose, Professor and
Convenor, Education for
Sustainability
Mark Boulet, Manager, Education
Team
Kati Thompson, Green Steps
Training Coordinator
Helena Schulze, Green Steps
Marketing Coordinator
Erin Simpson, Green Steps
Internship and Alumni Coordinator
Emma Grace, Green Steps Project
Administrator
Kendra Scaife, Green Steps Project
Administrator
SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING TEAM
Belinda Towns, Manager,
Sustainable Campus Group and
Sustainable Reporting
MONASH WATER
FOR LIVEABILITY TEAM
Professor Rob Skinner, CEO
Professor Ana Deletic, Director
Professor Rebekah Brown, Director
Cara Jordan, Business Manager
Dr Phillip Johnstone, Adjunct
Associate Professor (DSE SciencePolicy Partnership)
Rachelle Adamowicz, Research
Assistant
CLIMATEWORKS AUSTRALIA
Professor John Thwaites, Chairman
Professor Dave Griggs, CEO
Anna Skarbek, Executive Director
Samantha Tannahill, Executive
Assistant
Meg Argyriou, Head of Engagement
Amandine Denis, Head of Research
Eli Court, Engagement Project
Officer
Paris Nichols, Senior Business
Analyst
Rob Kelly, Business Analyst
Wei Sue, Business Analyst
Emma Lucia, Business Analyst
Scott Ferraro, Project Manager
Shane Gladigau, Project Officer
Brigid O’Brien, Information Manager
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“The research project that I was
involved with gave me a great
window into the breadth of
expertise and talent that is inside
MSI. The way MSI can actually
galvanise the best experts from
across Monash University to work
together was for me a window
into its much greater capability…”
— Industry Stakeholder
MSI staff put their
bikes we’re their
mouths are in the
2012 Bupa Around the
Bay. The event helps
to raise money for
The Smith Family and
is Australia’s largest
mass participation
one day bike ride
2012 saw MSI drastically
expand with the addition of
new researchers and staff to
the team. They bring with them
a wealth of experience and
expertise in areas as diverse
as climate science, economics,
business analysis,
engagement, behaviour
change, psychology,
sustainability strategy and
more. Our new team members
are working with
BehaviourWorks Australia,
ClimateWorks Australia,
Monash Water for Liveability
our programs and
management to consolidate
and build on MSI’s
excellent work.
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2012
MSI WELCOMES
NEW TEAM MEMBERS
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world-leading
programs
Exciting research,
cutting-edge education
programs and real-world
impact define
MSI’s programs.
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BEHAVIOUR WORKS
CORE TEAM
Dr Liam Smith, Director
Dr Jim Curtis, Research Fellow
Dr Haywantee Ramkissoon, Research Fellow
Dr Joshua Newton, Research Fellow
Mr Michael Lam, Research Assistant
PHD CANDIDATES IN 2012
Amy Smith, Monash University
Franz Carillo, Monash University
Haywantee Ramkisson, Monash University
Kate Buckley, Charles Darwin University
KEY ASSOCIATES
BehaviourWorks Australia is at the forefront of behaviour
change research, bringing interdisciplinary researchers at
Monash University together with leading practitioners in
government and business who share an interest in
behaviour change and environmental sustainability.
At the heart of our work is a focus on applying contemporary
behaviour change learnings to practical action. We do this through
a range of innovative projects and initiatives to answer the
common question: “what approaches work best?”
Our core partners are the Monash Sustainability Institute, EPA
Victoria, The Shannon Company, and the NSW Office of
Environment and Heritage. BehaviourWorks Australia also has an
ongoing research collaboration with Sustainability Victoria.
Together we incorporate the expertise and learnings of a host of
behaviour change disciplines and practices to better understand
and influence the everyday behavioural decisions that are integral
to living in a sustainable world.
“The Shannon Company’s relationship with
BehaviourWorks is changing the way we do
business. Being exposed to the world of
behaviour change research in a way we
haven’t been previously has opened up new
ways of thinking, and as a result,
opportunities for business.”
— Michael Daddo, The Shannon Company
Professor Bas Verplanken, University of Bath
Professor Beth Walker, Edith Cowan University
Professor Betty Weiler, Southern Cross University
Dr Jan Packer, University of Queensland
Dr Janice Redmon, Edith Cowan University
Professor John Falk, Oregon State University
Professor John Thøgersen, Aarhus University
Dr 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 for
Regulatory Studies
Associate Professor Jo Lindsay, Faculty of Arts,
Monash University
Dr 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 University
Associate Professor Daniel Prajogo, Faculty of Business
and Economics, Monash University
Professor Harmen Oppewal, Faculty of Business
and Economics, Monash University
Dr 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 University
Professor Lata Gangadharan, Faculty of Business
and Economics, Monash University
Dr Pieter van Dijk, Faculty of Business and Economics,
Monash University
Ms Amandine Denis, Head of Research, ClimateWorks
Australia
Dr Phil Blythe, GreenSync Pty Ltd
ADVISORY BOARD
Professor 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 Victoria
Mr Michael Reid, Manager Built Environment,
NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
BWA WORKING GROUP
Dr Stefan Kaufman, Social Science Portfolio Leader,
EPA Victoria
Mr Roger Clifton, Board Member, The Shannon Company
Ms Susan Pyke, Strategic Research, Planning and Business
Improvement, Sustainability Victoria
Ms Alex Graham, Senior Program Development Officer, NSW
Office of Environment and Heritage
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
Sustainability Victoria, Funder and Delivery Partner
Office for Environment and Heritage, Funder and Delivery
Partner
Environmental Protection Agency, Funder and Delivery Partner
The Shannon Company, Funder and Delivery Partner
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PEOPLE
world–leading programs
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2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• The BehaviourWorks Australia
team took on 13 different
projects in 2012, undertaking
research on litter, policy, energy
use, zoo visitor behaviour, water
use, composting, charity bin
dumping and wildlife
conservation.
• BehaviourWorks Australia
continued to grow in 2012, with
the addition of four new
members to the team. We also
doubled the size of our PhD
program, with six students now
undertaking their doctorates
with us.
• Our new website –
www.behaviourworksaustralia.org
– was launched in 2012,
featuring extensive resources
for those interested in behaviour
change.
• BehaviourWorks Australia
hosted a number of leading
international behaviour change
academics in 2012. Professor
John Thøgersen (Aarhus
University, Denmark), Professor
Bas Verplanken (University of
Bath, UK) and Professor Susan
Michie (University College
London) visited and
collaborated with
BehaviourWorks Australia and
its partners in 2012, giving
public presentations to over 800
people during the year.
• BehaviourWorks Australia cohosted the Third Behaviour
Change for Sustainability
National Congress, which
brought together corporate and
community leaders, policymakers, psychologists, social
scientists, program
implementers, and
organisational experts to share
and develop their expertise and
understanding of individual and
organisational behaviour
change.
• BehaviourWorks Australia was a
consortium member of two
successful applications to the
Federal Government’s Low
Income Energy Efficiency
program. The two projects, led
separately by the Brotherhood
of St Laurence and GV
Community Energy, aim to
address capital constraints and
information failure as barriers
that prevent low income
households improving their
energy efficiency.
BEHAVIOUR
KEY INITIATIVES
Following its launch in 2011, BehaviourWorks Australia
has grown from strength to strength, leading the way
with innovative behaviour change research.
Evaluating changing attitudes
to climate change
BehaviourWorks Australia designed
and developed measures to
evaluate a ClimateWorks Australia
video campaign on climate change
action called ‘Empower’. We
measured watchers’ level of
attention and enjoyment as well as
the video’s effectiveness at
influencing attitudes toward climate
change. A pool of nationallyrepresentative participants (N=750)
were recruited using an online
panel. Results of the study showed
that the Empower video did have
an overall impact, although its
success varied depending on the
strength of initial attitudes.
Barriers and benefits of worm
farming and composting
In this project, BehaviourWorks
Australia researchers sought to
understand the barriers and drivers
of worm farming and composting
among residents in the City of
Whitehorse. In addition to a
number of knowledge, financial and
structural barriers, the results
highlighted a tension between the
benefits and experience of
performing those behaviours, which
were linked to perceptions of social
approval.
Training Ergon Energy staff
to monitor and evaluate
their programs
BehaviourWorks Australia trained
several key Ergon Energy staff in
how to design and incorporate
monitoring and evaluation into their
programs, so that the findings can
provide greater certainty for future
programs. This training focused on
a trial for energy efficiency in small
business which, if implemented, will
yield results that will inform the level
and type of engagement that Ergon
Energy has with small businesses
into the future.
Curbing illegal dumping
In conjunction with Sustainability
Victoria, the National Association of
Charitable Recycling Organisations
and EPA Victoria, BehaviourWorks
Australia designed a field trial to
test the effectiveness of different
interventions to reduce dumping
outside charity stores. The project
commenced late in 2012 and
interventions were implemented in
January 2013.
Using websites to influence
the pro-wildlife behaviour
of zoo visitors
The aim of this project is to
investigate whether websites can
be used to influence the behaviour
of zoo visitors post-visit and the
usefulness of different website
content. While research conducted
in zoos reveals that visitors intend
to undertake pro-wildlife
behaviours, follow-up research has
so far revealed little or no change in
behaviour. This project commenced
late in 2012 with interventions to be
implemented in mid-2013. It is an
ARC Linkage Project with the
University of Queensland, Taronga
Conservation Society Australia,
Territory Wildlife Park, Bronx Zoo,
and Wellington Zoo.
Strategies to foster
pro-environmental behaviour
in zoo-visitors
This three year project wrapped up
at the beginning of 2012.
Researchers identified over 500
behaviours that zoo visitors could
undertake to help wildlife. Out of
these, ten were prioritised.
Researchers then investigated the
reasons why visitors do or do not
intend to do each of the behaviours
and developed messages to
influence them. The strategies and
evaluations put in place targeted
two behaviours – both yielded
changes in intended and reported
behaviour. This was an ARC
Linkage Project with the Taronga
Conservation Society Australia,
Zoos South Australia, Zoos Victoria
and Perth Zoo.
WORKS
This large project, to be conducted
over four years, is investigating the
role of behaviour change as a tool
for accelerating transitions to water
sensitive cities. To do this, we are
identifying and prioritising desired
audience behaviours through
stakeholder consultation.
Researchers are also working to
understand the topography of water
sensitive behaviour through a large
scale survey and designing a
behavioural roadmap by prioritising
and sequencing the identified pool
of water-sensitive behaviours. Later
in the project we will seek to
influence high-priority behaviours
through different strategies. This
project has just commenced and will
run through to 2016 as part of the
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities.
Researcher in
residence program
The BehaviourWorks Australia
researcher in residence program
links Monash University behaviour
change expertise with government
and industry. BehaviourWorks
Australia provides organisational
program managers with an
accessible and convenient pool of
evidence to help them make better
program decisions and develop
approaches using the latest
scholarly research and thinking in
the behaviour change field.
Visiting academics program
Each year, BehaviourWorks Australia
invites leading behaviour change
researchers to come to Australia
and provide strategic and advanced
perspectives on behaviour change
topics relevant to the research and
program needs of our partners. In
2012, we hosted Professor John
Thøgersen from Aarhus University,
who talked about the phenomenon
of spill-over in the context of proenvironmental behaviour. Professor
Bas Verplanken, visiting from the
University of Bath, is recognised as
one of the world’s leading experts
on habits. Finally, Professor Susan
Michie – from University College
London – provided valuable insights
into her work on innovative methods
for developing and evaluating
behaviour change interventions (with
a particular emphasis on health).
These visits have helped us refine
our partners programs, and led to
collaborations on Australian
Research Council Linkage
applications.
Behaviour change masterclass
Working with Green Steps,
BehaviourWorks Australia offers a
behaviour change “masterclass” to
industry and government. We draw
on advanced theory and practical
approaches to behaviour change to
assist organisations to clearly
articulate and prioritise the
behaviours they want to influence;
understand the context of the
behaviour and the beliefs of the
target audience; and select
appropriate behaviour change
techniques to form part of an
intervention. In 2012, the
masterclass was delivered to the
Department of Defence,
Sustainability Victoria, Perth and
Taronga Zoos and The Shannon
Company.
BehaviourWorks
Australia
researchers are
helping Australian
zoos better
understand how
websites could be
used to promote
pro-wildlife
behaviour.
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Accelerating our transition to
water sensitive cities
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CLIMATEWORKS AUSTRALIA
ClimateWorks Australia is an independent, non-profit organisation founded by
The Myer Foundation and Monash University (under the auspices of the MSI). It is
focused on translating research into action. ClimateWorks is committed to catalysing
substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in Australia. In 2012, our focus
has been on working with business, government, and investors to drive Australia’s
transition to a low carbon economy.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• In 2012, ClimateWorks
undertook a major analysis of
energy opportunities for
medium to large industrial
businesses. The analysis
identified barriers and drivers
for energy efficiency across
different industry sectors.
• In February 2012, ClimateWorks
released a new methodology to
measure the effectiveness of
programs in reducing consumer
energy consumption. “How to
Make the Most of Demand
Management” was developed
with the support of Ergon
Energy in partnership with
BehaviourWorks Australia. It
assists in delivering sustainable
changes in customer energy
use, while optimising demand
management program design
for energy providers.
• In February 2012, ClimateWorks
launched a new national
program designed to
‘Empower’ businesses and
households to reduce their
greenhouse gas emissions and
save money.
• In October 2012, the “Low
Carbon Lifestyles” report was
launched, providing Australian
households with information
about how they can save
money on their energy bills and
reduce their impact on the
environment.
• In November 2012,
ClimateWorks launched a
project to track Australia’s
progress in reducing emissions
across the economy by
measuring business activity at
all stages of the project pipeline.
The project will provide valuable
data that can inform policy
design and build consensus on
an appropriate emission
reduction target for 2020.
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
Professor Dave Griggs, CEO
Anna Skarbek, Executive Director
Greg Garvin, Interim Executive
Director
Meg Argyriou, Head of Engagement
Amandine Denis, Head of Research
Paris Nichols, Senior Business
Analyst
Rob Kelly, Business Analyst
Wei Sue, Business Analyst
Scott McKenry, Engagement
Manager
Eli Court, Engagement Project Officer
Brigid O’Brien, Information Manager
Rafi Mohamed Feroze, Senior Analyst
Programmer
Vicki Kyriakakis, Communications
and Marketing Manager
Samantha Tannahill, Executive
Assistant
BOARD
Professor John Thwaites, Chair,
Monash University
David Shelmerdine, Deputy Chair, The
Myer Foundation
Howard Bamsey, United States Study
Centre, Sydney University
Professor Edwina Cornish, Provost,
Monash University
Sam Mostyn, Leading Business and
Sustainability Advisor
Jon Myer, Communications,
Foundation for Young Australians
Professor Robert Hill, Adjunct
Professor in Sustainability, United
States Study Centre, Sydney
University and Chancellor, University
of Adelaide
Heather Ridout, Board Member,
Reserve Bank and Climate Change
Authority
William Spraggett, Investment
Specialist, Bell Potter Securities
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
The Myer Foundation, Funder and
Co-Founder
Monash University, Funder and CoFounder
BUSINESS PARTNERS
Ergon Energy
Origin Energy
Siemens
Carbon Market Institute
Rare Consulting
GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
Department of Climate Change and
Energy Efficiency
Department of Resources, Energy
and Tourism
Regional Development Australia
City of Melbourne
City of Greater Geelong
Brisbane City Council
Gippsland Local Government
Network
Greater Dandenong Council
Knox City Council
Low Carbon Australia
Department of Business & Innovation
(South East Melbourne Innovation
Precinct)
ACADEMIC AND
NON-PROFIT PARTNERS
CSIRO
Future Proofing Geelong Committee
Property Council of Australia
Macquarie University
Hope Australia
Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce
University of Southern Queensland
Ryde Gladesville Climate Change
Action Group
Earthfest Sustainability Festival
Gippsland Climate Change Network
Sustainable Melbourne Fund
KEY INITIATIVES
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Analysing and reducing
Australian industrial energy use
ClimateWorks undertook a major
analysis of energy efficiency in
medium and large industrial
companies in Australia. The project
has produced an unprecedented
granular dataset on energy use and
energy savings by sector and
technology – as well as developed a
framework to identify and quantify
barriers to implementation.
Measuring the impact of
different programs on consumer
energy use
ClimateWorks partnered with Ergon
Energy in 2012 to develop a new
methodology to measure the
change in consumer energy
consumption achieved through a
range of programs that encourage
uptake of energy efficiency
technologies or changes in
consumer behaviour. The aim of
these programs is to reduce or
postpone the need for costly
electricity infrastructure upgrades.
The project led to the release of a
report outlining the methodology in
February 2012.
Empowering Australians to
reduce their greenhouse gas
emissions
“There is enormous
importance for an
independent centre for
policy discussion and
the independent
perspective that
ClimateWorks
provides and I highly
value that.”
— Professor Ross Garnaut,
Melbourne University
ClimateWorks is
helping Australian
industry reduce their
energy use.
ClimateWorks devised an innovative
communications and engagement
program called ‘Empower’ to
increase understanding of how
industry and communities can
reduce their greenhouse gas
emissions. The program was
conducted across five regions and
engaged with government, industry,
business, community organisations
and education providers through a
series of regional outreach events
and a suite of communication
materials.
Saving money and reducing your
impact on the environment
Together with Origin Energy,
ClimateWorks has developed a
practical guide on how Australian
households can save money on
their energy bills while
simultaneously reducing their impact
on the environment. The “Low
Carbon Lifestyles” report identifies
different actions householders can
take to reduce their energy use or
switch to cleaner energy solutions.
The report analysed three different
house types across four states.
Tracking Australia’s emissions
reduction
In 2012, ClimateWorks launched a
project to track Australia’s progress
in reducing emissions across the
economy. The project will gather
data to track action being
undertaken by companies to reduce
emissions and identify the major
drivers behind the activity. This work
will inform decision-making on an
appropriate emissions reduction
target for 2020.
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ClimateWorks Australia is a multi-award winning partnership
between The Myer Foundation and Monash University.
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CLIMATE, BIODIVERSITY AND HEALTH
The Climate, Biodiversity and Health Program is a cross-disciplinary research program that is unique in
Australia. Led by the MSI’s Dr Marion Carey, a public health physician, the program is working to
improve our understanding of how changes to the natural environment, such as climate change and
biodiversity loss, can affect human health. It draws together expertise from Monash University with
other 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 funded
by VicHealth (The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation) and Monash University, with support from
the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
PEOPLE
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• The results of our research on climate
vulnerability in Victoria were presented
at a National Climate Change
Adaptation Research Facility
conference in June 2012 and have
been submitted for peer-reviewed
publication.
• A national workshop was held at the
Population Health Congress in
Adelaide in September 2012 on the
health impacts of energy choices.
• We published scientific articles on
water insecurity and health, and on
food, health and sustainability.
CORE TEAM
Dr Marion Carey, Program Leader, MSI
Dr Janet Stanley, Chief Research Officer, MSI
KEY ASSOCIATES
Dr Nigel Barr, University of the Sunshine Coast
Ms Denise Beaudequin, University of the
Sunshine Coast
Dr Mark Holmes, University of the Sunshine
Coast
Ms Catherine Pendrey, Project Officer, Monash
University
Dr Anne Roiko, University of the Sunshine Coast
Professor Malcolm Sim, Monash Centre for
Occupational and Environmental Health, Faculty
of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Dr Martha Sinclair, Monash Department of
Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health
Sciences
Dr Margaret Stebbing, Department of Rural and
Indigenous Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing
and Health Sciences
Dr Ken Winkel, Director, Australian Venom
Research Unit, Department of Pharmacology,
University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Linda Selvey, School of
Public Health, Curtin University
Associate Professor Grant Blashki, Nossal
Institute for Global Health, University of
Melbourne
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
Department of Pharmacology, University of
Melbourne, Delivery Partner
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health
Sciences, Monash University, Delivery Partner
School of Health and Sports Sciences,
University of the Sunshine Coast,
Delivery Partner
The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation,
Funder
Victorian Department of Sustainability and the
Environment, Funder
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Human health and wellbeing is at the heart of the
sustainability challenge for the climate change,
biodiversity and health program.
What impact does extreme
weather have on the health and
well-being of homeless people in
Victoria?
As the climate changes, extreme
weather events such as floods,
bushfires and heat waves are
expected to increase – impacting on
human health and well-being.
Currently, we don’t know enough
about how community health and
welfare sectors can meet this
challenge. Homeless people in
Australia are particularly at risk. Our
research project investigated the
impacts of extreme weather on the
health and well-being of homeless
people in Victoria (as reported by
service providers) and the potential
implications of climate change for this
population. This is one of the first
studies in Australia to research this
issue, with important implications for
adequate planning and resourcing to
protect vulnerable population groups.
How do people in country towns
adapt to the health impacts of
long-term water insecurity?
This study investigated how people
living in small rural towns in Victoria
adapt to the effects of long term
water insecurity on their health and
“The importance of biodiversity to
health is profound. The Monash
Climate, Biodiversity and Health
Program is an essential step
towards improving Australia’s
resilience in the face of
unprecedented and interlinked
climate, biodiversity and health
challenges. I congratulate Dr
Carey on this pioneering effort
and on Monash University’s
commitment to making a
difference to biodiversity and
health, now and into the future.”
— Dr Ken Winkel, Director,
Australian Venom Research Unit,
University of Melbourne
well-being. Focus groups with town
residents and key informant
interviews were conducted in four
rural Victorian towns experiencing
differing water security challenges.
The data offered insights into
adaptive responses at the individual
and community level. The Faculty of
Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences
Strategic Grant Scheme seed
funding commenced in 2011 and the
project was undertaken in
collaboration with Monash
Departments of Epidemiology and
Preventive Medicine and Rural and
Indigenous Health. The results have
been presented at a national
conference and published in the
conference proceedings.
How can health care
practitioners best respond to the
impacts of extreme heat events?
Extreme heat events linked to climate
change will increasingly stress the
health care system, with acute heatrelated illness and exacerbation of
chronic disease. Increases in
mortality and morbidity with heat
waves have already been described
in Australia. Involvement of primary
health care practitioners is an
important part of the public health
response to extreme heat under
climate change, but research is
needed to inform how best to involve
this sector. This study examined the
capacity of primary and allied health
care practitioners to respond to the
challenges of increasing heat health
impacts – an important part of health
system adaptation to climate change.
What is the link between
biodiversity and human health?
Recent international assessments
have highlighted the close
dependence of human health on
biodiversity, through benefits such as
ecosystem services, disease
regulation and genetic resources.
However biodiversity loss is occurring
at an unprecedented rate through
environmental degradation and
climate change. This project, in
partnership with the Victorian
Department of Sustainability and
Environment and the University of
Melbourne, is working to synthesise
and disseminate information on the
links between biodiversity and human
health in an Australian context and
the health implications of biodiversity
loss.
Climate change
will hit Australia’s
most vulnerable
hardest.
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KEY INITIATIVES
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ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY
MSI’s brand new Economics Program,
launched in 2012, is conducting highimpact research and engagement on
economics of the environment, natural
resources and sustainability. The program
is led by Professor Michael Ward, who was
jointly appointed in 2012 to both MSI and
Monash’s Department of Economics.
In its early stages, the program is
leveraging its impact through partnership
with associated members from Monash’s
Department of Economics, who bring in a
broad research capacity in economics –
from environmental regulation, and
resource management in developing
countries, to biodiversity and ecosystem
services. During this first year, the program
has conducted research on the economics
of water management, with major grants
from the Australian Research Council and
the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• A major grant was received by the
Australian Research Council to
conduct research into the economics
of urban water management.
• The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
provided a grant for research into
economic valuation for the Cities as
Water Supply Catchments project.
• The program co-hosted an education
symposium on carbon markets,
attended by over 200 people.
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
Professor Michael Ward, Program Leader, MSI and Department of Economics
KEY ASSOCIATES
Professor Lata Gangadharan, Department of Economics, Associate Researcher
Professor Jeff LaFrance, Department of Economics, Associate Researcher
Dr Anke Leroux, Department of Economics, Associate Researcher
Dr Paul Raschky, Department of Economics, Associate Researcher
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
Australian Research Council, Funder
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Funder
Department of Economics, Monash University, Partner
“The Department of Economics is very pleased
to partner with MSI on this program. This is a
priority research area for us, and sustainability is
a core strategic research theme of the Faculty.
We’re looking forward to more collaboration
with MSI, in particular around sustainability in
developing countries. Our early collaboration in
this area has already helped lead to Monash
being appointed a regional centre of the UN’s
Sustainable Development Solutions Network.”
— Professor Russell Smyth,
Head of Department of Economics,
Monash University
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It’s not a case of the economy versus the
environment for MSI’s Economics in
Sustainability researchers, who are
investigating the links between the two.
How effective are economic levers when
managing Australia’s urban water?
This ARC Discovery Project, led by Professor
Michael Ward, is analysing the effectiveness and
distributional consequences of using economic
levers – such as price-based demand management
– for urban water. The project commenced in late
2012 and is now in the research design phase.
How willing are people to pay for stormwater
management?
This three-year project, funded by the CRC for
Water Sensitive Cities and led by Professor Lata
Gangadharan, commenced in 2012. Researchers
on the project are working to identify the willingness
to pay for stormwater management, in order to
quantify the contribution urban water amenities
make to property values and to determine the
optimal portfolio of urban water supply sources.
MSI is working with
researchers from Monash’s
Faculty of Business and
Economics on innovative
new initiatives.
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KEY INITIATIVES
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INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
MSI is working in partnership with Indigenous
communities and organisations to understand how
climate change and natural resource management
policies affect traditional livelihoods, values,
practices and needs. The aim of this work is to assist
the communities to respond to climate change and
have a stronger say in policies and management
decisions affecting their traditional lands.
The key activity in this program is a joint project with
the Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation and
with Brown University in the USA. The project is
looking at how Yorta Yorta knowledge can be
combined with scientific knowledge to support better
water management and climate change adaptation in
the Barmah-Millewa area of the Murray River.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• Over 20 Yorta Yorta youth and Elders undertook a ‘talking
journey’ as part of a cultural knowledge collection
campaign.
• Indigenous leaders, researchers, and international experts
gathered in Echuca to look at how Indigenous knowledge
can improve climate change adaptation.
• The NICC Opportunities Roadmap was published: “A
Decision Support Framework to Assess Indigenous
Climate Change Opportunities in Australia”
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
Professor Dave Griggs, MSI, Program
Leader
Mr Lee Joachim, Yorta Yorta Nation
Aboriginal Corporation, Yorta Yorta
Project Co-Leader
Professor Amanda Lynch, Brown
University, USA, Yorta Yorta Project
Co-Leader
Dr Carolina Adler, ETH Zurich, Project
Team
Mr Zac Bischoff-Mattson, Brown
University, USA, Project Team
Dr Tahl Kestin, MSI, Project Team
Ms Jackie Walker, Yorta Yorta Nation
Aboriginal Corporation, Project Team
Dr Pan Wang, MSI, Project Team
Dr Xuan Zhu, School of Geography
and Environmental Sciences, Faculty
of Arts, Monash University, Project
Team
KEY ASSOCIATES
Professor Kate Auty, Commissioner
for Environmental Sustainability
Victoria, Advisor and Workshop
Organising Committee
Mr Rowan Foley, Aborigianl Carbon
Fund, National Indigenous Climate
Change Group and Workshop
Organising Committee
Dr Cathy Robinson, CSIRO, National
Indigenous Climate Change Group
and Workshop Organising Committee
Mr Joe Ross, National Indigenous
Climate Change Group
Ms Emily Gerard, Arthurs, National
Indigenous Climate Change Group
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal
Corporation, Delivery Partner
Brown University, USA, Delivery
Partner
CSIRO, Delivery Partner
Office of the Commissioner for
Environmental Sustainability Victoria,
Delivery Partner
National Climate Change Adaptation
Research Facility (NCCARF), Funder
Victorian Centre for Climate Change
Adaptation Research (VCCCAR),
Funder
KEY INITIATIVES
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Integrating traditional
knowledge on the
Barmah-Millewa
In this innovative and
inspiring project,
researchers are
combining the traditional
knowledge of the Yorta
Yorta people with
conventional knowledge
of the Barmah-Millewa
area in a secure online
GIS database. The tool
will be used by the Yorta
Yorta community to
participate more fully in
management and policy
processes affecting the
area. The work involves
knowledge collection
through Elder and youth
‘talking journeys’,
development of IP
protocols, and GIS
system and product
development.
Touching base with the
community on
management of the
Murray-Darling Basin
National Indigenous
Climate Change
Opportunities
Roadmap
A national workshop
on Indigenous
Knowledge for Climate
Change Adaptation
The Murray River is the life
source and spirit of the
Yorta Yorta people, but its
water is also the basis of
a $9 billion per year
agricultural industry. This
study is examining the
perspectives of
Indigenous and nonIndigenous residents,
workers and decisionmakers in the region on
management options for
the Murray River, with the
aim of identifying potential
for common ground.
This CSIRO-led project,
with MSI involvement, for
the National Indigenous
Climate Change (NICC)
Group, produced and
published the “NICC
Opportunities Roadmap:
A Decision Support
Framework to Assess
Indigenous Climate
Change Opportunities in
Australia.” The project is
looking to identify and
develop new
opportunities for
Indigenous communities
and enterprises.
In November 2012, nearly
100 participants, including
Indigenous leaders,
academics and
international experts,
gathered in Echuca, on
Yorta Yorta land, to begin
a conversation on how
Indigenous knowledge
can improve climate
change adaptation
outcomes for Indigenous
communities and for all
Australians. Topics of
discussion included
knowledge ownership
and confidentiality;
research by and for
Indigenous people; and
Indigenous participation in
land management and
policy processes. The
workshop has resulted in
production of a report to
capture the findings.
“Our work with MSI has benefited the Yorta Yorta Nation
in so many ways – such as capacity building, community
empowerment and international relations. In turn we’ve
been able to educate the researchers in Yorta Yorta
knowledge and culture - the possibility of seeing the
world through two eyes – so they have benefited as well.”
— Lee Joachim, Yorta Yorta Nation Aboriginal Corporation
MSI scientists held a
workshop with Indigenous
leaders, academics and
experts from around the
world late last year.
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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.
world–leading programs
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MONASH WATER FOR LIVEABILITY
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Monash Water for Liveability is working to transform
cities and their communities in ways that will help
them live in harmony with natural water environments.
The Centre (formerly the Centre for Water Sensitive
Cities) is playing a pivotal role in transforming
Australian cities to become resilient to current and
future challenges.
The Centre is building Australia’s capacity to advance
sustainable urban water practices through:
• Research excellence
• Engagement with planning, development and water
management professions; and
• Supporting the development of government policies
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• The multi-million dollar CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
was launched in July 2012.
• Professor Ana Deletic, a Director of Monash Water for
Liveability, was awarded a Victoria Prize for Science and
Innovation by the Victorian State Parliament.
• The Liveability Report was released as part of the
Centre’s Department of Sustainability and EnvironmentMonash Science Policy Partnership.
• Blueprint 2012 was released, which includes insights and
recommendations from research across multiple
disciplines undertaken by the Cities as Water Supply
Catchments Research Team in 2011.
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
Professor Rob Skinner, Director, MSI
Professor Ana Deletic, Director,
Department of Civil Engineering
Professor Rebekah Brown, Director,
School of Geography and
Environmental Sciences
Professor Nigel Tapper, School of
Geography and Environmental
Sciences
Ms Cara Jordan, Business
Manager, MSI
Ms Jennifer Edwards, Executive
Support, MSI
KEY ASSOCIATES
Professor John Thwaites, MSI, Chair
of Project Management Committee
Mr Ross Allen, Cities as Water
Supply Catchments, Project Leader
Ms Rachelle Adamowicz,
Department of Sustainability and
the Environment, Project Officer –
Science Policy Partnership
Dr Niki Frantzeskaki, Dutch
Research Institution for Transitions,
Erasmus University Rotterdam,
Research Fellow
Dr Rupak Aryal, University of
Queensland
Dr Peter Breen, AECOM
Associate Professor Heather
Chapman, Griffith University
Mr Hugh Duncan, Melbourne Water,
eWater CRC, Monash University
Professor Beate Escher, University
of Queensland
Professor Tim Fletcher, University of
Melbourne
Dr Wolfgang Gernjak, University of
Queensland
Ms Jane-Louise Lampard, Griffith
University
Mr Tim O’Loan, AECOM
Mr Jeroen Rijke, Delft University of
Technology and Monash University
Mr Michael Sammonds, University
of Melbourne
Dr Mike Stewardson, University of
Melbourne
Dr Janet Tang, Queensland
University
Dr Geoff Vietz, University of
Melbourne
Associate Professor Chris Walsh,
University of Melbourne
SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE,
FACULTY OF ARTS
Professor Jason Beringer, Leader
Ms Katie Brookes, Research Fellow
Dr Andrew Coutts, Research Fellow
Dr Meredith Dobbie, Research
Fellow
Miss Jennifer Edwards, Executive
Assistant
Dr Megan Farrelly, Lecturer
Dr Fjalar de Haan, Research Fellow
Dr Margaret Loughnan, Research
Fellow
Professor Ray Ison, Research
Collaborator
Professor Nigel Tapper, Project
Leader
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF
ENGINEERING
Dr Edoardo Daly, Research Fellow
Ms Cintia Dotto, Research Fellow
Dr Belinda Hatt, Lecturer
Ms Louisa John-Krol, Administrative
Assistant
Mr Peter Kolotelo, Research
Assistant
Dr David McCarthy, Lecturer
Dr Catherine Osborne, Research
Fellow
Mr Peter Poelsma, Research
Assistant
Ms Christelle Schang, Research
Assistant
Richard Williamson, Technical
Assistant
Mr Frank Winston, Manager
Hydraulics Laboratory
Mr Yaron Zinger, Research Fellow
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS,
FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND
ECONOMICS
Dr Anke Leroux, Department of
Economics, Senior Lecturer
Dr Dinusha Dharmaratna,
Department of Economics, Faculty
of Business and Economics,
Lecturer
Professor Lata Gagadharan,
Department of Economics, Project
Leader
Dr Paul Raschky, Lecturer
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL
SCIENCES, FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Dr Lorenzo de la Fuente, Research
Fellow
Professor Christian Jakob, Project
Leader
Dr Bhupendra Raut, Research
Fellow
Professor Michael Reeder, Research
Collaborator
SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES, FACULTY OF SCIENCE
Professor Jenny Davis, Research
Collaborator
Dr Ross Thompson, Senior Lecturer
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
WATER FOR LIVEABILITY
Department of Sustainability and
Environment (Victoria), Funding
Partner
Jewish National Fund of Australia,
Funding Partner
UNESCO-IHE, The Netherlands,
Research Partner
Dutch Research Institute for
Transitions, Erasmus University,
Rotterdam, Research Partner
Technical University of Denmark
(DTU), Denmark, Research Partner
CITIES AS WATER SUPPLY
CATCHMENTS PROGRAM
The University of Western Australia,
Research Partner
The University of Melbourne,
Research Partner
The University of Queensland,
Research Partner
AECOM, Research Partner
Department of Business and
Innovation (Victoria), Funding
Partner
Melbourne Water, Funding Partner
National Water Commission,
Funding Partner
Department of Water (WA), Funding
Partner
Brisbane City Council, Funding
Partner
Marrickville City Council, Funding
Partner
VicUrban, Funding Partner
Water Corporation (WA), Funding
Partner
Department for Water (SA), Funding
Partner
SA Water, Funding Partner
Armadale Redevelopment Authority
(WA), Funding Partner
Department of Housing (WA),
Funding Partner
LandCorp, Funding Partner
Land Management Corporation,
Funding Partner
Adelaide and Mt Lofty Ranges NRM
Board, Funding Partner
Manningham City Council, Funding
Partner
SA Murray-Darling Basin NRM
Board, Funding Partner
South East Water, Funding Partner
ChemCentre, Funding Partner
Blacktown City Council, Funding
Partner
City of Port Phillip, Funding Partner
City of Sydney, Funding Partner
Fairfield City Council, Funding
Partner
Hornsby City Council, Funding
Partner
Ku Ring Gai Council, Funding
Partner
NSW Department of Planning,
Funding Partner
Swan River Trust, Funding Partner
Sydney Metropolitan CMA, Funding
Partner
Warringah (NSW), Funding Partner
City of Canning, Funding Partner
City of Gosnells, Funding Partner
City of Armadale, Funding Partner
City of Geraldton-Greenough,
Funding Partner
City of Mandurah, Funding Partner
City of Melville, Funding Partner
City of South Perth, Funding Partner
City of Subiaco, Funding Partner
City of Vincent, Funding Partner
City of Wanneroo, Funding Partner
South East Regional Centre for
Urban Landcare (WA), Funding
Partner
Yarra Valley Water, Funding Partner
Central West Catchment
Management Authority (NSW),
Funding Partner
Central West Councils Salinity and
Water Quality Alliance (NSW),
Funding Partner
Eastern Metropolitan Regional
Council (WA), Funding Partner
Department of Planning and Local
Government (SA), Funding Partner
Cooperative Research Centre (CRC)
for Water Sensitive Cities
KEY INITIATIVES
The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
brings together the inter-disciplinary
research expertise and thoughtleadership to undertake research that
will revolutionise water management in
Australia and overseas. In collaboration
with over 70 research, industry and
government partners, the CRC will
deliver the socio-technical urban water
management solutions, education and
training programs, and industry
engagement required to make towns
and cities water sensitive.
Helping practitioners realise
Water Sensitive Cities
Researchers with the Monash Urban Water for Liveability program are
treading new pathways in the use and management of urban water.
Harnessing the potential of
stormwater
Urban Water Governance:
Bridging policy and practice
The Cities as Water Supply Catchments
Program is a five year national research
program which aims to harness the
potential of stormwater and build
greener, more liveable cities with
resilience to the challenges of housing a
growing population in an era of climate
change. This flagship program, led by
Monash University, brings together five
research partners in eight separate but
interlinked projects and counts 52
industry partners throughout Australia.
The Urban Water Governance Program
seeks to bridge the policyimplementation gap through
fundamental and applied research in
urban water management, by providing
a reliable knowledge base on the
governance of urban water. Water
governance refers to the management
of collective issues, the stakeholders
involved and the processes used to
deliver treat and dispose of water in
cities.
Visualising different options for
managing urban water
Exploring ecosystem dynamics
This project aims to develop a modelling
tool that can examine possible
scenarios for managing urban water
when building and renewing Australian
cities and towns. It will enable us to test
a large number of potential urban water
systems within the context of uncertain
climate, population growth and city
development at a range of scales.
New technologies for managing
urban water systems
The Water Sensitive Urban Design
(WSUD) Technologies program aims to
develop and test a range of new
technologies for managing urban water
systems, with a particular focus on
urban stormwater management. Whilst
the urban stormwater technologies
being developed are mainly focussed on
the improvement of water quality and/or
the restoration of natural catchment
hydrology, they also aim for a wider
range of benefits including aesthetic and
micro-climate benefits.
The Ecosystem Dynamics Program
explores the link between urban water
systems, the urban landscape and
ecosystems, with a particular emphasis
on aquatic receiving waters such as
streams, wetlands and estuaries. It
examines how water sensitive urban
design can be used to support and
restore natural elements of ecosystem
function, both to protect ecosystem
services to humans and to protect the
intrinsic values of the ecosystems
themselves.
Green cities and microclimate
It is the aim of the Green Cities and
Microclimate Program to determine the
urban microclimate advantages of
decentralised stormwater harvesting
solutions, green infrastructure and
technologies. Additionally, the program
aims to provide potential multiple
benefits of stormwater harvesting
strategies for the improvement of urban
climate, carbon sequestration,
stormwater runoff and air quality.
While all the research of the Centre is
informed by and informs practice
through industry partnership, action
research and policy maker and
practitioner capacity building
programs, the Implementation
Models Program is specifically
geared towards the creation of new
models of implementation. By
producing scientifically backed
planning and technical tools and
frameworks, these projects will create
new implementation models for
practitioners to use, and help realise
Water Sensitive Cities.
Partnering with government
The Science – Policy Partnership is a
joint initiative of the Victorian
Government (Department of
Sustainability and Environment, DSE)
and Monash University that links the
research activities of the Centre to
the policy programs of DSE and
ensures the rapid and ongoing
development of evidence-based
policy making in the urban water
resources area. The Partnership will
support the application of science to
inform policy decisions for the
development of urban water policy
particularly related to the Living
Melbourne, Living Victoria policy.
“Monash Water for Liveability was
a key technical advisor in the
development of the Victorian
Government’s policy for a water
sensitive city. Monash University
was able to demonstrate a strong
case for change, backed by good
science and a national alliance of
practitioners across water
authorities, councils and
government.”
— Jaime Ewert, Regional Water
Strategy Manager, Melbourne Water
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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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NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ASIA
IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Funded by AusAID, this
program brings together
the multidisciplinary
research expertise of
Monash University with
international teams to link
research and policy
relevant to adapting and
mitigating climate change
in South and South East
Asia. The program is
assisting efforts to reduce
poverty in the region
through sustainable
development of natural
resources.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• More than $1.3 million in funding was received in 2012 from AusAID to
support mutli-disciplinary sustainable development programs.
• MSI hosted a delegation of 22 Indonesian scholars in a 10 week research
skills development program.
• MSI conducted a successful stakeholder engagement program in Kapuas,
Central Kalimantan together with the Kalimantan Forests and Climate
Partnership.
• Successful workshops were held in Kolkata, India and in Hanoi, Vietnam to
address climate change adaptation and community development.
• MSI joined forces with the Climate Change Institute (Australian National
University) to examine climate change impacts on Himalayan-sourced rivers.
“When we first came to [the Monash Sustainability Institute],
we were interested in developing water resource
allocation policy given Vietnam’s exposure to climate
change. We took much of the case study analysis
including the work done on the Murray Darling Basin.
We’ve now adopted this in our plans for environmental
protection in polluted river basins, and plans for water
resources management. It’s also influenced our action
plan linked to Vietnam’s strategic plan for climate change.”
— Dr Tran Hong, Deputy Director General, Vietnam Institute of
Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment
PEOPLE
Dr Paul McShane, Chief Researcher, MSI
Mr Simon J Rowntree, Logistical Support for International
Projects, MSI
Dr Terry Chan, Research Fellow (Systems Modelling), MSI
Dr Tina Kalivas, Research Fellow (Indonesia), MSI
Dr Max Richter, Research Fellow (Indonesian Engagement),
MSI
Dr Jeremy Aarons, Research Fellow (Knowledge Sector
Development), MSI
Fabrizio D’Aprile, Research Fellow (Forestry), MSI
KEY ASSOCIATES
Dr Craig Thorburn, Advisor Community Development
Indonesia, School of Geography and Environmental Science,
Faculty of Arts, Monash University
Professor Nigel Tapper, Advisor Climate Change and Urban
Development, School of Geography and Environmental
Science, Faculty of Arts
Professor Frada Burnstein, Knowledge Management, School
of Information Technology
Dr Henry Linger, Knowledge Management, School of
Information Technology
Professor Marika Vicziany, Community Development South
Asia, Monash Asia Institute
Professor Gordon Whyte, Community Health South Asia,
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Professor Pushkar Maitra, Community Development South
Asia, Faculty of Business and Economics
Dr Akbar Hessami, Clean Energy Technology, School of
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Faculty of
Engineering
Dr Ha Phan, Knowledge Management Vietnam, Faculty of
Education
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
AusAid, Funder
National Council on Climate Change Indonesia, Collaborator
University of Palangka Raya, Indonesia, Collaborator
Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Collaborator
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Collaborator
Forest Science Institute, Vietnam, Collaborator
Department of Forestry, Cambodia, Collaborator
Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam,
Collaborator
MSI researchers are
working with communities in
Indonesia to conserve
precious peat land while
reducing poverty.
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MSI is taking Monash’s best sustainability expertise
into Asia with these key projects and initiatives.
How can south-east Asian
countries work together to
manage Himalayan-sourced
rivers in response to climate
change?
MSI is collaborating with the Climate
Change Institute, at the Australian
National University (ANU), to
examine adaptive responses to
climate change affecting Himalayansourced rivers. The rivers include the
Indus (Pakistan), the Ganges and
Brahmaputra (Nepal, Bhutan, India
and Bangladesh), the Mekong
(China, Myanmar, Cambodia,
Thailand, Laos and Vietnam), and
the Yellow River (China).
What sustainable opportunities
exist that can help us both
reduce poverty and conserve
peat-land in Indonesia?
MSI is working with the IndonesiaAustralia Forest Carbon Partnership,
Kalimantan Forests and Climate
Change (KFCP), and the University
of Palangka-Raya on a program to
identify sustainable economic
development opportunities. The
program is particularly concerned
with identifying opportunities
that reduce poverty and conserve
peat-land.
Helping Indonesia develop
research capacity for
sustainable development
MSI is working with prominent
Indonesian universities in a research
skills development program.
Researchers are helping to develop
Indonesia’s knowledge sector as
part of a strategy to mobilise
Indonesia’s natural capital of nearly
250 million people, develop its
economy sustainably, and reduce
rates of poverty across the
archipelago. The universities
involved include the University of
Indonesia, University of Gadjah
Mada, the Institute of Technology of
Bandung, the Institute Pertanian
Bogor, the University of Palangka
Raya, and Tanjungpura University.
The ten-week program involves
most of Monash University’s
faculties and aims to improve
research performance in those
universities – including publication in
peer-reviewed journals and
presentation of research results to
end users. An important context is
the challenge of reducing poverty,
sustainably utilising Indonesia’s
natural resources and adapting to
climate change.
Extending Successful
Community-Based Forest
Management in Response to
Climate Change
With the support of AusAID, MSI
coordinated a series of workshops
to address community-based forest
management. The workshop
brought together researchers and
policy makers from Australia,
Cambodia, India, Indonesia and
Vietnam to improve the link between
research and effective policy. It
followed a workshop in Kolkata,
India, which identified shared issues
among participating countries. The
project draws on many disciplines,
including law, economics, political
science, sociology, anthropology
and geography. Key outcomes
included policy recommendations to
incorporate community-based forest
management and a framework for
research addressing identified gaps
in knowledge.
Knowledge Management in
Response to Climate Change
MSI is working with Vietnam’s
National Target Program on Climate
Change. The Program involves the
Vietnamese Ministry of Natural
Resources and the Environment,
and their Ministry of Agriculture and
Rural Development. The program is
addressing barriers and
opportunities for sharing information
and looking for ways of adapting to
climate change and allocating water
resources. A coordinated response
to natural resource management
and climate change is required in
Vietnam, which is disproportionately
exposed to climate impacts with
populous cities situated on large
rivers. This is particularly important
given the range of disciplines
involved and the need to integrate
social, economic and environmental
issues.
Managing Community Impacts
of Climate Change
This program aims to identify and
promote measures to improve
community resilience and
sustainable livelihoods in the Ganga
Basin in response to climate
change. MSI researchers are
working with the community to look
at ways of better coordinating
responses to key challenges
between agencies and states
(including nations occupying the
Ganga Basin).
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CORE TEAM
KEY INITIATIVES
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SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
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Led by MSI’s Dr Janet
Stanley, researchers on
this program are
examining the relationship
between social and
environmental
sustainability and working
to develop policy
solutions to the
challenges Australia faces
in both areas.
Researchers are looking
at how climate change
and other environmental
issues connect with social
policy, and how they
impact people
experiencing social
exclusion and other
disadvantages.
Researchers are seeking
to better understand how
to improve the wellbeing
of socially excluded
people who will be the
most adversely impacted
by climate change and
other environmental
impacts (such as pollution
and biodiversity loss).
In 2012, the program has
particularly studied
transport and
homelessness issues.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• MSI researchers helped to establish a
social enterprise in the City of
Warrnambool, in Victoria. The
organisation will coordinate and facilitate
transport options for people
experiencing disadvantage in the local
area.
• A report was released on how to
facilitate transport options for people
living in rural and isolated areas in
Western Victoria. Since then, some
recommendations from the report have
been implemented by the Victorian
Government.
• A new area of research was launched on
homelessness and climate change, the
first of its kind in Australia.
“The establishment of ConnectU, a Social
Enterprise Initiative which coordinates and
facilitates transport for those experiencing
transport disadvantage, is a new innovative
approach in the transport field. The collaboration
between MSI and Warrnambool Bus Lines has
been important in getting this project operational
and successful to date.”
— Sam Lucas, Director, Transit South West
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MSI researchers are studying the ways in
which social and environmental
sustainability interrelate and connect
through a series of initiatives.
ConnectU: Helping people get around
MSI researchers conducted background research and
drafted a business plan, to examine the viability of
establishing a social enterprise to support people who
have trouble accessing transport in Warrnambool and the
surrounding area. A social enterprise called ConnectU
was developed off the back of this work.
The organisation now has an office and vehicles, and has
appointed a staff member and volunteers to run
the program.
Improving transport options
This project reviewed how to improve transport options
for 25 small towns in two Victorian shires, through better
management of existing resources. MSI researchers
developed a report that included recommendations on
improvements that could be made. Some of those
recommendations have subsequently been implemented
through the Transport Connections Program by the
Victorian Government.
Homelessness on the Melbourne Fringe
Researchers on this project examined the growth in
homelessness in the outer Eastern suburbs of
Melbourne, looked at who was homeless and why they
were homeless. The project was particularly focused on
homelessness of new migrant and refugee families.
Giving people better
access to transport is
the focus of a new
social enterprise,
ConnectU.
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
Dr Janet Stanley, Program
Leader, MSI
Ms Margaret Banks, Researcher
Dr Lenore Manderson,
Researcher
Dr Katie Vasey, Researcher
Professor John Stanley,
Researcher
Dr Marion Carey, Researcher
Ms Catherine Pendrey, Honours
Student
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
BusVic, Funder
Department of Planning and
Community Services (Victoria),
Funder
Warrnambool Bus Lines, Funder
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SUSTAINABLE PLACES
The Sustainable Places program, led by MSI’s Dr Janet Stanley, brings together expertise
from across Monash University to better understand the sustainability and climate
change challenges facing large and small urban centres. Researchers are working to
envisage what a future climate adapted place would look like, how to best respond to
climate change (and other environmental concerns) while maintaining wellbeing.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• Five important reports were
produced on the topic "What
a climate change adapted city
looks like", through successful
collaboration with state and
local government, academics,
and consultants from a broad
range of disciplines.
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
KEY ASSOCIATES
Dr Janet Stanley, Program
Leader, MSI
Professor Dave Griggs,
Research and Advice
Dr Marion Carey,
Researcher
Dr Mark Symmons,
Researcher
Dr Bob Birrell, Researcher
Dr Wendy Wright,
Researcher
Dr Michelle Duffy,
Researcher
Ms Helen Martin, Consultant
Dr Ian Manning, Consultant
Mr Chris Stanley, Consultant
Mr Steb Fisher, Consultant
Mr Scott Feraro, Consultant
Mr Craig Lyon, South
Gippsland Shire
Ms Lisa Price, Bass Coast
Shire
Mr Ashley Hall, Department
of Sustainability and
Environment, Victoria
ORGANISATIONAL
PARTNERS
National Climate Change
Adaptation Research
Facility, Funder
Department of Sustainability
and Environment, Victoria,
Funder
Camcare, Funder
Association of South East
Councils, Funder
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KEY INITIATIVES
What does a climate change
adapted city look like?
Funding was provided by the
National Climate Change
Adaptation Research Facility
(NCCARF) to examine the
question: “What would a climate
adapted settlement look like in
2030?”. Researchers looked at
two Victorian towns in particular –
Inverloch and Sandy Point – as
case studies in order to
understand what vision local
communities have for a climateadapted settlement. The program
also considered who and how
decisions are made to achieve this
vision. The research was
undertaken by a large multidisciplinary team who examined
social, economic and
environmental issues. The findings
were also workshopped in three
other states – South Australia,
Western Australia and Tasmania.
The needs of disadvantaged
people in high-income areas
Researchers examined the needs
of people experiencing
disadvantage in the City of
Boroondara, in Melbourne. This
project looked in particular at the
unmet needs of people affected
by external challenges in order to
help a major welfare agency in the
area better plan their service and
future directions. Researchers
made a series of
recommendations on to how to
better meet these needs and what
services and programs would
facilitate this. Some of those
recommendations have since
been implemented.
The impact of Tertiary and
Further Education (TAFE) cuts
on outer south-eastern
Melbourne
This project examined the impact
of cuts to TAFE in the outer
southern eastern parts of
Melbourne. Researchers looked at
the impact on both individuals and
the wider regional economy. The
project investigated the types of
courses that were cut, who was
likely to be impacted and the
broader social and economic
impacts on the region.
“I have spent a very productive year working
with MSI on case studies of adaptation
challenges in Gippsland. The findings will be
used to assist adaptation outcomes being
achieved in many smaller settlements around
Australia. I have thoroughly enjoyed the
experience to be involved with research and
am already using a different language when I
speak with my stakeholders. I have found it an
invaluable experience and recommend that
there be more unions formed between
government and researchers working
together for better outcomes ”
— Ashley Hall, Sustainability Program Officer,
Department of Sustainability & Environment
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MSI researchers have joined forces with experts from inside
and outside Monash University to work towards developing
sustainable urban settings in a time of climate change.
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AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE PREVENTION INITIATIVE
The Australian Bushfire Prevention Initiative brings together the best academic
expertise of Monash University with national and international thought-leaders to help
those dealing with arson develop better methods of prevention. Through research,
policy development, and collaboration, researchers are working to identify and
address information gaps, design and test prevention measures, and bring together
key stakeholders from across all sectors of the community.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• Led by MSI’s Paul Read,
research with Crime
Stoppers in 2012
produced a report titled
“Improving an
Information Campaign for
Prevention of Bushfire
Arson”. The research
sought and documented
the opinion of 1100
respondents across six
main Victorian
communities.
• Crime Stoppers reported
an increase of reporting
of arson in Victoria from
2010-11 to 2011-12 , an
outcome achieved with
the assistance of MSI’s
research.
• Media interest in MSI’s
work on arson prevention
peaked in 2012, with
extensive coverage on
television, radio and
press media, both
nationally and in the UK.
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
Mr Paul Read, Research
Dr Janet Stanley, Research
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
Country Fire Authority, Delivery Partner
Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Delivery Partner
Fire Commissioner, Delivery Partner
Crime Stoppers, Delivery Partner
Arson Squad, Victoria, Delivery Partner
RACV Insurance, Funder
Emergency Services Commissioner, Victoria, Funder
KEY INITIATIVES
Encouraging people to
report on arson
Supported by the Department
of Justice and RACV
Insurance, MSI researchers are
investigating community
attitudes to reporting arson.
Led by Paul Read, researchers
surveyed communities to
better understand what
promotes reporting of arson to
Crime Stoppers and what
prevents people from reporting.
The study canvassed the
option of 1100 respondents
across six main Victorian
communities – five of which
were nominated by Victorian
Police as arson-prone. The
research provided Crime
Stoppers with a clearer
understanding of why people
don’t report arson, and helped
Crime Stoppers to increase the
reporting rate in 2011-12.
Helping children and youth
who are fire-prone
MSI continued to work with
key health agencies, state
government and fire-prevention
agencies to help children and
youth who are at risk of lighting
fires. Researchers also worked
with the Gippsland Arson
Prevention Program, a placebased social enterprise that
coordinates local government,
fire, policy and emergency
services, and major industry to
prevent arson in the Gippsland
region.
“It is good to have
access to MSI and their
research. They help
explain a lot, especially
as we hear more about
arson – a major cause
of bushfires.”
— Andrew Jaspan,
Executive Director and
Editor, The Conversation
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MSI’s research is continuing to
make a big impact in the area of
arson and bushfire prevention.
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SOIL CARBON PROGRAM
The Monash Soil
Carbon Program is a
multidisciplinary
program that pulls
together Monash’s
considerable soil
research expertise
under the stewardship
of MSI. The program
brings together
researchers from MSI,
the School of
Biological Sciences,
the School of
Chemistry, the
Department of Civil
Engineering, the
Centre for Green
Chemistry, and the
School of Geography
and Environmental
Science.
Our joint aim is to
address the
sustainability and
climate change
challenges of soil
health, soil productivity
and carbon storage in
Australia. The
program’s researchers
are particularly
interested in
investigating
sustainable solutions
to improve soil quality.
The program seeks to
increase our
understanding of soil
carbon processes and
function to improve
land management
strategies and better
inform public policy.
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
Dr Tim Cavagnaro, Researcher, School of Biological Sciences
Dr Phil Wallis, Researcher, MSI
Dr Will Gates, Department of Civil Engineering
Professor Roy Jackson, Centre for Green Chemistry
Associate Professor Tony Patti, School of Chemistry
Dr Mick Rose, School of Chemistry and School of Biological Sciences
Professor Jeff Walker, Department of Civil Engineering
Dr Vanessa Wong, School of Geography and Environmental Science
Ms Jessica Drake, Researcher, School of Biological Sciences
Mr Roger Wrigley, Professional Engineer
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
Australian Research Council, Funder
Brown Coal Innovation Australia, Funder
CSIRO, Delivery Partner
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Funder
Department of Primary Industries, Delivery Partner
Greening Australia, Delivery Partner
“At the base of a lot of the big issues we must
deal with – climate change, food security,
environmental quality, biodiversity – are
processes that occur in the soil. We have to
deal with the question of providing enough
food for the world’s population, and of
sequestering carbon in soil. Working with the
Monash Sustainability Institute has really
helped us ramp up our efforts to meet these
research challenges.”
— Dr Tim Cavagnaro, School of Biological Sciences
KEY INITIATIVES
Decreasing dairy farm
greenhouse gas
emissions and building
soil carbon
Researchers are working
with dairy farmers to provide
them with the ‘real-world’
knowledge they need to
make and use composts
using dairy waste. These
composts will store carbon
in the soil, reduce Nitrogen
inputs and consequent
N2O emissions. By showing
farmers how to use on-farm
dairy waste streams to
make the composts, this
project is helping to reduce
on-farm methane emissions
from effluent ponds.
Increasing the
understanding of soil
carbon sequestration on
farms from
environmental plantings
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• The Monash Soil Carbon Program was
launched in 2012, combining the extensive
expertise of MSI, the School of Biological
Sciences, the School of Chemistry, the
Department of Civil Engineering, the Centre for
Green Chemistry, and the School of
Geography and Environmental Science.
This national project
extends the Carbon
Farming Initiative (CFI)
methodology for mixedspecies environmental
plantings to include carbon
in soil. Available evidence
suggests that woody
environmental plantings
have significant potential to
increase soil carbon,
compared with changes to
agricultural land
management, but we have
insufficient data to model
this. Researchers are
targeting agriculturalenvironmental planting sites
to markedly improve our
capacity to estimate, for
diverse climates and soil
types, how management
affects soil carbon on areas
of farmland with low
opportunity costs. This
project will give land
managers the required
knowledge to participate in
CFI reforestation on
marginal farm lands with
minimal impact on
agricultural production.
Soil ecology – a crucial
role in land management
Recent technological
advances have helped us
discover the role of soil
ecology in achieving
sustainability in Australia.
This project is developing
ways to take this complex
knowledge and translate it
into forms that can be used
by land managers. The
work is focusing on soil
carbon sequestration, but is
relevant to many other
environmental issues. The
project is an Australian
Research Council Future
Fellowship to Dr Tim
Cavagnaro.
The contribution of
biochar in increasing soil
carbon in native woody
bioenergy crops and onfarm vegetation
Replanting of native
vegetation on farms is being
widely undertaken across
Australia. This project is
working to demonstrate the
potential of biochar and
biochar/compost blends to
increase soil carbon in
native woody bioenergy
crops.
A green option for
improving soil carbon,
soil fertility and
agricultural productivity
This project is spearheading
research to look at the use
of coal-derived Humic
additives for improving soil
carbon through increases in
soil fertility and agricultural
productivity.
More bang for your
carbon buck – carbon,
biodiversity and water
balance consequences
of whole-catchment
carbon farming
Researchers on this project
are developing a robust
modelling platform for
carbon and water fluxes of
a range of land use
practices at a scale that is
relevant to land
management. The project is
an Australian Research
Council Linkage Project.
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One of the new kids on the MSI block, the Monash Soil
Carbon Program pulls together Monash’s extensive soil
research expertise.
world–leading programs
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Launched in late 2012, MSI’s exciting new
Sustainable Development Program has hit the
ground running. In 2012, Monash University
was one of the first two organisations around
the world to be appointed a regional centre for
the UN Sustainable Development Solutions
Network (SDSN). MSI Chair, Professor John
Thwaites, was also invited to become a
member of the SDSN Leaders Council, joining
leading global luminaries in sustainability.
Sir Bob Watson – one of the world’s leading
scientific experts on sustainability and former
Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) – has joined MSI to
chair a three-year project on the development
of Sustainable Development Goals as part of
the program.
In the coming years, the Sustainable
Development Program will provide input to
influence the national and international
discussion on practical solutions to
sustainability challenges, sustainability
indicators, sustainable development goals, and
going beyond the GDP and green economy.
Monash
University
has been
named a
regional
knowledge
centre for
the UN
Sustainable
Development
Solutions
Network.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
KEY INITIATIVES
Universal goals
to save the planet
At the Rio+20 UN
Conference in 2012, world
leaders agreed to develop
universal Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
to create an economically,
socially and environmentally
sustainable future for our
planet. MSI has developed a
three-year project to
influence the development of
the SDGs, which would
come into effect in 2016,
and the solutions for
implementing them. The
project will involve
workshops in Australia and
Southeast Asia and involve
leaders of business,
government, civil society and
academia. It will be
supported by specially
commissioned research and
information papers. The first
Australian workshop is
planned for May 2013 in
Melbourne, and the first
regional workshop for
November 2013 in Malaysia.
Sir Bob Watson, former
Chair of the IPCC and one of
the world’s leading scientific
experts on sustainability, has
joined MSI as a Sir Louis
Matheson Fellow to chair this
project and lead the
workshops. This project will
come under the banner of
Monash’s SDSN Regional
Centre.
Monash University: A
regional knowledge
centre
In late 2012 Monash
University became one of
the first two organisations in
the world to be designated
as a Regional Centre for the
United Nations Sustainable
Development Solutions
Network (SDSN). The SDSN
is an independent global
network that aims to
mobilise scientific and
technical expertise from
academia, civil society, and
the private sector to solve
the sustainable development
challenge locally, nationally,
and globally. It is led by
Professor Jeffrey Sachs,
Director of the Earth Institute
at Columbia University in
New York, under the
auspices of the UN
Secretary-General Ban Kimoon. MSI Chair, Professor
John Thwaites, has been
appointed to the SDSN’s
Leadership Council.
As a regional hub, Monash
will work with organisations
in the region to promote
sustainable development by
helping to develop regional
pathways to sustainability;
identifying opportunities for
sustainable development
solutions; and contributing
to policy support for
governments in the region.
• MSI will receive over $1.5
million over three years to
run the Sustainable
Development Goals Project
from the Harold Mitchell
Foundation and the
National Australia Bank .
• Sir Bob Watson, former
Chair of the
Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) and
one of the world’s leading
scientific experts on
sustainability, accepted an
appointment with MSI as a
Sir Louis Matheson Fellow
to work on the Sustainable
Development Goals
Project.
• The UN Sustainable
Development Solutions
Network (SDSN) appointed
Monash University to
spearhead sustainable
development solutions in
Australia and the Pacific
region, off the back of
MSI’s work in this area. The
announcement positions
Monash as one of the key
global leaders in research
and scholarship in this
field. Monash was one of
the first two organisations
appointed as a regional
SDSN hub.
• Professor John Thwaites,
Chair of MSI, was
appointed to the
Leadership Council of the
UN Sustainable
Development Solutions
Network. The first meeting
of the group was held in
New York in late 2012.
PEOPLE
“The appointment of Monash to help lead a regional
hub of the Sustainable Development Solutions
Network is a wonderful tribute to the work being done
by the passionate leaders at our Sustainability
Institute. Institute chair Professor John Thwaites and
director Professor Dave Griggs are building a highimpact research capability of global significance, and
sustainable development is clearly one of the most
important issues of our time.”
— Professor Ed Byrne, Vice-Chancellor, Monash University.
CORE TEAM
Professor Dave Griggs, Program Leader, MSI
Professor John Thwaites, Program Leader, MSI
Sir Bob Watson, SDG Project Chair, MSI
Rosemary Bissett, National Australia Bank
Sacha Courville, National Australia Bank
Professor Sisira Jayasuriya, Department of Economics,
Faculty of Business and Economics
Dr Tahl Kestin, MSI
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
Harold Mitchell Foundation, Funder
National Australia Bank, Funder and Partner
Federal Government, Partner
United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions
Network (SDSN), Partner
Centre for Development Economics, Faculty of Business
and Economics, Monash, Partner
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MSI’s exciting new Sustainable Development
program places Monash at the forefront of global
efforts to solve the sustainability crisis.
world–leading programs
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SYSTEMIC GOVERNANCE RESEARCH
The Systemic and Adaptive
Governance program brings a
systems thinking approach to
‘wicked’ or ‘messy’ situations in
order to identify and create the
conditions for more effective
governance. The program
primarily deals with the
governance of water, climate
change adaptation, food security,
research for development and
organisational learning.
Researchers are engaging in
transdisciplinary and collaborative
action research with a range of
organisations to enhance systemic
awareness and performance in
these fields. The program was
established by Professor Ray Ison
in 2008 to explore the practical and
theoretical robustness of current
water and climate change
governance regimes and to
develop new models and
strategies to make future
governance fit for purpose in a
climate-changing world.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• Researchers co-organised an
interactive and well-regarded
special session on systemic
governance at the International
Conference on Freshwater
Governance in South Africa in
November.
• Researchers briefed senior
government representatives from
the Murray-Darling Basin
Authority, National Water
Commission and the Department
of Sustainability, Environment,
Water, Population and
Community on the outcomes of
the NCCARF-funded Water
Governance Research Initiative.
• The program hosted a three-day
workshop by UK systemsthinking guru, Rosalind Armson,
on ‘Systems thinking for messy
situations’.
• The program received funding to
participate in two projects
instigated by the Victorian Centre
for Climate Change Adaptation
Research (VCCCAR).
• Dr Phil Wallis and Professor Ray
Ison made a field visit and
presentations in Africa as part of
an AusAID/CSIRO Africa Food
Security Initiative Meeting in
Dakar, Senegal 27 May – 3 June,
2012.
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
Professor Ray Ison,
Program Leader, MSI
Dr Phillip Wallis, Research
Fellow, MSI
Ms Nicole Reichelt,
Research Assistant, MSI
Ms Naomi Rubenstein,
Research Assistant, MSI
Mr Ben Iaquinto, Research
Assistant, MSI
KEY ASSOCIATES
Professor Lee Godden,
Melbourne Law School, The
University of Melbourne
Ms Robyn Holder, Research
Associate, Australian
National University,
Dr Hartmut Fuenfgeld,
RMIT
Ms Kate Londsale, VCCCAR
Visiting Fellow 2012
Ms Alianne Rance, RMIT
Ms Sophie Millin, RMIT
Professor Michael Ward,
MSI
Dr Jamie Pittock, Australian
National University
Dr Shahbaz Mushtaq,
University of Southern
Queensland
Ms Monique Retamal,
University of Technology
Sydney
Ms Amandine Denis,
ClimateWorks Australia
Dr Brian Spies, Australian
Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering
Dr Steven Kenway,
University of Queensland
Dr Tony Priestly, CSIRO
Professor Howard Bamsey,
United State Studies Centre
Dr Carey King, University of
Texas
ORGANISATIONAL
PARTNERS
ARC, University of
Melbourne, Funder and
Partner
Climate Change Adaptation
Program, RMIT, Partner
CSIRO Sustainable
Agriculture, Funder and
Partner
Open Systems Research
Group, The Open University,
Collaborator
Victorian Centre for Climate
Change Adaptation
Research (VCCCAR),
Funder
KEY INITIATIVES
Improving agricultural
productivity in Africa
The Learning Project is a part of
the Africa Food Security Initiative
(AFSI); a multi-million dollar CSIRO
and AusAID program to improve
agricultural productivity through
joint research and capacitybuilding with African agricultural
research organisations. In 2012,
MSI researchers visited Senegal
with CSIRO staff to explore the
context in which they are
facilitating effective research for
development.
Implementing climate change
adaptation
The ‘Implementing Adaptation in
the Community and Natural
Resources Management Sectors’
project is a collaborative action
research project with RMIT
University, funded by the Victorian
Centre for Climate Change
Adaptation Research (VCCCAR).
Its main aim is to better
understand if and how
government service providers and
funded agencies adapt to climate
change impacts. In 2012, the
research team engaged with
organisations from three sectors:
primary care partnerships,
community service organisations
and catchment management
authorities.
The impact of climate change
mitigation on water resources
“I've already started adopting some approaches
[from the program] into my PhD research and
presented some thoughts at a research forum this
week. I had many comments from attendees
regarding how easy the systems thinking
representation of my research was to understand
and I feel this will be a positive way forward for me!
A few had seen me present my research ideas
before and noted significant improvements.”
— Alianne Rance, PhD Student
This highly collaborative project is
investigating the water
consequences of a suite of
possible climate change mitigation
measures in Australia. Using the
McKinsey carbon abatement cost
curve, as updated by
ClimateWorks Australia in 2010,
researchers are assessing the
water impacts of a wide range of
cost-effective mitigation measures.
Talking about water
governance
The Water Governance Research
Initiative is an ongoing community
of conversation about water
governance in Australia. The
NCCARF-funded phase of the
Initiative was finalised in 2012.
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MSI researchers are working with
leading researchers around the
country to determine how Australia
should govern and manage climate
change adaptation and its scarce
water resources.
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world–leading programs
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GREEN STEPS
At Green Steps, it is our
mission to equip and
enable people within every
organisation to drive
change and play their part
in a more sustainable
future at work and beyond.
We do this by delivering
environmental
sustainability training that
is practical, applied and
transformative. Our
training helps people turn
talk into action in their
workplaces.
We offer:
• Established and tailored
environmental
sustainability training
for university students,
and for organisations
and their people.
• Skilled university
students to support
organisations on workbased sustainability
projects.
• Access to a network of
experienced change
agents who are
passionate about
creating more
sustainable
organisations.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• Green Steps delivered its first course overseas at the University of Warwick in
the United Kingdom
• The first ever Brisbane Green Steps @ Work course was delivered in 2012.
• Green Steps and BehaviourWorks Australia collaborated on the delivery of a
behaviour change Masterclass to staff at the Australia Department of Defence
• In addition to alumni events in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, Green Steps
collaborated with the Centre for Sustainability Leadership, RMIT SEEDS and
the School for Social Entrepreneurs to host ‘Changemakers Connect’ events
in Melbourne and Sydney. These events brought together alumni from all four
programs for idea sharing and networking.
PEOPLE
CORE TEAM
Mr Mark Boulet, Manager
Ms Emma Grace, Project
Administrator
Ms Erin Simpson, Internship and
Alumni Coordinator
Ms Helena Schulze, Marketing
Coordinator
Ms Kati Thompson, Training
Coordinator
Ms Kendra Scaife, Project
Administrator
KEY ASSOCIATES
Mr Matt Wicking, Sessional Trainer
Ms Jessica Fritze, Sessional Trainer
Ms Kat Lavers, Sessional Trainer
Ms Deb Riley, Sessional Trainer
Mr Stefan Hladenki, Sessional Trainer
Mr Tom McMurchy, Sessional Trainer
Ms Emma Anglesey, Sessional Trainer
Ms Jaime Nash, Sessional Trainer
Ms Michaela Lang, Sessional Trainer
Mr David Robertson, Sessional
Trainer
Ms Helen Barclay, Sessional Trainer
Ms Megan Argyriou, Sessional Trainer
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
Wannon Water, Training Client
Sustainability Victoria, Training Client
Fuji Xerox Australia, Training Client
and Venue Partner
Monash Office for Environmental
Sustainability, Delivery Partner
ANUGreen, Australian National
University, Delivery Partner
CSU Green, Charles Sturt University,
Delivery Partner
Sustainability Office, Macquarie
University, Delivery Partner
School of Environment, Griffith
University, Delivery Partner
Institute of Advanced Teaching and
Learning, Estates Office, and
Students Careers and Skills, The
University of Warwick, Delivery
Partner
Asset Management Services,
University of Tasmania, Delivery
Partner
BehaviourWorks Australia, Delivery
Partner
Tasmanian Climate Change Office,
Funder
AECOM Pty Ltd, Consultancy Client
Commonwealth Department of
Defence, Consultancy Client
Victorian Department of Transport,
Consultancy Client
Yarra Environmental Sustainability
Network, Consultancy Client
Environment Protection Authority
Victoria, Secondment Partner
Monash Short Course Centre,
Delivery Partner
RMIT SEEDS, Delivery Partner
Centre for Sustainability Leadership,
Delivery Partner
School for Social Entrepreneurship,
Delivery Partner
+ 40 organisations Australia wide
acting as internship hosts for Green
Steps students.
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KEY INITIATIVES
Green Steps @ University
Eight courses in seven universities
across Australia and in the United
Kingdom were run in 2012,
engaging over 100 students in
intensive sustainability skills training
and internships. This included our
first overseas course at the
University of Warwick.
Green Steps @ Work – onsite
training
Green Steps provided tailored, onsite training for Wannon Water and
Fuji Xerox Australia in 2012. These
courses engaged employees and
stakeholder groups within these
organisations in hands on
sustainability skills learning and the
creation of action-based projects.
Green Steps Internships
Green Steps managed the
internship component for four of its
@ University courses and placed
over 60 students within as many
host organisations across Australia.
Participants in the
Green Steps @
University program
develop leadership
and team-work skills.
Green Steps consultancies
Green Steps provided high level
consultancy services – primarily
around the development and
delivery of sustainability training
packages, staff engagement
programs and behaviour change to a number of organisations,
including AECOM Pty Ltd,
Sustainability Victoria and the
Department of Defence.
“Green Steps has inspired me
to do more and reminded me
why I love my job.”
— Emma Schaefer, Environmental
Manager, Tooronga Zoo, Sydney
Green Steps is e-live with a growing
social media community. In 2012, over
1200 people and organisations followed
us on Twitter, and close to 800 have
‘liked’ our Facebook page. We have
also developed a LinkedIn page for our
alumni, which currently has close to
150 members.
JOIN GREEN STEPS ONLINE:
http://monash.edu/greensteps
http://facebook.com/GreenStepsAustralia
http://twitter.com/GreenStepsAus
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MSI’s multi-award winning Green Steps program went
international for the first time in 2012.
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sustainabilty
at monash
Monash has a reputation
as one of Australia’s
‘greenest’ universities.
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Monash improved its environmental
sustainability in 2012. Compared to
2011:
• Monash’s growth in carbon
emissions remained steady
(+0.3%) in the face of a 4%
increase in space occupied.
• Monash’s renewable energy
generation increased 160%, with
a doubling of the solar voltaic
capacity to 429 kWp.
• Our water harvesting capacity
increased to 2.2 million litres,
which is used to flush toilets and
water grounds.
Monash’s Facilities and Services team are
responsible for making sure Monash University
does it’s part for the environment. They help
Monash make better energy and water choices,
reduce waste, develop green purchasing practices,
support more environmentally sustainable
buildings, monitor our carbon output and work
towards more sustainable transport.
An international University, with a rich and diverse
teaching and student population, Monash
contributes to a more sustainable world both locally
and internationally. Our students and staff use the
University’s infrastructure, teaching and research
capabilities to test, study, teach, apply, and share
information, technologies and policies in a ‘living
laboratory’ of environmental sustainability.
Monash’s Facilities and Services team has helped
Monash become one of the greenest Universities in
the country.
• The amount of waste sent to
landfill decreased by 8%.
• The amount of waste recycled
increased by 12%.
• The reams of paper purchased
decreased by 25%.
• The number of staff and students
using public transport to get to
University increased by 7%.
2012 HIGHLIGHTS
• Monash University was a finalist in the Banksia Awards in
the category ‘Leading in Sustainability – Setting the
Standard for Large Organisations Award’
• Monash University won a commendation as a Sustainable
Business in the City of Monash, World Environment Day
Awards
• The sustainable refurbishment of the ‘Yarrawonga’ building
won a City of Monash, World Environment Day, Built
Environment Award
• The new five-star Green Star Briggs &
Jackomos student residences at Clayton
Campus were acknowledged in the Royal
Institute of British Architects International
Awards. These awards are an annual
showcase of the best architecturally-designed
built works outside the European Union. The
Halls have also been awarded the Australian
Institute of Architects’ Victorian Architecture
Award for Multiple Housing; the Australian
Institute of Architects’ Frederick Romberg
Award for Residential Architecture – Multiple
Housing; and the Interior Design Excellence
Award for Multi-Residential Housing.
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OUR IMPACT
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sustainabilty
at monash
KEY INITIATIVES
Monash University’s Facilities and Services Team is putting the green into Monash’s campuses.
Making Monash University’s
buildings more sustainable
Monash’s first Five Star Green Star
(as built) buildings — the new Briggs
and Jackomos Halls of Residence on
the Clayton Campus – welcomed the
first set of students, and were fully
occupied by March 2012. The Halls
incorporate sustainable building
design such as a high performance
façade, solar panels, grey water
recycling and high efficiency hydronic
heating. The Monash Peninsula
Activity and Recreation Centre
opened in March 2012, becoming
Monash’s second Five Star Green
Star (as built) building. The centre is
open to students, staff and the
community, and showcases
sustainable design features such as
passive solar design, use of
harvested water and good use of
natural ventilation and light. The
environmentally sustainable
refurbishment of the ‘Yarrawonga’
building at Clayton Campus was
another highlight of 2012, providing a
valuable learning opportunity for
future refurbishments. A dysfunctional
building was comprehensively
refurbished using low environmentalimpact materials and construction
with a focus on passive comfort
improvement, energy and water
efficiency and recycling.
Improving sustainable transport
on and off campus
Following continuing encouragement
from the University, the state
government committed to ongoing
funding for the 601 shuttle bus
service, a high frequency express
route from Huntingdale Train Station
to the Clayton campus. During
semester, this bus service is now the
busiest bus in Victoria, carrying over
3600 passengers a day.
An additional full electric vehicle joined
the car fleet at the Gippsland campus.
The two cars are used by the Security
and Traffic team to patrol the
campuses. Public charging points have
been provided for electric vehicles at
the Clayton campus with a fast
charging point at the Gippsland
campus.
Increasing solar energy
Renewing the Green Program
Monash further expanded its solar
power generation with the installation
of a 30kWp solar photovoltaic array at
the Gippsland campus and a 42kWp
array at the Caulfield campus. These
arrays combined with the 150 kWp
array on the new Halls of Residence
that came on line in 2012, increasing
the total installed capacity of solar
photovoltaic at Monash University to
429 kWp. These combined systems
generated over 470,000 kWh of
renewable energy, decreasing
Monash’s carbon footprint by over 630
tonnes of CO2-e in 2012.
The tenth anniversary of the Monash
Green Program, an initiative to
support and inspire our network of
Green Representatives and
Environmental Officers, saw a major
overhaul to the program. The
program has evolved from a simple
ten-point plan to provide skills and
knowledge that are easily transferable
across departments, other jobs and
home. The revised program has six
levels of achievement incorporating
over 45 individual sustainable
practices, which include participation
and social responsibility, energy,
water, recycling and waste
management, procurement, events
and catering, transport and
laboratories, workshops and studios.
Increasing water harvesting
capacity
Water harvesting tanks (330,000 L
capacity) were installed at the Clayton
campus hockey pitch. These tanks
harvest water from the hockey pitch,
the nearby lake and a bore to provide
water to the sports ovals. At the
Peninsula campus, tanks of 160,000
L capacity were installed to harvest
water from the underground storm
water drain, providing the campus
with a ring main of harvested water
for irrigation and building use.
Improving recycling
The Monash Furniture Re-Use
program redistributes surplus
furniture to other departments within
the University, diverting that furniture
from landfill. Inventory reporting and
promotion of Program has been
improved by launching the Re-Use
web store and inventory
management system. During 2012,
the Monash Furniture and Equipment
Re-Use Program has re-used over
3100 items, diverting more than 85
tonnes of waste from landfill. The
University continues to donate
furniture from this program to a
number of charities and community
groups.
Decreasing the carbon footprint
of the University
The total tonnes CO2 equivalent
emitted
by University activities as measured in
the carbon footprint in the 2011
calendar year (the latest data
available) decreased by two percent,
or 3,875 tonnes CO2-e when
compared with the footprint for
the 2010 calendar year. GHS
emissions arising from gas used for
heating and cooling (scope 1
emissions) decreased
by 4.6%, with emissions from
electricity consumption (scope 2
emissions) decreasing by 1.7%.
Scope 3 emissions increased by
10%. Contributions to this increase
included a 6% increase in the GHG
emissions from air travel, when
compared to 2010, and the inclusion
of electricity consumption from an
offsite
data centre used by the University for
the first time in 2011. Electricity
consumption accounted for 69% of
Monash’s total CO2-e emitted in
2011,
air travel for 18% and natural gas
consumption for 8% in the 2011
carbon footprint.
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EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
2012 saw important
progress made in Monash
University’s journey to
embed sustainability into
its education programs.
Bachelor of Engineering
students were the first to
benefit, with the launch of
program for first year
engineering students. A web
site was developed as part of
the process to provide
material on sustainability in
engineering to participants. A
survey of students completed
after the program was run
found that their knowledge of
sustainability had significantly
improved.
A professional development
program was also launched
for academic staff to help
them embed sustainability in
the units they teach. The
workshops garnered positive
feedback from participants
who attended. One
workshop participant said
that the broad range of
perspectives provided by
speakers, the mixed
professional background of
participants, and the learning
environment was useful in
encouraging novel ways to
think about what and how to
embed Education for
Sustainability into their
practice.
As part of a separate
initiative, a one-day module
on Education for
Sustainability was run for the
Graduate Certificate in Higher
Education; and a new
undergraduate cross-faculty
elective on sustainability was
offered for the first time.
MSI’s Education for
Sustainability team also
worked as part of a larger
group formed to help
Monash’s Department of
Management implement the
Principles of Responsible
Management Education, and
activities of the Education,
Environment and Sustainable
Faculty Research Group.
The Education for
Sustainability program is run
by Professor Geoff Rose.
“Geoff’s willingness to go
out on a limb and create
new learning resources is
a great help in modelling
ways we can follow. The
range of learning materials
and delivery methods
ensured we were engaged
with the program.”
— Workshop participant,
Staff Program
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SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS GROUP
Universities and TAFEs in the Sustainable Campus Group
managed to reduce the environmental impact in 2011-12,
despite an increase in the number of staff and students.
Bringing together TAFEs and universities under the leadership of
MSI, the Sustainable Campus Group published the third annual
National Sustainability Report for the Tertiary Education Sector in
Australia in 2012.
The group, co-founded by MSI in 2005, began as a Victorian
initiative before going national in 2009. The group now represents
staff and students from across four states. Members provide
sustainability information on their performance in the areas of
energy use, institutional commitment and practice, greenhouse
gas emissions, education for sustainability performance,
procurement, IT, water use, and waste and recycling figures.
In August 2012, the Sustainable Campus Group launched the
third annual National Sustainability Report in Melbourne. Speaking
at the launch were Jennifer Levasseur from Staples, who spoke
on social sustainability, and Ian Shears from the City of
Melbourne, speaking on the urban forest strategy and urban
liveability.
The report found that despite a growth in student and staff
numbers, and in floor area, members had managed to reduce
actual energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, waste, water and
paper use.
New sections reported on in 2012 included social sustainability
and biodiversity.
The Sustainable Campus Group produces benchmarking
information to demonstrate how the sector is doing and empower
members to improve their own performance.
The report can be downloaded from
http://monash.edu/research/sustainabilityinstitute/scg/#publications.
The Sustainable Campus Group program is run by
MSI’s Belinda Allison.
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
POSTGRADUATE PRO
2012 saw important progress
made in Monash University’s
journey to embed sustainability
into its education programs.
MONASH WATER FOR LIVEABILITY
Peter Bach, PhD candidate, Department
of Civil Engineering
“Virtual city module and integrated
performance assessment tool”
Yvette Bettini, PhD candidate, School of
Geography and Environmental Science
“Processes and pathways to water
sensitive cities”
Naomi Blackburn, PhD candidate, School
of Geography and Environmental Science
“Busy backyarders: the motivations of
citizens implementing alternative outdoor
water management practices”
Annette Bos, PhD candidate, School of
Geography 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, School
of Geography and Environmental Science
“Mitigating urban extreme heat in
Adelaide and Melbourne through
irrigation and stormwater”
Matthew Burns, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“The impacts of urbanisation on
catchment hydrology and opportunities
for stream health restoration through
focussed catchment retrofit”
Gayani Chandrasena, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Modelling faecal microorganism removal
in stormwater biofilters”
David Choy, Masters student, Department
of Civil Engineering
“Nutrient behaviour in dry and wet
weather of stormwater drainage”
Cintia Dotto, PhD candidate, Department
of Civil Engineering
“Parameter sensitivity and uncertainty
analysis in urban drainage models”
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Nadine D’Argent, PhD candidate,
School of Geography and
Environmental Science
“Climatic and bioclimatic assessment
of the compact city urban
morphology – a case study of
Melbourne 2030”
Jason Ellerton, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“The effect of competition between
plants on the treatment performance
of stormwater biofiltration systems”
Weniun Feng, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Ti02 based photo-catalysis
disinfection for stormwater harvesting
and WSUD”
Briony Ferguson, PhD candidate,
School of Geography and
Environmental Science
“Transitioning to a water sensitive city:
the case of Melbourne”
Harsha Fowdar, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Development of dual-mode
biofiltration systems”
Bonnie Glaister, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Optimisation of phosphorus removal
in stormwater biofiltration systems”
Perrine Hamel, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Integration of stormwater harvesting
and baseflow restoration measures to
restore catchment hydrology”
Dusan Jovanovic, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Modeling sources, sinks and
processes of faecal contamination in
urban estuaries – a case study of
Yarra River Estuary”
Harpreet Kandra, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Performance assessment of porous
pavements/ fine media filter systems”
Dr Yali Li, PhD candidate, Department
of Civil Engineering
“Passive filtration for pathogen
removal in urban stormwater”
Anna Lintern, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Assessment and improvement of
urban water management”
Katherine Lizama-Allende, PhD
candidate, Department of Civil
Engineering
“Arsenic and metal removal using
constructed wetlands”
Alice Niculescu, Masters student,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Impact of biofiltration systems on
water, mass and energy balances in
urban areas”
Sultana Nury, PhD candidate, School of
Geography and Environmental Science
“Estimation of actual
evapotranspiration using remote
sensing data to assess the role of
vegetation and water on urban
climate: a study of Melbourne city”
Darien Pardinas-Diaz, PhD candidate,
School of Geography and
Environmental Science
“Evaluating the effectiveness of the
urban forestry as a UHI mitigation
strategy at ity scale”
Emily Payne, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“The influence of plant species on
nitrogen removal within biofilters”
Tracey Pham, Masters student,
Department of Civil Engineering
“The influence of vegetation on
hydrology and nutrient removal in
biofilters”
Michael Poustie, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Transitioning to sustainable urban
water management in developing
countries of the pacific region”
Anja Randjelovic, visiting PhD
candidate, Department of Civil
Engineering
“Modelling micropollutants in
stormwater systems”
Minna Tom, Masters student,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Roof-harvested rainwater irrigation of
vegetables – is there a risk to human
health”
Carlyne Yu, PhD candidate, School of
Geography and Environmental Science
“Co-management of urban
stormwater”
Kefeng Zhang, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Micropollutants validation framework
for natural treatment systems”
Yaron Zinger, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Optimisation of nitrogen removal
capacity for ‘best practice’
stormwater biofiltration systems”
MSI POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM
Mohammad Bhuyan, PhD candidate,
Monash Asia Institute
“The politics and economics of
resilience: Peasant perceptions and
responses to disaster in the
Sundarban area, Bangladesh”
Melisa Duque Hurtado, Masters
student, 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 study
of representations of sustainability in
higher education institutions”
Chris Lowe, PhD candidate
“Does size matter? Linking
performance with governance
models in Victoria’s bus and coach
industry.”
Michael Spencer, PhD candidate,
Department of Business Law and
Taxation, Faculty of Business and
Economics
“An institutional framework for
including ecosystem services and
natural capital in public policy and
business decisions.”
Sarah Kneebone, PhD candidate,
BehaviorWorks and Department of
Marketing, Faculty of Business and
Economics
“Accelerating transitions to water
sensitive cities by influencing
behaviour.”
Paul Read, PhD candidate, School of
Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
“Reconceptualising needs, equity and
wellbeing in the context of global
sustainability.”
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2012
GRAM IN SUSTAINABILITY
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our impact
Real-world outcomes are the
driving force behind MSI’s work
MSI SEMINAR SERIES
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Valuing Adaptation
If you are a community faced with a decision about whether to protect a coastal
town from sea level rise, or to save an endangered species threatened by more
frequent drought, or how to respond to increased health risks of more frequent
heatwaves, how do you respond? And with limited resources, how do you
decide which to choose? Those were the questions at the heart of MSI’s
Valuing Adaptations workshop, held in December 2012. Guest speakers
included Blair Comley, then Secretary of the Department of Climate Change
and Energy Efficiency; Dr Kate Lonsdale from the UK Climate Impacts
Programme; and Dr Casandra Goldie from the Australian Council of Social
Service, among many others. The workshop explored competing ideas and
approaches to valuing the benefits of climate change adaptation actions. It
examined how those values influence how decisions on adaptation are made.
Each session explored the latest thinking on these issues from different
disciplinary perspectives – including economics, wellbeing, governance,
psychology, behaviour change, ethics and politics.
Georgina Wood, PhD Student,
University of Nottingham, UK
Water Literacy and Citizenship: School
Education for Sustainable Water
Management in the UK
Monash University, Clayton Campus
16 April 2012
Professor John Thøgersen, Aarhus
University, Denmark
When One Pro-Environmental
Behaviour Leads to Another… Or Not?
Village Roadshow Theatrette, State
Library of Victoria
23 April 2012
Professor John Thøgersen, Aarhus
University, Denmark
Spillover of Pro-Environmental
Behaviour: A Catalyst for Future Green
Behaviours, a License to Anti-Social
Behaviour or Neither?
Monash University, Clayton Campus
24 April 2012
Ms Amandine Denis, ClimateWorks
Australia
How to Make the Most Out of Demand
Management
Monash University, Clayton Campus
17 May 2012
Multiple speakers
Knowledge Management in Response
to Climate Change
Hotel Metropole, Hanoi, Vietnam
26 June 2012
Professor Bas Verplanken, University
of Bath, England
If You Don’t Understand Habits, How
Can You Hope to Change Them: The
Challenges and Opportunities of Habits
to Encourage Sustainable Living
Telstra Conference Centre, Melbourne
24 July 2012
2012 SEMINARS
Meg Argyriou
Transitioning Regions to a Low Carbon
Future
Monash University, Clayton Campus
2 February 2012
Multiple speakers
Managing Community Impacts of
Climate Change
ITC Sonar, Kolkata, India
12-13 March 2012
Multiple speakers
Extending Successful CommunityBased Forest Management in
Response to Climate Change
Aquarius Boutique Hotel, Palangka Raya,
Indonesia
22-23 February 2012
Professor Neville Nicholls (Monash
University), Professor John Handmer
(RMIT), Dr Padma Narsey Lal (CSIRO)
Climate Change and Extreme Events:
Understanding and Managing the Risks
Village Roadshow Theatrette, State
Library of Victoria
19 March 2012
Professor Geoff Rose
Advancing Education for Sustainability
Through Collaborative Curriculum
renewal
Monash University, Clayton Campus
23 February 2012
Associate Professor Derk Loorbach,
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands
Transitions and Transition
Management: Facing the Urban
Challenge”
Monash University, Clayton Campus
8 March 2012
Mr Paul Read
A Global Carbon Target Using Human
Life Expectancy
Monash University, Clayton Campus
22 March 2012
Professor Herbert Huppert FRS,
Institute of Theoretical Geophysics,
University of Cambridge, UK
Mitigating Climate Change: Carbon
Dioxide Sequestration
Monash University, Clayton Campus
16 April 2012
Jennifer Levasseur (Corporate
Express) and Ian Shears (City of
Melbourne)
Sustainable Campus Group Report
Karstens Conference Centre, Melbourne
28 August 2012
Multiple speakers
Developing Research Capacity for
Sustainable Development in Response
to Climate Change
The Westin, Melbourne
3-7 September 2012
Multiple speakers
Listening to Indigenous Voices: Global
Perspectives on Indigenous
Participation in Decision Making for
Natural Resource Management
Monash University Law Chambers
12 November 2012
Multiple speakers
National Workshop on Indigenous
Knowledge for Climate Change
Adaptation
Echuca, Victoria
11-12 November 2012
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2012
In 2012, MSI hosted 23 seminars and events, attracting
hundreds of attendees from across government, academia
and civic society.
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Climate Scientists Australia
PEOPLE
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS
AUSTRALIA – CORE TEAM
Professor Dave Griggs, Convenor
Dr Tahl Kestin, Secretariat
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS
AUSTRALIA - ASSOCIATES
Professor Nathan Bindoff,
University of Tasmania
Professor Matthew England,
University of NSW
Professor Anna HendersonSellers, Macquarie University
Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,
University of Queensland
Professor Lesley Hughes,
Macquarie University
Professor Roger Jones, Victoria
University
Professor David Karoly,
University of Melbourne
Professor Tony McMichael,
Australia National University
Professor Neville Nichols,
Monash University
Professor Jean Palutikof, Griffith
University
Professor Andy Pitman,
University of NSW
Professor Will Steffen, Australian
National University
Professor Chris Turney, University
of NSW
Organisational Partners
Diversicon Environmental
Foundation, Funder
ClimateWorks Australia, Funder
2012 SEMINARS
Climate Scientists Australia visited Parliament House for the fourth time
in 2012, to provide an opportunity for members of parliament and
senators to ask questions about any aspect of climate change science.
In addition to private meetings, they gave a lunchtime briefing on the
outcomes of the conference: 4 degrees or more: Australia in a hot world,
held in mid-2011. Members of Climate Scientists Australia were joined
by Dr Peter Christoff, convenor of the conference, for the briefing.
Climate Scientists Australia was founded by Director of MSI, Professor
Dave Griggs, and is an independent group of senior working scientists
with a mission to advance the use of balanced, scientifically-based
information in decisions on climate-related issues in Australia.
Green Screen Climate Fix Flicks
Professor Susan Michie, University
College, London
Which Behaviour Change Approach
Should I Choose? An Introduction to the
Behaviour Change Wheel
Monash University, Clayton and Telstra
Conference Centre
19 and 20 November 2012
Dr Rosalind Armson
Systems Thinking in Practice Workshops
Monash University Law Chambers
20-22 November 2012
Pavan Sukhdov, Author of “Corporation
2020”
Valuing Natural Capital
Melbourne
4 December 2012
Multiple speakers
Knowledge Management for
Collaborative River Basin Management
in Response to Climate Change
The Westin, Melbourne
10-14 December 2012
Multiple speakers
Valuing Adaptation
Monash University Law Chambers
11-12 December 2012
The Green Ninja helps a man reduce the size of his feet and carbon
footprint, in the winning entry of the inaugural Green Screen Climate Fix
Flicks. “Green Ninja: Footprint Renovation”, directed by Marty Cooper
from the USA, was one of eleven films shortlisted for the inaugural film
competition, held in 2012. Entrants from around the world submitted
short films of between 30 seconds and five minutes, to communicate
positive messages about a zero or low carbon, clean energy future. The
Green Screen Film Competition is an initiative of climate scientists from
Macquarie University, the University of Melbourne and the Monash
Sustainability Institute, and Climate Scientists Australia. The
competition aims to raise awareness about climate change and the
benefits of moving to a low carbon future.
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AWARDS
Professor Ana Deletic, Victoria Prize for
Science and Innovation, Awarded by Hon.
Louise Asher, State Government of Victoria,
21 November 2012
Professor Tony Wong, Alumnus Engineer of
the Year, Department of Civil Engineering,
Monash University, 19 June 2012
POLICY AND ADVICE
Catford, J., Aldridge, K., Capon, S.,
Cunningham, S., Daniell, K., Wallis, P.,
Wheeler, S. (2012), ‘Submission on the
proposed Basin Plan by the Theo Murphy
Think Tank, Murray-Darling Basin Plan subgroup’, 16 April 2012,
http://submissions.mdba.gov.au/(S(vylvsz
54kymcmzbhjuyoxyk3))/SubmitterFeedba
ck.aspx
REPRESENTATION
Belinda Allison
Member, Senior Management Team
(Environment)
Member, Procurement Board, Monash
Member, Green Purchasing Committee
Member, Carbon Management Stakeholder,
Reference Committee, Monash
Member, Tertiary Education Sustainability
Network
Member, EPA University Partnership
Working Group
Mark Boulet
Regional Director, Victoria, Australian
Campuses Towards Sustainability Board
Professor Rebekah Brown
Editorial Board Member, Urban Water Journal
Editorial Board Member, International
Journal of Water Governance
Editorial Board Member, Environmental
Innovation and Societal Transitions
Dr Marion Carey
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee,
Climate and Health Alliance
Member, National Executive Committee,
Doctors for the Environment Australia
Member, Climate Change Working Group,
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Member, Scientific Committee, Population
Health Congress
Mentor, Global Health Mentoring Program
Supervisor and Examiner, Monash BMedSc
Course
Member, Atmosphere Expert Reference
Group, Victorian Environmental
Sustainability Commissioner, State of the
Environment Report
Member, Victorian EPA Community Advisory
Group
Vice-President (Policy), Public Health
Association of Australia
Professor Ana Deletic
Member, Steering Committee, Urban Water
Forum, Australian Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)
Member, Selection Committee for the
Faculty of Engineering to Select the New Dean
Member, Associate Professorial Promotion
Committee
International Expert Adviser, Pennine Water
Group, Sheffield and Bradford Universities,
EPSRC, Platform Grant Centre, UK
Chair, Korean-Australian Green Growth
Workshop, Korea, Korean National Academy
of Engineering (NAEK) and Australian
Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering
Member, Organisational Committee, 9th
Urban Drainage Modelling Conference,
Belgrade, Serbia
International Expert Adviser, Water in Cities
– Danish National Program on Urban Water
International Expert Adviser/ Committee
Member, Urban Drainage Systems as Key
Infrastructures in Cities and Towns, a
Serbian Joint National Project
Chair, Technical Review Committee, Urban
Stormwater Best Practice Environmental
Management Guidelines (BPEM)
Participant, National Recycled Water
Regulators Forum
Participant, Urban Water Stakeholder
Reference Panel, Federal Department of
Sustainability, Environment, Water,
Populations and Communities (SEWAPC)
Guest Editor, Special Issue on Stormwater,
Water Research Journal
Member, Executive Committee, Department
of Civil Engineering
Co-Director, Monash Water for Liveability,
Monash University
Hub Leader, CRC Melbourne (Victoria,
Tasmania, South Australia), CRC for Water
Sensitive Cities
Professor Dave Griggs
Member, BehaviourWorks Advisory Board
Vice-Chair, Joint Scientific Committee for
the World Climate Research Programme
Member, Climate Institute Strategic Council
Member, Monash Research Committee
Member, Monash Education Executive
Group
Member, Monash Senior Management Team
(Environment)
Member, EPA Victoria Partnership Reference
Group
Member, ClimateWorks Australia Board
Member, Victorian Centre for Climate
Change Adaptation Research Advisory
Board
Member, Australian Council of
Environmental Deans and Directors
Member, European Research Council
Starting Grants Evaluation Panel
Member, International Union for
Conservation of Nature, Commission on
Education and Communication
Professor Ray Ison
International Reference Group Member,
US$8 million USAID-funded project, RESILIM
Project on Water Governance in South Africa
Member Advisory Editors Council, Journal of
Globalisation Studies
Fellow, Centre for Policy Development
Adjunct Professor, Institute for Sustainable
Futures, UTS
Director, Systemic Development Institute
Director, World Organisation of Systems and
Cybernetics
Dr Haywantee Ramkissoon
Editorial Board Member, International
Journal of Event and Festival Management
Editorial Board Member, E-Review for
Tourism
Executive Member, Australia and
International Tourism Research Unit
Reviewer, Annals of Tourism Research
Journal
Reviewer, Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Reviewer, Tourism Management Journal
Reviewer, Tourism Analysis Journal
Reviewer, International Journal of Hospitality
Management
Reviewer, Journal of Hospitality
Management and Marketing
Reviewer, Society and Natural Resources
Journal’
Reviewer, Current Issues in Tourism
Reviewer, e-Review for Tourism
Reviewer, International Journal of
Environmental, Cultural, Economic and
Social Sustainability
Professor Geoff Rose
Member, Steering Committee, Principles of
Responsible Management Education (PRME)
Member, Education, Environment and
Sustainability Faculty Research Group
Anna Skarbek
Director, Carbon Market Institute
Director, Sustainable Melbourne Fund
Director, Thermometer Foundation for Social
Research on Climate Change
Board Member, Clean Energy Finance
Corporation Board
Board Member, Land Sector Carbon and
Biodiversity Board
Representative, NGO Roundtable
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2012
MSI’s influence and impact grew in 2012, with our researchers and staff giving nearly
260 presentations; publishing over 85 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters,
conference papers and opinion pieces; and providing expert advice on over 90
committees, organisational boards, journals, and government processes.
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Dr Liam Smith
Member, Zoos Victoria Scientific Advisory
Committee
Professor John Thwaites
Chair, Monash Sustainability Institute
Board Chair, ClimateWorks Australia
Board Chair, BehaviourWorks Australia
Advisory
Board Member, Monash Injury Research
Institute
Chair, Australian Building Codes Board
Chair, National Sustainability Council
Leadership Council, United Nations
Sustainable Development Solutions
Network
Chair, The Climate Group Australia
Chair, Peter Cullen Trust
President, Australian Centre for the Moving
Image
Director, Green Building Council of
Australia
Professor Michael Ward
Associate Editor, Australian Journal of
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Professor Tony Wong
Program Director, Cities as Water Supply
Catchments Research Program
CEO, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
CEO, Monash Centre for Water Sensitive
Cities
PRESENTATIONS
Belinda Allison
Sustainability Reporting, presented to
MON222 Lecture: Sustainability: Learning
and Living It, Monash University, Clayton
Campus, Melbourne
Social Sustainability in the Tertiary
Education Sector, presented to
Australasian Campuses Towards
Sustainability Conference, Brisbane
Exhibition Centre
Meg Argyriou
Methodology and Preliminary Findings of
Cost Curve for Demand Management,
presented to Ergon Energy, 4 January
2012
The Impact of the Carbon Price Package,
presented to Green Steps Trainers, 9
February 2012
Findings of the Gippsland Low Carbon
Growth Plan, presented to Gippsland Local
Government Network, 10 February 2012
Catalysing Council’s Engagement with
Opportunities in the Gippsland Low Carbon
Growth Plan, 14 February 2012
Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,
presented to Sustainability Victoria, 14
February 2012
Reinventing the Regions: Geelong and
Barwon South West. What is Required for
Growth in the Region? 22 March 2012
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland,
Gippsland Industries in Transition
Conference, 3 April 2012
Empower Presentation, Gippsland
Empower Business Event, 26 April 2012
ClimateWorks Australia Core Projects,
presented to World Resources Institute,
Washington D.C., 16 May 2012
ClimateWorks Australia Core Projects,
presented to Center for American
Progress, Washington D.C., 16 May 2012
ClimateWorks Australia’s Tracking
Progress Project, presented to Climate
Policy Initiative, San Francisco, 21 May
2012
ClimateWorks Australia’s Core Projects,
presented to International Council on Clean
Transportation, San Francisco, 21 May
2012
ClimateWorks Australia’s Tracking
Progress Project, presented to
ClimateWorks Foundation, San Francisco,
22 May 2012
Clean Energy Opportunities for Port
Macquarie, presented to Clean Energy
Forum, Victoria, 14 June 2012
Sustainability Frontiers, presented to
Monash University, 24 August 2012
Impact of the Carbon Price Package,
presented to Monash University, 29 August
2012
Climate Science and Carbon Pricing,
presented to Lyceum Club, 18 September
2012
Tracking Progress, presented to Climate
Change Authority, 21 September 2012
Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,
presented to Eyre Peninsula Leadership
Network, 26 September 2012
Tracking Progress, presented to Climate
Change Authority Board, 22 October 2012
Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,
presented in Melbourne North, 26 October
2012
Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,
presented in Bendigo Region, 1 November
2012
Regional Low Carbon Growth Plans,
presented in Melbourne East, 14
November 2012
Mark Boulet
Are People Just Bloody Idiots? An
Introduction to Behaviour Change,
presented at Sustainable Living Festival,
Melbourne, February 2012
The Green Steps Program: Empowering
Students to Create Change, presented at
La Trobe Sustainability Forum, Melbourne,
February 2012
Green Steps @ Work: Building Staff
Capacity to Improve An Organisation’s
Sustainability Performance, presented at
Hargraves Institute Sustainability
Conference, Melbourne, March 2012
An Introduction to Green Steps, presented
by Kati Thompson at Monash Masters of
Environmental Science Introductory Forum,
Melbourne, March 2012
An Introduction to Green Steps, presented
by Kati Thompson at Metro Waste
Management Education Network Seminar,
Melbourne, June 2012
An Introduction to Behaviour Change,
presented at Fuji Xerox Australia
Sustainability Conference, Melbourne,
November 2012
Professor Rebekah Brown
The Bigger Picture: Demand Management
Responses, presented at CEDA Forum –
Water Series Part 1: Understanding Urban
Water Security, Hilton on the Park,
Melbourne, 22 November 2012
Water Sensitive Cities: Considering the
Social and Institutional Ingredients for
Mainstreaming Sustainable Technologies,
presented at SGES 50th Anniversary
Seminar, The Telstra Conference Centre,
Melbourne, 21 November 2012
Institutions, Governance and Transitions:
Key Outputs and Insights, CRC Industry
Partner Workshop, Brisbane City Council,
Brisbane, 26 September 2012
Overview of CRC Research Program A:
Society, presented to SEQ Water Sensitive
Cities Forum, Brisbane City Council,
Brisbane, 25 September 2012
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Enabling the Uptake
and Diffusion of New Technology: The
Political, Institutional and Social Contexts
for Change, presented to IWA Leading
Edge Conference, Brisbane, 4 June 2012
Adjunct Associate Professor Marion
Carey
Saving Lives: Reframing Climate Change
Around Health and Livelihoods,
presentation at Environment Victoria and
Psychology for a Safe Climate Panel
Session, Melbourne, Victoria, 20 February
2012
INVITED PANEL SPEAKER: Environmental
Justice in Practice, Environmental Justice
Symposium, Melbourne Victoria, 27 July
2012
Climate Change Health Impacts, Monash
University Medical and Health Science
Lecture, Gippsland Campus, Victoria
Improving Health Futures in a Global
World, Monash Caulfield Lecture,
Melbourne, Victoria, 8 October 2012
Challenges to Services for Homeless
Persons in Adapting to Predicted Extreme
Weather Events Under Climate Change,
Climate Adaptation in Action 2012 –
NCCARF Conference, Melbourne, Victoria,
26 June 2012
Adaptation to Heat Health Impacts and
Workshop on Health Impacts of Energy
Choices, presentations at Population
Health Congress, Adelaide, Australia, 1012 September 2012
CO-FACILITATOR: Wellbeing Session,
presented at Valuing Adaptation Workshop,
Melbourne, Victoria, 12 December 2012
Dr Terence Chan
A Bayesian Network Approach to
Understanding a Systemic Response to
Climate Change: The Red River Basin and
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Eli Court
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong,
presented to Geelong Manufacturing
Council Clean Energy Technology
Conference, 29 May 2012
Empower Presentation, presented to
Stringybark Sustainability Festival, 21
September 2012
Dr Jim Curtis
WEBINAR: The Psychology of Behaviour
Change, presented to 3 Pillars Network, 3
May 2012
Introduction to Understanding and
Influencing Behaviour, presented to
ClimateWorks Australia, Melbourne, 8
February 2012
Behaviour Change Master Class, presented
to MON222 Sustainability: Learning and
Living It, Clayton, 3 & 6 September 2012
Changing People’s Behaviour: How Hard
Can It Be? Presented to Glen Waverley
Secondary School, Glen Waverley, 19 July
and 16 October 2012
Values and Behaviour Change, presented to
Valuing Adaptation Workshop, Melbourne,
11 December 2012
Insights From Behaviour Change Research
and Their Relevance to Workplace Safety
Campaigns, presented to Worksafe Victoria,
Melbourne, 29 June 2012
Surprise Hit or the Blind Date from Hell?
Complentarities and Conflicts in Strategies
for Achieving Outcomes from Social
Marketing and Modern Regulation,
presented to 2012 International Social
Marketing Conference, Brisbane, 28 June
2012
Professor Ana Deletic
Managing Polluted Highway Runoffs –
Briefing Presentation, presented to Monash
University, University of Melbourne, Vic
Roads, EPA, LMA and Melbourne Water,
Branden Business Park, Melbourne, 19
January 2012
Melbourne Participants’ Briefing, presented
to CRC for Water Sensitive Cities,
Melbourne, 20 January 2012
Consultation on Water Regulation,
presented to National Recycled Water
Regulators Forum (NRWRF), Brisbane,
Queensland, 2 February 2012
Urban Water Infrastructure Economics and
Asset Management, presented at 7th
International WSUD Conference, Engineers
Australia, Monash Water for Liveability,
Melbourne, 21-23 February 2012
Key Researchers Workshop, presented to
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities and Cities as
Water Supply Catchments project,
Melbourne, 24 February 2012
WORKSHOP II: Creating Water Sensitive
Cities in Israel, presented to Jewish National
Fund of Australia (JNF), Victorian Branch
and KKL, Israel and Monash University,
Clayton Campus, Melbourne, 26-27
February 2012
SEMINAR: Review of Melbourne Water’s
Pilot Regional Scale Bio-Retention System
at Banyan Reserve, presented to Melbourne
Water, Western Waterways and Monash
University, East Melbourne Library, 20
March 2012
CRC Industry Partner Workshop and Annual
General Meeting, presented to CRC for
Water Sensitive Cities and Monash Water
for Liveability, Melbourne, 3-4 May 2012
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Creating Water Sensitive
Cities, presented in ‘Climate Change on
Future Urban Societies’ at KoreanAustralian Green Growth International
Workshop, Korean National Academy of
Engineering (NAEK) and Australian Academy
of Technology Sciences and Engineering
(ATSE), Seoul, Korea, 12-17 May 2012
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Supporting
Development of Policies for Sustainable
Urban Growth, presented in ‘Climate
Change on Future Urban Societies’ at
Korean-Australian Green Growth
International Workshop, Korean National
Academy of Engineering (NAEK) and
Australian Academy of Technology Sciences
and Engineering (ATSE), Seoul, Korea, 1217 May 2012
Water Forum Pathways, presented to
Australian Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering, Melbourne, 1
June 2012
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Water Sensitive Cities
and Stormwater Harvesting, presented to
Frankston Environmental Friends,
Community Education Action Group,
Frankston Art Centre, Melbourne, 13 June
2012
Clunies Ross Dinner Presentations, Gala
Dinner, presented to Monash University,
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre,
NSW, 14 June
Briefing on CRC for Water Sensitive Cities,
presented to National Recycled Water
Regulators Forum (NRWRF), Alice Springs,
NT, 9 July 2012
Division Dinner Speech on Water Sensitive
Cities: Water and Climate Change Keynote
(Biofiltration Stormwater Treatment
Technologies), presented to Australian
Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering, University of Melbourne,
Carlton, Melbourne, 2 August 2012
Melbourne’s Transition to a Water Sensitive
City, Closing Forum for Monash Water for
Liveability, Melbourne, 14 August 2012
Water Sensitive Cities, presented to The
Society of Danish Engineers (IDA), DTU
University, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28
August 2012
Various Presentations, presented to Israeli
Water Authority, Jewish National Fund of
Australia (Victoria Branch), Monash
University, Israel, 10-11 September 2012
Water Sensitive Cities – an Australian
Perspective, presented to the National
Technical University of Athens, Greece, 20
September 2012
I5th International River Symposium,
presented to the International Water Centre,
Melbourne, 8-11 October 2012
Stormwater Harvesting Training Course –
WSUD, presented to NSW Catchment
Management Authority, Sydney, NSW, 17
October 2012
WORKSHOP: Presentation to Delegation,
presented to Indonesian Academy of
Sciences, ATSE, Melbourne, 25 October
2012
EPA Conference: Strategic Research and
Development Program, presented to
Environmental Protection Authority (EPA),
Melbourne, 8-9 November 2012
Water Sensitive Urbanism, Hub Seminar,
Monash Water for Liveability and CRC for
Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University,
Clayton Campus, 14 November 2012
Blueprint Workshop, presented to CRC for
Water Sensitive Cities, Melbourne, 19
November 2012
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH: Award for Victoria
Prize for Science and Innovation (Physical
Sciences), presented at Award Dinner held
by the State Government of Victoria, State
Library of Victoria, Melbourne, 21 November
2012
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2012
Integrated Water Resource Management,
presented to ‘Developing Effective Climate
Change (Adaptation and Mitigation) Policy in
Vietnam’, The Metropole, Hanoi, Vietnam,
26 June 2012
WORKSHOP: Systemic Modelling: Bringing
Social, Economic and Environmental
Factors Together to Assess Sustainable
Development Options, presented to
Australian Leadership Award Fellows
Program: Developing Research Capacity –
Week 7, Monash University, Caulfield and
Clayton Campuses, Melbourne, 14-17
August 2012
A Summary of ALAF Week 7 “Systemic
Modelling: Bringing Social, Economic and
Environmental Factors Together to Assess
Sustainable Development Options”,
presented to Australian Leadership Awards
Fellowships Program: Developing Research
Capacity, Closing Symposium, The Westin,
Collins Street, Melbourne, 4 September
2012
Interdisciplinary Integrated and Participatory
Modelling of Complex Systems for Natural
Resource Management, presented to
Workshop: Community Engagement for
Local Livelihoods and Peatland
Conservation, BAPPEDA, Kapubaten Kapuas,
Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 30 October
2012
Preparing for Systemic Modelling,
presented to Knowledge Management for
Collaborative River Basin Management in
Response to Climate Change, Monash
University, Melbourne, 12 December 2012
WORKSHOP: Knowledge Management and
Systemic Modelling for the Cau River Basin,
Vietnam, presented to Knowledge
Management for Collaborative River Basin
Management in Response to Climate
Change, The Westin, Melbourne, 13-14
December and 17-21 December 2012
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Water Sensitive Cities Briefings, presented
at Jewish National Fund- Monash Water For
Liveability workshops, Melbourne, 25-26
November 2012
Melbourne Water Research and
Development Forum, presented to
Melbourne Water, Melbourne, 3 December
2012
Total WaterMark Catchment Review,
presented to Melbourne Water, Melbourne
Town Hall, 6 December 2012
Briefing on CRC for Water Sensitive Cities,
presented to Department of Civil
Engineering, Monash University, Clayton
Campus, Melbourne, 7 December 2012
OLV Fund Information Session, presented to
the Office of Living Victoria, Melbourne, 10
December 2012
Amandine Denis
Methodology and Preliminary Findings of
Cost Curve for Demand Management,
presented to Ergon Energy, 4 January 2012
How to Improve Data on Demand
Management Projects in Australia,
presented to A2SE Summer Study on
Energy Efficiency and Decentralised Energy,
29 February 2012
How to Make the Most of Demand
Management, presented to Monash
Sustainability Institute Seminar, 17 May
2012
Impact of the Carbon Price Package
Analysis, presented to Energy Consumers
Roundtable, 20 July 2012
Industry Efficiency Tool, presented to federal
Department of Resources, Energy and
Tourism, 26 July 2012
Low Carbon Lifestyles Report, presented at
launch of the Go5 Campaign, City of
Melbourne, 13 September 2012
MACC’s and Low Carbon Growth Plan
Methodology, presented to federal
Department of Energy Efficiency and
Climate Change, Energy Efficiency branch,
21 September 2012
Carbon Decision Making and Risk
Management, presented at Carbon Expo, 7
November 2012
Reducing the Costs of Carbon Through
Innovation and Energy Efficiency, presented
at Carbon Expo, 8 November 2012
Low Carbon Lifestyles Report, 28 November
2012
Professor Dave Griggs
Monash Sustainability Institute, presented to
study tour from Peking University, Monash
University, Clayton Campus, 7 February
2012
Climate Change and the Sustainability
Challenge, presented to a public forum,
Horsham, Victoria, 7 February 2012
Climate Change and the Sustainability
Challenge, presented to St Brigid’s College,
Horsham, Victoria, 7 February 2012
Monash Sustainability Institute, presented to
China Green University Network, Monash
University, 23 March 2012
Climate Change and the Sustainability
Challenge, presented to Helsby High School,
Helsby, UK
Climate Change, presented to Ancora
Imparo Climate Change Panel, Monash
University, 24 April 2012
Natural Resource Management in the
Barmah-Millewa, presented to the Yorta
Yorta Research Community Forum,
Shepparton, Victoria, 27 April 2012
Climate Change, presented at a forum on
Labor’s plan to price carbon pollution,
Deakin University, 15 May 2012
Climate Change, Sustainability and Health,
presented as a guest lecture to Deakin
University medical students, Deakin
University, 25 May 2012
Talking Climate Change Adaptation,
presented at VCCCAR Annual Forum,
Melbourne, 25 June 2012
Coastal Adaptation Challenges, presented at
NCCARF Annual Conference, Melbourne, 28
June 2012
Climate Change and Public Health,
presented as a guest lecture to a
postgraduate unit on climate change:
MPH5042, Monash University, 26 July 2012
Business Sustainability and Government
Policies and Programs, presented to
Department of Business and Innovation
Experts Forum, 7 August 2012
The Monash Sustainability Institute – Who
Are We and What Do We Do? Presented to
School of Biological Sciences, Monash
University, 16 August 2012
Regarding the Earth: Ecological Vision in
Word and Image, presented at 4th ASLECANZ Biennial Conference, Monash
University, 1 September 2012
Developing Research Capacity for
Sustainable Development in Response to
Climate Change, presented at ALAF
Symposium, Melbourne, 4 September 2012
KEYNOTE SPEECH: Climate Change,
presented at 2012 Waste and Recycle
Conference, Perth, 13 September 2012
The Domestic Sustainability Outlook,
presented at Global Perspectives on
Sustainability Seminar for the Federal
Government, Canberra, 2 October 2012
WORKSHOP: The IPCC Process, regarding
the government review of the working group
I contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment
Report, Canberra, 24 October 2012
Climate Change and Energy, presented at
the Monash Business Breakfast: A Clean
Energy Future, Melbourne, 25 October 2012
Climate Change, presented at National
Workshop on Indigenous Knowledge for
Climate Change, Echuca, Victoria, 12
November 2012
What Would a Climate Adapted Australian
Settlement Look Like? Presented at the
NCCARF Local Government Workshop,
Melbourne, 6 December 2012
Professor Ray Ison
Systems Thinking, half day workshop
presented to University of Agricultural
Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 12 April 2012
Building a Community of Conversation
About Water Governance in Australia,
presented at Practical Responses to Climate
Change Conference, Canberra, Australia, 13 May 2012
Introduction to the Learning Project,
presented at AusAID and CSIRO African
Food Security Initiative Meeting, Dakar,
Senegal, 27 May – 3 June 2013
‘Earth System’, ‘Social-Ecological System’:
What is Meant by System? Presented at
invited seminar , Stockholm Resilience
Institute, Stockholm Environment Institute,
Stockholm, Sweden, 18 June 2012
Paradigm Shift Towards Systemic and
Adaptive Governance: Praxis Relevant to a
Structurally-Coupled Social-Biophysical
System? Presented at Proc. ASC/BIG
Conference: “An Ecology of Ideas”,
Asilomar, California, USA, 5 July 2012
Systems Thinking and Practice in PhD
Research: Making Connections to Farming
Systems Research, presented at IFSA
Symposium, University of Aarhus, Denmark,
29 June – 5 July 2012
Future Workforce Perspective: Towards
Context Sensitive Learning and Design,
invited presentation to Sustainability Skills
Sub-Committee Expert Forum, Industry
Sustainability Working Group, Department of
Business and Innovation, Melbourne,
Australia, 27 July 2012
Enabling Stories of Change – a Narrative
Case Study of Adapting to Coastal Change,
presented to Climate Change and Older
People Research Network (CCOPRN),
Special Session on Using Narrative
Techniques, University of Melbourne,
Melbourne, Australia, 23 August 2012
INVITED KEYNOTE: Investment and
Innovation for Prosperous Nepal, presented
to 7th Non-Resident Nepali Regional
Conference, Sydney, Australia, 31 August
2012
INVITED KEYNOTE: Systems and
Sustainability Issues in the Future of Open
Universities, presented to 7th Non-Resident
Nepali Regional Conference, Sydney,
Australia, 31 August 2012
Resolving Science-Policy Gaps in
Transboundary Water Governance, invited
presentation sponsored by Water Institute,
Waterloo, Canada, 24 September 2012
Explaining Systems, Systems Approaches,
and their Role in Transdisciplinary Education
and Research, invited seminar presentation
to Roundtable at University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, Canada, 25 September 2012
Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin: Towards a
Systemic Governance Approach? Invited
seminar at University of Waterloo, Waterloo,
Canada, 26 September 2012
More Systemic, More Adaptive, special
session at International Conference on
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Dr Tahl Kestin
Climate Futures for the South Gippsland
Coast, presented to community meeting for
the project ‘What would a climate-adapted
Australian settlement look like in 2030?’,
Inverloch, 21 July 2012
Learning from Indigenous Knowledge:
Climate Change and Water Management in
the Barmah-Millewa, presented to VCCCAR
– DCCEE Graduate Trainees Melbourne
Study Tour, Melbourne, 27 August 2012
Scott McKenry
Empower Presentation, presented to South
East Melbourne business community, 28
February 2012
Empower Presentation, presented to the
Gippsland community, 24 March 2012
Empower Presentation, presented to
Toowoomba Business Community, 26
March 2012
Low Carbon Growth Plan and Empower
Video, presented to Gippsland marketing
and sustainability students, 2 April 2012
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland and
Empower Video, presented to GTLC Clean
Energy Seminar, Morwell, 4 April 2012
Low Carbon Growth Plan and Empower
Video, presented to Gippsland marketing
and sustainability students, 21 May 2012
Empower Presentation, presented to
Toowoomba community, 26 May 2012
Empower Presentation, presented to
Brisbane community, 27 May 2012
Empower Presentation, presented to
Gippsland industry group, 19 June 2012
Empower Presentation, presented to Ryde
community, 21 August 2012
Empower Presentation, presented to
Brisbane business community, 12
September 2012
Overview of ClimateWorks Work and
Opportunities for Influencing Policy in
Developing Nations, presented to Monash
Sustainability Institute Seminar, 28 August
2012
ClimateWorks Presentation, presented to
Clean Energy Council’s Conference, 2 May
2012
Unblocking Barriers to Cogeneration,
presented to the Australian Energy Market
Commission and the Property Council of
Australia, 9 May 201
Dr Haywantee Ramkissoon
Relationships Between Place Attachment,
Place Satisfaction, and Pro-Environmental
Behaviour in an Australian National Park,
presented to the 18th International
Symposium on Society and Resources
Management (ISSRM 2012): Linking the
North and the South – Responding to
Environmental Change, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Canada, 17–21 June 2012
Various Lectures, presented to Faculty of
Business and Economics, Monash
University, Berwick & Peninsula campuses,
Semester 1
Dr Liam Smith
Fostering Pro-Environmental Behaviour of
Visitors to Perth Zoo: Saving Wildlife Habitat
One Toilet Roll at a Time, presented to
Visitor Research Forum, University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, January
2012
Behavioural Interventions: What Works and
What Doesn’t, invited to present to the
Australian Association of Social Marketing:
Victorian Hub Meeting, Melbourne,
Australia, February 2012
Relationships Between Place Attachment,
Place Satisfaction, and Pro-Environmental
Behaviour in an Australian National Park,
presented to 18th International Symposium
on Society and Resources Management,
Linking the North and the South:
Responding to Environmental Change,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,
June 2012
Behaviour Change Master Class, presented
at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia, 21-22
June 2012
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: What Has Ten
Years of Zoo Visitor Behaviour Taught Us?
Changing Hearts, Minds and Ultimately
Behaviours, presented to International Zoo
Educators Conference, Chester, UK, August
2012
Behaviour Change Master Class, presented
to Defence Science and Technology
Organisation, 15 and 22 August 2012
Behaviour Change Master Class, presented
to MON222 Sustainability: Learning and
Living It, Monash University, Clayton
Campus, 3 and 6 September 2012
You Can Lead a Horse to Water, invited to
present to the Bike Futures Conference,
awarded Delegates Top Speaker award,
Melbourne, Australia, October 2012
Seven Challenges of Behaviour Change,
invited to present to Behaviour Change for
Sustainability 3rd National Congress,
Melbourne, Australia, October 2012
Behaviour Change Master Class, presented
to Perth Zoo, Perth, WA, 15 October 2012
Behaviour Change Master Class, presented
to The Shannon Company, Melbourne,
Australia, 5 and 18 October 2012
Values and Behaviour Change, presented at
NCCARF Valuing Adaptation Workshop,
Melbourne, Australia, December 2012
Littering Behaviour Change Research
Analysis, presented to Victorian Litter Action
Alliance, Melbourne, Australia, December
2012
Behaviour Change Master Class, presented
to Sustainability Victoria, Melbourne,
Australia, 12 December 2012
Professor Geoff Rose
Advancing Education for Sustainability
Through Collaborative Curriculum Renewal,
presented at MSI Seminar Series, Monash
University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne,
February 2012
Sustainable Transport, presented to 2020
program, Glen Waverley Secondary College,
August and October 2012
Empowering and Supporting Academic Staff
to Embed Sustainability in University
Education Programs, presented to University
of Tasmania, Teaching Matters Conference,
Launceston, Tasmania, December 2012
Anna Skarbek
ClimateWorks Presentation, presented to
TMF Sustainability and Environment
Committee, 14 February 2012
ClimateWorks Presentation, presented to
Cleantech Conference, 27-28 February
2012
Launch of Empower, presented at South
East Melbourne Innovation Precinct Event,
28 February
Unblocking Barriers to Cogeneration,
presented at A2SE Energy Efficiency
Summer Study, 1 March 2012
Low Carbon Growth Plan and the Impact of
the Carbon Price Analysis, presented to
Maddock Lawyers, 24 May 2012
ClimateWorks and BehaviourWorks on
Voluntary Data Collection, presented to
A2SE Energy Efficiency Summer Study, 1
March 2012
The Impact of the Carbon Price, presented
to Trust for Nature, 7 March 2012
Energy Efficiency, presented to Deutsche
Bank, 29 March 2012
Carbon Price, presented to Melbourne
Business School, 16 April 2012
Reinventing Progress: Sustainability for a
New Era, presented to Cairns and Far North
Environment Centre Conference, 17 April
2012
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2012
Fresh Water Governance, Champagne
Valley, South Africa, 4-7 November 2012
FELLOWS WORKSHOP: Systemic and
Adaptive Water Governance – Systems
Thinking in Practice, presented to Peter
Cullen Trust, Canberra, Australia, 13
November 2012
BRIEFING: Outcomes of the NCCARFfunded Water Governance Research
Initiative, presented to senior government
representatives from Murray-Darling Basin
Authority, National Water Commission and
Department of Sustainability, Environment,
Water, Population and Community,
Canberra, Australia, 14 November 2012
Complexity: Paradigms, presented to
facilitated session at Tapping the Turn: A
Conference About Water’s Social
Dimensions, Canberra, Australia, 15-16
November 2012
Systems Thinking for Messy Situations, MSI
hosted event with Dr Rosalind Armson,
Melbourne, Australia, 20-22 November
2012
Governance, presented at Valuing
Adaptation Workshop, Melbourne, Australia,
11-12 December 2012
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Dr Janet Stanley
Adaptation, presented to community
consultation meeting, Inverloch, June 2012
Adaptation, presented to community
consultation meeting, Sandy Point, August
2012
Sustainable Cities, presented to Women’s
Association, Inverloch, October 2012
The Structural Causes of Homelessness,
presented to the Southern Integrated CALD
CFS Network forum, 28 June 2012
Valuing Adaptation and Wellbeing, facilitated
panel discussion at MSI Adaptation
Conference, Melbourne, December 2012
Professor John Thwaites
Climate Change: Trends and Opportunities,
presented to Monash MBA Course, Monash
Caulfield, Melbourne, 6 February 2012
Launch: Riversymposium Conference,
presented at Melbourne Convention Centre,
Melbourne, 14 February 2012
Climate Change and Extreme Events:
Understanding and Managing, presented to
Monash Sustainability Institute, RMIT and
AMOS, State Library, Melbourne, 19 March
2012
Building Products: A Compliance Free Zone.
The Role of the Building Code of Australia,
presented at Housing Industry Association
Summit, Park Hyatt, Melbourne, 28 March
2012
Leadership and Governance in Local
Government, presented to LGPro, Melbourne,
29 March 2012
Shaping the Policy Landscape: Water
Conservation and Behaviour, presented at
The Global Leadership and Technology
Exchange, Berlin, Germany, 19 April
Politics, the Public and the Environment:
Perspectives on Sustainability, presented to
Masters in Environmental Science students,
Monash University, Melbourne, 30 April 2012
How Water Companies and Authorities can
Save Carbon and Save Money, presented to
Australian Industry Group, Melbourne, 3 May
2012
Unlocking Barriers to Cogeneration,
presented to Property Council of Australia,
State Library, Melbourne, 9 May 2012
Parks and Politics, presented to Parks
Beyond Boundaries Conference, Adelaide, 22
May 2012
Clean Technology and the Low Carbon
Growth Plan, presented to Geelong Clean
Technology Conference, The Pier, Geelong,
29 May 2012
A Burning Political Issue, presented to
Communities in Control Conference, Moonee
Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, 29 May 2012
A Sustainable Future: What’s Ahead,
presented at NDY Sustainability Managers
Dinner, Melbourne, 31 May 2012
Carbon Reduction Opportunities for Water
Companies and Authorities, presented to
Australian Water Association Young
Professionals, 14 June 2012
The National Construction Code and
Adaptation to Climate Change, presented at
National Climate Change Adaptation
Research Facility (NCCARF) Conference,
Melbourne, 27 June 2012
Unblocking the Barriers to Cogeneration:
Making the Rules Work, presented to the
Clean Energy Conference, Sydney, 29 July
2012
A Low Carbon Future for Your Business,
presented to AIG Industry to Industry
Network, Dandenong, 14 August 2012
Commercialising Cleantech, presented to
General Electric At Work Seminar, Sydney, 21
August 2012
Launch of Maurice Blackburn Environment
Management System, 7 September 2012
Science to Policy Leadership, presented to
Peter Cullen Trust Leadership Program,
Adelaide, 17 September 2012
Inspiring Sustainability: If Sustainability is So
Good Why Aren’t You Doing It? Presented at
Yarra Valley Water Business Customer
Forum, 19 September 2012
How the Public Sector Needs to Respond to
the Carbon Price, presented at Government
Sustainability Conference, The Sebel, Albert
Park, 19 September 2012
Next Courageous Steps: Climate Change,
Political Change and Behavioural Change,
presented to the Australian Association of
Environmental Educators Conference, The
Sebel, Albert Park, 1 October 2012
Politics from the Inside, presented to Monash
University Political Science Class, Monash
University, 1 October 2012
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Being Green Smart,
presented to Australia Japan 50th
Anniversary Business Conference, Sydney, 9
October 2012
Rivers in Rapidly Urbanising Environments:
How Scientists and Professionals Can
Influence the Decision Makers, presented at
Riversymposium, Melbourne Convention
Centre, 10 October 2012
The Political Process: Experience from the
Front Line, presented as part of a Monash
University Sustainability Depth Unit, Monash
University, 11 October 2012
Politics and Leadership, presented to Centre
for Sustainability Leadership, Environmental
Protection Authority, 16 October 2012
Urban Indicators: Why Targets Are Important,
with Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney,
Maddocks Lunch, Sydney, 17 October 2012
What is Driving Sustainable Business
Operations, presented to City West Water
Business Breakfast, Melbourne Zoo, 18
October 2012
50 Years of Building Control, presented to
the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors
Conference, Crown Promenade Melbourne,
22 October 2012
Behaviour Change for Sustainability Panel,
presented at National Conference, Monash
Law Chambers, 23 October 2012
Strategies for Influencing Political DecisionMaking, presented to CRC for Water
Sensitive Cities Lunch, Melbourne, 30
October 2012
The Climate Change Communications
Challenge, presented at Carbon Expo
Conference, Melbourne, 7 November 2012
Delivering Sustainability Policies Across
Government, address to the Department of
Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population
and Communities, Executive Dinner,
Canberra, 8 November 2012
Creating Low Carbon Communities,
presented to Thriving Neighbourhoods
Conference, Melbourne, 13 November 2012
Addressing the Drivers of Rising Energy
Prices, presented to the Brotherhood of St
Laurence and Australian Council of Social
Services Seminar, Melbourne, 13 November
2012
Graduation of Peter Cullen Fellows 2012,
presented at Canberra Business Event
Centre, Canberra, 15 November 2012
Megatrends That Will Impact on Engineers,
Opening Address, Monash Department of
Civil Engineering, Post Graduate Day,
Caulfield Campus, 20 November 2012
The Political Value of Climate Adaptation,
presented at MSI Climate Adaptation
Workshop, Melbourne, 12 December 2012
Dr Philip Wallis
Building a Community of Conversation About
Water Governance in Australia, presented to
Practical Responses to Climate Change
Conference, Canberra, Australia, 1-3 May 2012
What Role for Systemic and Adaptive
Governance, presented to Climate Adaptation
in Action: 2012 National Adaptation
Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 26-28
June 2012
Governing Integrated Landscapes, presented
to Victorian Centre for Climate Change
Adaptation Research Forum, Melbourne,
Australia, 25 June 2012
Human Interfaces with Technology at the
Water-Carbon-Energy Nexus, presented to
Monash Lecture – ENV3022, Monash
University, Clayton Campus, 12 September
2012
Introduction to Systemic Governance
Research, presented to VCCCAR
Implementing Adaptation Project Stakeholder
Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, 13
September 2012
Public Participation, presented to Monash
Lecture – MON2222, Monash University,
Clayton Campus, 1 October 2012
Governing Sustainability, presented to
Monash Lecture – MON2222, Monash
University, Clayton Campus, 4 October 2012
More Systemic, More Adaptive (Special
Session), presented to International
Conference on Fresh Water Governance,
Champagne Valley, South Africa, 4-7
November 2012
Early-Career Researchers Workshop (Special
Session), presented to Tapping the Turn: A
Conference About Water’s Social
Dimensions, Canberra, Australia, 15-16
November 2012
Professor Tony Wong
Water Management for Resilient and
Liveable Future Cities, presented at 2012
Victorian Centre for Climate Change
Adaptation Research Annual Forum,
Melbourne, Australia, 25 June 2012
Achieving the Water Sensitive City,
presented as part of a panel at the World
Water Leaders’ Summit, Singapore, 3 July
2012
The Role of Water in Planning for Resilient
and Liveable Cities, presented at Water
Convention Cities of the Future Special
Session, Singapore International Water
Week, Singapore, 2-4 July 2012
Linking Urban Water Management to Urban
Liveability, presented at a public meeting on
Urban Water Management of the Danish
Institution of Engineers, Copenhagen,
Denmark, 28 August 2012
A New Modelling Paradigm for Urban Water
Management, presented at 9th International
Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling,
Belgrade, Serbia, 4-7 September 2012
Promoting Interdisciplinary Research and
Practice in Delivering Water Sustainability,
presented at International Water Association
World Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 1621 September 2012
Harmonising Liveability and Flood
Resilience Objectives in Urban Areas,
presented at International Water Association
World Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 1621 September 2012
The Water Economy of Cities of the Future,
presented at International Water Association
World Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 1621 September 2012
Ecological Landscapes in Cities: A Fusion of
Ecosystem Services in the Public Realm,
presented tat International Water
Association World Water Congress, Busan,
Korea, 16-21 September 2012
Urban Stormwater Management in a Water
Sensitive City, Stormwater 2012, presented
at 2nd National Conference on Urban Water
Management, Melbourne, Australia, 16-18
October 2012
PUBLICATIONS AND OPINION PIECES
Books and Book Chapters
Bettini, Y., Rijke, J., Farrelly, M. & Brown,
R.R. (2012), ‘Connecting levels and
disciplines: connective capacity of
institutions and actors explored’, in:
Edelenbos, J., Bressers, N. & Scholten, P.
(eds.), Water Governance as Connective
Capacity, Ashgate, Chapter 7
Bernard, H., Ison, R., Sriskandarajah, N.,
Blackmore, C., Cerf, M., Avelange, I., Barbier,
M & Steyaert, P. (2012), ‘Learning in
European agricultural and rural networks:
building a systemic research agenda’, In
Damhofer, I., Gibbon, D. & Dedieu, B. (eds),
The Farming Systems Approach into the 21st
Century: The New Dynamic, Springer,
Dordrecht, pp. 179-200
Blackmore, C., Cerf, M., Ison, R. & Paine, M.
(2012), ‘The role of action-oriented learning
theories for change in agriculture and rural
networks’, In Damhofer, I., Gibbon, D &
Dedieu, B. (eds), The Farming Systems
Approach into the 21st Century: The New
Dynamic, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 159-178
Blackmore, C. & Ison, R. (2012), ‘Designing
and developing learning systems for
managing systemic change in a climate
change world’, In Wals, A. & Corcoran, P.B.
(eds), Learning for Sustainability in Times of
Accelerating Change, Wageningen
Academic Publishers, Education and
Sustainable Development Series,
Wageningen, Netherlands, pp 347-364
Brown, R.R. (2012), ‘A changing paradigm:
the socio-technical challenge’, in Howe, C.
& Mitchell, C. (eds.), Water Sensitive Cities,
International Water Association, Chapter 1
Brown, R., 2012, ‘Transitioning to the water
sensitive city: The socio-technical
challenge’, in Water Sensitive Cities, eds
Carol Howe and Cynthia Mtichell, IWA
Publishing, United Kingdon, pp. 29-39.
Ison, R. (2012), ‘A cybersystemic framework
for practical action’, In Murray, J.,
Cawthorne, G., Dey, C., & Andrew, C. (eds),
Enough for All Forever: A Handbook for
Learning About Sustainability, Champaign,
Illinois, Common Ground Publishing, pp
269-84
Ison, R. (2012), ‘Systems practice: making
the systems in farming systems research
effective’, In Damhofer, I., Gibbon, D. &
Dedieu, B. (eds), The Farming Systems
Approach into the 21st Century: The New
Dynamic, Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 141-158
Stanley, J. & Stanley, J. (in press), ‘Mobility
and social exclusion’, In Friman, M., Ettema,
D. & Gärling, T. (eds), Handbook of
Sustainable Travel, Springer
Peer-reviewed journal and
conference articles
Akter, S., Bennett, J. & Ward, M. (2012),
‘Climate change scepticism and public
support for mitigation: evidence from an
Australian choice experiment’, Global
Environmental Change, 22(3): 736-745
Bos, J.J. & Brown, R.R. (2012), ‘Realising
sustainable urban water management: can
social theory help?’, Water Science
Technology, 67(1): 109-116.
DOI:10.2166/wst.2012.538
Bos, J.J. & Brown, R.R. (2012), ‘Governance
experimentation and factors of success in
socio-technical transitions in the urban
water sector, Technological Forecasting and
Social Change, 79(7):1340-1353
Chan, T., Hart, B.T., Kennard, M., Pusey, B.,
Shenton, W., Douglas, M., Valentine, E. &
Patel, S. (2012), ‘Bayesian network models
for environmental flow decision making in
the Daly River, Northern Territory, Australia’,
River Research & Applications, 28: 283301, DOI: 10.1002/rra.1456
Dobbie, M. & Brown, R.R. (2012), ‘Risk
perceptions and receptivity of Australian
urban water practitioners to stormwater
harvesting and treatment systems’, Water
Science and Technology: Water Supply,
12(6): 888-894
Ferguson, B.C., Brown, R.R., & Deletic, A.
(2013), ‘Diagnosing transformative change
in urban water systems: theories and
frameworks’, Global Environmental Change,
23(1): 264-280
Grant, 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.1216852
Hughes, M., Weiler, B. & Curtis, J. (2012),
‘What’s the problem? River management,
education and public beliefs’, Ambio: A
Journal of the Human Environment, 41(7),
709-719
Ison 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 for
development’, Proceedings of the European
Farming Systems Research Conference,
Aarhus Denmark, 1-4 July 2012,
Ison, R., Collins, K. & Wallis, P. (2012),
‘Institutionalising social learning: towards
systemic and adaptive governance’,
Sustainable Hyderabad – Albrecht-DanielThaer Kolloquium 2012, Crafting or
Designing? Intended Institutional Change
for Social-Ecological Systems, hosted by
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in
collaboration with the Heinrich Böll
Foundation
Kaufman, S. & Curtis, J. (2012), ‘Surprise
hit or the blind date from hell?
Complementarities and conflicts in
strategies for achieving outcomes from
social marketing and modern regulation’, in
Kubacki, K. & Rundle-Thiele, S. (Eds.), Delve
Deeper: Conference proceedings of the
2012 International Social Marketing
Conference, 126-131, Brisbane: Griffith
University, 27-29 June 2012
Li, X., Ison, R., Kellaway, R., Stimson, C.,
Annison, G. & Joyce, D. (2012), ‘Agronomic
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Professor Michael Ward
Economic Methods for Decision Making,
presented at a workshop on Biosecurity,
Australian National University, Sydney,
March 2012
Economics and Carbon Markets, presented
to Carbon Markets Higher Education
Symposium, Melbourne, July 2012
Relating Multi-Criteria Approaches of
Valuing Adaptation to Cost-Benefit Analysis,
presented to National Climate Change
Adaptation Research Facility Workshop on
Valuing Adaptation, Melbourne, December
2012
Economic Fundamentals of Sustainability,
presented to MON2222 Sustainability:
Learning and Living It, Monash University,
Clayton Campus, July 2012
our impact
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characteristics of annual Trifolium legumes
and nutritive values as predicted by nearinfrared reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy’,
Crop & Pasture Science [P], CSIRO,
62(12):1078-1087
Moore, G., Langford, J., Ayre, M.,
Learmonth, G., Brizga, S. & Wallis, P. (2011),
‘The Murray-Darling Basin Game – A model
to explore water allocation decisions’,
Proceedings of the 19th International
Congress on Modelling and Simulation,
Perth, Australia, 12-16 December 2011
Ramkissoon, H., Smith, L.D.G. & Weiler, B.
(2012), ‘Relationships between place
attachment, place satisfaction, and proenvironmental behaviour in an Australian
National Park, Journal of Sustainable
Tourism,
DOI:10.1080/09669582.2012.708042,
(ERA 2010 – A)
Ramkissoon, H., Smith, L. & Weiler, B. (in
press), ‘Testing the dimensionality of place
attachment and its relationships with place
satisfaction and pro-environmental
behaviours: a structural equation modelling
approach’, Tourism Management, (ERA
2010 – A*)
Ramkissoon, H., Weiler, B. & Smith, L (in
press), ‘Place attachment, place satisfaction
and pro-environmental behaviour: a
comparative assessment of multiple
regression and structural equation
modelling’, Journal of Policy Research in
Tourism, Leisure and Events
Ramkissoon, H., Weiler, B. & Smith, L.D.G.
(2012), ‘Place attachment and proenvironmental behaviours in national parks:
development of a conceptual framework’,
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 20(2):257276
Rijke, J., Farrelly M., Brown, R. &
Zevenbergen, C. (2013), ‘Configuring
transformative governance to enhance
resilient urban water systems’, Environmental
Science and Policy, 25:62-72
Rijke, J., Brown R.R., Zevenbergen, C.,
Ashley, R., Farrelly, M., Morison, P. & van
Herk, S. (2012), ‘Fit-for-purpose
governance: A framework to make adaptive
governance operational’, Environmental
Science and Policy, 22:73-84
Rose, G., Codner, G.P., & Griggs, D. (2012),
‘Integrating sustainability in higher
education: insight from a case study of the
first year engineering curriculum at Monash
University’, La Trobe Sustainability
Symposium 2012
Selvey, L.A. & Carey, M.G. (2013),
‘Australia’s dietary guidelines and the
environmental impact of food “from
paddock to plate”‘, Med J Aust; 198(1): 18-
19, DOI:10.5694/mja12.10528
Shenton, W., Hart, B.T. & Chan, T. (accepted
in November 2012), ‘A Bayesian network
approach to support environmental flow
restoration decisions in a seasonal river’,
Stochastic Environmental Research and
Risk Assessment
Smith, L. (2012), ‘Visitors or visits? An
examination of zoo visitor numbers using
the 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 to
undertake pro-wildlife behaviour: How many
is 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 visitor
preference criteria to choose pro-wildlife
behaviours to ask of zoo visitors’, Curator:
The Museum Journal, 55(4):453-466, (ERA
2010 – A*)
Taylor, A., Cocklin, C. & Brown, R.R. (2012),
‘Fostering environmental champions: a
process to build their capacity to drive
change’, Journal of Environmental
Management, 98:84-97;
DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.12.001
Van Dijk, P.A., Smith, L.D.G. & Weiler, B.V.
(2012), ‘To re-enact or not to re-enact?
Investigating differences between first and
third person interpretation at a heritage
tourism site’, Visitor Studies, 15(1):48-61,
(ERA 2010 – A)
Wallis, P. & Ison, R. (2011), ‘Institutional
change in multi-scale water governance
regimes: a case from Victoria, Australia’,
The Journal of Water Law, 22(2/3): 85-94
Wallis, P., Ison, R. & Samson, K. (2012),
‘Identifying the conditions for social learning
in water governance in regional Australia’,
Land Use Policy,
10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.08.003
Wallis, P., Godden, L., Ison, R. & Rubenstein,
N. (2012), ‘Building a community of
conversation about water governance in
Australia’, Proceedings of Practical
Responses to Climate Change, 1-3 May,
Canberra, Australia
Wei, Y., Ison, R., Colvin, J. & Collins, K.
(2012), ‘Reframing water governance: a
multi-perspective study of an overengineered catchment in China’, Journal of
Environmental Planning and Management,
55(3):297-318
Yu, C., Brown, R.R. & Morison, P. (2012),
‘Co-governing decentralised water systems:
an analytical framework’, Water Science
Technology, 66(12):2731-2736,
DOI:10.2166/wst.2012.489
Research reports, and non-peer
reviewed journal and conference
articles
Blythe, P. & Smith, L.D.G. (2012),
‘Monitoring and evaluation framework for
low income energy efficiency programs’,
BehaviourWorks Australia Report
Curtis, J., Smith, L.D.G. & Ramkissoon, H.
(2012), ‘PhD Workshop Report’,
BehaviourWorks Australia Report
Godden, L., Ison, R., Wallis, P. (2012),
‘Damning dams’, Proceedings of Tapping
the Turn, Canberra, Australia, 15-16
November
Griggs, D., Steffen, W. & Kestin, T. (2012),
‘Climate futures for the southeast Australian
coast’, MSI Report 12/04, May 2012
Ison, R. & Blackmore, C. (2012), ‘Designing
and developing a reflexive learning system
for managing systemic change in a climate
change world based on cyber-systemic
understandings’, European Meetings on
Cybernetics and Systems Research, Vienna,
9-13 April 2012
Ison, R., Wallis, P., Bruce, C. Stirzaker, R.,
Maru, Y. (2012), ‘Enhancing learning from
AFSI research: Notes for the field’, Report
McShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Managing
community impacts of climate change in
India and Bangladesh’, AusAID Public
Sector Linkage Program Activity Completion
Report, ROU Number 54565
McShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Extending successful
community-based forest management
experience for application in REDD scheme
reforestation trials and development of an
Asia carbon economy’, AusAID Public
Sector Linkage Program Activity Completion
Report, ROU Number 54356
McShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Developing research
capacity for sustainable development in
response to climate change’, Australian
Leadership Award Fellowship Activity
Completion Report, ROU Number 62735
McShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Resolving tension
between poverty, economic development
and climate change in South Asia’, In
proceedings of Asian Studies Association of
Australia (ASAA) 19th Biennial Conference,
University of Western Sydney, 11-13 July
2012
Pendrey, C., Carey, M. & Stanley, J. (2012),
‘Climate change, extreme weather and the
health and wellbeing of people who are
homeless’, report to participants of ?????
Ramkissoon, H. & Smith, L.D.G. (2012),
‘Evaluation of Empower Public Video for
impact on attitudes towards climate
change’, prepared for ClimateWorks
Australia
Opinion pieces and articles
Carey, M. (2012), ‘Air pollution from coal
seam gas may put public health at risk’,
The Conversation,
http://theconversation.edu.au/airpollution-from-coal-seam-gas-may-putpublic-health-at-risk-10819
Carey, M. (2012), ‘Coal seam gas: future
bonanza 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.pdf
Carey, M. (2012), ‘Reframing climate
change could deliver health benefits’, The
Conversation,
http://theconversation.edu.au/reframingclimate-change-could-deliver-healthbenefits-5615
Carey, M. (2012), ‘Rethinking climate
change action’, WME Magazine, pp 14
Carey, M. (2012), ‘The Coal seam gas boom
– what price will the environment and our
health pay?’, InTouch: Newsletter of the
Public Health Association of Australia Inc.,
29(3): 12
Curtis, J. & Smith, L. (2012), ‘Stage theories
and behaviour change’, BehaviourWorks
Australia website,
http://www.behaviourworksaustralia.org/
wp-content/uploads/2012/09/BWA_Stage
Theories.pdf
Curtis, J. & Smith, L. (2012), ‘The
elaboration likelihood model of persuasion’,
BehaviourWorks Australia website,
http://www.behaviourworksaustralia.org/
wp-content/uploads/2012/11/BWA_
ELM.pdf
McShane, P.E. (2012), ‘Forestry, economic
development and climate change in Asia:
resolving the tension’, The Conversation,
http://theconversation.edu.au/forestryeconomic-development-and-climate-chan
ge-in-asia-resolving-the-tension-6545
McShane, P.E.(2012), ‘Resolving tension
between poverty, economic development
and climate change in South Asia’, Asian
Currents, December 2012, pp 11,
http://www.asaa.asn.au/publications/ac/2
012/asian-currents-12-12.pdf
Read, P.A., Stanley, J.R., Vella-Brodrick, D.A.
& Griggs, D., ‘Towards a contraction and
convergence target based on population life
expectancies since 1960’, Environment,
Development and Sustainability
Shearman, D & Carey, M. (2013), ‘Behind
the seams: who’s asking questions about
coal seam gas and health?’, Crikey,
http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/08/be
hind-the-seams-whos-asking-questionsabout-coal-seam-gas-and-health/
Smith, L. & Curtis, J. (2012), ‘Hit by an
energy efficiency backfire?’, Climate
Spectator,
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?’, The
Conversation,
http://theconversation.edu.au/is-theintroduction-of-a-carbon-tax-a-teachable
-moment-to-change-habits-7737
Stanley, J. & Lucas, K. (2012), ‘The public
agenda: what is working and what is
missing’, Thredbo Workshop 6 Report,
Research in Transportation Economics
Stanley, J.K., Stanley, J.R. & Hensher, D.
(2012), ‘Mobility, social capital and sense of
community: what value?’, Urban Studies,
49(16): 3595-3609
Thøgersen, J., Smith, L, & Curtis, J. (2012),
‘Simple steps to save the environment may
not make much difference’, The
Conversation,
http://theconversation.edu.au/simplesteps-to-save-the-environment-may-notmake-much-difference-6507
Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘How green is your
revolution? The life cycle of homes’,
Melbourne Review, March 2012
Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘Turning from a twospeed economy to a clean economy’,
Melbourne Review, April 2012
Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘How water can make
Melbourne more liveable’, Melbourne
Review, June 2012
Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘Carbon Armageddon’,
Melbourne Review, July 2012
Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘Bad habits’, Melbourne
Review, August 2012
Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘Commercialising
CleanTech’, Melbourne Review, September
2012
Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘A plan for affordable
energy’, Melbourne Review, November
2012
Thwaites, J. (2012), ‘COAG’s energy market
reforms must protect the poor’, The
Conversation, 10 December 2012,
http://www.theconversation.edu.au/coags
-energy-market-reforms-must-protectthe-poor-11225
Wallis, P. (2012), ‘The drought strikes back:
how decentralised water supplies will beat
the next dry season’, The Conversation,
http://theconversation.edu.au/thedrought-strikes-back-how-decentralisedwater-supplies-will-beat-the-next-dryseason-6741
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Read, P. & Stanley, J. (2012), ‘Fourth report to
Crime Stoppers Victoria: improving an
information campaign for prevention of
bushfire arson’
Stanley, J.R. & Banks, M. (2012), ‘Transport
needs analysis for getting there and back:
report for transport connections – Shires of
Moyne and Corangamite’, WHERE????
Stanley, J.R. & Read, P. (2012),
‘Documented community needs in the City
of Boroondara’, a report to Camcare by the
Monash Sustainability Institute
Stanley, J.R. & Stanley, J.K. (2012),
‘Improving personal mobility opportunities in
regional areas’, a report to BusVic by the
Monash Sustainability Institute
Stanley, J. (ed) 2012, ‘The present
environmental, social and economic
situation and trends in Inverloch and Sandy
Point and Surrounds, a report to NCCARF
Stebbing, M., Carey, M., Sinclair, M. & Sim,
M. (2012), ‘Understanding the vulnerability,
resilience and adaptive capacity of
households in rural Victorian towns in the
context of long-term water insecurity’,
submitted for Water and Climate: Policy
Implementation Challenges – Practical
Responses to Climate Change Conference,
Canberra, May 2012
Taylor, T., Smith, L. & Curtis, J. (2012),
‘Current behaviour change research in
relation to litter prevention’, prepared for
Sustainability Victoria
Wong, T.H.F., Allen, R., Beringer, J., Brown,
R.R. , Deletic, A., Fletcher, T.D., Gangadh
aran L., Gemak, W., Jakob, C., O’Loan, T.,
Reeder, M., Tapper, N. & Walsh, C.,
‘blueprint2012 – Stormwater Management
in a Water Sensitive City’, Centre for Water
Sensitive Cities, ISBN 978-1-921912-01-6,
March 2012
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philanthropic
support
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Project title
Recipients
Funding
Years
AEMO
Cogeneration Stakeholder
Report
Anna Skarbek,
ClimateWorks Australia
$15,490
2012
AGL
Addressing peak demand –
impacts on vulnerable
households
Gill Owen
$10,000
2012-13
ARC Grant
Adaptive economic
management of Australia’s
urban water
Michael Ward, Quentin
Grafton (ANU)
$275,000 to
Monash
2012-2014
ARC Discovery Grant
The actor and institutional
dynamics in emerging sociotechnical transitions
Rebekah Brown, Chris
Cocklin (JCU), Derk
Loorbach (DRIFT)
$186,000 to
Monash
2012 – 2015
ARC Linkage Grant
Translating zoo visitors’
behavioural intentions into
conservation actions using
evidence-based post-visit
experiences
Roy Ballantyne, Jan
Packer, Liam Smith, John
Falk
$226,000 (Most
for University of
Queensland)
2012-2014
ARC Linkage Grant
and Melbourne water
Sinks and sources of faecal
micro-organisms in the Yarra
River Estuary
David McCarthy, Ana
Deletic, Peter Kolotelo,
Christelle Schang
$891,000
2012-2015
ARC Linkage Grant
and Melbourne Water
Exploring social innovations in
urban water systems with a
novel modelling approach
Rebekah Brown, Ana
Deletic, Fjalar de Haan
$246,000
2012 - 2014
AusAID
Developing effective climate
change policy (adaptation and
mitigation) Vietnam
Paul McShane
$248,000
2012-2013
AusAID
Developing research capacity
for sustainable development in
response to climate change
Paul McShane
$453,000
2012
AusAID
Knowledge management for a
collaborative response to
water resource allocation in
response to climate change
Paul McShane
$420,000
2012-2014
AusAID
Community engagement
responsive to reduced
deforestation and forest
degradation in Central
Kalimantan
Paul McShane
$80,000
2012 - 2013
AusAID
Transitioning to sustainable
urban water management in
developing countries of the
Pacific Region
Ana Deletic, Rebekah
Brown, Michael Poustie
$81,000
2012-2013
AUSCEW (ANU and
USSC) and NCCARF
Guiding statutory and other
institutional measures
governing water management
and carbon abatement
measures in Australia
Philip Wallis
$49,500
2012
BCIA
Klaus Hein extension
Kerry Pratt
$75,000
2012
BusVIc
Social enterprise in south west
Victoria
Janet Stanley
$27,000
2012
Camcare
Social needs in Boroondara
Janet Stanley
$10,000
2012
Charles Sturt University
Green Steps @ Uni training
Mark Boulet
$10,000
2012
City of Melbourne
Zero Net Emissions 2020
Roadmap for the City of
Melbourne
Meg Argyriou
$135,000
2012-13
City West Water
Mapping vegetation and heat
prone areas across the City
West Water region
Nigel Tapper
$31,000
Completed
CMI
Carbon decision making and
risk management: a guide for
business
Amandine Denis, Greg
Garvin (in partnership with
Baker and McKenzie)
$60,000
2012
Commissioner
for Environmental
Sustainability Victoria
Foundation paper on urban
water
Tony Wong
$10,000
2012
CRC
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
Tony Wong
$30 million
2012 - 2020
CSIRO
Development of a
measurement and verification
framework for evaluating
CSIRO’s adapted EnergyMark
program
Liam Smith, Phil Blythe
$12,000
2012
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Source
Project title
Recipients
Funding
Years
CSIRO
Food Systems Innovation for
Food Security project
Ray Ison
$29,550
2012-13
DAFF
The contribution of biochar in
increasing soil carbon in native
woody bioenergy crops and
on-farm revegetation
Tony Patti, Tim
Cavagnaro, Phil Wallis,
Dave Griggs
$263,770
2012 onwards
DAFF
Decreasing dairy farm
greenhouse gas emissions and
building soil carbon
Tim Cavagnaro, Tony
Patti, Roy Jackson
$600,000
2012 onwards
DAFF via CSIRO
Increasing the understanding
of soil carbon sequestration on
farms from environmental
plantings
Cavagnaro, Cunningham,
Tony Patti
$300,000
2012 onwards
DCC, DRET, CCA
Tracking Australia’s progress
towards a low carbon
economy
Meg Argyriou, Amandine
Denis
$400,000
2012-13
DPCD
Community transport
Janet Stanley
$20,000
2012
DRET
Industrial Energy Efficiency
Data Analysis project (IEEDAP)
Amandine Denis, Anna
Skarbek
$102,000
2012
DRET
EEO additionality modelling
and delivery of subsectors
factsheets based on IEEDAP
work
Amandine Denis
$89,000
2012
Ergon Energy
Review of behaviour change
programs and development of
a behaviour change cost curve
Liam Smith, Anna
Skarbek
$90,000
2011-2012
ESI secretariat
Industrial Energy Efficiency
Data Analysis Project (IEEDAP)
Amandine Denis, Anna
Skarbek
$307,000
2012
Geelong
CEEP funding sources and
energy efficiency analysis
Meg Argyriou
$23,385
2012
Jewish National Fund
(JNF), KKL/JNF Israel,
The Bat-yam and Ramla
local councils, Ramla water
supply company LTD and
Bat-Yam Water LTD.
Advancing demonstrating
capability for stormwater
harvesting in Israeli cities
Ana Deletic, Yaron Zinger,
David McCarthy, Asher
Brenner, Peter Breen
$730,000 cash
and $725,000
in-kind
2012
Membership Fees
Sustainable Campus Group
2012
Belinda Towns
$59,000
2012
NCCARF
Learning from Indigenous
natural resources management
in the Barmah-Millewa
Dave Griggs, Tahl Kestin
$326,000
2012-2013
NCCARF
Climate adapted communities
Janet Stanley, Dave Griggs
$321,000
2012
NCCARF
NCCARF social, economic and
institutional dimensions
network
Dave Griggs, Tahl Kestin
$51,567
2012
NCCARF - University of
Newcastle
Bridging the gap between user
needs and science capability
Dave Griggs
$6,000
2012
Siemens
Technology opportunity scan
Amandine Denis, Wei Sue
$10,000
2012
Sustainability Victoria
ResourceSmart training
Mark Boulet
$15,000
2012
Sustainability Victoria
Refining the Victorian litter
database
Liam Smith, Brian Cooper
$9,000
2012
University of Tasmania
Green Steps @ Uni training
Mark Boulet
$13,000
2012
VCCCAR
Decision taking in times of
uncertainty. Towards an
efficient strategy to manage
risk and uncertainty in climate
change adaptation
Ray Ison, Philip Wallis
$20,000
2012
VCCCAR
Implementing tools to increase
adaptive capacity in the
community and natural
resource management sectors
Funfgeld, McEvoy (RMIT);
Rance (Melb Uni) and
Philip Wallis
$50,000
2012-2013
WWF
Briefing notes
Dave Griggs, Tahl Kestin
$9,000
2012
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