Annual Activity
Report 2011
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Monash Sustainability Institute
Annual Activity Report 2011
Published by the Monash Sustainability Institute
Monash University, Victoria, 3800
Copyright © MSI 2012
Edited by: Vicki Kyriakakis
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Emma Grace, Simon J Rowntree
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Contents
2011: A Year of New Directions
From the Chair
From the Director
2011: At a Glance
About the Institute
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World-Leading Programs
Australian Bushfire Prevention Initiative
BehaviourWorks Australia
Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
ClimateWorks Australia
Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health
Green Steps
Indigenous Communities and Climate Change
Natural Resource Management in Asia
in Response to Climate Change
Social and Environmental Sustainability
Sustainable Cities
Systemic and Adaptive Governance Research
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Part of the University Community
Education for Sustainability
Sustainable Campus Group
Towards Sustainability
Monash University Annual Report
Postgraduate Program
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Engagement and Outreach
MSI Seminar Series
Climate Scientists Australia
Sharing our Results
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Grants and Philanthropic Support
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2011: A Year
of New Directions
2011 was a big year
marked by new programs
and initiatives.
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From the Chair
The Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) is
successfully building a bridge between high
quality research and the implementation of
policies that are needed to create a more
sustainable society. The key to this success
has been the collaboration that has been
fostered between researchers at Monash,
researchers at other institutions and
decision makers in business and
government.
An outstanding example of this collaboration
is the Monash-led Cooperative Research
Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities that
has recently been awarded $30 million of
Federal Government funding. The CRC will
build on the excellent work of the Centre for
Water Sensitive Cities that has been based
at MSI. It involves a collaboration with 70
industry and government partners, three
universities, and the renowned PUB water
authority in Singapore and will be a world
leader in sustainable urban water
management.
Another great example of collaboration is
BehaviourWorks Australia that was
launched in 2011 to be an internationallyrecognised behaviour change research
centre for environmental sustainability.
BehaviourWorks is supported by state
government agencies and industry and is
already contributing to a greater
understanding of how best to influence the
everyday decisions that are integral to
creating a more sustainable world.
From the Director
One of the most important roles that MSI
plays is to foster collaborations across
disciplines at Monash and facilitate funding
for interdisciplinary research. Examples
include water, energy and soil carbon
research. BehaviourWorks is not only
bringing together researchers from many
disciplines at Monash including psychology,
marketing and behavioural economics, it is
also collaborating with MSI’s own Green
Steps education program to create and
deliver a Behaviour Change Masterclass.
Finally I am very pleased that MSI has
increased the focus on Education for
Sustainability within Monash itself. As well
as providing a wide range of sustainability
courses at undergraduate and graduate
level, Monash is seeking to embed
sustainability in all its degrees. This has
become possible through the appointment
of what we believe is the first Professor of
Education for Sustainability at any Australian
University. A programme to incorporate
sustainability throughout the Engineering
first year curriculum has provided the
bridgehead from which we hope over time
to put sustainability at the heart of
everything Monash teaches.
I congratulate Professor Dave Griggs and
the MSI team for a successful 2011 and
look forward to a strong year ahead.
Professor John Thwaites, Chair
In November 2011, I was fortunate enough
to be at Parliament House when the Clean
Energy Future Package passed the Senate.
So I was also on Parliament House lawn to
contribute to a community time capsule that
is to be opened in 2050. As I stepped onto
the stage to a standing ovation from the
crowd gathered there – two things struck
me. Firstly, this is not the normal reception I
receive when I get up to speak, but I could
get used to it. Secondly, I hope that when
that time capsule is opened in 2050, the
world is well on its way to a sustainable
future. Our aim is that MSI will play its part in
creating that future.
The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities also
achieved a major milestone this year,
successfully bidding to form a Cooperative
Research Centre with funding of $30 million
from the Federal Government.
ClimateWorks Australia has consolidated
and expanded on its ground-breaking work,
a highlight being the Prime Minister’s launch
of our Low Carbon Growth Plan for Greater
Geelong. And this expansion theme
continued with an increase in the number of
our Green Steps courses being offered
across the country and a commencement of
a program to embed sustainability into the
Monash University curriculum.
It’s my firm belief that interdisciplinary
cooperation is the key to many of the
advances we need in sustainability. At this
time MSI is at the forefront internationally of
efforts to undertake interdisciplinary
research in sustainability. So we were very
excited this year by the new directions MSI
has taken.
A particularly enjoyable focus of my work
this year has been working with the Yorta
Yorta community to examine how their
Indigenous knowledge can be appropriately
legitimised, protected and integrated with
more conventional forms of knowledge and
science; and how this can help us better
manage our natural resources and adapt to
climate change in the Barmah-Millewa area.
And there are many more highlights that you
can read for yourself in the report.
In August 2011, we launched
BehaviourWorks Australia – a partnership
with the Environmental Protection Authority
(EPA) Victoria, and The Shannon Company.
This new initiative will bring together
leading Monash researchers with
international experts, business and
government to study ways to influence
human behaviour, and search for the best
mix of strategies to promote measureable
and lasting change.
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While I’m not one for looking backwards, it
has been particularly gratifying to reflect on
what we achieved in 2011. I’d like to thank
the staff of MSI for their tireless efforts, and
the University, our supporters, partners, and
funders for their support. We look forward to
an equally productive and successful 2012.
Professor Dave Griggs, Director
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2011: AT A GLANCE
For the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI),
2011 marked a year of significant growth and
achievement. From the launch of new
initiatives, to a $30 million CRC for the
Centre of Water Sensitive Cities, our
programs grew in both size and impact.
$30 million CRC for
the Centre for Water
Sensitive Cities
Researchers from MSI’s Centre for
Water Sensitive Cities (CWSC) are
taking the lead in a research project
that aims to revolutionise water
management in Australia. In 2011, the
Centre was awarded a $30 million
grant in the latest round of the
Australian Government’s Cooperative
Research Centres (CRC) program. In
collaboration with 70 research,
industry and government partners, the
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities will be
established in July 2012 with research
nodes at Monash University, the
University of Western Australia, the
University of Queensland and in
Singapore. Read more about the
Centre for Water Sensitive Cities’ 2011
achievements on page 13.
The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities includes a research node at the University of Western
Australia, in Perth.
BehaviourWorks
Australia is launched
2011 also saw the launch of
BehaviourWorks Australia – an
innovative partnership between MSI,
the Environmental Protection Authority
Victoria, and the Shannon Company.
The goal of the new multi-disciplinary
research centre is to work towards a
society where environmental
sustainability is a key consideration in
everyday decision making.
BehaviourWorks Australia hit the
ground running in 2011, with key
projects and initiatives aimed at
bridging the gap between behaviour
change disciplines, researchers, and
practitioners in business and
government. Read more about
BehaviourWorks Australia’s first year
achievements on page 11.
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(Left to right) John Merritt, EPA, Professor Dave Griggs, Monash Sustainability Institute;
Michael Daddo, The Shannon Company; Dr Liam Smith, BehaviourWorks Australia;
Professor John Thwaites, Monash Sustainability Institute; Professor Edwina Cornish,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor; and Bill Shannon, The Shannon Company at the launch of
BehaviourWorks in September 2011.
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ClimateWorks Australia
continues its ground-breaking work
In 2011, ClimateWorks Australia continued its ground-breaking work with the
release of regional Low Carbon Growth Plans for Greater Geelong, Gippsland and
Macquarie Park. The Low Carbon Growth Plan for Greater Geelong was launched
by Prime Minister Julie Gillard in May 2011. ClimateWorks also released a report on
the impact of the Federal Government’s carbon price legislation to wide national
acclaim. Read more on these and other ClimateWorks achievements on page 17.
(Left to right) Tonya Higgins from ClimateWorks Australia with Prime Minister Julia Gillard
and Anna Skarbek, Executive Director of ClimateWorks Australia.
MSI researchers
awarded Fellowship
of ATSE
MSI's Director, Professor Dave Griggs was one of 32 Australians to be honoured with an
ATSE fellowship.
Director of MSI, Professor Dave
Griggs, and the Centre for Water
Sensitive Cities’ Professor Ana Deletic,
were among 32 Australian researchers
and business leaders honoured with
election as 2011 Fellows of the
Australian Academy of Technological
Sciences and Engineering (ATSE).
Fellowship of the Academy is awarded
on the basis of impact and excellence
of achievement in the key areas of
applied physical science and
technology, applied biological science
and technology, engineering,
information technology or architecture.
Green Steps’ Mark
Boulet wins ADC
Leadership Award
MSI’s Manager of Education
Programs, Mark Boulet, (pictured left)
was recognised in the Australian
Davos Connection (ADC) Australian
leadership awards summit along with
other university staff for his
outstanding leadership skills. Mark
won the award for his work heading
up MSI’s Green Steps program. The
summit, established in 2005, brings
together around 350 of the country’s
established and emerging leaders to
share ideas, exchange views and
create outcomes to improve Australia’s
future. Previous MSI winners include
Executive Director of ClimateWorks
Australia, Anna Skarbek.
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ABOUT THE INSTITUTE
The Monash Sustainability Institute’s
(MSI) mission is to solve the climate
change and environmental
sustainability challenges facing our
society. The problems are complex. So
the solutions demand a unique and
distinctive interdisciplinary approach.
That’s why MSI brings together the
best minds from multiple fields of
endeavour in world-leading crossdisciplinary programs and centres of
excellence. These programs draw on
the best expertise of Monash
University from across faculties; and
combine it with industry and academic
know-how from around the world.
MSI tackles the tough problems that
often end up in the ‘too hard’ basket:
building water sensitive cities; better
managing our water resources;
catalysing action across Australia’s
economy to reduce our greenhouse
emissions; valuing and integrating
indigenous knowledge to help manage
our natural resources; putting
environmental sustainability at the
centre of decision making;
understanding and influencing human
behaviour; training and educating the
next generation of leaders in
sustainability, and more.
Through this innovative crossdisciplinary work, MSI is having a
real-world impact both in Australia and
overseas. It’s doing its part to create a
sustainable future through four nationleading organisations and programs:
MSI is also leading a range of crossdisciplinary programs:
• Australian Bushfire Arson
Prevention Initiative
• Climate Change, Biodiversity
and Health
• Indigenous Communities
and Climate Change
• Natural Resource Management in
Asia in Response to Climate Change
• Social and Environmental
Sustainability
• Sustainable Cities
• Systemic and Adaptive
Governance Research
• BehaviourWorks Australia
• Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
• ClimateWorks Australia
• Green Steps
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OUR PEOPLE
MSI draws together
cross-disciplinary expertise
from around the university.
Management and Administration
John Thwaites, Chairman
Professor Dave Griggs, Director
Julie Arcilla, PA to the Director &
Office Manager
Vicki Kyriakakis, Communications &
Marketing Manager
Projects
Dr Janet Stanley, Chief Research Officer
Dr Paul McShane, Chief Research Officer
Simon J Rowntree, Project Manager
Dr Tahl Kestin, Research Project Manager &
Climate Scientists Australia Secretariat
Dr Marion Carey,
VicHealth Senior Research Fellow
Dr Phil Blythe, Research Advisor,
Energy Efficiency
Paul Read, Research Fellow
Professor Kerry Pratt,
Theme Leader, Energy
Dr Mark Belkin,
KMRP/ MSI Research Fellow
Dr Terry Chan, Research Fellow
Dr Tina Kalivas, Research Fellow
(Indonesia)
Pan Wang, GIS Programmer
Professor John Langford
Professor Ray Ison, Professor, Systems
for Sustainability and Open University UK
Dr Phil Wallis, Research Fellow
Naomi Rubenstein, Research Assistant
BehaviourWorks Australia
Dr Liam Smith, Director
Dr Jim Curtis, Research Fellow
Education
Professor Geoff Rose, Professor and
Convenor, Education for Sustainability
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Mark Boulet, Manager, Education Team
Kati Thompson,
Green Steps Training Coordinator
Erin Simpson, Green Steps Internship
and Alumni Coordinator
Emma Grace,
Green Steps Project Administrator
Kendra Scaife,
Green Steps Project Administrator
Sustainability Reporting
Belinda Towns, Manager, Sustainable
Campus Group and Sustainable Reporting
Stephen Derrick, Manager,
Sustainable Campus Group
Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
Professor Tony Wong, Director
and Chief Executive
Professor Ana Deletic, Director
Professor Rebekah Brown, Director
Cara Jordan, Business Manager
Katia Bratieres, Stakeholder Relations
and Research Development
Dr Phillip Johnstone, Adjunct Associate
Professor (DSE Science-Policy 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
Vicki Kyriakakis,
Communications & Marketing Manager
Astha Batra, Project Officer
Chrissie Murray, Project Officer
Tonya Higgins, Advisor
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World-leading
Programs
Exciting research, new ventures
and real-world impact
marked MSI’s programs
and initiatives in 2011.
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AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE
ARSON PREVENTION INITIATIVE
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
The Australian Bushfire Arson 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.
The program was launched in 2009 with the help of funding
from RACV Insurance. Monash academics are working with
industry and government to identify and address information
gaps, design and test prevention measures, and bring together
key stakeholders from across all sectors of the community.
The program works closely with organisations and groups
involved in arson prevention from around the country and the
world. This includes the Country Fire Authority (CFA), the
Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, The
Victorian Police, Crime Stoppers, the Australian Institute of
Criminology, the Victorian Government, the European Network
of Arson Practitioners, and the European Accidental, Natural
and Social Fire Risk Assessment and Management Project
based in the United Kingdom.
> During a research study into
community attitudes on reporting
of suspected arson, Monash
academics uncovered a number
of crucial factors that inhibited
people’s willingness to report
their suspicions. This information
helped Crime Stoppers design a
very successful and impactful
promotional campaign for the
2011/2012 bushfire season.
> The Gippsland Arson Prevention
Program (GAPP) was launched in
February 2011, bringing together
emergency management
agencies and industry with the
academic know-how of the
Monash Sustainability Institute to
reduce the incidence of
destructive arson across the
Latrobe Valley and Gippsland.
> MSI joined efforts with the CFA
to form the new Youth Fire-Setting
Working Group in January.
Led by the CFA, the group is
coordinating resources to combat
youth fire-setting.
> A new program developed in
2011 is coordinating data on
suspected arsonists and arson
prevention from organisations
across Australia to develop
international best-practice in
arson prevention.
‘Information provided by
Monash academics
helped Crime Stoppers
design a very successful
and impactful campaign.’
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2011
PEOPLE
Core Team
Dr Janet Stanley, Program Leader, MSI
Mr Paul Read, Senior Research Fellow, MSI
Simon J Rowntree, Project Manager, MSI
Organisational Partners
Crime Stoppers, Partner
Department of Justice Victoria, Funder
RACV Insurance, Funder
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
KEY
INITIATIVES
MSI’s team have joined forces
with industry and government
specialists from across the
community to tackle arson
through these crucial projects
and partnerships.
Prevention of Bushfire
Arson Information
Campaign
Supported by the Department of
Justice and RACV Insurance, Monash
researchers investigated community
attitudes on reporting arson. The
results have contributed to a to
successful state-wide Crime Stoppers
communications strategy across print,
radio and television. Three waves of
surveying were completed across fire
prone areas in 2011, revealing a
number of crucial factors that may
inhibit reporting of suspicion of
arson activities.
Gippsland Arson
Prevention Program
Launched in February 2011, this group
met regularly through the year as part
of a new initiative to plan for and
prevent arson in the bushfire season.
Founding members include the CFA,
Department of Sustainability and
Environment, Victoria Police, Latrobe
City Council, HVP Plantations, Loy
Yang Power, Gippsland Water, Tru
Energy and Monash Sustainability
Institute. The group is working on joint
marketing initiatives, coordinating
surveillance on fire danger days,
improving inter-organisational
communication and coordinating
risk-management activities.
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MSI research into community attitudes on reporting arson led to a highly successful
summer campaign.
Youth Fire-setting
Working Group
The Youth Fire-setting Working Group
is a new collaboration (set up in 2011)
between key health agencies, state
government and the Monash
Sustainability Institute. The project is
being led by the CFA and Metropolitan
Fire and Emergency Services Board. It
brings together professionals in the
field to share information, and better
coordinate resources and activities.
The group is improving pathways of
referral between organisations, and
sharing health care plans, prevention
and intervention approaches.
Data Harmonisation
Project
The Data Harmonisation Project is
assisting Australia’s pursuit of an
international best-practice arson
prevention strategy. The project, led by
MSI researchers, will coordinate data
held by emergency services across the
country in order to better understand
the information gaps and map
communities at risk of arson.
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2011 HIGHLIGHTS
> BWA was launched in
September by the Monash
Sustainability Institute, EPA
Victoria, the Shannon Company
and Sustainability Victoria.
BEHAVIOURWORKS AUSTRALIA
Launched in September 2011, BehaviourWorks Australia (BWA)
draws together the best interdisciplinary researchers at Monash
University with leading practitioners in government and business
who share an interest in behaviour change research and
environmental sustainability.
BWA is a partnership between the Monash Sustainability Institute
(MSI), EPA Victoria, The Shannon Company and Sustainability
Victoria. Its mission is to become an internationally-recognised
behaviour change research centre for environmental sustainability. It
incorporates the expertise and learnings of a host of behaviour
change disciplines and practices to understand behaviour and
develop applied approaches to influence the everyday decisions that
are integral to living in a sustainable world.
> Leading international
conservation psychologist
Professor Sam Ham from the
University of Idaho visited BWA
and its partners in February and
September 2011 to collaborate on
a range of programs and
activities.
> BWA won an ARC Linkage
Grant together with colleagues
from the University of Queensland
and Oregon State University. The
project examines, in a tourism
context, how intentions to take on
conservation actions can be
translated into actual behaviour
change by post-visit
communication and engagement.
> The BWA team worked with
EPA Victoria and Sustainability
Victoria on a review of the thinking
behind their behaviour change
programs. The results of the
review are informing future work
for both organisations.
PEOPLE
‘BehaviourWorks
Australia’s mission is to
become an internationallyrecognised behaviour
change research centre
for environmental
sustainability.’
Core Team
Dr Liam Smith, Director, BWA
Dr Jim Curtis, Research Fellow, BWA
Dr Rumi Ramkissoon, Research Fellow, BWA
Advisory Board
Professor Dave Griggs, Director, MSI
Mr John Merritt, CEO, EPA Victoria
Mr Bill Shannon, Director,
The Shannon Company
Professor John Thwaites, Chair, MSI
Mr Stan Krpan, CEO, Sustainability Victoria
BWA Working Group
Ms Sharon Bullen, Group Manager,
The Shannon Company
Dr Stefan Kaufman, Social Science Portfolio
Leader, EPA Victoria
Ms Susan Pyke, Strategic Research, Planning
and Business Improvement, Sustainability
Victoria
Organisational Partners
EPA Victoria, Founding Partner
Sustainability Victoria, Delivery Partner
The Shannon Company, Founding Partner
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
KEY
INITIATIVES
It’s the new kid on the MSI block,
but BWA has hit the ground running
in 2011 through some innovative
new projects around Australia.
Ergon Energy
and Peak
Electricity Demand
In 2011, BWA worked with
Queensland-based Ergon Energy to
review strategies that influence
behaviour and reduce peak energy
demand amongst consumers. BWA
will continue to work with Ergon in
2012 on further work identified during
the review.
Researcher-inresidence program
BWA established a researcher-inresidence program that links Monash
University behaviour change expertise
directly into government and industry.
The program assisted participating
organisations to build a stronger
evidence-base for behaviour change
projects and programs by linking them
into the latest scholarly thinking around
human behaviour and effective
intervention design.
Part of the successful
CRC team that
won $30 million in
government funding
BWA was part of the successful team
awarded a $30 million CRC for the
Centre for Water Sensitive Cities. BWA
researchers developed research
questions to identify, understand and
influence behaviours to accelerate the
transition to water sensitive cities. Read
more on this project on page 4.
Zoo visits and
conservation
behaviour
BWA is working with Taronga Zoo, Zoos
Victoria, Zoos South Australia and Perth
Zoo to uncover how websites can be
used to influence the behaviour of
visitors after they visit the zoo.
Researchers are investigating the
effectiveness of different website content
in supporting behaviour change, as
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previous studies have shown that
despite having high intentions to
undertake pro-wildlife behaviour, zoo
visitors usually demonstrated little or no
change in behaviour.
Green Steps
Advanced
A collaboration between Green Steps
and BehaviourWorks Australia, this
initiative has drawn on advanced
theory and practical approaches to
behaviour change to develop a
Behaviour Change Master Class for
industry and government. As part of
this initiative, BehaviourWorks Australia
and Green Steps did a joint
presentation to the 2011 Government
Sustainability Conference: “Developing
behaviour change programs to engage
staff in sustainability”.
EPA Victoria and
Sustainability
Victoria Program
Logic Review
In 2011, BWA conducted a review of
the program logics of EPA Victoria and
Sustainability Victoria. The review
identified opportunities to improve and
integrate behaviour change principles
into their programs. It also identified
future research opportunities for both
agencies, which will significantly
improve the behaviour change
strategies of both.
Hosting leading
international experts
Leading overseas researchers were
invited to engage and collaborate with
BWA researchers and partners to offer
strategic and advanced perspectives
on behaviour change. Professor Sam
Ham from the University of Idaho and
Director of the Centre for International
Training and Outreach was hosted in
2011. In 2012, this initiative will
expand with visits from Professor
John Thøgersen from Aarhus
University, Professor Bas Verplanken
from the University of Bath, and
Professor Susan Michie from
University College London.
Identifying
collaborative
research
opportunities
BWA ran a research workshop in
late 2011 to explore the collaborative
research opportunities between
Monash academics and industry
practitioners working in the field of
behaviour change and environmental
sustainability. A particular focus of
the workshop was the development
of interdisciplinary research projects
and teams for ARC Linkage
applications in 2012. The workshop
resulted in the identification of over
30 project opportunities.
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2011 HIGHLIGHTS
CENTRE FOR WATER
SENSITIVE CITIES
MSI’s internationally renowned Centre for Water Sensitive Cities is
playing a pivotal role in the drive to transform Australia’s cities into
attractive, liveable, eco-friendly and resilient places in which to live,
work and invest.
The Centre conducts cutting-edge research on urban water
management for urban productivity, liveability and sustainability.
Researchers are studying stormwater management, urban
climatology, decentralised urban water services, urban planning and
design, economics of water resilience, urban water governance, and
water quality health risk management. Centre researchers are also
working closely with planning, development and water management
professionals in crucial industry partnerships and supporting
evidence-based development of government policies on water.
To achieve this, the Centre brings together the significant expertise of
Monash University in research and development for advancing water
sensitive cities. Over 60 research staff and students from the faculties
of Arts, Engineering, Science, and Business and Economics
contribute to the Centre’s activities and programs.
PEOPLE
Core Team
Professor Tony Wong, CWSC, Director
and CEO
Professor Ana Deletic, Director (Department
of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering)
Professor Rebekah Brown, Director (School
of Geography and Environmental Science,
Faculty of Arts)
Katia Bratieres, MSI, Stakeholder Relations
and Research Development
Dr Phillip Johnstone, Program Leader –
Science-Policy Partnership (Seconded from
Victoria’s Department of Sustainability and
Environment)
Cara Jordan, MSI, Business Manager
Key Academic and Research Staff
(Monash University)
Ross Allen, Project Leader, Cities as Water
Supply Catchments
Professor John Thwaites, Chair of Project
Management Committee, Monash
Sustainability Institute
School of Geography and
Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts
Professor Jason Beringer, Project Leader
Katie Brookes, Research Fellow
Dr Andrew Coutts, Research Fellow
Dr Meredith Dobbie, Research Fellow
Dr Megan Farrelly, Lecturer
Dr Fjalar de Haan, Research Fellow
Professor Ray Ison, Research Collaborator
Dr Margaret Loughnan, Research Fellow
Professor Nigel Tapper, Project Leader
Department of Civil Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering
Dr Edoardo Daly, Research Fellow
Cintia Dotto, Research Fellow
Dr Belinda Hatt, Lecturer
Louisa John-Krol, Administrative Assistant
Peter Kolotelo, Research Assistant
Dr David McCarthy, Lecturer
Dr Catherine Osborne, Research Fellow
Peter Poelsma, Research Assistant
Christine Schang, Research Assistant
Richard Williamson, Technical Assistant
Frank Winston, Manager, Hydraulics
Laboratory
Yaron Zinger, Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences, Faculty
of Science
Professor Jenny Davis, Research
Collaborator
Dr Ross Thompson, Senior 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
Department of Economics, Faculty of
Business and Economics
Dr Dinusha Dharmaratna, Lecturer
Professor Lata Gagadharan,
Project Leader
Dr Anke Leroux, Senior Lecturer
Dr Paul Raschky, Lecturer
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> In 2011, Monash led a successful
application to establish a Cooperative
Research Centre for Water Sensitive
Cities. The Centre won a $30 million
CRC for a nine-year $120 million
research program that will begin
in July 2012.
> Centre Directors Tony Wong and Ana
Deletic co-launched an applied research
program with Israeli scientists in Ramat
Gan in April 2011 that will focus on how
to create water sensitive cities in Israel.
> Over 50 students and industry
professionals attended the Centre’s
inaugural Winter School in July 2011 an intensive five day program focusing
on the practical factors involved in
transitioning to a water sensitive city.
> In early 2011 the Centre published its
inaugural blueprint2011 – Stormwater
Management in a Water Sensitive City.
The report is a ‘how to’ guide on
managing urban stormwater and
integrating management technologies
into Australian urban design practices.
> The Cities as Water Supply
Catchments Program welcomed an
additional 25 new industry partners
from NSW, Victoria and Western
Australia and launched a new research
node in Perth in July 2011. The Program
now involves local and state
government departments across five
states in Australia.
Key Associates
(non-Monash University)
Dr Rupak Aryal, University of Queensland
Dr Peter Breen, AECOM
Associate Professor Heather Chapman,
Griffith University
Hugh Duncan, Melbourne Water/ eWater
CRC/ Monash University
Professor Beate Escher,
University of Queensland
Professor Tim Fletcher,
University of Melbourne
Dr Wolfgang Guernjak,
University of Queensland
Jane-Louise Lampard, Griffith University
Dr Peter Morison, Melbourne Water
and Monash University
Tim O’Loan, AECOM
Jeroen Rijke, Delft University of Technology
and Monash University
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
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
KEY INITIATIVES
The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
is internationally-renowned for its
innovative projects and initiatives
and boasts over 50 partner
universities and organisations.
Cities as Water
Supply Catchments
Researchers in the Cities as Water
Supply Catchments program are
studying the potential for using
stormwater to build greener, more
liveable cities that are resilient to the
challenges of a growing population
and climate change. This flagship fiveyear national research program, led by
Monash University, brings together five
research partners in eight separate but
interlinked projects and counts 52
industry partners throughout Australia.
In 2011 the program released the
blueprint2011 to wide industry
acclaim.
The research and
outreach activities led
by the Centre for Water
Sensitive Cities are
grouped into three
types of programs:
fundamental research;
applied research and
industry outreach.
DAnCE 4 Water –
Dynamic Adaptation
for Enabling City
Evolution For Water
Researchers on this project are
developing a modelling tool that can
test possible scenarios for managing
urban water when building and
renewing Australian cities and towns.
The tool will allow practitioners to test
a large number of potential urban
water systems that take into account
uncertain climate, population growth
and different city development
outcomes at a range of scales.
WSUD Technologies
Researchers on the WSUD
Technologies program are developing
and testing a range of new
technologies for managing urban
water systems, particularly
management of urban stormwater. The
technologies being developed are
focussed on improving water quality
and restoring the movement,
distribution and quality of water in our
natural catchments. They also aim to
deliver a wider range of benefits
including aesthetic and micro-climate
benefits.
Urban Water
Governance
blueprint2011
The Cities as Water Supply Catchment’s program
blueprint2011 was published in early 2011. The
blueprint2011 is a ‘how to’ guide on managing urban
storm water and integrating management technologies
into Australian urban design practice. The blueprint will
be updated annually with the latest research findings.
Download it today at www.watersensitivecities.org.au/?page_id=5056
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Researchers on the Urban Water
Governance Program are working to
bridge the gap between policy and
implementation through fundamental
and applied research in urban water
management. The program is building
a reliable base of knowledge on
governance of urban water - the
management of collective issues, the
stakeholders involved and the
processes used to deliver treat and
dispose of water in cities.
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Launch of WA
Research Node
Twenty new partners from
Western Australia joined the Cities
as Water Supply Catchments
Program in July 2011, including
the University of Western Australia
where a research centre of the
national program has been
established. The new WA-based
centre was launched by The Hon.
Bill Marmion, WA Minister for
Environment and Water on 24
October 2011. The collaborative
centre will play an important role
in delivering better management
of urban stormwater to help
create water sensitive cities
and towns.
Ecosystem Dynamics
Researchers working on the
Ecosystem Dynamics Program are
exploring the link between urban water
systems, the urban landscape and
ecosystems, with a focus on aquatic
receiving waters such as streams,
wetlands and estuaries. The program
is examining how water sensitive
urban design can be used to support
and restore natural elements of
ecosystem function, and protect
the ecosystem and their services
to humans.
Science-Policy
Partnership
Green Cities and
Microclimate
Researchers in the Green Cities and
Microclimate Program are working to
determine the advantages of using
decentralised stormwater harvesting
solutions, green infrastructure and
technologies on urban microclimate.
They are also developing stormwater
harvesting strategies to improve urban
climate, carbon sequestration,
stormwater runoff and air quality.
Implementation
Models
Researchers working on the
Implementation Models Program are
creating new ways of implementing
water-sensitive cities using sciencebacked planning, and technical tools
and frameworks. Researchers on the
program are working closely with
industry to create new models for
practitioners to use.
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The Science–Policy Partnership is a
joint initiative between the Victorian
Department of Sustainability and
Environment (DSE) and Monash
University. The partnership is linking
the Centre’s research to the
Department’s policy programs to
ensure that policies on urban water
resources are evidence-based. The
Partnership supports the application of
science to inform policy decisions,
particularly the Living Melbourne,
Living Victoria policy.
Capacity Building for
Water Sensitive Cities
The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities is
feeding its research into state based
industry training programs run by
organisations like ClearWater (Vic),
Water by Design (Qld), WSUD (NSW),
and New WAterways (WA). These
collaborations are drawing together
the resources, networks, knowledge
and tools to support the transition to
water-sensitive cities.
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
Organisational Partners
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2011 HIGHLIGHTS
> In April 2011, ClimateWorks
Australia released their 2011 update
of the Low Carbon Growth Plan for
Australia measuring the cost of
delaying action to reduce
greenhouse emissions.
> In May 2011, The Low Carbon
Growth Plan for Greater Geelong
was launched in Geelong by Prime
Minister Julia Gillard.
> In August 2011, ClimateWorks
released its report on the impact of
the carbon price on the Low Carbon
Growth Plan. It was launched to a
full-house in Treasury Theatre,
Melbourne and received national
media coverage.
ClimateWorks Australia is an independent non-profit
organisation, founded by The Myer Foundation and Monash
University, with international links to the US-based ClimateWorks
Foundation. Its mission is to catalyse action to substantially
reduce greenhouse emissions in Australia. In 2011 – its second
full year of operation – ClimateWorks leveraged the success of
the award-winning Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia to
further expand into new areas of research and engagement.
> In September 2011, The Unlocking
Barriers to Cogeneration Report was
launched in partnership with the
Property Council of Australia.
> In October 2011, the Low Carbon
Growth Plan for Gippsland was
launched at Monash University
Churchill Campus.
PEOPLE
‘ClimateWorks Australia’s
mission is to catalyse
action to substantially
reduce greenhouse
emissions in Australia.’
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Core Team
Professor Dave Griggs, CEO
Anna Skarbek, Executive Director
Meg Argyriou, Head of Engagement
Amandine Denis, Head of Research
Vicki Kyriakakis, Communications
and Marketing Manager
Tonya Higgins, Advisor
Chrissie Murray, Project Officer
Astha Batra, Project Officer
Samantha Tannahill, Executive Assistant
Tahl Kestin, Climate Scientists Australia Secretariat
Board
Professor John Thwaites, Chair,
Monash University
David Shelmerdine, Deputy Chair,
The Myer Foundation
Howard Bamsey, United States Studies Centre,
Sydney University
Anna Burke, Federal Member for Chisholm
Professor Edwina Cornish,
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Monash University
Professor Dave Griggs, CEO,
ClimateWorks Australia
Sam Mostyn, Leading Business and
Sustainability Advisor
Jon Myer, Communications Manager,
The Foundation for Young Australians
Anna Skarbek, Executive Director,
ClimateWorks Australia
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
KEY INITIATIVES
In just two years, ClimateWorks Australia has
made a big impact on the national discussion
on what to do to reduce greenhouse emissions.
2011 saw the organisation branch out into
new and exciting initiatives.
(Left to right) Professor John Thwaites, Chair –
ClimateWorks Australia, Tony Wood, Program Director
(Energy) - Grattan Institute, Anna Skarbek, Executive
Director – ClimateWorks Australia, Professor Snow
Barlow, Associate Dean (Strategic Relationships) –
Melbourne University, and Rob Murray-Leach, CEO –
Energy Efficiency Council at the launch of the Carbon
Price impact report in August 2011.
Cost of Delay
Report released to
national acclaim
Low Carbon Growth
Plan for Greater
Geelong launched
In May 2011, ClimateWorks released
its 2011 update on the Low Carbon
Growth Plan for Australia. The report
measured the financial cost of delaying
action to reduce emissions, calculating
that it was costing the Australian
economy $5 million a week. It received
wide-spread national media attention.
In 2011, Prime Minister Julie Gillard
launched ClimateWorks Australia’s
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong.
The plan identified that Geelong could
save more than 1 million tonnes of
greenhouse emission a year at the low
annual cost of less than $50 a tonne.
The report has since been included in
the Future Proofing Geelong program,
owned by the City of Greater Geelong,
Barwon Water, Deakin University,
Committee for Geelong, Geelong
Manufacturing Council, Geelong
Chamber of Commerce and EPA
Victoria. Projects from the plan are
also being coordinated across the city
by two dedicated staff. More than 80
attendees from Geelong businesses
participated in a workshop focused on
aligning potential energy efficiency
projects with funding. Greater Geelong
Council is also using the plan to
prioritise projects to improve energy
efficiency in Council owned properties.
Low Carbon
Growth Plan for
Macquarie Park
In November 2011, ClimateWorks
released its Low Carbon Growth Plan
for Macquarie Park. The report found
that building owners and tenants in
Macquarie Park could save $24.4
million annually by 2020 and reduce
their greenhouse emissions by 42%
each year.
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Low Carbon Growth
Plan for Gippsland
launched
The Low Carbon Growth Plan for
Gippsland was launched in October
2011, at Monash University’s
Gippsland campus. The Plan found
that Gippsland could reduce
greenhouse emissions by 1.5 million
tonnes a year while saving almost
$100 million annually by 2020.
Regional councils are now
coordinating their efforts better to
capture the opportunities identified in
the plan. The Gippsland Local
Government Network is also
supporting an Implementation
Manager to coordinate projects across
the region identified in the Plan.
Impact of the Carbon
Price report released
to national acclaim
Within a month of the Carbon Price
legislation being announced by the
Federal Government, ClimateWorks
produced an analysis of the impact the
legislation would have on the Low
Carbon Growth Plan for Australia. The
report found that the carbon price
package had the potential to reduce
Australia’s domestic greenhouse gas
emissions by 124 million tonnes per
year – more than double Treasury’s
modelling of domestic abatement
achievable through the carbon price
alone. The report was launched at
Treasury Gardens in August 2011 and
received national press coverage.
National Australia
Bank – Retail
Energy Efficiency
Report released
ClimateWorks Australia partnered with
the National Australia Bank (NAB) in
2011 to produce a detailed report on
the energy efficiency savings to be
made in the Australian Retail Sector.
ClimateWorks researchers found that
the retail sector could significantly
reduce its energy use between now
and 2020, saving a total of $1 billion
annually across the economy. NAB
found that the energy savings are
equivalent to 2.1% to 5.5% growth in
revenue, which is as much as five
times historical growth rates and
double current projections for the
retail sector.
Unlocking the Barriers
to Cogeneration
Report released
In September 2011, ClimateWorks
and the Property Council released a
comprehensive report on the
cogeneration technology. The report
made a number of recommendations
on ways to remove or ease barriers
standing in the way of business and
industry making best use of
cogeneration. ClimateWorks is
continuing to work with partners to
implement the findings of the report,
including a formal rule change to the
National Electricity Rules to improve
the grid connection process.
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Organisational
Partners
The Myer Foundation,
Funder and Co-Founder
Monash University,
Funder and Co-Founder
Business
Alcoa
AGL
BHP Billiton
CitiPower
Commonwealth Bank
Deutsche Bank
Ergon Energy
International Power
Loy Yang Power
National Australia Bank
Origin Energy
Powercor Australia
Government
City of Greater Geelong
Department of Climate Change
and Energy Efficiency
Department of Resources,
Energy and Tourism
EPA Victoria
Latrobe City
NSW Office of Environment
and Heritage
Regional Development Australia
Sustainability Victoria
Victorian Department of
Sustainability and Environment
Academic and Non-Profit
Australian Conservation Foundation
ACOSS
Australian Council of
Superannuation Investors
Australian Industry Group
Brotherhood of St Laurence
CSIRO
Geelong Manufacturing Council
Property Council of Australia
Swinburne University
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
PEOPLE
Core Team
Dr Marion Carey,
Program Leader, MSI
Dr Janet Stanley,
Co-investigator, MSI
CLIMATE CHANGE,
BIODIVERISTY AND HEALTH
The Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health Program is working to
improve our understanding of how changes to the natural
environment, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, affect
human health. Led by MSI’s Dr Marion Carey, the program draws
together expertise from MSI and Monash University’s Faculty of
Medicine with other national health experts to research issues of
climate change vulnerability, water insecurity, air pollution, heat
impacts, and the value of natural ecosystems to human health. The
program is funded by VicHealth (The Victorian Health Promotion
Foundation) and Monash University, with support from the Victorian
Department of Sustainability and the Environment.
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
> An innovative study was conducted in 2011 on the impacts of extreme weather on
the health and wellbeing of homeless people in Victoria – from the perspective of
health service providers.
> Insights from MSI’s Australian Biodiversity and Human Health project were presented
at the first International One Health Congress in Melbourne in February 2011.
> Researchers conducted a study on the impact of long-term water insecurity on the
health and well-being of residents in small towns in rural Victoria.
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Key Associates
Dr Nigel Barr, School of Health
and Sports Sciences, Faculty
of Science, Health, Education
and Engineering, University of
the Sunshine Coast
Ms Denise Beaudequin, School
of Health and Sports Sciences,
Faculty of Science, Health,
Education and Engineering,
University
of the Sunshine Coast
Dr Mark Holmes, School of
Health and Sports Sciences,
Faculty of Science, Health,
Education and Engineering,
University of the Sunshine
Coast
Ms Catherine Pendrey, Project
Officer, Bachelor of Medical
Sciences, Monash University
Dr Anne Roiko, School of
Health and Sports Sciences,
Faculty of Science, Health,
Education and Engineering,
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 Preventive Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing
and Health Sciences
Dr Margaret Stebbing,
Department of Rural and
Indigenous Health, Faculty of
Medicine, Nursing and Health
Sciences, Monash University
Dr Ken Winkel, Director,
Australian Venom Research
Unit, Department of
Pharmacology, University
of Melbourne
Organisational Partners
Department of Pharmacology,
University of Melbourne,
Delivery Partner
Monash University, Faculty of
Medicine, Nursing and Health
Sciences, Funder and
Delivery Partner
School of Health and Sports
Sciences, Faculty of Science,
Health, Education and
Engineering, University
of the Sunshine Coast,
Funder and Delivery Partner
The Victorian Health Promotion
Foundation (VicHealth), Funder
Victorian Department
of Sustainability and
Environment, Funder
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2011
KEY INITIATIVES
MSI researchers are putting a
human face to the climate
change and biodiversity question
through a range of projects
and initiatives.
Climate Change
Vulnerability
Bushfires, floods and extreme heat
can have major impacts on health and
are expected to increase in frequency
and intensity due to climate change.
Homeless people can be particularly
vulnerable because of greater
exposure to climatic hazards, high
burden of disease and limited capacity
to adapt to stressors. However, there
is very little research on this issue. In
2011, MSI ran a study to examine the
impact of extreme weather events on
the health and wellbeing of homeless
people in Victoria from the perspective
of service providers. The results of the
study are being prepared for peerreviewed publication and will assist
adaptation planning to protect our
most vulnerable citizens.
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. MSI researchers are working
with the Victorian Department of
Sustainability and Environment and the
University of Melbourne to synthesise
and disseminate information on the
links between biodiversity and human
health in an Australian context and the
implications of biodiversity loss.
Insights from the project were included
in a submission to the House Standing
Committee on Climate Change,
Environment and the Arts Inquiry into
Australia’s Biodiversity in a
Changing Climate. They were also
presented to the First International
One Health Congress in Melbourne
in February 2011.
Water Security, Health
and Wellbeing
Researchers on this project are
studying how long-term water
insecurity in small rural towns in
Victoria affects the lives of residents
and how they are adapting to these
problems. Focus groups and key
informant interviews were conducted
in four rural Victorian towns
experiencing water security
challenges. An analysis of the data has
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MSI researchers are studying the human
impact of extreme weather events like
floods, which are predicted to increase as
a result of climate change
offered insights into the adaptive
responses of both individual rural
Victorians and communities. The
project is being run with seed funding
from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing
and Health Sciences Strategic Grant
Scheme, in partnership with the
Monash University Departments of
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
and Rural and Indigenous Health.
Adapting to the Health
Impacts of Heat
Researchers on this project are
studying the capacity of primary health
care practitioners to respond to the
challenges of extreme heat impacts.
The study will assess levels of
awareness among primary health care
and allied practitioners of the
anticipated health impacts of extreme
heat events. It is also looking at their
perceptions of who is most at risk
and their perceived role in the
prevention and management of
health heat impacts.
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
> Green Steps has more than
doubled in size in the last twelve
months – offering eight courses at
eight Universities, four Green Steps
@ Work courses, and 15
customised training courses and
other consultancies for different
organisations around Australia.
GREEN STEPS
Green Steps is a multi-award winning MSI program that empowers
tertiary students and professionals with the practical skills to make
their workplaces and work practices more sustainable. Developed by
students for students, this hands-on sustainability education and
leadership program uses a combination of training, internships and
work-based projects to equip participants with the tools and
confidence to be effective change-agents working within
organisations towards sustainability.
Green Steps has been turning passion into action for eleven years and
has trained more than 600 people and partnered with over 350
organisations Australia-wide. Since its inception, the program has run
over 60 individual courses. Green Steps also offers practical
environmental training tailored to individual workplaces and sectors.
> Green Steps partnered with three
new universities in 2011. Students
at the University of Newcastle,
Charles Sturt University and the
University of Tasmania can now
take part in Green Steps courses.
The Tasmanian course is
supported by a Climate Connect
Grant from the Tasmanian Climate
Change Office.
> Green Steps participants can
now receive an accredited Skill Set
and four competency certificates
under the Vocational Education
and Training Scheme. The Monash
‘Environmental Program Design
and Change Management in
Organisations Skill Set’ was
created with funding from the
Department of Education,
Employment and Workplace
Relations and is delivered in
partnership with the Monash Short
Courses Centre.
> Green Steps completed its three
year partnership with Sustainability
Victoria’s ResourceSmart program,
delivering the last two training
courses in 2011. Hundreds of staff
from government agencies,
hospitals and tertiary institutions
around the state were trained in
how to develop environmental
action plans and improve their
organisation’s environmental
performance.
> Green Steps held the inaugural
‘ChangeMarkers Connect’ event in
Melbourne, with RMIT SEEDS, the
Centre for Sustainability
Leadership and the School for
Social Entrepreneurs. The pilot
forum brought together alumni
from all four programs for an
evening of discussion and
networking. Alumni events were
also held in Sydney, Melbourne
and Brisbane.
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PEOPLE
KEY INITIATIVES
MSI’s multi award-winning Green Steps
program grew in size and influence, with
more than 100 students graduating
from the program in 2011.
Green Steps @
University
Green Steps
Consultancies
Eight courses in as many universities
across Australia were run in 2011,
engaging over 100 students in
intensive sustainability skills training
and internships. This includes three
new university partners – two in
regional Australia.
Green Steps provided high level
consultancy services – primarily
around the development and delivery
of sustainability training packages and
staff engagement programs - to a
number of organisations, including
AECOM Pty Ltd, the National Australia
Bank and Sustainability Victoria.
Green Steps @
University Internships
The Green Steps’ internship program
expanded by 150% in 2011 and is
now delivered across five host
universities. The Green Steps
Internship program allows participants
to put what they’ve learned into
practice through an internship with a
host organisation. Green Steps will
place over 60 students within as many
host organisations across Australia in
2012.
Green Steps @
Work – Professional
Development
Four courses were run in 2011, as part
of our Green Steps @ Work
professional development program.
Over 40 professionals were engaged
from a wide diversity of sectors,
including government, business,
industry, and the community and
education sectors.
Green Steps @
Work – Onsite Training
Green Steps provided tailored, on-site
training for over eight different
organisations in 2011, including
Wannon Water, Fuji Xerox Australia
and the City of Yarra (VIC). 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 graduates take high-level
sustainability and leadership skills with
them into their careers.
ResourceSmart
In 2011, Green Steps delivered
the last of the training courses for
the ResourceSmart program.
Developed by Sustainability
Victoria (SV) and the Department
of Sustainability and Environment
(DSE), ResourceSmart aims to
improve an organisation’s
environmental performance
through the creation of an
environment management plan.
Since 2008, Green Steps has
delivered all ResourceSmart
training courses and has engaged
with hundreds of government
agencies, tertiary institutions, and
hospitals across Victoria, From
Melbourne to Colac, Stawell,
Bendigo and Benalla, over 100
environmental management
training sessions were delivered to
representatives from over 250
different organisations.
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Core Team
Mark Boulet, Manager, Education
Programs (MSI)
Emma Grace, Green Steps Project
Administrator (MSI)
Kendra Scaife, Green Steps Project
Administrator (MSI)
Erin Simpson, Green Steps Internship
Coordinator (MSI)
Kati Thompson, Green Steps Training
Coordinator (MSI)
Trainers
Emma Anglesey, Environment Tasmania
Meg Argyriou, ClimateWorks Australia
Ms Jess Fritze, Victorian Legal Aid
Stefan Hladenki, Victorian Department of
Premier and Cabinet
Kat Lavers, PermaBlitz
Aimee Maude, Monash University
Student
Thomas McMurchy, Macquarie University
Student
Kirsten Pitot de la Beaujardiere,
Macquarie University Student
Simone Shore, Pittwater Council
Mr Matt Wicking, Vic Super
Reference Group Members
Leanne Denby, Macquarie University
Jess Fritze, Victorian Legal Aid
Brett McDonald, ICLEI
Diane Nicholls, Sustainability Victoria
Rebecca Redfern, Monash Short
Courses
Anna Skarbek, ClimateWorks Australia
Will Symons, AECOM Pty Ltd
Jason Van Ballegooven, Department of
Education, Employment and Workplace
Relations
ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS
Funders
Commonwealth Department of
Education Employment and Workplace
Relations; Sustainability Victoria;
Tasmanian Climate Change Office
Training Clients
AECOM Pty Ltd; City of Yarra; Fuji Xerox
Australia; HomeGround Services Pty Ltd;
Metropolitan Waste Management Group;
Monash Office of Environmental
Sustainability; National Australia Bank;
Sustainability Victoria, Wannon Water
Delivery Partners
Green Steps @ University
ANUGreen, Australian National University;
Asset Management Services, University
of Tasmania; Careers Office, Flinders
University; CSU Green, Charles Sturt
University; Monash Office of
Environmental Sustainability; School of
Environment, Griffith University;
Sustainability Office, Macquarie
University; Tom Farrell Institute for the
Environment, University of Newcastle
Changemakers Connect
Centre for Sustainability Leadership;
RMIT SEEDS; School for Social
Entrepreneurship; Sydney Theatre
Company
Plus 40 organisations Australia-wide
acting as internship hosts for Green
Steps students
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Victoria’s Indigenous communities hold a vast treasure-trove of
wisdom and knowledge about the Australian landscape and
environment. That’s why MSI is working in partnership with
them to improve our understanding of traditional livelihoods,
values, practices and needs. This research can inform how we
deal with climate change and the policies we develop to
manage natural resources on traditional lands.
Monash academics, along with academics from Brown
University in the US, are working on the ground with Victoria’s
Yorta Yorta people to capture their deep knowledge of country –
knowledge that can help us better manage our water resources
and adapt to climate change in the Barmah-Millewa region on
the Murray River floodplains.
Using a mix of cultural mapping, GIS technology, and
stakeholder consultations, MSI is working with the Yorta Yorta
to capture their traditional knowledge of the region’s ecological,
legal and policy environments.
In addition to our work with the Yorta Yorta, MSI is also
assisting indigenous communities to respond to climate change
through a number of other initiatives, including the National
Indigenous Climate Change (NICC) project. Researchers, led by
the CSIRO, are working with corporate leaders and the
indigenous community to examine the common benefits and
risks associated with national responses to climate change.
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> Work began on MSI’s Yorta
Yorta project in 2011, after three
years of project development.
> World Bank expert on
Indigenous intellectual property
(IP) rights, Craig Hammer, visited
MSI to help develop IP protection
for Yorta Yorta knowledge.
> Over 50 people from around
Australia attended a national
Indigenous climate change
opportunities forum held by the
CSIRO with MSI in Alice Springs
in March 2011.
> With MSI support, the CSIRO
published a report following
extensive community consultation
entitled “Draft Indigenous
co-benefit criteria and
requirements to inform the
development of Australia’s
carbon farming initiative”
> MSI developed a policy options
paper for the State Government
on a Freestanding Statutory Right
(FSR) for traditional owner noncommercial access to and use of
natural resources.
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PEOPLE
Core Team – Yorta Yorta
project
Professor Dave Griggs,
Program Leader
Dr Carolina Adler, ETH
(Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology), Zürich,
Switzerland
Mr Lee Joachim, Yorta
Yorta Nation Aboriginal
Corporation
Dr Tahl Kestin, Research
Project Manager
Professor Amanda Lynch,
Brown University, USA
Mr Pan Wang, GIS
Programmer
Dr Xuan Zhao, School of
Geography and
Environmental Science,
Faculty of Arts
Ms Jackie Walker, Yorta
Yorta Nation Aboriginal
Corporation
Core Team – Other
Initiatives
Professor Dave Griggs, MSI
Mr Rowan Foley, Aboriginal
Carbon Fund
Ms Emily Gerrard, Allens
Arthur Robinson
Ms Cathy Robinson, CSIRO
Mr Joe Ross
Associated People –
Yorta Yorta project
Dr Kate Auty,
Commissioner for
Environmental Sustainability
Victoria
Mr Craig Hammer, World
Bank
Dr Mark Harris, School of
Law, Latrobe University
Professor John Langford,
UniWater (Monash
University and University of
Melbourne)
Ms Gordana Marin,
Commissioner for
Environmental Sustainability
Victoria
ORGANISATIONAL
PARTNERS
Funders
Department of Sustainability
and Environment, Victorian
State Government
Rural Industries Research
and Development
Corporation
Victorian Centre for Climate
Change Adaptation
Research (VCCCAR)
Delivery partners
Allens Arthur Robinson
Brown University, USA
Commissioner for
Environmental Sustainability
CSIRO
Desert Knowledge Australia
Yorta Yorta Nation
Aboriginal Corporation
Scientists have come together with Victoria’s Yorta Yorta community to better understand and
capture traditional knowledge.
KEY INITIATIVES
Victoria’s Yorta Yorta people are helping MSI researchers come to a
better understanding of traditional wisdom and knowledge and how it
can assist in a climate change affected world.
Learning from
Indigenous natural
resource management
in the Barmah-Millewa
Researchers on this project are
working with the Yorta Yorta people to
capture, protect and utilise traditional
knowledge to better manage the
Barmah-Millewa region. In 2011, the
project ran a highly successful pilot for
Yorta Yorta youth to collect cultural
data by interviewing their elders. MSI
also hosted an indigenous intellectual
property expert from the World Bank,
Craig Hammer.
National Indigenous
Climate Change
Forum
A national forum on Indigenous climate
change opportunities was held in Alice
Springs in late March, attracting over
50 participants from around the
country. The forum aimed to build
consensus about how Indigenous
people might be able to make the
most of carbon management and
carbon market opportunities. The
results of the forum were also used to
develop an opportunities ‘roadmap’.
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Report on Indigenous
co-benefit criteria and
requirements for
Australia’s Carbon
Farming Initiative
The CSIRO, in partnership with MSI,
led the development of a report on the
principles, criteria and requirements for
evaluating the Indigenous co-benefits
of carbon projects established under
Australia’s Carbon Farming Initiative
(CFI) scheme.
Policy Options Paper
on Free Standing
Statutory Right (FSR)
for traditional owner
non-commercial
access to and use of
natural resources
MSI produced a report for the
Victorian Government with pro-bono
support from Allens Arthur Robinson
on a Free Standing Statutory Right
(FSR). FSR is intended to recognise
the right of indigenous and traditional
owners to use and access their
ancestral land and natural resources
for non-commercial purposes.
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
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
work is particularly relevant to efforts to reduce
poverty in the region through sustainable
development of natural resources.
PEOPLE
Core Team
Dr Paul McShane, Chief Researcher, MSI
Dr Mark Belkin, Knowledge Management,
MSI
Dr Terry Chan, Systemic Modelling Natural
Resource Management Asia
Dr Tina Kalivas, Indonesian Projects, MSI
Mr Simon J Rowntree, Logistical Support for
International Projects, MSI
Key Associates
Professor Frada Burnstein, Knowledge
Management, School of Information
Technology
Dr Akbar Hessami, Clean Energy Technology,
School of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Dr Henry Linger, Knowledge Management,
School of Information Technology
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Dr Ha Phan, Knowledge Management
Vietnam, Faculty of Education
Professor Pushkar Maitra, Community
Development South Asia, Faculty of Business
and Economics
Dr Max Richter, Community Development
Indonesia, Political and Social Inquiry, Monash
Asia Institute
Dr Craig Thorburn, Advisor Community
Development Indonesia, School of Geography
and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts,
Monash University
Professor Marika Vicziany, Community
Development South Asia, Monash Asia
Institute
Professor Gordon Whyte, Community Health
South Asia, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and
Health Sciences
Organisational Partners
AusAid, Funder
Department of Forestry, Cambodia,
Collaborator
Forest Science Institute, Vietnam,
Collaborator
Institute of Development Studies Kolkata,
Collaborator
Institute of Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia,
Collaborator
Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment, Vietnam, Collaborator
National Council on Climate Change
Indonesia, Collaborator
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Collaborator
University of Palangka Raya, Indonesia,
Collaborator
Vietnam National University (Hanoi),
Collaborator
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2011 HIGHLIGHTS
> MSI researchers completed a large
body of work on an integrated
approach to major river basin
management in Indonesia, Vietnam
and India. The results of the work
have been reported to AusAID.
KEY INITIATIVES
MSI is taking Monash’s best sustainability expertise
into Asia with these key projects and initiatives.
> MSI hosted delegates from South
East Asia as part of an Australian
Leadership Fellowship Awards
Program: “Managing International
Rivers in Response to Climate
Change”. Delegates worked with
Monash University researchers from
many different fields of endeavour to
develop a multidisciplinary approach
to managing South Asian rivers in
response to climate change.
> MSI hosted a workshop in Jakarta,
Indonesia in 2011 with the
Directorates General of Transport.
The workshop brought together
leaders of the Aviation, Land and Sea
Transport sectors to evaluate the
consequences of climate change on
transport – a sector of immense
economic and social importance to
Indonesia as an archipelago of island
states.
> Together with the University of
Palangka Raya (Central Kalimantan),
MSI provided intensive English
Language training to senior
academics involved in community
development in the region. MSI
researchers also investigated ways in
which reducing deforestation and
forest degradation could reduce
emissions, in a way that is consistent
with the Indonesia Australia Forest
Carbon Partnership concerned with
low carbon economic growth for
Indonesia.
> MSI hosted a workshop on
community-based forest
management in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia which drew together
delegates from Vietnam, Cambodia,
India and Indonesia. Delegates
evaluated case studies to identify
sustainable community development
opportunities that were consistent
with forest conservation and
alternative livelihoods for forestdependent communities.
The Buriganga River - Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Extending successful
community-based
forest management in
response to climate
change
Researchers on this project compared
and contrasted case study examples
of community-based forest
management in Vietnam, Indonesia,
India, and Cambodia. The study aimed
to identify sustainable development
strategies that would allow for low
carbon growth and reduced
deforestation and forest degradation.
Managing community
impacts of climate
change in Bangladesh
Poor rural communities are
disproportionately affected by climate
change, particularly those in regional
areas facing severe floods and
droughts. Researchers on this project
studied the impacts on local
communities and developed possible
strategies for sustainable development
given likely climate change scenarios
in India and Bangladesh. The study
focused particularly on shared
resources, including major river
systems like the Ganges.
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Knowledge
management and the
carbon economy in
Indonesia
MSI researchers on this project are
working with local indigenous
communities in Indonesia to capture
and share traditional wisdom and
knowledge about the land. This work
is intended to develop understanding
at a community level, in order to
change behaviours and encourage
collaborative input from relevant
agencies on low carbon growth
opportunities in Indonesia.
Capacity Building: the
National Council on
Climate Change
Indonesia
The National Council on Climate Change
(DNPI) was established to advise the
President of Indonesia on climate
change policy. This reflects Indonesia’s
ambitious objective to reduce emissions
by 26% on 2000 levels by 2020 while
growing its economy by at least 7% per
annum. The Council faces the challenge
of coordinating a response among
different agencies responsible for
forwarding Indonesia’s aspirations for
low carbon growth. MSI researchers
worked with DNPI to develop a
knowledge management approach for
policy development and implementation.
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
> In 2011, Monash researchers led
research which places a dollar value on
the economic impact of improving
social sustainability, through valuing
aspects of social wellbeing. The work
has been published in peer reviewed
journals and a book on the project
published by Emerald Books, UK.
> MSI participated in a major
conference in South Africa on transport,
representing an invited plenary speaker
and major theme leader on social and
environmental sustainability in transport
in developed and developing countries.
> Two doctoral students are
undertaking research in this theme.
Paul Read is looking at the empirical
association between wellbeing, needs,
length of life and environmental
measures such as carbon emissions
and ecological footprint. He is
reanalysing data sets from the United
Nations using a new statistical
technique called Frontier Regression.
Stephen Derrick is exploring how
sustainability is understood and
operationalised by the higher education
sector. He is exploring this issue
particularly around the issue of time and
spatial concepts and how these are
reported in higher education institutions
in Australia and internationally.
> Dr Janet Stanley’s book based on her
research is being prepared for
publication in 2012: ‘Social Policy as if
the Environment Mattered: The Interface
Between Social and Environmental
Policies, Monash e-Press.
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SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY
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.
In particular, the program focuses on developing policies and
engaging the community on the issues of climate change, land
transport and how it connects to issues of social inclusion, and how
social and environmental sustainability are measured.
The program has already affected real policy outcomes in Australia. In
Victoria, the work heavily influenced the provision of $750 million for
local bus services over a 10 year period. It is also influencing the
evaluation of public transport services both in Australia and
internationally. It is leading international thinking on the social role of
transport and is finding ways to empirically measure this and place a
dollar value on improving social inclusion.
The issues are considered on an individual, national and international
level. Projects include both strategic and applied work, with a focus
on how social and environmental sustainability interrelate.
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MSI researchers are examining the ways in which
access to transport can impact wellbeing in Victoria.
KEY INITIATIVES
MSI researchers are studying the ways
in which social and environmental
sustainability interrelate and connect
through a series of initiatives.
Transport and
Social Inclusion
MSI researchers are examining how
sustainable transport can improve
social inclusion and wellbeing in
Victoria. Researchers on the study are
collecting empirical evidence and
measuring key indicators of social
sustainability, such as social inclusion,
sense of community and aspects of
social capital. They are also studying
the connection between these
indicators and providing evidence of the
ways in which improved mobility can
improve wellbeing in Victoria. The
project was funded by the Australian
Research Council (ARC).
Inclusive and
Sustainable
Community Transport
Researchers on this project are
developing a method to integrate all
transport mechanisms to improve the
sustainability and reach of transport in
regional Victoria. Starting with
Warrnambool, researchers are
exploring the benefits of establishing a
social enterprise to provide a transport
hub for the town and surrounding
areas. This social enterprise is now
being piloted by the business group,
Horizon 21, in a two year project.
Outcomes will be evaluated and if
successful, it is hoped the model will be
rolled-out in other regions in Australia.
PEOPLE
Improvement of
Transport Options
in Rural Victoria
Key Associates
Ms Alexa Delbosc, Researcher, Institute of
Transport Studies, Monash University
Professor Julian Hine, Partner Investigator,
School of the Built Environment, University
of Ulster
Dr Karen Lucas, Partner Investigator,
University of Oxford
Associate Professor Jenny Morris, Partner
Investigator, Department of Transport
(Victoria)
This project, funded by the Transport
Connections Program of the Victorian
Department of Planning and
Community Development, is assessing
the transport needs of people at risk of
social exclusion in the Shires of Moyne
and Corangamite, Victoria. It will lead
to recommendations about future
services in the Shires and provide
broader recommendations about
sustainable rural transport in Australia.
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Core Team
Dr Janet Stanley, Program Leader, MSI
Professor Graham Currie, Project Leader,
Faculty of Engineering
Professor John Stanley, Major Researcher,
Sydney University
Dr Dianne Vella-Brodrick, Major Researcher,
School of Psychology and Psychiatry,
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health
Sciences
Mr Stephen Derrick, Research Student
Mr Paul Read, Research Student
Organisational Partners
ARC, Funder
Bus Association of Victoria, Funder and
Delivery Partner
Department of Transport (Victoria), Funder
and Delivery Partner
Interface Councils, Funder
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
SUSTAINABLE
CITIES
The Sustainable Cities program,
led by Dr Janet Stanley, brings
together expertise from across
Monash University to better
understand the challenges
facing modern cities – especially
the challenges presented by
climate change. Researchers
are working to identify ways to
reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and environmental
destruction, while maintaining
inclusive, accessible, adaptive
and liveable cities.
The program is also examining
the governance structures
needed to achieve this
outcome. This includes looking
at the relationship between the
role of government policy, the
community and other sectors,
including business and
non-government organisations.
Researchers are particularly
interested in the complexity
and systemic nature of the
issues involved – including
how to restructure cities and
how essential needs can be
met. Studies include issues
such as the integration of
economic, social and
environmental needs, the place
of large infrastructure projects,
affordable housing, new cultural
communities and employment.
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
> A major program was
kick-started in 2011 to develop a
model of what sustainable coastal
townships might look like in 2030.
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KEY
INITIATIVES
MSI researchers have joined
forces with experts from inside
and outside Monash University
to work towards developing
sustainable cities in a time of
climate change.
What would a climate
adapted settlement
look like in 2030?
Researchers on this project are
developing a detailed model of what a
climate-adapted Australian settlement
would look like in 2030 through a
critical examination of two case-study
sites in Gippsland, Victoria.
Researchers are developing local
strategies, urban planning principles
and practices that respond to the
needs of the place and region. They
are also examining how these could
feed into national climate change
adaptation strategies.
Affordable and
sustainable housing
on the fringe of
Melbourne
Researchers on this project are
investigating effective early intervention
and secondary prevention strategies to
assist people who are at risk of
becoming homeless or remaining in the
crisis system. The research is focusing
on Dandenong, Casey, Cardinia, and
the Mornington Peninsula. The results
of the research will go towards
developing a more integrated system
of support in those regions. The
research will inform the work of
Windermere, the major welfare agency
in Melbourne’s new fringe suburbs, as
well as other responsible organisations
in the area – such as the police, local
government and Sheriff’s office.
Social need
in Boroondara
Researchers on this project are
exploring the social needs in the City
of Boroondara, particularly in the areas
of population growth, climate change
and the risk of a second
international recession. The research is
focusing particularly on the nature of
those needs, how the location impacts
those needs, the depth of the
problems, and whether they are
temporary or more permanent. The
research will inform the development
of planning for social need by
Camcare, a local welfare agency in
Boroondara.
The Impact of
Climate Change
and Heat Stress on
Homeless People
This project was undertaken in 2011
by Catherine Pendrey as her honours
medicine year and supervised by MSI’s
Dr Marion Carey and Dr Janet Stanley.
The project opened up a new field of
work by examining the impact of heat
on homeless people and the ability of
supporting health and welfare
agencies to meet the extra demands
of climate change on this vulnerable
population. Catherine studied
homeless people in central Melbourne,
as well as areas impacted by recent
flooding in rural Victoria.
Researchers are developing a model
for what a climate-adapted Australian
city or town would look like in 2030.
PEOPLE
Core Team
Dr Janet Stanley, Program Leader, MSI
Dr Marion Carey, Health Science, MSI
Professor Dave Griggs, Climate Science, MSI
Ms Catherine Pendrey, Honours Student
Dr Katie Vasey, Researcher
Key Associates
Professor Bob Birrell, Researcher, Faculty of Arts
Dr Peter Brain, Modelling, National Economics
Dr Michelle Duffy, Geographer, School of Applied Media and Social
Sciences, Monash Gippsland Professor Lenore Manderson,
Program Advisor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Dr Helen Martin, Planner, Shearwater Associates
Ms Tia Navanteri, Climate Change and Sustainability Services,
Department of Sustainability and Environment
Dr Mark Symmons, Psychologist, School of Applied Media
and Social Sciences
Dr Wendy Wright, Environmentalist, Environmental and
Biological Sciences, Monash Gippsland
Organisational Partners
Camcare Counselling and Support, Funder
Department of Sustainability and Environment, Funder and Delivery Partner
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Faculty, Funder
Shire of Bass Coast, Funder and Delivery Partner
South Gippsland Shire, Service Delivery
Windermere Child and Family Services, Funder and Delivery Partner
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WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS
SYSTEMIC AND ADAPTIVE
GOVERNANCE RESEARCH
The Systemic and Adaptive Governance program, led by
Professor Ray Ison, is investigating the practical and
theoretical strength of current ways of governing climate
change and water. Researchers are developing new
models and strategies to make sure future governance is
relevant and suitable for a climate-changing world. The
project is drawing together research on climate change
adaptation, social learning, organisational learning and
systems thinking.
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PEOPLE
Core Team
Professor Ray Ison, Program Leader
Mr Ben Iaquinto, Research Assistant,
School of Geography and Environmental Science,
Faculty of Arts
Dr Jana Paschen, Research Fellow,
School of Geography and Environmental Science,
Faculty of Arts
Ms Nicole Reichelt, Research Assistant
Ms Naomi Rubenstein, Research Assistant
Dr Phillip Wallis, Research Fellow
Mr Roger Wrigley, School of Geography and
Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts
Key Associates
Professor Lee Godden,
Melbourne Law School, The University of
Melbourne
National Water Governance Initiative
Organisational Partners
CSIRO Sustainable Agriculture,
Funder and Partner
National Climate Change Adaptation Research
Facility (NCCARF), Funder
Victorian Centre for Climate Change Adaptation
Research (VCCCAR), Funder
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2010 HIGHLIGHTS
> A three-day workshop was held in April 2011 for early career
researchers and practitioners in water governance. The
workshop provided the next generation of researchers and
scientists with access to the latest thinking on water
governance.
> A new two-year project was kicked off with the CSIRO Africa
Food Security Initiative. MSI researchers are studying
organisational learning and developing ways for CSIRO project
staff to capture learning from their experience and build better
links with the African agencies they are working with.
> MSI brought together leading national water governance
researchers and agencies over two-days in November, for the
final workshop of the National Climate Change Adaptation
Research Facility (NCCARF) Conference — Water Governance
Research Initiative.
> MSI launched a special issue of Water Resources
Management in December 2011, focusing on water governance
in a climate change affected world
> MSI researchers were called on to present evidence at the
Windsor Inquiry into the Management of the Murray-Darling
Basin, drawing on the outcomes of the Water Governance
Research Initiative
Narrative Research
in Climate Change
Adaptation
Monash University's Christy Briles from the School of Geography and Environmental
Sciences, with MSI's Dr Phil Wallis and Shaun Cunningham from the School of
Biological Sciences at the Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank run by the Australian
Academy of Sciences.
KEY INITIATIVES
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.
National Water
Governance Research
Initiative
The Water Governance Research
Initiative is a project of the NCCARF
Water Resources and Freshwater
Biodiversity Adaptation Research
Network. The Initiative is building a
community of the best minds across
the nation to tackle the timely and
urgent issue of how we manage
Australia’s scarce water resources. Its
objectives are to create a conversation
about water governance in Australia,
build collaborative research links,
create opportunities for co-researching
and information sharing, and provide
opportunities for early-career
researchers to participate in a national
network of researchers and researchusers.
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As society begins to tackle the
challenges of adapting to climate
change, the importance of language
and communication to successful
adaptation are becoming more
apparent. Researchers on this project
are exploring the different levels of
meaning inherent in discussions
around climate change, including how
narratives and stories are framed. This
work is part of a larger project that is
looking at climate change adaptation
from a Victorian perspective. The work
is funded by the Victorian Centre for
Climate Change and Adaptive
Research (VCCCAR) and is being run
in partnership with RMIT, The
University of Melbourne, Department
of Sustainability and Environment and
the City of Melbourne.
Africa Food Security
Initiative – Learning
Project
The Africa Food Security Initiative
(AFSI) is a multimillion dollar CSIRO
and AusAID program to improve
agricultural productivity through joint
research and capacity-building with
African agricultural organisations. MSI
researchers are working with CSIRO
project staff to capture learnings from
the project’s implementation and use
them to improve the effectiveness of
future ‘research for development’
programs.
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University Community
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EDUCATION FOR
SUSTAINABILITY
Professor Geoff Rose from MSI and Professor
Gary Codner from the Faculty of Engineering,
examine the new sustainability web portal.
Monash University is a university
of transformation. The desire to
make a difference informs
everything we do. We see a
brighter future as more than just
possible – it is something for
which we are directly responsible;
something we can help create.
That’s why the Monash
Sustainability Institute has
embarked on a journey to embed
sustainability into Monash
University’s education programs
and give Monash graduates the
sustainability-edge.
First year Bachelor of Engineering
students will be the first to benefit in
2012. Monash academics worked with
industry to identify how to embed
sustainability into the first year
engineering program.
A series of workshops engaged key
Monash staff and industry
representatives in the curriculum
renewal process. Professor Geoff
Rose, who runs the MSI program, said
that focussing the process on learning
outcomes proved to be an effective
way of identifying tangible actions that
could be taken to embed sustainability
into the curriculum. A dedicated
sustainability web portal, launched at
the start of the 2012 academic year,
will provide resource materials for first
year engineering staff and students.
The initiative will involve all incoming
first year engineering students on the
Clayton campus.
As part of a separate initiative, staff
from six faculties also came together
with Geoff’s team to learn more about
embedding sustainability in their
education programs. A one-day
workshop on ‘Education in
Sustainability’ was run as part of the
Graduate Certificate in Higher
Education. The workshop looked at
the difference between learning about
sustainability and learning for
sustainability. It also examined the
relevance of Education for
Sustainability in contemporary higher
education practice, and helped staff to
identify where they could include
sustainability in their curriculum.
MSI staff also contributed to a working
group, established by the Department
of Management, in the Faculty of
Business and Economics, as part of
the Principles of Responsible
Management Education (PRIME)
initiative. The working group is
supporting faculty staff to embed on
corporate responsibility and
sustainability into the curriculum.
The Education for Sustainability
program is run by Professor Geoff
Rose. The first year Faculty of
Engineering initiative was funded by
Sustainability Victoria and involved
Professor Dave Griggs from MSI,
Professor Gary Codner, Associate
Dean of Teaching — Faculty of
Engineering, and Mark Boulet from the
MSI Green Steps program.
Monash has a reputation as one of Australia’s ‘greenest’ universities,
and the Monash Sustainability Institute is a big part of the reason
why. From our Education in Sustainability program to the Sustainable
Campus Group to the many committees MSI participates in, with
our help Monash is taking steps towards a more sustainable future.
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UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
SUSTAINABLE
CAMPUS
GROUP
Bringing together 16 TAFEs and
universities under the leadership
of MSI, the Sustainable Campus
Group published the second
National Sustainability Report for
the Tertiary Education Sector in
Australia in 2011.
The group, co-founded by MSI in
2005, began as a Victorian initiative
before going national in 2009. The
group now represents more than
200,000 (full-time equivalent) staff and
students from across six states. The
groups 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.
MSI launched two reports in October
based on this data: an aggregate
report for 2009 and 2010 on the
tertiary sector’s sustainability
performance; and a summary report
comparing each institute’s
performance. The second was sent to
all Vice-Chancellors and TAFE
Directors in Australia.
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/sustainabi
lity-institute/scg/#publications.
The Sustainable Campus Group
program is run by MSI’s Belinda Towns,
with support from Stephen Derrick.
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
Box Hill Institute of TAFE, Brisbane North
Institute of TAFE, Central Institute of
Technology, Charles Darwin University,
Charles Sturt University, Chisholm Institute
of TAFE, Deakin University, Flinders
University of South Australia, Goulburn
Ovens Institute of TAFE, Gordon Institute of
TAFE, Kangan Institute of TAFE, Monash
University, Murdoch University, Sunshine
Coast Institute of TAFE, Sunraysia Institute
of TAFE, TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute.
Monash
University –
Towards
Sustainability
MSI is doing its part to promote
sustainability performance within
Monash University through
participation in several key Monash
committees. Director Professor Dave
Griggs, along with Professor Geoff
Rose (Convenor, Education for
Sustainability) and MSI’s Belinda
Towns (Manager, Sustainable Campus
Group and Sustainable Reporting) sit
on the Senior Management Team
(Environment). This team oversees the
ten environmental committees across
the university and is chaired by the
Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Belinda also sits on the University’s
Procurement Board. The Board is
chaired by the Chief Finance Officer
and VP Finance, and oversees
procurement policy and practices at
the University. MSI is represented on
this committee to ensure that
sustainability criteria are included in
purchasing and procurement across
the University. Belinda is also a
member of Monash’s Carbon
Management Committee and the
Green Purchasing Committee.
The Sustainable Campus Group’s reports were launched in October at MSI.
The launch included presentations on Melbourne Water’s award-winning green
procurement program, and presentations from students on projects in education
for sustainability. Topics also included international sustainability reporting trends
and an overview of the report results.
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POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM
In 2011 MSI and the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities were
proud to host a number of Doctorate, Masters and Honours
students conducting exciting research.
CENTRE FOR WATER SENSITIVE CITIES
MONASH UNIVERSITY
ANNUAL REPORT
MSI coordinates the environmental
and social performance sections of
Monash’s Annual Report, working
with all units and departments within
the University. The Annual Report
follows triple-bottom-line
accounting, reporting on
environmental, social and financial
performance. Environmental
performance includes cultural
change campaigns, energy use,
transport, greenhouse gas
emissions, water consumption,
biodiversity, procurement, waste and
the built environment. Download the
Monash University Annual Report at
www.monash.edu/about/glance/
publications.html.
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”
CENTRE FOR WATER
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”
Melisa Duque Hurtado: Understanding
sustainability through design
Melisa obtained her undergraduate degree in Industrial Design
in Colombia in 2008. Since then she’s been interested in the
cultural influence of objects in everyday life and the impacts
those relationships might have on the environment and society.
After arriving in Australia in 2010, Melisa began a Masters in
Design by research through the Arts and Design Faculty at
Monash University. Melisa is co-hosted by MSI. Melisa’s
research is exploring how the idea of sustainability is
understood and implemented today in the field of design. “I’m
approaching the topic by analysing the ways in which brands
with strong influences in consumer habits – such as Ford, IKEA,
Nike and Apple – appropriate the concept of sustainability:
creating a language of visual ideas and objects, which act as
discourses, drawing scenarios suggesting a better and
sustainable future.” Melisa plans to hold an exhibition to present
her findings at the end of her research, to contribute to
discussion around ‘sustainable design’.
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UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM
IN SUSTAINABILITY
Cintia Dotto, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Parameter sensitivity and uncertainty
analysis in urban drainage models”
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”
Briony Ferguson, PhD candidate,
School of Geography and
Environmental Science
“Transitioning to a water sensitive city:
the case of Melbourne”
Bonnie Glaister, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Optimisation of phosphorus removal
in stormwater biofiltration systems”
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 city 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”
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”
Dr Victoria Johnson, PhD received
“Arts and cultural participation,
transport disadvantage and social
exclusion”
Michael Poustie, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Transitioning to sustainable urban
water management in developing
countries of the pacific region”
Catherine Pendrey, Honours
Student, Department of Medicine,
Nursing and Health Sciences
“The Impact of climate change and
heat stress on homeless people”
Harpreet Kandra, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Performance assessment of porous
pavements/fine media filter systems”
Minna Tom, Masters student,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Roof-harvested rainwater irrigation of
vegetables – is there a risk to human
health”
Dr Yali Li, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Passive filtration for pathogen removal
in urban stormwater”
Carlyne Yu, PhD candidate, School of
Geography and Environmental Science
“Co-management of urban
stormwater”
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”
Katherine Lizama-Allende, PhD
candidate, Department of Civil
Engineering
“Arsenic and metal removal using
constructed wetlands”
Kefeng Zhang, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Micropollutants validation framework
for natural treatment systems”
Perrine Hamel, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Integration of stormwater harvesting
and baseflow restoration measures to
restore catchment hydrology”
Alice Niculescu, Masters student,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Impact of biofiltration systems on
water, mass and energy balances in
urban areas”
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Yaron Zinger, PhD candidate,
Department of Civil Engineering
“Optimisation of nitrogen removal
capacity for ‘best practice’ stormwater
biofiltration systems”
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Engagement
and outreach
Real-world outcomes are a driving force behind MSI’s
activities. In 2011, MSI’s researchers and staff increased
engagement and outreach with industry, government,
academia and the community to drive real change.
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ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH
MSI SEMINAR SERIES
In 2011, MSI hosted 10 seminars, attracting attendees from across
the university and community on a range of sustainability topics.
Professor Ross Garnaut
Reflections on the Australian
climate change discussion
BMW Edge, Federation Square
3 February 2011
Professor Sam H. Ham,
University of Idaho, USA
A reasoned action view of
sustainable behaviour:
the case of Townsville, Qld
MSI Seminar Room
15 February 2011
Dr Karl Braganza (BoM),
Professor Neville Nicholls (Monash),
and Professor David Karoly
(University of Melbourne)
The recent extreme weather: a
scientific perspective
Village Roadshow Theatrette, State
Library of Victoria
1 March 2011
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Professor David Rutledge,
Caltech, USA
Hubbert’s Peak, the coal question
and climate change
Civil Engineering Staff Room, Building
60, Clayton Campus
13 April 2011
Dr Hugh Hunt,
Cambridge University, UK
SPICE: Stratospheric Particle
Injection for Climate Engineering
MSI Seminar Room
19 April 2011
Dr Paul McShane
Resolving policy conflicts towards
a proactive response to climate
change in Indonesia
MSI Seminar Room
12 May 2011
Craig Hammer,
World Bank
Intellectual property protections
and indigenous knowledge
Lecture Theatre L2, Clayton Campus
22 June 2011
Dr Janet Stanley and James Ensor
SCG Social Sustainability Forum
207 Bouverie Street, Parkville,
Basement Theatre 2, Rm B120
22 August 2011
Professor Andreas Lange,
University of Hamburg, Germany
Voluntary emissions reductions and
CO2 offsetting: a theoretical and
empirical analysis
Lecture Theatre L5, Building 12,
Monash University, Clayton
23 August 2011
Various
Sustainable Campus Group 2011 –
Australian Tertiary Education Sector
Sustainability Report Launch
Karstens Conference Centre, 123
Queen Street, Melbourne
24 October 2011
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Members of Climate Scientists
Australia, including Professor
Dave Griggs, meet with Prime
Minister Julia Gillard during
their third visit to Canberra.
CLIMATE
SCIENTISTS
AUSTRALIA
Hosted by ClimateWorks Australia and
convened by MSI Director, Professor
Dave Griggs, this independent group
of 14 senior Australian climate
scientists volunteers its time to
encourage the use of the best
available scientific information in
decisions on climate change. The
group focuses on direct and individual
engagement with influential decision
makers. In 2011, the group visited
Parliament House in Canberra for the
third time, meeting with the Prime
Minister and other politicians from all
sides. The group also briefed ANZ staff
in Sydney and Melbourne in
partnership with WWF Australia.
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 Henderson-Sellers,
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
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ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH
SHARING OUR RESULTS
In 2011, MSI researchers and staff engaged widely with academia,
industry and the university community, giving nearly 150 presentations,
publishing over 80 journal articles, books, chapters, conference papers
and opinion pieces and representing MSI on over 65 committees,
organisational boards and government processes.
POLICY AND ADVICE
Bunn, S., Edgar, B., Wallis, P.J., Barmuta, L., and Capon,
S., Joint submission to the inquiry into Australia’s
biodiversity in a changing climate, July 2011,
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ccea/ccbio/sub
s/Sub022.pdf
Carey M., Doherty P., McMichael A., Redmond H.,
Shearman D., & Sheridan J. (DEA), Submission to the
Rural Affairs and Transport References Committee
Inquiry into management of the Murray Darling Basin –
impact of mining coal seam gas.
Carey M., Redmond H., Shearman D., Sheridan J. (DEA),
Submission to the Parliament of New South Wales Coal
Seam Gas Inquiry.
Carey M (DEA), Submission to the Victorian Government
Environment and Planning References Committee
Inquiry into Environmental Design and Public Health.
Carey M (MSI), House Standing Committee on Climate
Change, Environment and the Arts: Inquiry into
Australia’s biodiversity in a changing climate.
Professor Ray Ison invited to appear before the Australian
House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Regional Australia Inquiry into the Murray Darling Basin,
Parliament House Canberra on behalf of the National
Urban Water Governance Initiative, 2 March 2011
REPRESENTATION
Mark Boulet
Regional Director (Victoria), Australasian Campuses
Towards Sustainability (ACTS)
ACTS representative, Australian Education for
Sustainability Alliance (AESA)
Professor Rebekah Brown
Board member, Monash University Research Advisory
Committee
Editorial Board, Urban Water Journal
Editorial Board, Engineering Sustainability (UK)
Editorial Board, 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 Bachelor of Medical
Science Course
Professor Ana Deletic
Member, Professorial Promotions Committee, Monash
University
Member, Associate Professorial Promotions Committee,
Monash University
Fellow, Engineers Australia
Chair, International Working Group on Data and Models
of the Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (IWA/ IAHR)
Associated Editor, Water Research
Associated Editor, Water Science and Technology
Advisor, State of the Environment Reporting – Science,
Policy, People: OCES Indicator Selection Intensive & SoE
Reporting, University of Melbourne
Chair and member of Water Panel, IITB MonashResearch Academy Symposium, 17-21 February 2011,
Mumbai, India
Member, Inception Workshop, NatVal (National Validation
Framework): drafting a Street Map/ Roadmap on
sustainable water use, with Australian Water Recycling
Centre
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Member and Advisor, National Recycled Regulators
Forum
Advisor, Urban Drainage Systems as Key Infrastructures
in Cities and Towns – A Serbian National Project; March
and August 2011
Advisor and Collaborator, ‘Blue Green Dream’ proposal
for KICP with Professor C Maksimovic and Dr N McIntyre
at Imperial College, London, UK
Chair, Urban Flooding Session at the 11th International
Conference in Computing and Control for the Water
Industry (CCWI) in Exeter, UK, September 2011
Member, Organisational Committee for the 9th
International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling
(UDM) to be in Belgrade, Serbia, 2012, in partnership
with CWSC
Reviewer and Supervisor, 12th International Conference
on Urban Drainage (ICUD), September 2011
Co-Leader, WA6, FP7, Prepared Enabling Change
Professor Dave Griggs
Advisory Board Member, Victorian Centre for Climate
Change Adaptation Research (VCCCAR)
Scientific Organising Committee member, Energy and
Meteorology Conference
Organising committee member, Four Degrees and
Beyond Conference
Member, Council of Environmental Deans and Directors
Vice-chair, Joint Scientific Committee for the World
Climate Research Programme
Member, European Research Council Starting Grants
Committee
Chair, Review of the Centre for Australian Weather and
Climate Research (CAWCR)
Member, Monash University Senior Management Team
(Environment)
Governing committee member, Uniwater
Board member, ClimateWorks Australia
Board member, Monash South Africa Water Node
Professor Ray Ison
Director, World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics
(WOSC)
Expert Adviser, Applicants to the position of Assistant
Professor in Communication, Social Learning, and
Community Engagement in Soil-Water-Society studies at
the Department of Urban and Rural Development at SLU
in Uppsala, Sweden
Member, Australian Water Culture Delegation to China (8
October – 15 October), sponsored by the Australia-China
Council, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and
hosted by the Institute of Geographical Sciences and
Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China Three Gorges Corporation and Shaanxi
Normal University
One of two invited international contributors,
International Systems Conversation, Federal University of
Santa Caterina, Brazil, 9-14 May
Professor Kerry Pratt
Member, Clean Coal Victoria Advisory Board
Victorian Branch committee member, Coordinator of
Parliamentary Science and Technology Briefing Program,
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering
Professor Geoff Rose
Member of working group, Principles of Responsible
Management Education (PRME) Working Group,
Department of Management, Monash University
Member of professional network, ‘Education for
Sustainability’ Community for Practice
Anna Skarbek
Board member, Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board
Representative, NGO Roundtable
Director, Carbon Market Institute
Director, Sustainable Melbourne Fund
Director, Thermometer Foundation for Social Research
on Climate Change
Director, Linking Melbourne Authority
Dr Janet Stanley
Member, Ministerial Reference Council on Climate
Adaptation for then-Minister Gavin Jennings
Article Reviewer, Sustainability, Transportation, Transport
Policy, Australian Social Work, Australian and New
Zealand Journal of Criminology, Journal of Transport
Geography, Health Promotion International, Research in
Transportation Economics
Professor John Thwaites
Chair, ClimateWorks Australia
Chair, Australian Building Codes Board
Chair, The Climate Group Australia
Chair, Peter Cullen Water and Environmental Trust
Chair, Brotherhood of St Laurence Low-Income Families
and Climate Change Task-group
Chair, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Chair, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities Stakeholder
Committee
Chair, CSIRO ‘emPower Individuals’ Advisory Group
Director, Green Building Council of Australia
Member, Federal Government Urban Policy Forum
Member, Federal Government NGO Roundtable on
climate change
Member, Federal Government Advisory Group on
National Energy Savings Initiative
Director, Monash Injury Research Institute
Member, Steering Committee for Dili Sewerage and
Drainage Project
Belinda Towns
Member, Monash University Senior Management Team
(Environment)
Member, Monash University Procurement Board
Member, Monash University Carbon Management
Committee
Member, Monash University Green Purchasing
Committee
Dr Philip Wallis
Group Rapporteur, Australian Academy of Science’s Theo
Murphy High Flyer Think Tank 2011
PRESENTATIONS
Meg Argyriou
Key findings of the Low Carbon Growth Plan for Greater
Geelong, Presentation to the City of Greater Geelong
Mayor and Councillors, Geelong, Victoria, 23 March
2011
Developing the Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland,
Gippsland Climate Change Network, Gippsland, Victoria,
4 April 2011
Applying Low Carbon Growth Plans at a local level,
Presentation to Chinese Delegation, Melbourne, 16 June
2011
A Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland, Guest
speaker, Agribusiness Conference Dinner, Gippsland,
Victoria, 30 June 2011
Key findings of the Low Carbon Growth Plan for Greater
Geelong, Presentation to the Geelong Manufacturing
Council, Geelong, Victoria, 28 August 2011
The impact of the carbon price package, Presentation to
the Water and Carbon Group, Corporate Environment
Managers, Melbourne, 20 September 2011
Developing regional low carbon growth plans,
Presentation to the Illawarra Green Jobs Summit,
Sydney, NSW, 18 October 2011
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Low Carbon Growth Plans, CFMEU – Staff professional
development day, Melbourne, 4 November 2011
Key findings of the Low Carbon Growth plan for
Macquarie Park, Presentation to the City of Ryde
Councillors, Sydney, NSW, 10 November 2011
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland – key findings,
Latrobe Valley Transition Committee, Latrobe Valley,
Victoria, 18 November 2011
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland – key findings,
Gippsland Climate Change Network, Gippsland, Victoria,
5 December 2011
Opportunities for the manufacturing sector in the Low
Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland, Baw Baw Shire
Manufacturer’s Network, Gippsland, Victoria, 6
December 2011
Low Carbon Growth Plans, Presentation to the Western
Alliance for Greenhouse Action, Hobson’s Bay, Victoria,
16 December 2011
Mark Boulet
An introduction to behaviour change (together with
BehaviourWorks), Government Sustainability conference,
Melbourne, August 2011
Behaviour change 101, ENE3048 – Renewable Energy
course, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University,
Melbourne, September 2011
Green Steps: Sustainability Skills for Career
Sustainability, National Association of Graduate Career
Advisory Services (NACGAS) national conference,
Melbourne, December 2011
Professor Rebekah Brown
Dance4Water, Presentation to Melbourne Water
regarding Dance4Water under the Centre for Water
Sensitive Cities, Melbourne Water offices, East
Melbourne, 21 March 2011
Winter School Presentation, Presentation to Centre for
Water Sensitive Cities Winter School, Monash University,
Clayton Campus, 15 July 2011
Presentation to QUU Board, CRC presentation to QUU
Board for Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Roma Street,
Brisbane, 20 June 2011
Dr Marion Carey
The value of biodiversity to human health: an Australian
perspective, OneHealth conference, Melbourne, 16
February 2011
The value of biodiversity to human health: an Australian
perspective, Sustainability and Health Journal club,
Nossal Institute, Melbourne, 28 February 2011
The value of biodiversity to human health: an Australian
perspective, Department of Sustainability and
Environment, Melbourne, 4 March 2011
Health impacts of coal, Victorian MP briefing, Parliament
House, Victoria, 25 May 2011
Presentation to the inquiry into environmental design
and public health, Victorian Legislative Council
Environment and Planning Committee, Parliament
House, Victoria, 23 August 2011
Human Health Impacts of Climate Change, Medical
Students, Monash University, Clayton Campus, 27 July 2011
Evidence to the Rural Affairs and Transport References
Committee Inquiry into management of the Murray
Darling Basin: impact of mining coal seam gas,
Australian Senate Inquiry, Parliament House, Canberra, 9
September 2011
Coal, air pollution and health, Anglesea Air Action Public
Meeting, Anglesea, 11 September 2011
Climate change and population health, guest lecture,
Department of Health and Social Science, Monash
University, Caulfield Campus, 3 October 2011
Climate change and health, Environmental Medicine
Workshop, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University,
Clayton Campus, 5 October 2011
Climate change and sustainable development, Passport
Unit, International Public Health Unit, Monash University,
Caulfield Campus, 10 October 2011
Evidence to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into coal
seam gas, NSW Parliament, Parliament House, Sydney,
17 November 2011
Dr Jim Curtis
MSI: Behaviour Change Initiative, The Shannon
Company, Melbourne, 14 July 2011
Introduction to behaviour change, Sustainability in 2020
Forum, Glen Waverley, 22 July 2011
Introduction to behaviour change, Beach report
communication workshop, EPA Victoria, Melbourne, 24
August 2011
Developing behaviour change programs to engage staff
in sustainability, Government Sustainability Conference,
Melbourne, 31 August 2011
Persuasive communication: influencing visitor
behaviour, MGW 2522: Tourist Communication, Berwick
Campus, 6 October 2011
Key learnings from a review of the program logics of
Sustainability Victoria and EPA Victoria, Sustainability
Victoria, Melbourne, 2 November 2011
Professor Ana Deletic
Stormwater Harvesting Seminar, University of British
Columbia, UBC, Vancouver, Canada, 17 January 2011
Recycling and Storm Water – Seize the Day: Assessing
the potential of using urban water reuse technology;
G’Day USA, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA, 19 January
2011
Engineering a Response to Climate Change Workshop,
Go8 (Group of Eight), , Adelaide, 10-11 February 2011
Stormwater Technologies, Flood Resilience Group from
The Netherlands, MSI, Monash University, Clayton, 14
February 2011
Water Sensitive Cities, University of Belgrade, Belgrade,
Serbia, 30 March 2011
WSUD Technologies, Keren Kayemeth Lelsrael & Jewish
National Fund, Tel Aviv, Israel, 3 April 2011
Design for Water Sensitive Cities on how sensitive cities
can help provide city water needs, Smarter Water
Conference, Parks and Leisure Australia, Perth, Western
Australia,27 May 2011
Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, CSIRO Managed
Aquifer Recharge and Stormwater Use Options Project
Satellite Sites Workshop, Adelaide, South Australia, 12
May 2011
Stormwater Harvesting Technologies, Imperial College,
London, UK, 2 September 2011
Creating Water Sensitive Cities, Keynote Lecture at the
11th International Conference in Computing and Control
for the Water Industry, Exeter, UK, 7 September 2011
Key design characteristics that influence the
performance of stormwater biofilters, Presented on
behalf of Ms Lintern at the 12th International Conference
on Urban Drainage (ICUD), September 2011, Porto
Alegre, Brazil, 10-17 September 2011
Designing Stormwater Harvesting Systems, Industry
Workshop organised by Clearwater, Melbourne, 28
October 2011
Stormwater Harvesting, Keynote at the National Water
Recycling & Reuse Technology Conference, Melbourne,
2-4 November 2011
Health and Water Sensitive Cities, Department of
Environment and Sustainability/ Centre for Water
Sensitive Cities, Melbourne, 8 November 2011
Amandine Denis
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia: The Impact of the
Carbon Price Package, Seminar on carbon pricing for
academics, PhD/ Honours students and professional
staff in the Department of BusEco, Monash University,
Caulfield Campus, Melbourne, 29 September 2011
Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in Australia and the
Impact of the Government’s Clean Energy Future Plan,
Alternative Technology Association – Annual General
Meeting, Melbourne, 14 October 2011
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia, Monash Master of
Business (Science and Technology), Monash University,
Clayton Campus, Melbourne, 19 October 2011
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia: The Impact of the
Carbon Price Package, Northern Alliance for Greenhouse
Action, 26 October 2011
Professor Dave Griggs
Guest speaker and content expert for the
Commencement and Collaboration Module, Future
Research Leaders Program, Monash University, 8 March
2011
Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,
Department of Mathematical Sciences – Faculty of
Science - ATM1020, The Science of Climate, Monash
University, 16 March 2011
Climate Change and Indigenous People, Faculty of Arts
– ATS2386, Broken Earth: Journeys Through the
Australian Landscape, Monash University, 17 May 2011
Climate Change – the International Context, Integrated
Management of International Rivers in Response to
Climate Change: Australian Leadership Awards
Fellowships Program workshop, Melbourne, 20-24 June
2011
Sustainability Boundaries, Four Degrees or More
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2011
Conference: Australia in a Hot World, Melbourne, 12-14
July 2011
Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge, School
of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts
– APG4426, Frontiers of Sustainability and the
Environment, Monash University, 12 August 2011
Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge, Glen
Waverley ALP Branch, Melbourne, 22 August 2011
Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,
Faculty of Engineering – ENE3048, Energy and the
Environment, Monash University, 29 August 2011
Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,
Climate Change and Public Health seminar, Department
of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine, Melbourne, 30 August 2011
Climate Modelling, Background Briefing: Getting Your
Head Around… Climate Modelling, Science Media
Centre Webinar, Online, 5 September 2011
Health Impacts of Climate Change, Faculty of Medicine
– third year workshop, Monash University, 5 October
2011
Communicating Climate Change Science, World Climate
Research Programme Open Science Conference,
Denver, USA, 24-28 October 2011
Sustainability Re-imagined: Managing Victoria’s Climate
Change Risk Policy Intensive, Commissioner for
Environmental Sustainability, Melbourne, 10 November
2011
Climate Change Science, ANZ Climate Change Sessions,
Melbourne, 17 November 2011
Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,
Victorian Independent Education Union Environment
Conference, Green Schools: Educating for a Sustainable
Future, Melbourne, 18 November 2011
Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,
Faculty of Science – Bachelor of Environmental Science,
Workplace training scheme, Monash University, 23
November 2011
Professor Ray Ison
Systems Approaches to Water Governance Research,
NCCARF National Water Governance Research Initiative
Early Career Researcher Workshop, Melbourne, 6-8 April
2011
Socio-ecological systems, New Theory for Practice
seminar, National Water Governance Research Network,
Melbourne, 8 April 2011
Coastal and catchment managing and planning, invited
presentation for RMIT School of Global Studies, Social
Science and Planning Student Conference, Melbourne,
15 April 2011
Dr Tina Kalivas
Australian Development Scholarship and Monash HDR
Information: Choosing and refining a HDR Research
Topic - components of an Australian Award HDR
Research Proposal; Supplementary sessions during
Monash Sustainability Institute sponsored 10 week
Intensive English Language Training for research staff at
the University of PalangkaRaya, University of Palangka
Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 20 & 28 July 2011
Dr Paul McShane
Developing integrated catchment management
strategies for sustainable water use in response to
climate change, India Water Forum, Delhi, India, April
2011
Responding to the impact of climate change: business
strategy adaptation by the insurance sectors in
Bangladesh and Australia, Initiative on climate change
adaptation research ICARUS II, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, USA, May 2011
Uncertainty about uncertainty within a stakeholder
group, MODSIM: International Conference on modelling
and simulation, Perth, December 2011
Knowledge management for sustainable development in
response to climate change in Vietnam, 3rd Engaging
with Vietnam: an interdisciplinary conference, Hanoi,
Vietnam, December 2011
Professor Geoff Rose
Sustainability: one perspective, PRME Seminar:
‘Debating Sustainability’, Department of Management,
Caulfield Campus, Monash University, Melbourne
Anna Skarbek
Briefing on the Carbon Market Industry, Carbon Market
Institute, Asia-Pacific Emissions Trading Forum, 8
February 2011
Melbourne Business School Net Impact Conference,
Melbourne, 18 February 2011
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ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH
Economic Benefits of a Low Carbon Transition for
Australia, NGO Roundtable, Canberra, 8 April 2011
A Conversation with Paul Gilding on the Climate Change
Upheaval, Future Summit 2011, Australian Davos
Conference, Melbourne, 30 May 2011
Mitigation: Can We? Yes We Can. Economic
Opportunities in the Low Carbon Growth Transition for
Australia, Transforming Australia 2011, RDA Illawarra
Conference, Wollongong, 25 July 2011
Retail Sector Low Carbon Growth Report, Launch of the
NAB Retail Sector Report, Sydney, 23 June 2011
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong, Presentation to
Geelong Manufacturing Council, Geelong, 28 June 2011
Impact of the Carbon Price on Australia’s Low Carbon
Growth Plan, Launch of Carbon Price Report, Melbourne,
10 August 2011
Australia’s Clean Energy Future – Exploring
Opportunities for Industry, Water and Carbon Group,
Brisbane, 28 September 2011
Presentation to EIANZ Conference, Environment Institute
of Australia and New Zealand, Sunshine Coast, 29
September 2011
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland, Launch of Plan,
Monash University – Gippsland Campus, 14 October
2011
Carbon Price Countdown – Challenges and
Opportunities for Business, Panel, CPA Congress,
Sydney, 20 October 2011
Debate: “Any action to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions by Australia is irrelevant until there is
significant global agreement for action that includes
China, India and the USA”, Carbon Expo Australasia
2011, Melbourne, 8 November 2011
The Pathway to a Low-Carbon Australian Economy,
Chair, Carbon Expo Australasia 2011, Melbourne, 9
November 2011
Analysis of the Government’s Clean Energy Future Plan
on Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in Australia,
Energy Efficiency Council National Conference 2011,
Melbourne, 17 November 2011
Dr Liam Smith
Behaviour change and water sensitive cities, Workshop
run at Water Sensitive Cities Winter School, Monash
University, Melbourne, 31 July 2011 (Presentation given
with Dr Jim Curtis)
Behaviour change and water sensitive cities,
Presentation to the Water Sensitive Cities partner
meeting, Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW, 19 August 2011
Dr Janet Stanley
The prevention of bushfire arson: a community
response, Fire and Emergency Service Community
Education, Community Engagement Managers, AFAC,
Melbourne, 16 March 2011
Carbon, climate and community, ACOSS 2011 National
Conference, Melbourne, 29-30 March 2011
Improving social sustainability in the tertiary education
sector, Sustainability Campus Group: Social
Sustainability Forum, The University of Melbourne,
Melbourne, 22 August 2011
Debating sustainability: why is it so difficult? Seminar for
Department of BusEco, Monash University, Melbourne,
September 2011
Homelessness workshop, Windermere, Melbourne, 6
September 2011
Section leader, Workshop 6: The public agenda: what is
working and what is missing? Thredbo Conference
Durban,11-15 September 2011
The ETS, transport and equity, Lecture to Masters
Business students, Department of BusEco, Monash
University, October 2011
Transport, climate change and social exclusion,
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 1 November 2011
Homelessness research in the growth corridor,
Presentation for Windermere, Agency Forum, Melbourne,
9 November 2011
Professor John Thwaites
Climate change, water and sustainability – trends and
opportunities, Monash MBA Course, Monash University,
Caulfield Campus, Melbourne, 10 February 2011
Climate and design, Launch of book, AECOM, Australian
Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 10 February
2011
The implications of climate change for the transport
sector – risks and regulation, Transport Seminar, Sydney,
21 March 2011
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How democratic processes can deal with complex longterm issues, Climate Future Pathways for Society Forum,
Wellington, New Zealand, 1 April 2011
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong, Leaders for
Geelong – Water and Climate Change Forum, Geelong, 6
April 2011
Leadership and governance in local government, LGA
Pro Seminar, 7 April 2011
Influencing government, Brotherhood of St Lawrence
Academy, ANZ Building, Melbourne, 12 April 2011
Solutions to climate change, National Tertiary Education
Union National Conference, NTEU, South Melbourne, 29
April 2011
Climate change and behaviour change, Australian Legal
Services Alliance Launch, Norton Rose, 3 May 2011
Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong, Geelong City
Council, Cunningham Pier, Geelong, 12 May 2011
A Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia, City of Monash
World Environment Day Awards, Monash City Council,
Melbourne, 2 June 2011
Public Launch Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong,
Geelong City Council, Deakin University, Geelong, 8 June
2011
Carbon caps, taxes and compensation, CAPP Port
Phillip, St Kilda, 18 June 2011
Peter Cullen Book Launch, Peter Cullen Water and
Environment Trust, Melbourne University, Melbourne, 21
June 2011
Carbon pricing and low carbon growth, Maddocks
Seminar, Maddocks, 14 July 2011
The nature of modern government and the role of
sustainability, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities Winter
School, Clayton Campus, Monash University, Melbourne,
14 July 2011
How the carbon price works, Maddocks Seminar,
Melbourne, 3 August 2011
Impact of the Clean Energy Future Package on the Low
Carbon Growth Plan, ClimateWorks Australia, Treasury
Theatre, Melbourne, 10 August 2011
Energy efficiency and Australian households, AGL Big
Day Out, AGL, Sydney, 9 August 2011
Low income households and climate change policy,
Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA)
Seminar, Allens, 11 August 2011
Science to policy leadership and the nature of modern
government, Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust
Leadership program, South Australia, 15 August 2011
How I used my science degree, Monash University
Science Industry night, Monash, Melbourne, 17 August
2011
Launch of the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
blueprint2011, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Sydney,
18 August 2011
Waste and the Clean Energy Future Package, Maddocks
Seminar, Maddocks, Melbourne, 31 August 2011
Cogeneration – opportunities and risks for local
government, 2011 Government Sustainability
Conference, Melbourne Sebel, 1 September 2011
The role of regulation in facilitating or constraining
adaptation to climate change for Australian
infrastructure, Department of Climate Change and
Energy Efficiency, Canberra, 13 September 2011
Careers in Law, Monash Law Students Society, Monash
Law Chambers, Melbourne, 14 September 2011
Launch of BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University
city office, Melbourne, 19 September 2011
Impact of the carbon price package on local government
and the waste sector, Maddocks Seminar, Maddocks,
Melbourne, 21 September 2011
Unlocking barriers to cogeneration, Property Council of
Australia, Zinc, Melbourne, 22 September 2011
So you think you can influence the Minister, Institute for
Public Administration Australia Conference, Melbourne,
23 September 2011
20th anniversary Environment Defenders Office,
Environment Defenders Office, ACCA, Melbourne, 10
November 2011
Is regulation helping or hindering climate change
adaptation, Maddocks Seminar, Maddocks, Melbourne,
14 November 2011
Impact of climate change on low income households,
South East Healthy Communities Partnership Annual
Membership Forum, Dandenong, 16 November 2011
Local government, waste and the carbon price, GHD,
Sydney, 16 November 2011
Cogeneration – barriers and opportunities, Energy
Efficiency Council National Conference, Melbourne, 17
November 2011
Climate, carbon and health – what we can do,
Commonwealth Department of Health Conference,
Canberra, 29 November
Dr Philip Wallis
Appreciating wicked policy problems in the MurrayDarling Basin through systemic inquiry, Workshop:
Integrated management of international rivers in
response to climate change, Melbourne Museum,
Melbourne, June 2011
Whole-of-ecosystem modelling for catchments:
increasing systemic understanding of ecosystems in the
Murray-Darling Basin, Workshop: Integrated
management of international rivers in response to
climate change, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, June
2011
Lecture – Agriculture and Water, BTX5100: Corporate
Environmental Responsibility, location, 30 June 2011
Lecture – Freshwater, ATS3554: Resource Evaluation
and Management, Monash University, Clayton Campus,
20 September 2011
Lecture – Human Interfaces with Technology: at the
water-carbon-energy nexus, ENV3022 – Environmental
Technology, Monash University, Clayton Campus, 21
September 2011
Field Trip – Water Sensitive Urban Design, ENV3022:
Environmental Technology, Monash University, Clayton
Campus, 23 September 2011
Lecture – Water Sensitive Urban Design and Water
Governance, ENV3022: Environmental Technology,
Monash University, Clayton Campus, 16 September
2011
Group Report: The Murray-Darling Basin (co-presented
with Samantha Capon), Australian Academy of Science
Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank 2011, Hotel Grand
Chancellor, Brisbane, 29-30 September.
Professor Tony Wong
Is Victoria’s desal worth the cost?, ABC Radio Breakfast,
Melbourne, Victoria, 1 February 2011
Water Sensitive Cities, Keynote Presentation to Lower
Georges River Sustainability Initiative, Georges River,
NSW, 17 February 2011
Drivers for water sensitive cities in Australia, Opening
address to Jewish National Fund Water Research
Collaboration Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel, 3 April 2011
Linking Urban Liveability to Stormwater Management,
Keynote at the 7th South Pacific Stormwater
Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 4 May 2011
Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Guest oration, Sheffield
University, Sheffield, UK, 9 May 2011
Delivering Water Sensitive Cities, Guest oration, Cardiff
University, Cardiff, UK, 10 May 2011
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems – Ecosystem
Services Beyond Flood Mitigation, Guest oration at
Abertay University, Dundee, UK, 11 May 2011
Making the most of stormwater in urban areas: from
problem to opportunity through water sensitive urban
design, Keynote at Hydro International Stormwater
Conference: ‘Stormwater Management – What About
Quality?’, Solihull, UK, 12 May 2011
Urban Water Management in Cities of the Future,
Opening address at CIRIA Workshop, London, UK, 13
May 2011
Urban Water Challenges in Australia, Institution of
Engineers Australia, Eminent Speaker Series,
Launceston, Tasmania – 18 April 2011; Hobart,
Tasmania – 19 April 2011; Perth, WA – 20 April 2011;
Newcastle, NSW – 27 June 2011; Canberra, ACT – 28
June 2011; Darwin, NT – 30 June 2011
Stormwater Quality Treatment – From Research to
Practice, Guest oration, University of Tasmania, Hobart,
Tasmania, 19 April 2011
Linking water sensitive urbanism to urban liveability,
Invited speaker, 2nd Water Sensitive Urban Landscape
Seminar, Singapore, 6 July 2011
Urban green technologies for water quality improvement,
Plenary Presentation, Singapore International Water
Week, Water Convention, Singapore, 7 July 2011
Water sensitive cities as a driver for sustainable cities,
Opening address, Water Sensitive Cities Winter School,
Monash University, Melbourne, 11 July 2011
Changing roles of the urban water sector, Lecture, Water
Sensitive Cities Winter School, Monash University,
Melbourne, 15 July 2011
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2011
Water sensitive cities and new urban design, Lecture,
Frontier in Environment and Sustainability, Monash
University, Melbourne, 13 August 2011
Changing the role of the urban water sector, Invited
speaker, AWA Seminar on Integrated Urban Water
Management, Melbourne, 17 October 2011
Framework for stormwater quality management in
Singapore, 12th International Conference on Urban
Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 16 September 2011
An inter-disciplinary research program for building water
sensitive cities, 12th International Conference on Urban
Drainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 16 September 2011
An inter-disciplinary research program for building water
sensitive cities, Invited speaker, Transforming Auckland:
Towards Sustainable Futures, the University of Auckland
Thematic Research Initiative research symposium,
Auckland, New Zealand, 22 November 2011
PUBLICATIONS AND OPINION PIECES
Books and Book Chapters
Hubert, B & RL Ison (2011), ‘Institutionalising
understandings: from resource sufficiency to functional
integrity’, In Kammili T, B Hubert & JF Tourrand (eds), A
paradigm shift in livestock management: from Resource
Sufficiency to Functional Integrity, Cardère éditeur, Lirac,
France, pp. 11-16
Ison, R.L. & Wallis, P. (2011) Planning as Performance.
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan. In Grafton Q & Connell,
D. eds. Basin Futures: Water reform in the MurrayDarling Basin, pp. 399-411. ANU ePress, Canberra
Ison, RL & DB Russell (2011) ‘The worlds we create:
designing learning systems for the underworld of
extension practice’, In Jennings, J, RP Packham & D
Woodside (eds), Shaping Change: Natural Resource
Management, Agriculture and the Role of Extension,
Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN), Australia,
pp. 66-76
Ison, RL & PJ Wallis (2011) ‘Planning as Performance.
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan’, In Grafton Q. &
Connell,E. (eds.), Basin Futures: Water Reform in the
Murray-Darling Basin, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 399411
Smith, L.D.G., Weiler, B. & Ham, S.H. (2011), ‘The
rhetoric and the reality: A critical examination of the zoo
proposition’, In W. Frost (ed.), Zoos and Tourism,
Clevedon, UK: Channel View Publications, pp 59-68
Stanley, JK & JR Stanley (2011), ‘Policy perspectives: a
view from outside government’, In G. Currie (ed), New
perspectives and methods in transport and social
exclusion research, Emerald Press, UK
Stanley, JR (2011), ‘Overview of the field of social
exclusion research and general theoretical concepts’, In
G. Currie (ed), New perspectives and methods in
transport and social exclusion research, Emerald Press,
UK
Stanley, J (2011), ‘Measuring social exclusion’, In G.
Currie (ed), New perspectives and methods in transport
and social exclusion research, Emerald Press, UK
Stanley, J & D Vella-Brodrick (2011), ‘New analytical
perspectives: social capital and wellbeing’, In G. Currie
(ed), New perspectives and methods in transport and
social exclusion research, Emerald Press, UK
Thwaites, J (2011) ‘How democratic processes can deal
with complex long term issues’, Climate Futures:
Pathways for Society, New Zealand Climate Change
Research Institute, Victoria University, Wellington
Wong, T & R Brown (2011), ‘Water Sensitive Urban
Design’, In Grafton, Q & K Hussey (eds), Water
Resources, Planning and Management: Challenges and
Solutions, Cambridge University Press, pp 483-504
Peer-reviewed journal and conference articles
Carey M & K Winkel (2011) ‘The value of biodiversity to
human health: an Australian perspective’ Ecohealth, 7
(1): 257, pS117
Colvin, J, C Blackmore, KB Collins, J Goss, RL Ison, PP
Roggero, G Seddaiu & Y Wei (2011) ‘In search of system
innovation: Learning from a decade of inquiry with the
SLIM social learning praxis’, Proc 9th International
Conference of the European Society for Ecological
Economics, 14-17 June 2011
Griggs, DJ, & TS Kestin (2011) ‘Bridging the gap
between climate scientists and decision makers’,
Climate Research, 27: 139-144
Iaquinto, B, RL Ison & R Faggian (2011) ‘Creating
communities of practice: scoping purposeful design’,
Journal of Knowledge Management, 15(1): 4-21
Ison, RL, A Grant & RB Bawden (2011) ‘Scenario praxis
for systemic and adaptive governance: A critical
framework’, Environment & Planning C, submitted
Ison, RL, CP Blackmore, B Iaquinto (2011) ‘Social
learning: exploring the revealing and concealing aspects
of historical and contemporary metaphors’, Proc 9th
International Conference of the European Society for
Ecological Economics, 14-17 June 2011.
Ison, RL, KB Collins, JC Colvin, J Jiggins, PP Roggero, G
Seddaiu, P Steyaert, M Toderi & C Zanolla (2011)
‘Sustainable catchment managing in a climate changing
world: new integrative modalities for connecting policy
makers, scientists and other stakeholders’, Water
Resources Management, 25 (15): 3977-3992
Johnson, V, G Currie & J Stanley (2011), ‘Exploring
transport to arts and cultural activities as a facilitator of
social inclusion’, Transport Policy, 18: 68-75
Lynch, AH, DJ Griggs, L Joachim & J Walker (2011)
‘Indigenous voices in climate change adaptation: the
challenges facing the Yorta Yorta of Australia’, Journal of
the Policy Sciences, submitted
Ramkisson, H, BV Weiler & LDG Smith (in press), ‘Place
attachment and pro-environmental behaviour in national
parks: the development of a conceptual framework’,
Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Smith, AM, LDG Smith & BV Weiler (2011), ‘A role for
anthropomorphism in motivating community
participation in wildlife conservation’, 25th International
Congress for Conservation Biology, Auckland, New
Zealand, 5-9 December 2011
Smith, LDG (in press), ‘Visitors or visits? An examination
of zoo visitor numbers using the case study of Australia’,
Zoo Biology
Smith, LDG, W Angus, R Ballantyne & J Packer (2011),
‘Using zoo websites to influence zoo visitor behaviour’,
Journal of the International Zoo Educators Association,
47: 38-41
Smith, L.D.G., Curtis, J., Mair, J. & Van Dijk, P.A. (in
press), ‘Requests for zoo visitors to undertake prowildlife behaviour: how many is too many?’, Tourism
Management
Smith, LDG, SH Ham & BV Weiler (2011), ‘The impact of
profound wildlife experiences’, Anthrozoos, 24(1): 51-64
Stanley, JK, D Hensher, JR Stanley & D Vella-Brodrick
(2011), ‘Mobility, social exclusion and well-being:
exploring the links’, Transportation Research A, 45(8):
789-801
Stanley, JK, D Hensher, JR Stanley, G Currie & W Greene
(2011), ‘Social exclusion and the value of mobility’,
Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 45(2)
Van Dijk, PA, LDG Smith & B Cooper (2011), ‘Are you for
real? An evaluation of the relationship between
emotional labour and visitor outcomes’, Tourism
Management¸32(1): 39-45
Van Dijk, PA, LDG Smith & BV Weiler (in press), ‘To reenact or not to re-enact? Investigating differences
between first and third person interpretation at a
heritage tourism site’, Visitor studies
Wallis, P & RL Ison (2011) ‘Appreciating institutional
complexity in water governance dynamics: a case from
the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia’, Water Resources
Management, 25 (15): 4081
Wallis, PJ & RL Ison (2011) ‘Addressing institutional
complexity in regional water managing systems’, Water
Resources Management, DOI:10.1007/s11269-0119885-z
Wallis, PJ, R MacNally & J Langford (2011) ‘Mapping
Local-Scale Ecological Research to Aid Management at
Landscape Scales’, Geographical Research, 49(2): 203216
Wallis, PJ, WP Gates, AF Patti & JL Scott (2011)
‘Catalytic activity of choline modified Fe (III)
montmorillonite, Applied Clay Science, 53 (2): 336-340
Wei, YP, RL Ison, JD Colvin & K Collins (2011) ‘Reframing
water governance in China: a multi-perspective study of
an over-engineered catchment’, Journal of
Environmental Planning & Management
Wong, T (2011), ‘Framework for stormwater quality
management in Singapore’, 12th International
Conference on Urban Drainage (ICUD), Porto Alegre,
Brazil, 11-16 September 2011
Wong T, A Deletic & RR Brown (2011), ‘An InterDisciplinary Research Program for Building Water
Sensitive Cities’, 12th International Conference on Urban
Drainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept
2011
Zinger, Y, A Deletic, TD Fletcher, P Breen, T Wong (2011),
‘Dual-mode Biofilter System: Case study in Kfar Sava,
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2011
Israel’, 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Research reports, journal and conference articles
Bach, PM, C Urich, DT McCarthy, R Sitzenfrei, M
Kleidorfer, W Rauch & A Deletic (2011), Characterising a
city for integrated performance assessment of water
infrastructure in the DAnCE4Water model, 12th
International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Boulet, M & LDG Smith (2011), ‘Developing behaviour
programs to engage staff in sustainability’, Government
and Sustainability Conference, Melbourne, 31 August
2011
Bratières, K, DT McCarthy, C Schang, A Deletic (2011),
Performance of the enviss™ filtration media: Laboratory
trial, 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Browne, D, A Deletic, TD Fletcher & G Mudd (2011),
‘Modeling the development and consequences of
clogging for stormwater infiltration trenches’, 12th
International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Chandrasena, KKGI, A Deletic, J Ellerton J & DT
McCarthy (2011), ‘Removal of Escherichia coli in
Stormwater Biofilters’, 12th International Conference on
Urban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1116 Sept 2011
Curtis, J & L Smith (2011) ‘Review of the Program
Logics of EPA and Sustainability Victoria’,
BehaviourWorks Australia, Melbourne
Daly, E, BE Hatt, TD Fletcher & A Deletic (in press) ‘A
simplified stochastic model for stormwater bioretention
systems’, Hydrological Processes
De Haan, J, B Ferguson, R Brown & A Deletic (2011), ‘A
Workbench for Societal Transitions in Water Sensitive
Cities’, 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Deletic, A, CBS Dotto, DT McCarthy, M Kleidorfer, G
Freni, G Mannina, M Uhl, M Henrichs, TD Fletcher, W
Rauch, JLf Bertrand-Krajewski & S Tait (accepted 2011)
‘Assessing uncertainties in urban drainage models’,
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2011.04.007
Dotto, CBS, A Deletic, DT McCarthy & TD Fletcher (2011)
‘Calibration and sensitivity analysis of urban drainage
models: MUSIC rainfall/ runoff module and a simple
stormwater quality model’, Australian Journal of Water
Resources, 15 (1): 85-93
Dotto, CBS, M Kleidorfer, A Deletic, W Rauch, DT
McCarthy & TD Fletcher (2011) ‘Performance and
sensitivity analysis of stormwater models using a
Bayesian approach and long-term high resolution data’,
Environmental Modelling and Software, 26 (10): 12251239
Ferguson, B, R Brown & A Deletic (2011), ‘Towards a
socio-technical framework for mapping and diagnosing
transformational dynamics in urban water systems’, 12th
International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Francey, M, HP Duncan, A Deletic & TD Fletcher (2011)
‘Testing and sensitivity of a simple method for predicting
urban pollutant loads’, Journal of Environmental
Engineering, 137 (9): 782-789
Godden, L, RL Ison & P Wallis (2011), ‘Water governance
in a climate change world: Appraising systemic and
adaptive effectiveness’, Water Resources Management
(Editorial, Special Issue), 25 (15) 3971-3976
Godden, L, RL Ison & PJ Wallis (2011), ‘Water
Governance in a Climate Change World: Appraising
Systemic and Adaptive Effectiveness’, Water Resources
Management
Griggs, DJ & E Gerrard (2011) ‘Policy options for a
Freestanding Statutory Right (FSR) for Traditional Owner
non-commercial access to and use of natural
resources’, A report for the Victorian Government
Department of Sustainability and the Environment
Guest, RM, C Schang, A Deletic, DT McCarthy (2011),
‘Development of Novel Activated Carbon Filter Media for
Pathogen Removal from Stormwater’, 12th International
Conference on Urban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto
Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Hatt BE, A Steinel, A Deletic & TD Fletcher (in press)
‘Retention of heavy metals by stormwater systems:
breakthrough analysis’, Water Science and Technology
Ison, RL (2011) ‘Cybersystemic conviviality: addressing
the conundrum of ecosystems services’, ASC (American
Society for Cybernetics) Column, Cybernetics & Human
Knowing, 18 (1, 2): 135-141.
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ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH
Ison, RL, P Wallis & L Godden (2011), ‘Reference: Impact
of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan on Regional Australia’,
House of Representatives Standing Committee on
Regional Australia, Wednesday, 2 March 2011, Canberra
Hansard RA17-23.
Johnson, V, G Currie & J Stanley (2011), ‘Planning for
society and community: Are transport problems a barrier
to participation in community activities?’, ATRF, Adelaide,
South Australia, 28-30 September 2011
Johnson, V, G Currie & J Stanley (2011), ‘What do
barriers to participation in community activities tell us
about social exclusion?’, Australian Social Policy
Conference, Sydney, 6-8 July 2011
Kandra, HS, DT McCarthy & A Deletic (2011),
‘Investigation of biological clogging in stormwater filters’,
12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Kestin, T, A Gallant, DJ Griggs & D Karoly (2011) ‘Update
of Climate Change Science for Victoria’, A report for the
Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and
the Environment (DSE)
Li, YL, DT McCarthy & A Deletic (2011), Treatment of
pathogens in stormwater by antimicrobial-modified filter
media, 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Lintern, A, E Daly, H Duncan, BE Hatt, TD Fletcher & A
Deletic (2011), ‘Key design characteristics that influence
the performance of stormwater biofilters’, 12th
International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
McCarthy, DT, A Deletic, VG Mitchell & C Diaper (2011)
‘Development and testing of a model for Micro-organism
Prediction in Urban Stormwater (MOPUS)’, Journal of
Hydrology, 409(1-2): 236-247
Nunes, RTS, A Deletic, THF Wong, JHA Prodanoff & MAV
Freitas (2011), ‘Procedures for integrating Water
Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) technologies into the site
planning process: Criteria for streetscape scale applied
in Melbourne Region – Australia’, 12th International
Conference on Urban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto
Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011
Paschen, J & RL Ison (2011), ‘Narrative research for
climate change adaptation policy and practice:
opportunities and challenges’, Proc. Resilient Cities
2011: 2nd World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to
Climate Change, 3 - 5 June 2011, Bonn, Germany.
Paschen, J-A & RL Ison (2011) ‘Exploring the potential of
story-telling in climate change adaptation’, The Institute
of Australian Geographers conference, University of
Wollongong, NSW, Australia, 3-6 July 2011
Paschen, J-A & RL Ison (2011), ‘Local Context, Drivers &
Issues Analysis in Port Fairy. A report on the findings of
the Port Fairy Social Research Project Exploring local
narratives of environmental change and adaptation’
Paschen, J-A & RL Ison (2011), ‘Narrative Research in
Climate Change Adaptation – Exploring a New Paradigm
for Research and Governance VCCCAR’, Victorian Centre
for Climate Change Adaptation Research Working Paper
Pendrey C, M Carey & J Stanley (2011), ‘Climate
change, extreme weather and the health of people who
are homeless’, Public Health Association of New
Zealand Conference: Vision, Sustainability and Diversity,
Lincoln University, Canterbury, 31 August – 2 September
2011
Pendrey, C, M Carey & J Stanley (2011), ‘Homelessness
and climate change’, Australian Social Policy
Conference, 6-8 July 2011
Poustie, MS, RR Brown & A Deletic (2011), ‘Receptivity
to sustainable urban water management in the Pacific’,
12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,
Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 September
2011
Read, P, J Stanley & D Vella-Brodrick (2011), ‘The
human development index and climate change’, SPRC
Conference, 6-8 July 2011
Robinson, CJ, T Wallington, E Gerrard, DJ Griggs, D
Walker & T May ‘Draft Indigenous co-benefit criteria and
requirements to inform the development of Australia’s
Carbon Farming Initiative’, A report for the Australian
Rural Industry Research Development Corporation and
Australian Government Department of Sustainability,
Environment, Water, People and Communities, Canberra
Rose, G, G Codner, D Griggs & M Boulet (2011),
‘Integrating sustainability into the higher education
sector: Insight from a case study of the first year
Engineering curriculum at Monash University’, Final
project report submitted to Sustainability Victoria, 28
June 2011
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Ross, AE, G Lipeme Kouyi, TD Fletcher, P Molle, B
Chocat, M Calla, E Daly & A Deletic (2011), ‘Hydraulic
modelling of constructed reed-bed wetlands for
stormwater treatment’, 12th International Conference on
Urban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1116 Sept 2011
Schang, C, DT McCarthy, K Bratières & A Deletic (2011),
‘Expected performances and lifespan of the enviss™
stormwater treatment technologies: results of a
breakthrough analysis’, 12th International Conference on
Urban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1116 September 2011
Smith, LDG (2011), ‘Working out the right message to
influence visitors’ behaviour’, Theory of Zoo and
Aquarium Evolution: Unite -> Adapt -> Innovate ->
Thrive Conference, Sydney, 16-19 May 2011
Smith, LDG & JM Curtis (2011), ‘The seven grand
challenges of behaviour change’, Share with the Chair
(Environmental Protection Authority), Melbourne,
Australia, 17 November 2011
Smith, LDG, J Curtis, L Ganghadaran, P Raschky, M
Symmons, F Newton & B Verplanken (2011), ‘Ergon
Energy research portfolio review’, BehaviourWorks
Australia, Melbourne
Smith, LDG & BV Weiler (2011), ‘Linkage Report II:
Identifying key visitor beliefs about four pro-wildlife
behaviours’, Report submitted to Taronga Conservation
Society Australia in relation to ARC Linkage project
LP0989139
Smith, LDG & BV Weiler (2011), ‘Linkage Report III:
Evaluating the effectiveness of Perth Zoo’s Wipe for
Wildlife campaign and its elements’, Report submitted to
Perth Zoo in relation to ARC Linkage project LP0989139
Smith, LDG & BV Weiler (2011), ‘Linkage Report IV:
Identifying key messages to influence detergent
purchase decisions’, Report submitted to Zoos Victoria
in relation to ARC Linkage project LP0989139
Stanley, J (2011), ‘The emission trading scheme and low
income households’, Australian Social Policy
Conference, Sydney, 6-8 July 2011
Stanley, J and K Lucas (2011), ‘Achieving an integrated
social, environmental and economic agenda for the
informal transport sector in developing countries’,
Workshop 6: The Public Agenda – What is Working and
What is Missing? , Thredbo Conference, Durban, 11-15
September 2011
Stanley, J & J Stanley (2011), ‘Mobility, social exclusion
and wellbeing’, 59th UITP World Congress, Dubai, 10-14
April 2011
Stebbing M, M Carey, M Sinclair & M Sim (2011),
‘Climate change and health: voices of women in small
rural towns in Victoria, Australia’, Gender and Climate
Change conference, Prato, Italy, 2011
Stebbing M, M Carey, M Sinclair & M Sim, ‘Water
insecurity and health and wellbeing in rural Victorian
towns’, Public Health Association of Australia
conference, Brisbane, September 2011
Urich, C, PM Bach, C Hellbach, R Sitzenfrei, MK
Kleidorfer, DT McCarthy, A Deletic & W Rauch (2011),
‘Dynamics of cities and water infrastructure in the
DAnCE4Water model’, 12th International Conference on
Urban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1116 Sept 2011
Weiler, B, J Allan & LDG Smith (2011), ‘Fostering Proenvironmental Behaviour of Visitors to Perth Zoo: Saving
Wildlife Habitat One Toilet Roll at a Time’, Interpretation
Australia Conference “At the Frontier: Exploring the
Possibilities”, Perth, Western Australia, 14-18 November
2011
Wong, T, R Allen, R Brown, A Deletic, D Griggs, I Hodyl, B
McIlrath, T Montebello & L Smith (2011), ‘Transitioning
to a resilient, liveable and sustainable Greater Melbourne
(localised case studies), Report for Living Victoria
Ministerial Advisory Council, March 2011
Wong, T, Allen, Beringer, Brown, Chaudhri, Deletic,
Fletcher, Gernjk, Jakob, Reeder, Tapper & Walsh (2011),
‘Blueprint 2011: Stormwater Management in a Water
Sensitive City’, The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
Yong, CF, A Deletic, TD Fletcher & MR Grace (2011)
‘Hydraulic and treatment performance of pervious
pavements under variable drying and wetting regimes’,
Water Science and Technology, 64 (8): 1692-1699
Opinion pieces and articles
Carey M., & Shearman D., Hidden costs of the CSG
rush, Climate Spectator,
www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/hiddencosts-csg-rush.
Griggs, D., Why Climate Change is Real and Human
Induced, The Melbourne Anglican, 2011
http://melbourne.anglican.com.au/NewsAndViews/TMA/
Pages/2011/2011-09/Why-climate-change-is-real-andhuman-induced-001110-001123.aspx
Skarbek, A., Counting the Cost of Delay, Climate
Spectator, 7 April 2011
http://www.climatespectator.com.au
Skarbek, A., Failing to Act on Climate Change Costs Us
Billions, The Conversation, 14 April 2011
http://theconversation.edu.au/failing-to-act-on-climatechange-costs-us-billions-716
Skarbek, A., Australia Can Cut More Carbon, Climate
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ia-can-cut-more-carbon
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Emissions by 25% by 2020, The Conversation, 9 August
2011, http://theconversation.edu.au/carbon-taxpackage-could-let-australia-cut-emissions-by-25-by-20
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psychology behind smaller power bills, The
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-3530
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article/833
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Mark Boulet
Awarded – Australian Leadership Award 2011, ADC
Forum, June 2011
Professor Ana Deletic
Awarded – Fellowship of the Australian Academy of
Technological Services and Engineering, Australian
Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 26
November 2011
Professor Dave Griggs
Awarded – Fellow of the Australian Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering, December 2011
Dr Liam Smith
Monash Research Accelerator, Monash University (2011
– 2012)
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2011
Grants and
Philanthropic
Support
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GRANTS & PHILANTROPIC SUPPORT
MSI would like to thank the following organisations
for their financial support:
Source
Project title
Recipients
Total funding
AECOM Australia
Climate resilient transport
training package
developed for the
Department of Transport
(Victoria)
Mark Boulet
$7,260
APA
Health, equity and
wellbeing in the context of
global sustainability
Paul Read
ARC Linkage Grant
Systemic and adaptive
water governance:
Lessons for Australia from
China and South Africa
Yonping Wei,
John Langford, Ray Ison,
Qi Feng, and John Colvin
Australian Housing and
Urban Research Institute
(AHURI)
Feasibility study on
place disadvantage
Janet Stanley
Brisbane City Council,
Central West councils
Salinity and Water Quality
Alliance, City of
Manningham, City of Port
Phillip, Consortium of
Sydney Metropolitan
Councils, Marrickville City
Council, Melbourne Water,
Monash University, National
Water Commission, South
East Water, South Australia
NRM Boards Consortium,
Victorian Department of
Innovation, Industry and
Regional Development &
VicUrban
Cities and Water
Supply Catchments
Tony Wong, Rebekah
Brown, Ana Deletic, Ross
Allen, Jason Beringer,
Vivek Chaudhri, Tim
Fletcher, Wolfgang
Gernjak, Leanne Hodyl,
Christian Jacob, Nigel
Tapper & Chris Walsh
Brown Coal Innovation
Australia
BCIA Fellow
Kerry Pratt
Bus Industry
Confederation
Community Transport
in Victoria
Janet Stanley
$27,500
2011
Camcare
Future Needs in
Boroondara
Janet Stanley
$10,000
2011–2012
City of Yarra
Staff behaviour change
training and planning
workshop
Mark Boulet
$6,500
2011
Commissioner for
Environmental
Sustainability
Forward for Strategic
Audit Report
Dave Griggs
$1,500
2011
Community Connections
Moyne Shire
Rural Transport
Janet Stanley
$20,000
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Years
2011
$33,000
2011–2012
$320,553
2010–2012
$8,000
2011
$19,835,736
2010–2014
$1,000,000
2010–2013
2011–2012
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Source
Project title
Recipient
CSIRO
National Indigenous
Climate Change project
Dave Griggs
Africa Food Security
Initiative Governance
Learning project
Ray Ison, Phil Wallis
Department of Climate
Change and Energy
Efficiency (Federal)
emPower communications
project
Anna Skarbek
Department of
Sustainability and
Environment (Victoria)
Living Victoria case studies
Tony Wong and
Dave Griggs
$98,000
2011
Department of
Sustainability and
Environment (Victoria)
Climate Change Science
for Victoria
Dave Griggs, Tahl Kestin and
the Melbourne Sustainable
Societies Institute
$98,120
2011
Department of
Sustainability and
Environment (Victoria)
Policy options paper for
indigenous access to
natural resources
Dave Griggs
$15,000
2011
Department of
Sustainability and the
Environment
Marginal Abatement
Cost Curve
Anna Skarbek
$99,000
2011
Department of
Sustainability and the
Environment (Victoria)
DSE Science- Policy
Partnership Project
Funding Agreement
Tony Wong and
Phil Johnstone
Department of
Sustainability, Environment,
Water, Population and
Communities
Support for a workshop on
building capacity among
early career researchers in
water governance
Department of Transport
and AECOM
Peer review of climate
change risk and
adaptation training
Emergency Services
Commissioner
Improving an Information
Campaign for the
Prevention of Bushfire
Arson Project
EPA Victoria,
Sustainability Victoria and
The Shannon Company
BehaviourWorks Australia
Liam Smith,
John Thwaites
$729,000
Ergon Energy
Behaviour change cost
curve
Anna Skarbek
$65,000
2011
Fuji Xerox Australia
Sustainability training for
registered FXA dealers
Mark Boulet
$3,650
2011
Homeground Services
Sustainability training
for staff
Mark Boulet
$4,000
2011
Metropolitan Waste
Management Group
Behaviour Change
Training Day
Mark Boulet
$3,500
2011
CSIRO
MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2011
Total funding
$10,000
Years
2011
$300,000
2011-2012
$462,125
2011-2012
$150,000
2011–2012
$16,500
2011
$22,000
2011
$11,000
2011
Philip Wallis, Ray Ison,
Naomi Rubenstein
(& Lee Godden)
Mark Boulet
Janet Stanley
Paul Read
2011–2013
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GRANTS & PHILANTROPIC SUPPORT
Source
Project title
Recipient
Total funding
Years
Monash Faculty of
Medicine, Nursing and
Health Sciences 2011
Faculty Strategic Grants
Perceived impacts of long
term water insecurity on
health and well-being of
residents in small towns in
rural Victoria
Marion Carey, Martha
Sinclair, Malcolm Sim and
Margaret Stebbing
$14,034
2011
National Australia Bank
Development of staff
training programme
Mark Boulet
$16,500
2011
National Climate Change
Adaptation Research
Facility (NCAARF)
Victorian node of the
Water Resources and
Freshwater Biodiversity
Network
John Langford and
Philip Wallis
$89,500
2009–2012
National Climate Change
Adaptation Research
Facility (NCAARF)
Water Network – Water
Governance Research
Initiative
Ray Ison, Lee Godden
and Philip Wallis
$89,000
2010–2012
National Climate Change
Adaptation Research
Facility (NCAARF), DSE
Gippsland, Bass Coast
Shire, South Gippsland
Shire, and Climate Change
Network – Gippsland
What would a climate
adapted settlement look
like in 2030?
Janet Stanley
$397,300
2012–2013
Natural Disaster Resilience
Grants Scheme, Office of
the Victorian Emergency
Services Commissioner
Improving an information
campaign for prevention of
bushfire arson
Janet Stanley and
Tahl Kestin
$35,000
2010–2012
NSW Department of
Environment, Climate
Change and Water
MacQuarie Park
Anna Skarbek
$30,000
2010–2011
Origin Energy
Household cost curve
Anna Skarbek
$65,000
2011-13
Property Council of
Victoria and multiple
industry partners
Cogeneration project
Anna Skarbek
$180,000
RACV Insurance
The Australian Bushfire
Arson Prevention Initiative
Janet Stanley
$30,000
2010–2011
Regional Development
Victoria
Gippsland Low Carbon
Growth Plan
Anna Skarbek
$300,000
2010–2011
Sustainability Victoria
Induction training for staff
Mark Boulet
$9,600
2011
Sustainability Victoria
ResourceSmart Program –
on/off training program
Mark Boulet
$18,270
2011
Sustainability Victoria
Engineering first year
curriculum
Dave Griggs, Geoff Rose,
Mark Boulet and
Gary Codner
$50,000
2011
Sustainability Victoria
Sustainability Induction
training
Mark Boulet
$9,650
2011
Sustainability Victoria
Sustainability Outreach
training
Mark Boulet
$13,000
2011
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2011
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Source
Project title
Recipient
Swinburne Uni
Green Skills Audit
Anna Skarbek
$10,000
2011
Sydney Metropolitan
Catchment Management
Authority and Blacktown
City Council
Opening conversations for
communities of practice in
water governance: Sydney
Ray Ison
$38,000
2010–2011
TAFES & Universities
Sustainable Campus
Group
Belinda Towns and
Stephen Derrick
$50,950
2011
Tasmanian Climate
Change Office
Funding for Green Steps
course in Tasmania
Erin Simpson, and
Mark Boulet
$23,400
2011
The Myer Foundation
ClimateWorks Australia
Dave Griggs
Various organisations
Green Steps @ Work
course (x 4 to date)
Kati Thompson and
Mark Boulet
$46,000
2011
Various organisations
Additional Green Steps
internships to date
Erin Simpson
$44,000
2011
Various organisations
Green Steps internships –
to date
Mark Boulet,
Erin Simpson
$73,000
2011
VicHealth
Climate change and
biodiversity health effects
research fellowship
Dave Griggs
$403,000
2009–2012
Victorian Centre for
Climate Change
Adaptation Research
(VCCCAR)
Critical perspectives on
scenario planning
Ray Ison
$10,000
2010–2011
Victorian Centre for
Climate Change
Adaptation Research
(VCCCAR)
Framing multi-level and
multi-actor adaptation
responses in the Victorian
context
Ray Ison and
Philip Wallis
$120,000
2010–2011
Victorian Centre for
Climate Change
Adaptation Research
(VCCCAR)
Critical perspectives on
scenario planning
extension
Ray Ison and
Philip Wallis
$13,900
Victorian Centre for
Climate Change and
Adaptation Research
Learning from indigenous
natural resources
management in the
Barmah-Millewa
Dave Griggs and
Amanda Lynch
Victorian Employers
Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (VECCI)
Evaluation for ‘Choose
GreenPower’ program
Phil Blythe and
Janet Stanley
$21,700
2011
Victorian Employers
Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (VECCI)
Sustainability actions
research and data
collection
Phil Blythe and
Janet Stanley
$29,500
2011
Wannon Water
Green Steps programme
for staff
Mark Boulet
$16,500
2011
Windmere
Prevention of
homelessness
Janet Stanley and
Lenore Manderson
$11,000
2011–2012
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Total funding
$4,600,000
$217,000
Years
2009–2013
2011
2011–2013
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Further information
Monash Sustainability Institute
Building 74, Clayton Campus
Monash University, Victoria, 3800, Australia
T: +61 3 9905 9323
E: enquiries@msi.monash.edu
W: www.monash.edu/research/sustainability-institute
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