MSI Annual Activity Report 2011

Annual ActivityReport 2011

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Monash Sustainability InstituteAnnual Activity Report 2011

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MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 2011 1

2011: A Year of New Directions 2From the Chair 3From the Director 32011: At a Glance 4About the Institute 6

World-Leading Programs 8Australian Bushfire Prevention Initiative 9BehaviourWorks Australia 11Centre for Water Sensitive Cities 13ClimateWorks Australia 17Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health 20Green Steps 22Indigenous Communities and Climate Change 24Natural Resource Management in Asia 26in Response to Climate ChangeSocial and Environmental Sustainability 28Sustainable Cities 30Systemic and Adaptive Governance Research 32

Part of the University Community 34Education for Sustainability 35Sustainable Campus Group 36Towards Sustainability 36Monash University Annual Report 37Postgraduate Program 37

Engagement and Outreach 39MSI Seminar Series 40Climate Scientists Australia 41Sharing our Results 42

Grants and Philanthropic Support 47

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MONASH SUSTAINABILITY INSTITUTE ANNUAL ACTIVITY REPORT 20112

2011: A Year of New Directions

2011 was a big year marked by new programs

and initiatives.


In November 2011, I was fortunate enoughto be at Parliament House when the CleanEnergy Future Package passed the Senate.So I was also on Parliament House lawn tocontribute to a community time capsule thatis to be opened in 2050. As I stepped ontothe stage to a standing ovation from thecrowd gathered there – two things struckme. Firstly, this is not the normal reception Ireceive when I get up to speak, but I couldget used to it. Secondly, I hope that whenthat time capsule is opened in 2050, theworld is well on its way to a sustainablefuture. Our aim is that MSI will play its part increating that future.

It’s my firm belief that interdisciplinarycooperation is the key to many of theadvances we need in sustainability. At thistime MSI is at the forefront internationally ofefforts to undertake interdisciplinaryresearch in sustainability. So we were veryexcited this year by the new directions MSIhas taken.

In August 2011, we launchedBehaviourWorks Australia – a partnershipwith the Environmental Protection Authority(EPA) Victoria, and The Shannon Company.This new initiative will bring togetherleading Monash researchers withinternational experts, business andgovernment to study ways to influencehuman behaviour, and search for the bestmix of strategies to promote measureableand lasting change.

The Centre for Water Sensitive Cities alsoachieved a major milestone this year,successfully bidding to form a CooperativeResearch Centre with funding of $30 millionfrom the Federal Government.ClimateWorks Australia has consolidatedand expanded on its ground-breaking work,a highlight being the Prime Minister’s launchof our Low Carbon Growth Plan for GreaterGeelong. And this expansion themecontinued with an increase in the number ofour Green Steps courses being offeredacross the country and a commencement ofa program to embed sustainability into theMonash University curriculum.

A particularly enjoyable focus of my workthis year has been working with the YortaYorta community to examine how theirIndigenous knowledge can be appropriatelylegitimised, protected and integrated withmore conventional forms of knowledge andscience; and how this can help us bettermanage our natural resources and adapt toclimate change in the Barmah-Millewa area.And there are many more highlights that youcan read for yourself in the report.

While I’m not one for looking backwards, ithas been particularly gratifying to reflect onwhat we achieved in 2011. I’d like to thankthe staff of MSI for their tireless efforts, andthe University, our supporters, partners, andfunders for their support. We look forward toan equally productive and successful 2012.

Professor Dave Griggs, Director

The Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) issuccessfully building a bridge between highquality research and the implementation ofpolicies that are needed to create a moresustainable society. The key to this successhas been the collaboration that has beenfostered between researchers at Monash,researchers at other institutions anddecision makers in business andgovernment.

An outstanding example of this collaborationis the Monash-led Cooperative ResearchCentre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities thathas recently been awarded $30 million ofFederal Government funding. The CRC willbuild on the excellent work of the Centre forWater Sensitive Cities that has been basedat MSI. It involves a collaboration with 70industry and government partners, threeuniversities, and the renowned PUB waterauthority in Singapore and will be a worldleader in sustainable urban watermanagement.

Another great example of collaboration isBehaviourWorks Australia that waslaunched in 2011 to be an internationally-recognised behaviour change researchcentre for environmental sustainability.BehaviourWorks is supported by stategovernment agencies and industry and isalready contributing to a greaterunderstanding of how best to influence theeveryday decisions that are integral tocreating a more sustainable world.

One of the most important roles that MSIplays is to foster collaborations acrossdisciplines at Monash and facilitate fundingfor interdisciplinary research. Examplesinclude water, energy and soil carbonresearch. BehaviourWorks is not onlybringing together researchers from manydisciplines at Monash including psychology,marketing and behavioural economics, it isalso collaborating with MSI’s own GreenSteps education program to create anddeliver a Behaviour Change Masterclass.

Finally I am very pleased that MSI hasincreased the focus on Education forSustainability within Monash itself. As wellas providing a wide range of sustainabilitycourses at undergraduate and graduatelevel, Monash is seeking to embedsustainability in all its degrees. This hasbecome possible through the appointmentof what we believe is the first Professor ofEducation for Sustainability at any AustralianUniversity. A programme to incorporatesustainability throughout the Engineeringfirst year curriculum has provided thebridgehead from which we hope over timeto put sustainability at the heart ofeverything Monash teaches.

I congratulate Professor Dave Griggs andthe MSI team for a successful 2011 andlook forward to a strong year ahead.

Professor John Thwaites, Chair

From the Director

From the Chair


(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 ofBehaviourWorks in September 2011.

The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities includes a research node at the University of WesternAustralia, in Perth.

2011: AT A GLANCEFor the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI),2011 marked a year of significant growth andachievement. From the launch of newinitiatives, to a $30 million CRC for theCentre of Water Sensitive Cities, ourprograms grew in both size and impact.

BehaviourWorksAustralia is launched2011 also saw the launch ofBehaviourWorks Australia – aninnovative partnership between MSI,the Environmental Protection AuthorityVictoria, and the Shannon Company.The goal of the new multi-disciplinaryresearch centre is to work towards asociety where environmentalsustainability is a key consideration ineveryday decision making.BehaviourWorks Australia hit theground running in 2011, with keyprojects and initiatives aimed atbridging the gap between behaviourchange disciplines, researchers, andpractitioners in business andgovernment. Read more aboutBehaviourWorks Australia’s first yearachievements on page 11.

$30 million CRC forthe Centre for WaterSensitive CitiesResearchers from MSI’s Centre forWater Sensitive Cities (CWSC) aretaking the lead in a research projectthat aims to revolutionise watermanagement in Australia. In 2011, theCentre was awarded a $30 milliongrant in the latest round of theAustralian Government’s CooperativeResearch Centres (CRC) program. Incollaboration with 70 research,industry and government partners, theCRC for Water Sensitive Cities will beestablished in July 2012 with researchnodes at Monash University, theUniversity of Western Australia, theUniversity of Queensland and inSingapore. Read more about theCentre for Water Sensitive Cities’ 2011achievements on page 13.


(Left to right) Tonya Higgins from ClimateWorks Australia with Prime Minister Julia Gillardand Anna Skarbek, Executive Director of ClimateWorks Australia.

MSI's Director, Professor Dave Griggs was one of 32 Australians to be honoured with anATSE fellowship.

ClimateWorks Australia continues its ground-breaking workIn 2011, ClimateWorks Australia continued its ground-breaking work with therelease of regional Low Carbon Growth Plans for Greater Geelong, Gippsland andMacquarie Park. The Low Carbon Growth Plan for Greater Geelong was launchedby Prime Minister Julie Gillard in May 2011. ClimateWorks also released a report onthe impact of the Federal Government’s carbon price legislation to wide nationalacclaim. Read more on these and other ClimateWorks achievements on page 17.

MSI researchersawarded Fellowship of ATSE Director of MSI, Professor DaveGriggs, and the Centre for WaterSensitive Cities’ Professor Ana Deletic,were among 32 Australian researchersand business leaders honoured withelection as 2011 Fellows of theAustralian Academy of TechnologicalSciences and Engineering (ATSE).Fellowship of the Academy is awardedon the basis of impact and excellenceof achievement in the key areas ofapplied physical science andtechnology, applied biological scienceand technology, engineering,information technology or architecture.

Green Steps’ MarkBoulet wins ADCLeadership Award MSI’s Manager of EducationPrograms, Mark Boulet, (pictured left)was recognised in the AustralianDavos Connection (ADC) Australianleadership awards summit along withother university staff for hisoutstanding leadership skills. Markwon the award for his work headingup MSI’s Green Steps program. Thesummit, established in 2005, bringstogether around 350 of the country’sestablished and emerging leaders toshare ideas, exchange views andcreate outcomes to improve Australia’sfuture. Previous MSI winners includeExecutive Director of ClimateWorksAustralia, Anna Skarbek.

The Monash Sustainability Institute’s(MSI) mission is to solve the climatechange and environmentalsustainability challenges facing oursociety. The problems are complex. Sothe solutions demand a unique anddistinctive interdisciplinary approach.

That’s why MSI brings together thebest minds from multiple fields ofendeavour in world-leading cross-disciplinary programs and centres ofexcellence. These programs draw onthe best expertise of MonashUniversity from across faculties; andcombine it with industry and academicknow-how from around the world.

MSI tackles the tough problems thatoften end up in the ‘too hard’ basket:building water sensitive cities; bettermanaging our water resources;catalysing action across Australia’seconomy to reduce our greenhouseemissions; valuing and integratingindigenous knowledge to help manageour natural resources; puttingenvironmental sustainability at thecentre of decision making;understanding and influencing humanbehaviour; training and educating thenext generation of leaders insustainability, and more.

Through this innovative cross-disciplinary work, MSI is having areal-world impact both in Australia andoverseas. It’s doing its part to create asustainable future through four nation-leading organisations and programs:

• BehaviourWorks Australia

• Centre for Water Sensitive Cities

• ClimateWorks Australia

• Green Steps

MSI is also leading a range of cross-disciplinary programs:

• Australian Bushfire Arson Prevention Initiative

• Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health

• Indigenous Communities and Climate Change

• Natural Resource Management inAsia in Response to Climate Change

• Social and EnvironmentalSustainability

• Sustainable Cities

• Systemic and Adaptive Governance Research


ABOUT THE INSTITUTE


OUR PEOPLEManagement and AdministrationJohn Thwaites, ChairmanProfessor Dave Griggs, DirectorJulie Arcilla, PA to the Director & Office ManagerVicki Kyriakakis, Communications &Marketing Manager

ProjectsDr Janet Stanley, Chief Research OfficerDr Paul McShane, Chief Research OfficerSimon J Rowntree, Project ManagerDr Tahl Kestin, Research Project Manager &Climate Scientists Australia SecretariatDr Marion Carey, VicHealth Senior Research FellowDr Phil Blythe, Research Advisor, Energy EfficiencyPaul Read, Research FellowProfessor Kerry Pratt, Theme Leader, EnergyDr Mark Belkin, KMRP/ MSI Research FellowDr Terry Chan, Research FellowDr Tina Kalivas, Research Fellow(Indonesia)Pan Wang, GIS ProgrammerProfessor John LangfordProfessor Ray Ison, Professor, Systems for Sustainability and Open University UKDr Phil Wallis, Research FellowNaomi Rubenstein, Research Assistant

BehaviourWorks AustraliaDr Liam Smith, DirectorDr Jim Curtis, Research Fellow

EducationProfessor Geoff Rose, Professor andConvenor, Education for Sustainability

Mark Boulet, Manager, Education TeamKati Thompson, Green Steps Training CoordinatorErin Simpson, Green Steps Internship and Alumni CoordinatorEmma Grace, Green Steps Project AdministratorKendra Scaife, Green Steps Project Administrator

Sustainability ReportingBelinda Towns, Manager, SustainableCampus Group and Sustainable ReportingStephen Derrick, Manager, Sustainable Campus Group

Centre for Water Sensitive CitiesProfessor Tony Wong, Director and Chief ExecutiveProfessor Ana Deletic, DirectorProfessor Rebekah Brown, DirectorCara Jordan, Business ManagerKatia Bratieres, Stakeholder Relations and Research DevelopmentDr Phillip Johnstone, Adjunct AssociateProfessor (DSE Science-Policy Partnership)Rachelle Adamowicz, Research Assistant

ClimateWorks AustraliaProfessor John Thwaites, ChairmanProfessor Dave Griggs, CEOAnna Skarbek, Executive DirectorSamantha Tannahill, Executive AssistantMeg Argyriou, Head of EngagementAmandine Denis, Head of ResearchVicki Kyriakakis, Communications & Marketing ManagerAstha Batra, Project OfficerChrissie Murray, Project OfficerTonya Higgins, Advisor

MSI draws together cross-disciplinary expertisefrom around the university.


World-leading Programs

Exciting research, new ventures and real-world impact

marked MSI’s programs and initiatives in 2011.


AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRE ARSON PREVENTION INITIATIVE

The Australian Bushfire Arson Prevention Initiative bringstogether the best academic expertise of Monash Universitywith national and international thought-leaders to help thosedealing with arson develop better methods of prevention.

The program was launched in 2009 with the help of fundingfrom RACV Insurance. Monash academics are working withindustry and government to identify and address informationgaps, design and test prevention measures, and bring togetherkey stakeholders from across all sectors of the community.

The program works closely with organisations and groupsinvolved in arson prevention from around the country and theworld. This includes the Country Fire Authority (CFA), theMetropolitan Fire and Emergency Services Board, TheVictorian Police, Crime Stoppers, the Australian Institute ofCriminology, the Victorian Government, the European Networkof Arson Practitioners, and the European Accidental, Naturaland Social Fire Risk Assessment and Management Projectbased in the United Kingdom.

2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> During a research study intocommunity attitudes on reportingof suspected arson, Monashacademics uncovered a numberof crucial factors that inhibitedpeople’s willingness to reporttheir suspicions. This informationhelped Crime Stoppers design avery successful and impactfulpromotional campaign for the2011/2012 bushfire season.

> The Gippsland Arson PreventionProgram (GAPP) was launched inFebruary 2011, bringing togetheremergency managementagencies and industry with theacademic know-how of theMonash Sustainability Institute toreduce the incidence ofdestructive arson across theLatrobe Valley and Gippsland.

> MSI joined efforts with the CFAto form the new Youth Fire-SettingWorking Group in January. Led by the CFA, the group iscoordinating resources to combatyouth fire-setting.

> A new program developed in2011 is coordinating data onsuspected arsonists and arsonprevention from organisationsacross Australia to developinternational best-practice inarson prevention.

PEOPLECore TeamDr Janet Stanley, Program Leader, MSIMr Paul Read, Senior Research Fellow, MSISimon J Rowntree, Project Manager, MSI

Organisational PartnersCrime Stoppers, Partner Department of Justice Victoria, FunderRACV Insurance, Funder

‘Information provided byMonash academicshelped Crime Stoppersdesign a very successfuland impactful campaign.’

Prevention of BushfireArson InformationCampaignSupported by the Department ofJustice and RACV Insurance, Monashresearchers investigated communityattitudes on reporting arson. Theresults have contributed to a tosuccessful state-wide Crime Stopperscommunications strategy across print,radio and television. Three waves ofsurveying were completed across fireprone areas in 2011, revealing anumber of crucial factors that mayinhibit reporting of suspicion of arson activities.

Gippsland ArsonPrevention ProgramLaunched in February 2011, this groupmet regularly through the year as partof a new initiative to plan for andprevent arson in the bushfire season.Founding members include the CFA,Department of Sustainability andEnvironment, Victoria Police, LatrobeCity Council, HVP Plantations, LoyYang Power, Gippsland Water, TruEnergy and Monash SustainabilityInstitute. The group is working on jointmarketing initiatives, coordinatingsurveillance on fire danger days,improving inter-organisationalcommunication and coordinating risk-management activities.

Youth Fire-settingWorking GroupThe Youth Fire-setting Working Groupis a new collaboration (set up in 2011)between key health agencies, stategovernment and the MonashSustainability Institute. The project isbeing led by the CFA and MetropolitanFire and Emergency Services Board. Itbrings together professionals in thefield to share information, and bettercoordinate resources and activities.The group is improving pathways ofreferral between organisations, andsharing health care plans, preventionand intervention approaches.

Data HarmonisationProjectThe Data Harmonisation Project isassisting Australia’s pursuit of aninternational best-practice arsonprevention strategy. The project, led byMSI researchers, will coordinate dataheld by emergency services across thecountry in order to better understandthe information gaps and mapcommunities at risk of arson.


WORLD-LEADING PROGRAMS

KEYINITIATIVESMSI’s team have joined forceswith industry and governmentspecialists from across thecommunity to tackle arsonthrough these crucial projectsand partnerships.

MSI research into community attitudes on reporting arson led to a highly successfulsummer campaign.


PEOPLECore TeamDr Liam Smith, Director, BWADr Jim Curtis, Research Fellow, BWADr Rumi Ramkissoon, Research Fellow, BWA

Advisory BoardProfessor 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 GroupMs Sharon Bullen, Group Manager, The Shannon Company Dr Stefan Kaufman, Social Science PortfolioLeader, EPA VictoriaMs Susan Pyke, Strategic Research, Planningand Business Improvement, SustainabilityVictoria

Organisational PartnersEPA Victoria, Founding Partner Sustainability Victoria, Delivery Partner The Shannon Company, Founding Partner

‘BehaviourWorksAustralia’s mission is tobecome an internationally-recognised behaviourchange research centrefor environmentalsustainability.’

2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> BWA was launched inSeptember by the MonashSustainability Institute, EPAVictoria, the Shannon Companyand Sustainability Victoria.

> Leading internationalconservation psychologistProfessor Sam Ham from theUniversity of Idaho visited BWAand its partners in February andSeptember 2011 to collaborate ona range of programs andactivities.

> BWA won an ARC LinkageGrant together with colleaguesfrom the University of Queenslandand Oregon State University. Theproject examines, in a tourismcontext, how intentions to take onconservation actions can betranslated into actual behaviourchange by post-visitcommunication and engagement.

> The BWA team worked withEPA Victoria and SustainabilityVictoria on a review of the thinkingbehind their behaviour changeprograms. The results of thereview are informing future workfor both organisations.

BEHAVIOURWORKS AUSTRALIALaunched in September 2011, BehaviourWorks Australia (BWA) draws together the best interdisciplinary researchers at MonashUniversity with leading practitioners in government and business who share an interest in behaviour change research andenvironmental sustainability.

BWA is a partnership between the Monash Sustainability Institute(MSI), EPA Victoria, The Shannon Company and SustainabilityVictoria. Its mission is to become an internationally-recognisedbehaviour change research centre for environmental sustainability. Itincorporates the expertise and learnings of a host of behaviourchange disciplines and practices to understand behaviour anddevelop applied approaches to influence the everyday decisions thatare integral to living in a sustainable world.


Ergon Energy and Peak Electricity DemandIn 2011, BWA worked withQueensland-based Ergon Energy toreview strategies that influencebehaviour and reduce peak energydemand amongst consumers. BWAwill continue to work with Ergon in2012 on further work identified duringthe review.

Researcher-in-residence programBWA established a researcher-in-residence program that links MonashUniversity behaviour change expertisedirectly into government and industry.The program assisted participatingorganisations to build a strongerevidence-base for behaviour changeprojects and programs by linking theminto the latest scholarly thinking aroundhuman behaviour and effectiveintervention design.

Part of the successfulCRC team that won $30 million ingovernment fundingBWA was part of the successful teamawarded a $30 million CRC for theCentre for Water Sensitive Cities. BWAresearchers developed researchquestions to identify, understand andinfluence behaviours to accelerate thetransition to water sensitive cities. Readmore on this project on page 4.

Zoo visits andconservationbehaviourBWA is working with Taronga Zoo, ZoosVictoria, Zoos South Australia and PerthZoo to uncover how websites can beused to influence the behaviour ofvisitors after they visit the zoo.Researchers are investigating theeffectiveness of different website contentin supporting behaviour change, as

previous studies have shown thatdespite having high intentions toundertake pro-wildlife behaviour, zoovisitors usually demonstrated little or nochange in behaviour.

Green StepsAdvancedA collaboration between Green Stepsand BehaviourWorks Australia, thisinitiative has drawn on advancedtheory and practical approaches tobehaviour change to develop aBehaviour Change Master Class forindustry and government. As part ofthis initiative, BehaviourWorks Australiaand Green Steps did a jointpresentation to the 2011 GovernmentSustainability Conference: “Developingbehaviour change programs to engagestaff in sustainability”.

EPA Victoria andSustainability Victoria ProgramLogic ReviewIn 2011, BWA conducted a review ofthe program logics of EPA Victoria andSustainability Victoria. The reviewidentified opportunities to improve andintegrate behaviour change principlesinto their programs. It also identifiedfuture research opportunities for bothagencies, which will significantlyimprove the behaviour changestrategies of both.

Hosting leadinginternational expertsLeading overseas researchers wereinvited to engage and collaborate withBWA researchers and partners to offerstrategic and advanced perspectiveson behaviour change. Professor SamHam from the University of Idaho andDirector of the Centre for InternationalTraining and Outreach was hosted in2011. In 2012, this initiative willexpand with visits from Professor John Thøgersen from AarhusUniversity, Professor Bas Verplankenfrom the University of Bath, andProfessor Susan Michie fromUniversity College London.

Identifyingcollaborative researchopportunitiesBWA ran a research workshop in late 2011 to explore the collaborativeresearch opportunities betweenMonash academics and industrypractitioners working in the field ofbehaviour change and environmentalsustainability. A particular focus of the workshop was the development of interdisciplinary research projectsand teams for ARC Linkageapplications in 2012. The workshopresulted in the identification of over 30 project opportunities.

KEY INITIATIVESIt’s the new kid on the MSI block, but BWA has hit the ground running in 2011 through some innovative new projects around Australia.



PEOPLECore TeamProfessor Tony Wong, CWSC, Director and CEOProfessor Ana Deletic, Director (Departmentof Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) Professor Rebekah Brown, Director (Schoolof Geography and Environmental Science,Faculty of Arts) Katia Bratieres, MSI, Stakeholder Relationsand Research DevelopmentDr Phillip Johnstone, Program Leader –Science-Policy Partnership (Seconded fromVictoria’s Department of Sustainability andEnvironment) Cara Jordan, MSI, Business Manager

Key Academic and Research Staff(Monash University)Ross Allen, Project Leader, Cities as WaterSupply CatchmentsProfessor John Thwaites, Chair of ProjectManagement Committee, MonashSustainability Institute

School of Geography andEnvironmental Science, Faculty of ArtsProfessor Jason Beringer, Project LeaderKatie Brookes, Research FellowDr Andrew Coutts, Research FellowDr Meredith Dobbie, Research Fellow Dr Megan Farrelly, Lecturer Dr Fjalar de Haan, Research Fellow Professor Ray Ison, Research CollaboratorDr Margaret Loughnan, Research FellowProfessor Nigel Tapper, Project Leader

Department of Civil Engineering,Faculty of EngineeringDr Edoardo Daly, Research Fellow Cintia Dotto, Research Fellow Dr Belinda Hatt, Lecturer Louisa John-Krol, Administrative AssistantPeter Kolotelo, Research AssistantDr David McCarthy, LecturerDr Catherine Osborne, Research FellowPeter Poelsma, Research AssistantChristine Schang, Research AssistantRichard Williamson, Technical AssistantFrank Winston, Manager, HydraulicsLaboratoryYaron Zinger, Research Fellow

School of Biological Sciences, Facultyof ScienceProfessor Jenny Davis, ResearchCollaboratorDr Ross Thompson, Senior Lecturer

School of Mathematical Sciences,Faculty of ScienceDr Lorenzo de la Fuente, Research FellowProfessor Christian Jakob, Project Leader Dr Bhupendra Raut, Research FellowProfessor Michael Reeder, ResearchCollaborator

Department of Economics, Faculty ofBusiness and EconomicsDr Dinusha Dharmaratna, LecturerProfessor Lata Gagadharan, Project LeaderDr Anke Leroux, Senior LecturerDr Paul Raschky, Lecturer

Key Associates (non-Monash University)Dr Rupak Aryal, University of QueenslandDr Peter Breen, AECOMAssociate Professor Heather Chapman,Griffith UniversityHugh Duncan, Melbourne Water/ eWaterCRC/ Monash UniversityProfessor Beate Escher, University of QueenslandProfessor Tim Fletcher, University of MelbourneDr Wolfgang Guernjak, University of QueenslandJane-Louise Lampard, Griffith UniversityDr Peter Morison, Melbourne Water and Monash UniversityTim O’Loan, AECOMJeroen Rijke, Delft University of Technologyand Monash UniversityMichael Sammonds, University ofMelbourneDr Mike Stewardson, University ofMelbourneDr Janet Tang, Queensland UniversityDr Geoff Vietz, University of MelbourneAssociate Professor Chris Walsh, Universityof Melbourne

2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> In 2011, Monash led a successfulapplication to establish a CooperativeResearch Centre for Water SensitiveCities. The Centre won a $30 millionCRC for a nine-year $120 millionresearch program that will begin in July 2012.

> Centre Directors Tony Wong and AnaDeletic co-launched an applied researchprogram with Israeli scientists in RamatGan in April 2011 that will focus on howto create water sensitive cities in Israel.

> Over 50 students and industryprofessionals attended the Centre’sinaugural Winter School in July 2011 -an intensive five day program focusingon the practical factors involved intransitioning to a water sensitive city.

> In early 2011 the Centre published itsinaugural blueprint2011 – StormwaterManagement in a Water Sensitive City.The report is a ‘how to’ guide onmanaging urban stormwater andintegrating management technologiesinto Australian urban design practices.

> The Cities as Water SupplyCatchments Program welcomed anadditional 25 new industry partners from NSW, Victoria and WesternAustralia and launched a new researchnode in Perth in July 2011. The Programnow involves local and stategovernment departments across fivestates in Australia.

CENTRE FOR WATER SENSITIVE CITIESMSI’s internationally renowned Centre for Water Sensitive Cities isplaying a pivotal role in the drive to transform Australia’s cities intoattractive, liveable, eco-friendly and resilient places in which to live,work and invest.

The Centre conducts cutting-edge research on urban watermanagement for urban productivity, liveability and sustainability.Researchers are studying stormwater management, urbanclimatology, decentralised urban water services, urban planning anddesign, economics of water resilience, urban water governance, andwater quality health risk management. Centre researchers are alsoworking closely with planning, development and water managementprofessionals in crucial industry partnerships and supportingevidence-based development of government policies on water.

To achieve this, the Centre brings together the significant expertise ofMonash University in research and development for advancing watersensitive cities. Over 60 research staff and students from the facultiesof Arts, Engineering, Science, and Business and Economicscontribute to the Centre’s activities and programs.

Cities as Water Supply CatchmentsResearchers in the Cities as WaterSupply Catchments program arestudying the potential for usingstormwater to build greener, moreliveable cities that are resilient to thechallenges of a growing populationand climate change. This flagship five-year national research program, led byMonash University, brings together fiveresearch partners in eight separate butinterlinked projects and counts 52industry partners throughout Australia.In 2011 the program released theblueprint2011 to wide industryacclaim.

DAnCE 4 Water –Dynamic Adaptationfor Enabling CityEvolution For WaterResearchers on this project aredeveloping a modelling tool that cantest possible scenarios for managingurban water when building andrenewing Australian cities and towns.The tool will allow practitioners to testa large number of potential urbanwater systems that take into accountuncertain climate, population growthand different city developmentoutcomes at a range of scales.

WSUD TechnologiesResearchers on the WSUDTechnologies program are developingand testing a range of newtechnologies for managing urbanwater systems, particularlymanagement of urban stormwater. Thetechnologies being developed arefocussed on improving water qualityand restoring the movement,distribution and quality of water in ournatural catchments. They also aim todeliver a wider range of benefitsincluding aesthetic and micro-climatebenefits.

Urban WaterGovernanceResearchers on the Urban WaterGovernance Program are working tobridge the gap between policy andimplementation through fundamentaland applied research in urban watermanagement. The program is buildinga reliable base of knowledge ongovernance of urban water - themanagement of collective issues, thestakeholders involved and theprocesses used to deliver treat anddispose of water in cities.



KEY INITIATIVESThe Centre for Water Sensitive Citiesis internationally-renowned for itsinnovative projects and initiativesand boasts over 50 partneruniversities and organisations.

The research andoutreach activities ledby the Centre for WaterSensitive Cities aregrouped into threetypes of programs:fundamental research;applied research andindustry outreach.

blueprint2011

The Cities as Water Supply Catchment’s programblueprint2011 was published in early 2011. Theblueprint2011 is a ‘how to’ guide on managing urbanstorm water and integrating management technologiesinto Australian urban design practice. The blueprint willbe updated annually with the latest research findings.

Download it today at www.watersensitivecities.org.au/?page_id=5056

Ecosystem DynamicsResearchers working on theEcosystem Dynamics Program areexploring the link between urban watersystems, the urban landscape andecosystems, with a focus on aquaticreceiving waters such as streams,wetlands and estuaries. The programis examining how water sensitiveurban design can be used to supportand restore natural elements ofecosystem function, and protect the ecosystem and their services to humans.

Green Cities andMicroclimate Researchers in the Green Cities andMicroclimate Program are working todetermine the advantages of usingdecentralised stormwater harvestingsolutions, green infrastructure andtechnologies on urban microclimate.They are also developing stormwaterharvesting strategies to improve urbanclimate, carbon sequestration,stormwater runoff and air quality.

ImplementationModelsResearchers working on theImplementation Models Program arecreating new ways of implementingwater-sensitive cities using science-backed planning, and technical toolsand frameworks. Researchers on theprogram are working closely withindustry to create new models forpractitioners to use.

Science-PolicyPartnershipThe Science–Policy Partnership is ajoint initiative between the VictorianDepartment of Sustainability andEnvironment (DSE) and MonashUniversity. The partnership is linkingthe Centre’s research to theDepartment’s policy programs toensure that policies on urban waterresources are evidence-based. ThePartnership supports the application ofscience to inform policy decisions,particularly the Living Melbourne,Living Victoria policy.

Capacity Building forWater Sensitive CitiesThe Centre for Water Sensitive Cities isfeeding its research into state basedindustry training programs run byorganisations like ClearWater (Vic),Water by Design (Qld), WSUD (NSW),and New WAterways (WA). Thesecollaborations are drawing togetherthe resources, networks, knowledgeand tools to support the transition towater-sensitive cities.


Launch of WAResearch Node

Twenty new partners fromWestern Australia joined the Citiesas Water Supply CatchmentsProgram in July 2011, includingthe University of Western Australiawhere a research centre of thenational program has beenestablished. The new WA-basedcentre was launched by The Hon.Bill Marmion, WA Minister forEnvironment and Water on 24October 2011. The collaborativecentre will play an important rolein delivering better managementof urban stormwater to helpcreate water sensitive cities and towns.



Organisational Partners


PEOPLECore TeamProfessor Dave Griggs, CEO Anna Skarbek, Executive Director Meg Argyriou, Head of Engagement Amandine Denis, Head of ResearchVicki Kyriakakis, Communications and Marketing ManagerTonya Higgins, Advisor Chrissie Murray, Project Officer Astha Batra, Project Officer Samantha Tannahill, Executive Assistant Tahl Kestin, Climate Scientists Australia Secretariat

BoardProfessor John Thwaites, Chair, Monash UniversityDavid Shelmerdine, Deputy Chair,The Myer FoundationHoward 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 AustraliaSam Mostyn, Leading Business and Sustainability AdvisorJon Myer, Communications Manager, The Foundation for Young AustraliansAnna Skarbek, Executive Director, ClimateWorks Australia

‘ClimateWorks Australia’smission is to catalyseaction to substantiallyreduce greenhouseemissions in Australia.’

2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> In April 2011, ClimateWorksAustralia released their 2011 updateof the Low Carbon Growth Plan forAustralia measuring the cost ofdelaying action to reducegreenhouse emissions.

> In May 2011, The Low CarbonGrowth Plan for Greater Geelongwas launched in Geelong by PrimeMinister Julia Gillard.

> In August 2011, ClimateWorksreleased its report on the impact ofthe carbon price on the Low CarbonGrowth Plan. It was launched to afull-house in Treasury Theatre,Melbourne and received nationalmedia coverage.

> In September 2011, The UnlockingBarriers to Cogeneration Report waslaunched in partnership with theProperty Council of Australia.

> In October 2011, the Low CarbonGrowth Plan for Gippsland waslaunched at Monash UniversityChurchill Campus.

ClimateWorks Australia is an independent non-profitorganisation, founded by The Myer Foundation and MonashUniversity, with international links to the US-based ClimateWorksFoundation. Its mission is to catalyse action to substantiallyreduce greenhouse emissions in Australia. In 2011 – its secondfull year of operation – ClimateWorks leveraged the success ofthe award-winning Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia tofurther expand into new areas of research and engagement.

Cost of Delay Report released tonational acclaimIn May 2011, ClimateWorks releasedits 2011 update on the Low CarbonGrowth Plan for Australia. The reportmeasured the financial cost of delayingaction to reduce emissions, calculatingthat it was costing the Australianeconomy $5 million a week. It receivedwide-spread national media attention.

Low Carbon Growth Plan forMacquarie ParkIn November 2011, ClimateWorksreleased its Low Carbon Growth Planfor Macquarie Park. The report foundthat building owners and tenants inMacquarie Park could save $24.4million annually by 2020 and reducetheir greenhouse emissions by 42%each year.

Low Carbon GrowthPlan for GreaterGeelong launchedIn 2011, Prime Minister Julie Gillardlaunched ClimateWorks Australia’sLow Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong.The plan identified that Geelong couldsave more than 1 million tonnes ofgreenhouse emission a year at the lowannual cost of less than $50 a tonne.The report has since been included inthe Future Proofing Geelong program,owned by the City of Greater Geelong,Barwon Water, Deakin University,Committee for Geelong, GeelongManufacturing Council, GeelongChamber of Commerce and EPAVictoria. Projects from the plan arealso being coordinated across the cityby two dedicated staff. More than 80attendees from Geelong businessesparticipated in a workshop focused onaligning potential energy efficiencyprojects with funding. Greater GeelongCouncil is also using the plan toprioritise projects to improve energyefficiency in Council owned properties.



KEY INITIATIVESIn 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, ExecutiveDirector – ClimateWorks Australia, Professor SnowBarlow, 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.

Low Carbon GrowthPlan for GippslandlaunchedThe Low Carbon Growth Plan forGippsland was launched in October2011, at Monash University’sGippsland campus. The Plan foundthat Gippsland could reducegreenhouse emissions by 1.5 milliontonnes a year while saving almost$100 million annually by 2020.Regional councils are nowcoordinating their efforts better tocapture the opportunities identified inthe plan. The Gippsland LocalGovernment Network is alsosupporting an ImplementationManager to coordinate projects acrossthe region identified in the Plan.

Impact of the CarbonPrice report releasedto national acclaimWithin a month of the Carbon Pricelegislation being announced by theFederal Government, ClimateWorksproduced an analysis of the impact thelegislation would have on the LowCarbon Growth Plan for Australia. Thereport found that the carbon pricepackage had the potential to reduceAustralia’s domestic greenhouse gasemissions by 124 million tonnes peryear – more than double Treasury’smodelling of domestic abatementachievable through the carbon pricealone. The report was launched atTreasury Gardens in August 2011 andreceived national press coverage.

National AustraliaBank – Retail Energy EfficiencyReport releasedClimateWorks Australia partnered withthe National Australia Bank (NAB) in2011 to produce a detailed report onthe energy efficiency savings to bemade in the Australian Retail Sector.ClimateWorks researchers found thatthe retail sector could significantlyreduce its energy use between nowand 2020, saving a total of $1 billionannually across the economy. NABfound that the energy savings areequivalent to 2.1% to 5.5% growth inrevenue, which is as much as fivetimes historical growth rates anddouble current projections for the retail sector.

Unlocking the Barriersto CogenerationReport releasedIn September 2011, ClimateWorksand the Property Council released acomprehensive report on thecogeneration technology. The reportmade a number of recommendationson ways to remove or ease barriersstanding in the way of business andindustry making best use ofcogeneration. ClimateWorks iscontinuing to work with partners toimplement the findings of the report,including a formal rule change to theNational Electricity Rules to improvethe grid connection process.


OrganisationalPartnersThe Myer Foundation, Funder and Co-Founder

Monash University, Funder and Co-Founder

BusinessAlcoa

AGL

BHP Billiton

CitiPower

Commonwealth Bank

Deutsche Bank

Ergon Energy

International Power

Loy Yang Power

National Australia Bank

Origin Energy

Powercor Australia

GovernmentCity 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 ofSustainability and Environment

Academic and Non-ProfitAustralian 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


2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> An innovative study was conducted in 2011 on the impacts of extreme weather onthe health and wellbeing of homeless people in Victoria – from the perspective ofhealth service providers.

> Insights from MSI’s Australian Biodiversity and Human Health project were presentedat the first International One Health Congress in Melbourne in February 2011.

> Researchers conducted a study on the impact of long-term water insecurity on thehealth and well-being of residents in small towns in rural Victoria.

CLIMATE CHANGE,BIODIVERISTY AND HEALTHThe Climate Change, Biodiversity and Health Program is working toimprove our understanding of how changes to the naturalenvironment, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, affecthuman health. Led by MSI’s Dr Marion Carey, the program drawstogether expertise from MSI and Monash University’s Faculty ofMedicine with other national health experts to research issues ofclimate change vulnerability, water insecurity, air pollution, heatimpacts, and the value of natural ecosystems to human health. Theprogram is funded by VicHealth (The Victorian Health PromotionFoundation) and Monash University, with support from the VictorianDepartment of Sustainability and the Environment.


PEOPLECore TeamDr Marion Carey, Program Leader, MSIDr Janet Stanley, Co-investigator, MSI

Key AssociatesDr Nigel Barr, School of Healthand Sports Sciences, Facultyof Science, Health, Educationand Engineering, University ofthe Sunshine CoastMs Denise Beaudequin, Schoolof Health and Sports Sciences,Faculty of Science, Health,Education and Engineering,University of the Sunshine CoastDr Mark Holmes, School ofHealth and Sports Sciences,Faculty of Science, Health,Education and Engineering,University of the SunshineCoast Ms Catherine Pendrey, ProjectOfficer, Bachelor of MedicalSciences, Monash UniversityDr Anne Roiko, School ofHealth and Sports Sciences,Faculty of Science, Health,Education and Engineering,University of the SunshineCoast Professor Malcolm Sim,Monash Centre forOccupational andEnvironmental Health, Facultyof Medicine, Nursing andHealth Sciences Dr Martha Sinclair, MonashDepartment of Epidemiologyand Preventive Medicine,Faculty of Medicine, Nursingand Health Sciences Dr Margaret Stebbing,Department of Rural andIndigenous Health, Faculty ofMedicine, Nursing and HealthSciences, Monash UniversityDr Ken Winkel, Director,Australian Venom ResearchUnit, Department ofPharmacology, University of Melbourne

Organisational PartnersDepartment of Pharmacology,University of Melbourne,Delivery Partner Monash University, Faculty ofMedicine, Nursing and HealthSciences, Funder and Delivery Partner School of Health and SportsSciences, Faculty of Science,Health, Education andEngineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Funder and Delivery Partner The Victorian Health PromotionFoundation (VicHealth), FunderVictorian Department of Sustainability andEnvironment, Funder

Climate ChangeVulnerabilityBushfires, floods and extreme heatcan have major impacts on health andare expected to increase in frequencyand intensity due to climate change.Homeless people can be particularlyvulnerable because of greaterexposure to climatic hazards, highburden of disease and limited capacityto adapt to stressors. However, thereis very little research on this issue. In2011, MSI ran a study to examine theimpact of extreme weather events onthe health and wellbeing of homelesspeople in Victoria from the perspectiveof service providers. The results of thestudy are being prepared for peer-reviewed publication and will assistadaptation planning to protect ourmost vulnerable citizens.

Biodiversity andHuman HealthRecent international assessmentshave highlighted the closedependence of human health onbiodiversity, through benefits such asecosystem services, disease regulationand genetic resources. Howeverbiodiversity loss is occurring at an

unprecedented rate throughenvironmental degradation and climatechange. MSI researchers are workingwith the Victorian Department ofSustainability and Environment and theUniversity of Melbourne to synthesiseand disseminate information on thelinks between biodiversity and humanhealth in an Australian context and theimplications of biodiversity loss.Insights from the project were includedin a submission to the House StandingCommittee on Climate Change,Environment and the Arts Inquiry intoAustralia’s Biodiversity in a Changing Climate. They were alsopresented to the First InternationalOne Health Congress in Melbourne in February 2011.

Water Security, Healthand WellbeingResearchers on this project arestudying how long-term waterinsecurity in small rural towns inVictoria affects the lives of residentsand how they are adapting to theseproblems. Focus groups and keyinformant interviews were conductedin four rural Victorian townsexperiencing water securitychallenges. An analysis of the data has

offered insights into the adaptiveresponses of both individual ruralVictorians and communities. Theproject is being run with seed fundingfrom the Faculty of Medicine, Nursingand Health Sciences Strategic GrantScheme, in partnership with theMonash University Departments ofEpidemiology and Preventive Medicineand Rural and Indigenous Health.

Adapting to the HealthImpacts of HeatResearchers on this project arestudying the capacity of primary healthcare practitioners to respond to thechallenges of extreme heat impacts.The study will assess levels ofawareness among primary health careand allied practitioners of theanticipated health impacts of extremeheat events. It is also looking at theirperceptions of who is most at risk and their perceived role in theprevention and management of health heat impacts.


MSI researchers are studying the humanimpact of extreme weather events likefloods, which are predicted to increase asa result of climate change

KEY INITIATIVESMSI researchers are putting a human face to the climate change and biodiversity questionthrough a range of projects and initiatives.



GREEN STEPSGreen Steps is a multi-award winning MSI program that empowerstertiary students and professionals with the practical skills to maketheir workplaces and work practices more sustainable. Developed bystudents for students, this hands-on sustainability education andleadership program uses a combination of training, internships andwork-based projects to equip participants with the tools andconfidence to be effective change-agents working withinorganisations towards sustainability.

Green Steps has been turning passion into action for eleven years andhas trained more than 600 people and partnered with over 350organisations Australia-wide. Since its inception, the program has runover 60 individual courses. Green Steps also offers practicalenvironmental training tailored to individual workplaces and sectors.

2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> Green Steps has more thandoubled in size in the last twelvemonths – offering eight courses ateight Universities, four Green Steps@ Work courses, and 15customised training courses andother consultancies for differentorganisations around Australia.

> Green Steps partnered with threenew universities in 2011. Studentsat the University of Newcastle,Charles Sturt University and theUniversity of Tasmania can nowtake part in Green Steps courses.The Tasmanian course issupported by a Climate ConnectGrant from the Tasmanian ClimateChange Office.

> Green Steps participants cannow receive an accredited Skill Setand four competency certificatesunder the Vocational Educationand Training Scheme. The Monash‘Environmental Program Designand Change Management inOrganisations Skill Set’ wascreated with funding from theDepartment of Education,Employment and WorkplaceRelations and is delivered inpartnership with the Monash ShortCourses Centre.

> Green Steps completed its threeyear partnership with SustainabilityVictoria’s ResourceSmart program,delivering the last two trainingcourses in 2011. Hundreds of stafffrom government agencies,hospitals and tertiary institutionsaround the state were trained inhow to develop environmentalaction plans and improve theirorganisation’s environmentalperformance.

> Green Steps held the inaugural‘ChangeMarkers Connect’ event inMelbourne, with RMIT SEEDS, theCentre for SustainabilityLeadership and the School forSocial Entrepreneurs. The pilotforum brought together alumnifrom all four programs for anevening of discussion andnetworking. Alumni events werealso held in Sydney, Melbourneand Brisbane.

Green Steps @UniversityEight courses in as many universitiesacross Australia were run in 2011,engaging over 100 students inintensive sustainability skills trainingand internships. This includes threenew university partners – two inregional Australia.

Green Steps @University InternshipsThe Green Steps’ internship programexpanded by 150% in 2011 and isnow delivered across five hostuniversities. The Green StepsInternship program allows participantsto put what they’ve learned intopractice through an internship with ahost organisation. Green Steps willplace over 60 students within as manyhost organisations across Australia in2012.

Green Steps @ Work – ProfessionalDevelopmentFour courses were run in 2011, as partof our Green Steps @ Workprofessional development program.Over 40 professionals were engagedfrom a wide diversity of sectors,including government, business,industry, and the community andeducation sectors.

Green Steps @ Work – Onsite TrainingGreen Steps provided tailored, on-sitetraining for over eight differentorganisations in 2011, includingWannon Water, Fuji Xerox Australiaand the City of Yarra (VIC). Thesecourses engaged employees andstakeholder groups within theseorganisations in hands on sustainabilityskills learning and the creation ofaction-based projects.

Green StepsConsultanciesGreen Steps provided high levelconsultancy services – primarilyaround the development and deliveryof sustainability training packages andstaff engagement programs - to anumber of organisations, includingAECOM Pty Ltd, the National AustraliaBank and Sustainability Victoria.


PEOPLECore TeamMark Boulet, Manager, EducationPrograms (MSI)Emma Grace, Green Steps ProjectAdministrator (MSI)Kendra Scaife, Green Steps ProjectAdministrator (MSI)Erin Simpson, Green Steps InternshipCoordinator (MSI)Kati Thompson, Green Steps TrainingCoordinator (MSI)

TrainersEmma Anglesey, Environment Tasmania Meg Argyriou, ClimateWorks Australia Ms Jess Fritze, Victorian Legal Aid Stefan Hladenki, Victorian Department ofPremier and Cabinet Kat Lavers, PermaBlitz Aimee Maude, Monash UniversityStudent Thomas McMurchy, Macquarie UniversityStudent Kirsten Pitot de la Beaujardiere,Macquarie University Student Simone Shore, Pittwater Council Mr Matt Wicking, Vic Super

Reference Group MembersLeanne Denby, Macquarie University Jess Fritze, Victorian Legal AidBrett McDonald, ICLEI Diane Nicholls, Sustainability Victoria Rebecca Redfern, Monash ShortCourses Anna Skarbek, ClimateWorks AustraliaWill Symons, AECOM Pty Ltd Jason Van Ballegooven, Department ofEducation, Employment and WorkplaceRelations

ORGANISATIONAL PARTNERS

FundersCommonwealth Department ofEducation Employment and WorkplaceRelations; Sustainability Victoria;Tasmanian Climate Change Office

Training ClientsAECOM Pty Ltd; City of Yarra; Fuji XeroxAustralia; HomeGround Services Pty Ltd;Metropolitan Waste Management Group;Monash Office of EnvironmentalSustainability; National Australia Bank;Sustainability Victoria, Wannon Water

Delivery PartnersGreen Steps @ UniversityANUGreen, Australian National University;Asset Management Services, Universityof Tasmania; Careers Office, FlindersUniversity; CSU Green, Charles SturtUniversity; Monash Office ofEnvironmental Sustainability; School ofEnvironment, Griffith University;Sustainability Office, MacquarieUniversity; Tom Farrell Institute for theEnvironment, University of Newcastle

Changemakers ConnectCentre for Sustainability Leadership;RMIT SEEDS; School for SocialEntrepreneurship; Sydney TheatreCompanyPlus 40 organisations Australia-wideacting as internship hosts for GreenSteps students

ResourceSmart

In 2011, Green Steps deliveredthe last of the training courses forthe ResourceSmart program.Developed by SustainabilityVictoria (SV) and the Departmentof Sustainability and Environment(DSE), ResourceSmart aims toimprove an organisation’senvironmental performancethrough the creation of anenvironment management plan.Since 2008, Green Steps hasdelivered all ResourceSmarttraining courses and has engagedwith hundreds of governmentagencies, tertiary institutions, andhospitals across Victoria, FromMelbourne to Colac, Stawell,Bendigo and Benalla, over 100environmental managementtraining sessions were delivered torepresentatives from over 250different organisations.

KEY INITIATIVESMSI’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 graduates take high-levelsustainability and leadership skills withthem into their careers.



2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> Work began on MSI’s YortaYorta project in 2011, after threeyears of project development.

> World Bank expert onIndigenous intellectual property(IP) rights, Craig Hammer, visitedMSI to help develop IP protectionfor Yorta Yorta knowledge.

> Over 50 people from aroundAustralia attended a nationalIndigenous climate changeopportunities forum held by theCSIRO with MSI in Alice Springsin March 2011.

> With MSI support, the CSIROpublished a report followingextensive community consultationentitled “Draft Indigenous co-benefit criteria andrequirements to inform thedevelopment of Australia’s carbon farming initiative”

> MSI developed a policy optionspaper for the State Governmenton a Freestanding Statutory Right(FSR) for traditional owner non-commercial access to and use ofnatural resources.

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIESAND CLIMATE CHANGEVictoria’s Indigenous communities hold a vast treasure-trove ofwisdom and knowledge about the Australian landscape andenvironment. That’s why MSI is working in partnership withthem to improve our understanding of traditional livelihoods,values, practices and needs. This research can inform how wedeal with climate change and the policies we develop tomanage natural resources on traditional lands.

Monash academics, along with academics from BrownUniversity in the US, are working on the ground with Victoria’sYorta Yorta people to capture their deep knowledge of country –knowledge that can help us better manage our water resourcesand adapt to climate change in the Barmah-Millewa region onthe Murray River floodplains.

Using a mix of cultural mapping, GIS technology, andstakeholder consultations, MSI is working with the Yorta Yortato capture their traditional knowledge of the region’s ecological,legal and policy environments.

In addition to our work with the Yorta Yorta, MSI is alsoassisting indigenous communities to respond to climate changethrough a number of other initiatives, including the NationalIndigenous Climate Change (NICC) project. Researchers, led bythe CSIRO, are working with corporate leaders and theindigenous community to examine the common benefits andrisks associated with national responses to climate change.

Learning fromIndigenous naturalresource managementin the Barmah-MillewaResearchers on this project areworking with the Yorta Yorta people tocapture, protect and utilise traditionalknowledge to better manage theBarmah-Millewa region. In 2011, theproject ran a highly successful pilot forYorta Yorta youth to collect culturaldata by interviewing their elders. MSIalso hosted an indigenous intellectualproperty expert from the World Bank,Craig Hammer.

National IndigenousClimate ChangeForumA national forum on Indigenous climatechange opportunities was held in AliceSprings in late March, attracting over50 participants from around thecountry. The forum aimed to buildconsensus about how Indigenouspeople might be able to make themost of carbon management andcarbon market opportunities. Theresults of the forum were also used todevelop an opportunities ‘roadmap’.

Report on Indigenousco-benefit criteria andrequirements forAustralia’s CarbonFarming InitiativeThe CSIRO, in partnership with MSI,led the development of a report on theprinciples, criteria and requirements forevaluating the Indigenous co-benefitsof carbon projects established underAustralia’s Carbon Farming Initiative(CFI) scheme.

Policy Options Paperon Free StandingStatutory Right (FSR)for traditional ownernon-commercialaccess to and use ofnatural resourcesMSI produced a report for theVictorian Government with pro-bonosupport from Allens Arthur Robinsonon a Free Standing Statutory Right(FSR). FSR is intended to recognisethe right of indigenous and traditionalowners to use and access theirancestral land and natural resourcesfor non-commercial purposes.


PEOPLECore Team – Yorta YortaprojectProfessor Dave Griggs,Program LeaderDr Carolina Adler, ETH(Swiss Federal Institute ofTechnology), Zürich,Switzerland Mr Lee Joachim, YortaYorta Nation AboriginalCorporation Dr Tahl Kestin, ResearchProject Manager Professor Amanda Lynch,Brown University, USA Mr Pan Wang, GISProgrammerDr Xuan Zhao, School ofGeography andEnvironmental Science,Faculty of ArtsMs Jackie Walker, YortaYorta Nation AboriginalCorporationCore Team – OtherInitiativesProfessor Dave Griggs, MSIMr Rowan Foley, AboriginalCarbon Fund Ms Emily Gerrard, AllensArthur Robinson Ms Cathy Robinson, CSIROMr Joe Ross

Associated People –Yorta Yorta projectDr Kate Auty,Commissioner forEnvironmental SustainabilityVictoria Mr Craig Hammer, WorldBank Dr Mark Harris, School ofLaw, Latrobe University Professor John Langford,UniWater (MonashUniversity and University ofMelbourne)Ms Gordana Marin,Commissioner forEnvironmental SustainabilityVictoria

ORGANISATIONALPARTNERSFundersDepartment of Sustainabilityand Environment, VictorianState Government Rural Industries Researchand DevelopmentCorporationVictorian Centre for ClimateChange AdaptationResearch (VCCCAR)

Delivery partnersAllens Arthur RobinsonBrown University, USACommissioner forEnvironmental SustainabilityCSIRO Desert Knowledge Australia Yorta Yorta NationAboriginal Corporation

KEY INITIATIVESVictoria’s Yorta Yorta people are helping MSI researchers come to abetter understanding of traditional wisdom and knowledge and how itcan assist in a climate change affected world.

Scientists have come together with Victoria’s Yorta Yorta community to better understand andcapture traditional knowledge.

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PEOPLECore TeamDr Paul McShane, Chief Researcher, MSIDr Mark Belkin, Knowledge Management,MSI Dr Terry Chan, Systemic Modelling NaturalResource Management AsiaDr Tina Kalivas, Indonesian Projects, MSI Mr Simon J Rowntree, Logistical Support forInternational Projects, MSI

Key AssociatesProfessor Frada Burnstein, KnowledgeManagement, School of InformationTechnology Dr Akbar Hessami, Clean Energy Technology,School of Mechanical and AerospaceEngineering, Faculty of Engineering Dr Henry Linger, Knowledge Management,School of Information Technology

Dr Ha Phan, Knowledge ManagementVietnam, Faculty of Education Professor Pushkar Maitra, CommunityDevelopment South Asia, Faculty of Businessand EconomicsDr Max Richter, Community DevelopmentIndonesia, Political and Social Inquiry, MonashAsia Institute Dr Craig Thorburn, Advisor CommunityDevelopment Indonesia, School of Geographyand Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts,Monash UniversityProfessor Marika Vicziany, CommunityDevelopment South Asia, Monash AsiaInstituteProfessor Gordon Whyte, Community HealthSouth Asia, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing andHealth Sciences

Organisational PartnersAusAid, FunderDepartment of Forestry, Cambodia,Collaborator Forest Science Institute, Vietnam,Collaborator Institute of Development Studies Kolkata,CollaboratorInstitute of Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia,Collaborator Ministry of Natural Resources andEnvironment, Vietnam, Collaborator National Council on Climate ChangeIndonesia, CollaboratorUniversity of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Collaborator University of Palangka Raya, Indonesia,CollaboratorVietnam National University (Hanoi),Collaborator

NATURAL RESOURCEMANAGEMENT IN ASIAIN RESPONSE TOCLIMATE CHANGEFunded by AusAID, this program brings together themultidisciplinary research expertise of MonashUniversity with international teams to link researchand policy relevant to adapting and mitigating climatechange in South and South East Asia. The programwork is particularly relevant to efforts to reducepoverty in the region through sustainabledevelopment of natural resources.



Extending successfulcommunity-basedforest management inresponse to climatechangeResearchers on this project comparedand contrasted case study examplesof community-based forestmanagement in Vietnam, Indonesia,India, and Cambodia. The study aimedto identify sustainable developmentstrategies that would allow for lowcarbon growth and reduceddeforestation and forest degradation.

Managing communityimpacts of climatechange in BangladeshPoor rural communities aredisproportionately affected by climatechange, particularly those in regionalareas facing severe floods anddroughts. Researchers on this projectstudied the impacts on localcommunities and developed possiblestrategies for sustainable developmentgiven likely climate change scenariosin India and Bangladesh. The studyfocused particularly on sharedresources, including major riversystems like the Ganges.

Knowledgemanagement and thecarbon economy inIndonesiaMSI researchers on this project areworking with local indigenouscommunities in Indonesia to captureand share traditional wisdom andknowledge about the land. This workis intended to develop understandingat a community level, in order tochange behaviours and encouragecollaborative input from relevantagencies on low carbon growthopportunities in Indonesia.

Capacity Building: theNational Council onClimate ChangeIndonesiaThe National Council on Climate Change(DNPI) was established to advise thePresident of Indonesia on climatechange policy. This reflects Indonesia’sambitious objective to reduce emissionsby 26% on 2000 levels by 2020 whilegrowing its economy by at least 7% perannum. The Council faces the challengeof coordinating a response amongdifferent agencies responsible forforwarding Indonesia’s aspirations forlow carbon growth. MSI researchersworked with DNPI to develop aknowledge management approach forpolicy development and implementation.


KEY INITIATIVESMSI is taking Monash’s best sustainability expertise into Asia with these key projects and initiatives.

The Buriganga River - Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> MSI researchers completed a largebody of work on an integratedapproach to major river basinmanagement in Indonesia, Vietnamand India. The results of the workhave been reported to AusAID.

> MSI hosted delegates from SouthEast Asia as part of an AustralianLeadership Fellowship AwardsProgram: “Managing InternationalRivers in Response to ClimateChange”. Delegates worked withMonash University researchers frommany different fields of endeavour todevelop a multidisciplinary approachto managing South Asian rivers inresponse to climate change.

> MSI hosted a workshop in Jakarta,Indonesia in 2011 with theDirectorates General of Transport.The workshop brought togetherleaders of the Aviation, Land and SeaTransport sectors to evaluate theconsequences of climate change ontransport – a sector of immenseeconomic and social importance toIndonesia as an archipelago of islandstates.

> Together with the University ofPalangka Raya (Central Kalimantan),MSI provided intensive EnglishLanguage training to senioracademics involved in communitydevelopment in the region. MSIresearchers also investigated ways inwhich reducing deforestation andforest degradation could reduceemissions, in a way that is consistentwith the Indonesia Australia ForestCarbon Partnership concerned withlow carbon economic growth forIndonesia.

> MSI hosted a workshop oncommunity-based forestmanagement in Phnom Penh,Cambodia which drew togetherdelegates from Vietnam, Cambodia,India and Indonesia. Delegatesevaluated case studies to identifysustainable community developmentopportunities that were consistentwith forest conservation andalternative livelihoods for forest-dependent communities.


2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> In 2011, Monash researchers ledresearch which places a dollar value onthe economic impact of improvingsocial sustainability, through valuingaspects of social wellbeing. The workhas been published in peer reviewedjournals and a book on the projectpublished by Emerald Books, UK.

> MSI participated in a majorconference in South Africa on transport,representing an invited plenary speakerand major theme leader on social andenvironmental sustainability in transportin developed and developing countries.

> Two doctoral students areundertaking research in this theme.Paul Read is looking at the empiricalassociation between wellbeing, needs,length of life and environmentalmeasures such as carbon emissionsand ecological footprint. He isreanalysing data sets from the UnitedNations using a new statisticaltechnique called Frontier Regression.Stephen Derrick is exploring howsustainability is understood andoperationalised by the higher educationsector. He is exploring this issueparticularly around the issue of time andspatial concepts and how these arereported in higher education institutionsin Australia and internationally.

> Dr Janet Stanley’s book based on herresearch is being prepared forpublication in 2012: ‘Social Policy as ifthe Environment Mattered: The InterfaceBetween Social and EnvironmentalPolicies, Monash e-Press.

SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTALSUSTAINABILITYLed by MSI’s Dr Janet Stanley, researchers on this program areexamining the relationship between social and environmentalsustainability and working to develop policy solutions to thechallenges Australia faces in both areas.

In particular, the program focuses on developing policies andengaging the community on the issues of climate change, landtransport and how it connects to issues of social inclusion, and howsocial and environmental sustainability are measured.

The program has already affected real policy outcomes in Australia. InVictoria, the work heavily influenced the provision of $750 million forlocal bus services over a 10 year period. It is also influencing theevaluation of public transport services both in Australia andinternationally. It is leading international thinking on the social role oftransport and is finding ways to empirically measure this and place adollar value on improving social inclusion.

The issues are considered on an individual, national and internationallevel. Projects include both strategic and applied work, with a focuson how social and environmental sustainability interrelate.


Transport and Social InclusionMSI researchers are examining howsustainable transport can improvesocial inclusion and wellbeing inVictoria. Researchers on the study arecollecting empirical evidence andmeasuring key indicators of socialsustainability, such as social inclusion,sense of community and aspects ofsocial capital. They are also studyingthe connection between theseindicators and providing evidence of theways in which improved mobility canimprove wellbeing in Victoria. Theproject was funded by the AustralianResearch Council (ARC).

Inclusive andSustainableCommunity TransportResearchers on this project aredeveloping a method to integrate alltransport mechanisms to improve thesustainability and reach of transport in

regional Victoria. Starting withWarrnambool, researchers areexploring the benefits of establishing asocial enterprise to provide a transporthub for the town and surroundingareas. This social enterprise is nowbeing piloted by the business group,Horizon 21, in a two year project.Outcomes will be evaluated and ifsuccessful, it is hoped the model will berolled-out in other regions in Australia.

Improvement ofTransport Options in Rural Victoria This project, funded by the TransportConnections Program of the VictorianDepartment of Planning andCommunity Development, is assessingthe transport needs of people at risk ofsocial exclusion in the Shires of Moyneand Corangamite, Victoria. It will leadto recommendations about futureservices in the Shires and providebroader recommendations aboutsustainable rural transport in Australia.


KEY INITIATIVESMSI researchers are studying the waysin which social and environmentalsustainability interrelate and connectthrough a series of initiatives.

MSI researchers are examining the ways in whichaccess to transport can impact wellbeing in Victoria.

PEOPLECore TeamDr Janet Stanley, Program Leader, MSIProfessor Graham Currie, Project Leader,Faculty of EngineeringProfessor John Stanley, Major Researcher,Sydney UniversityDr Dianne Vella-Brodrick, Major Researcher,School of Psychology and Psychiatry,Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and HealthSciencesMr Stephen Derrick, Research StudentMr Paul Read, Research Student

Key AssociatesMs Alexa Delbosc, Researcher, Institute ofTransport Studies, Monash UniversityProfessor Julian Hine, Partner Investigator,School of the Built Environment, Universityof Ulster Dr Karen Lucas, Partner Investigator,University of Oxford Associate Professor Jenny Morris, PartnerInvestigator, Department of Transport(Victoria)

Organisational PartnersARC, FunderBus Association of Victoria, Funder andDelivery Partner Department of Transport (Victoria), Funderand Delivery PartnerInterface Councils, Funder

2011 HIGHLIGHTS

> A major program was kick-started in 2011 to develop amodel of what sustainable coastaltownships might look like in 2030.

SUSTAINABLECITIESThe Sustainable Cities program,led by Dr Janet Stanley, bringstogether expertise from acrossMonash University to betterunderstand the challengesfacing modern cities – especiallythe challenges presented byclimate change. Researchersare working to identify ways toreduce greenhouse gasemissions and environmentaldestruction, while maintaininginclusive, accessible, adaptiveand liveable cities.

The program is also examiningthe governance structuresneeded to achieve thisoutcome. This includes lookingat the relationship between therole of government policy, thecommunity and other sectors,including business and non-government organisations.Researchers are particularlyinterested in the complexity and systemic nature of theissues involved – including how to restructure cities andhow essential needs can bemet. Studies include issuessuch as the integration ofeconomic, social andenvironmental needs, the placeof large infrastructure projects,affordable housing, new culturalcommunities and employment.



KEYINITIATIVESMSI researchers have joinedforces with experts from insideand outside Monash Universityto work towards developingsustainable cities in a time ofclimate change.

What would a climateadapted settlementlook like in 2030? Researchers on this project aredeveloping a detailed model of what aclimate-adapted Australian settlementwould look like in 2030 through acritical examination of two case-studysites in Gippsland, Victoria.Researchers are developing localstrategies, urban planning principlesand practices that respond to theneeds of the place and region. Theyare also examining how these couldfeed into national climate changeadaptation strategies.

Affordable andsustainable housingon the fringe ofMelbourneResearchers on this project areinvestigating effective early interventionand secondary prevention strategies toassist people who are at risk ofbecoming homeless or remaining in thecrisis system. The research is focusingon Dandenong, Casey, Cardinia, andthe Mornington Peninsula. The resultsof the research will go towardsdeveloping a more integrated systemof support in those regions. Theresearch will inform the work ofWindermere, the major welfare agencyin Melbourne’s new fringe suburbs, aswell as other responsible organisationsin the area – such as the police, localgovernment and Sheriff’s office.

Social need in BoroondaraResearchers on this project areexploring the social needs in the Cityof Boroondara, particularly in the areasof population growth, climate changeand the risk of a second

international recession. The research isfocusing particularly on the nature ofthose needs, how the location impactsthose needs, the depth of theproblems, and whether they aretemporary or more permanent. Theresearch will inform the developmentof planning for social need byCamcare, a local welfare agency inBoroondara.

The Impact of Climate Change and Heat Stress onHomeless PeopleThis project was undertaken in 2011by Catherine Pendrey as her honoursmedicine year and supervised by MSI’sDr Marion Carey and Dr Janet Stanley.The project opened up a new field ofwork by examining the impact of heaton homeless people and the ability ofsupporting health and welfareagencies to meet the extra demandsof climate change on this vulnerablepopulation. Catherine studiedhomeless people in central Melbourne,as well as areas impacted by recentflooding in rural Victoria.


PEOPLECore TeamDr Janet Stanley, Program Leader, MSIDr Marion Carey, Health Science, MSI Professor Dave Griggs, Climate Science, MSIMs Catherine Pendrey, Honours StudentDr Katie Vasey, Researcher

Key AssociatesProfessor Bob Birrell, Researcher, Faculty of ArtsDr Peter Brain, Modelling, National Economics Dr Michelle Duffy, Geographer, School of Applied Media and SocialSciences, Monash Gippsland Professor Lenore Manderson, Program Advisor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health SciencesDr Helen Martin, Planner, Shearwater AssociatesMs Tia Navanteri, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Department of Sustainability and EnvironmentDr Mark Symmons, Psychologist, School of Applied Media and Social Sciences Dr Wendy Wright, Environmentalist, Environmental and Biological Sciences, Monash Gippsland

Organisational PartnersCamcare Counselling and Support, Funder Department of Sustainability and Environment, Funder and Delivery PartnerNational Climate Change Adaptation Research Faculty, FunderShire of Bass Coast, Funder and Delivery PartnerSouth Gippsland Shire, Service DeliveryWindermere Child and Family Services, Funder and Delivery Partner

Researchers are developing a modelfor what a climate-adapted Australian

city or town would look like in 2030.

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SYSTEMIC AND ADAPTIVEGOVERNANCE RESEARCHThe Systemic and Adaptive Governance program, led byProfessor Ray Ison, is investigating the practical andtheoretical strength of current ways of governing climatechange and water. Researchers are developing newmodels and strategies to make sure future governance isrelevant and suitable for a climate-changing world. Theproject is drawing together research on climate changeadaptation, social learning, organisational learning andsystems thinking.

PEOPLECore TeamProfessor Ray Ison, Program LeaderMr 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 ArtsMs Nicole Reichelt, Research Assistant Ms Naomi Rubenstein, Research Assistant Dr Phillip Wallis, Research Fellow Mr Roger Wrigley, School of Geography andEnvironmental Science, Faculty of Arts

Key AssociatesProfessor Lee Godden, Melbourne Law School, The University ofMelbourneNational Water Governance InitiativeOrganisational PartnersCSIRO Sustainable Agriculture, Funder and PartnerNational Climate Change Adaptation ResearchFacility (NCCARF), Funder Victorian Centre for Climate Change AdaptationResearch (VCCCAR), Funder

National WaterGovernance ResearchInitiativeThe Water Governance ResearchInitiative is a project of the NCCARFWater Resources and FreshwaterBiodiversity Adaptation ResearchNetwork. The Initiative is building acommunity of the best minds acrossthe nation to tackle the timely and

urgent issue of how we manageAustralia’s scarce water resources. Itsobjectives are to create a conversationabout water governance in Australia,build collaborative research links,create opportunities for co-researchingand information sharing, and provideopportunities for early-careerresearchers to participate in a nationalnetwork of researchers and research-users.

Narrative Research in Climate ChangeAdaptationAs society begins to tackle thechallenges of adapting to climatechange, the importance of languageand communication to successfuladaptation are becoming moreapparent. Researchers on this projectare exploring the different levels ofmeaning inherent in discussionsaround climate change, including hownarratives and stories are framed. Thiswork is part of a larger project that islooking at climate change adaptationfrom a Victorian perspective. The workis funded by the Victorian Centre forClimate Change and AdaptiveResearch (VCCCAR) and is being runin partnership with RMIT, TheUniversity of Melbourne, Departmentof Sustainability and Environment andthe City of Melbourne.

Africa Food SecurityInitiative – LearningProject The Africa Food Security Initiative(AFSI) is a multimillion dollar CSIROand AusAID program to improveagricultural productivity through jointresearch and capacity-building withAfrican agricultural organisations. MSIresearchers are working with CSIROproject staff to capture learnings fromthe project’s implementation and usethem to improve the effectiveness offuture ‘research for development’programs.


2010 HIGHLIGHTS

> A three-day workshop was held in April 2011 for early careerresearchers and practitioners in water governance. Theworkshop provided the next generation of researchers andscientists with access to the latest thinking on watergovernance.

> A new two-year project was kicked off with the CSIRO AfricaFood Security Initiative. MSI researchers are studyingorganisational learning and developing ways for CSIRO projectstaff to capture learning from their experience and build betterlinks with the African agencies they are working with.

> MSI brought together leading national water governanceresearchers and agencies over two-days in November, for thefinal workshop of the National Climate Change AdaptationResearch Facility (NCCARF) Conference — Water GovernanceResearch Initiative.

> MSI launched a special issue of Water ResourcesManagement in December 2011, focusing on water governancein a climate change affected world

> MSI researchers were called on to present evidence at theWindsor Inquiry into the Management of the Murray-DarlingBasin, drawing on the outcomes of the Water GovernanceResearch Initiative

Monash University's Christy Briles from the School of Geography and EnvironmentalSciences, with MSI's Dr Phil Wallis and Shaun Cunningham from the School ofBiological Sciences at the Theo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank run by the AustralianAcademy of Sciences.

KEY INITIATIVESMSI researchers are working with leading researchers around the country to determine how Australia should govern and manageclimate change adaptation and its scarce water resources.


Part of the University Community

Monash University is a universityof transformation. The desire tomake a difference informseverything we do. We see abrighter future as more than justpossible – it is something forwhich we are directly responsible;something we can help create.That’s why the MonashSustainability Institute hasembarked on a journey to embedsustainability into MonashUniversity’s education programsand give Monash graduates thesustainability-edge.

First year Bachelor of Engineeringstudents will be the first to benefit in2012. Monash academics worked withindustry to identify how to embedsustainability into the first yearengineering program.

A series of workshops engaged keyMonash staff and industryrepresentatives in the curriculumrenewal process. Professor GeoffRose, who runs the MSI program, saidthat focussing the process on learningoutcomes proved to be an effectiveway of identifying tangible actions thatcould be taken to embed sustainabilityinto the curriculum. A dedicatedsustainability web portal, launched atthe start of the 2012 academic year,will provide resource materials for firstyear engineering staff and students.The initiative will involve all incomingfirst year engineering students on theClayton campus.

As part of a separate initiative, stafffrom six faculties also came togetherwith Geoff’s team to learn more aboutembedding sustainability in theireducation programs. A one-dayworkshop on ‘Education inSustainability’ was run as part of theGraduate Certificate in HigherEducation. The workshop looked atthe difference between learning aboutsustainability and learning forsustainability. It also examined therelevance of Education forSustainability in contemporary highereducation practice, and helped staff toidentify where they could includesustainability in their curriculum.

MSI staff also contributed to a workinggroup, established by the Departmentof Management, in the Faculty ofBusiness and Economics, as part ofthe Principles of ResponsibleManagement Education (PRIME)initiative. The working group issupporting faculty staff to embed oncorporate responsibility andsustainability into the curriculum.

The Education for Sustainabilityprogram is run by Professor GeoffRose. The first year Faculty ofEngineering initiative was funded bySustainability Victoria and involvedProfessor Dave Griggs from MSI,Professor Gary Codner, AssociateDean of Teaching — Faculty ofEngineering, and Mark Boulet from theMSI 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 reasonwhy. From our Education in Sustainability program to the SustainableCampus Group to the many committees MSI participates in, with our help Monash is taking steps towards a more sustainable future.

Professor Geoff Rose from MSI and ProfessorGary Codner from the Faculty of Engineering,examine the new sustainability web portal.

EDUCATION FORSUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABLECAMPUSGROUPBringing together 16 TAFEs anduniversities under the leadershipof MSI, the Sustainable CampusGroup published the secondNational Sustainability Report forthe Tertiary Education Sector inAustralia in 2011.

The group, co-founded by MSI in2005, began as a Victorian initiativebefore going national in 2009. Thegroup now represents more than200,000 (full-time equivalent) staff andstudents from across six states. Thegroups provide sustainabilityinformation on their performance in theareas of energy use, institutionalcommitment and practice, greenhouse

gas emissions, education forsustainability performance,procurement, IT, water use, and wasteand recycling figures. MSI launched two reports in Octoberbased on this data: an aggregatereport for 2009 and 2010 on thetertiary sector’s sustainabilityperformance; and a summary reportcomparing each institute’sperformance. The second was sent toall Vice-Chancellors and TAFEDirectors in Australia.The Sustainable Campus Groupproduces benchmarking information todemonstrate how the sector is doingand empower members to improvetheir own performance. The report can be downloaded fromhttp://monash.edu/research/sustainability-institute/scg/#publications.The Sustainable Campus Groupprogram is run by MSI’s Belinda Towns,with support from Stephen Derrick.

MonashUniversity –TowardsSustainabilityMSI is doing its part to promotesustainability performance withinMonash University throughparticipation in several key Monashcommittees. Director Professor DaveGriggs, along with Professor GeoffRose (Convenor, Education forSustainability) and MSI’s BelindaTowns (Manager, Sustainable CampusGroup and Sustainable Reporting) siton the Senior Management Team(Environment). This team oversees theten environmental committees acrossthe university and is chaired by theSenior Deputy Vice-Chancellor.Belinda also sits on the University’s

Procurement Board. The Board ischaired by the Chief Finance Officerand VP Finance, and overseesprocurement policy and practices atthe University. MSI is represented onthis committee to ensure thatsustainability criteria are included inpurchasing and procurement acrossthe University. Belinda is also amember of Monash’s CarbonManagement Committee and theGreen Purchasing Committee.


UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

The Sustainable Campus Group’s reports were launched in October at MSI. The launch included presentations on Melbourne Water’s award-winning greenprocurement program, and presentations from students on projects in education for sustainability. Topics also included international sustainability reporting trendsand an overview of the report results.

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONSBox Hill Institute of TAFE, Brisbane NorthInstitute of TAFE, Central Institute ofTechnology, Charles Darwin University,Charles Sturt University, Chisholm Instituteof TAFE, Deakin University, FlindersUniversity of South Australia, GoulburnOvens Institute of TAFE, Gordon Institute ofTAFE, Kangan Institute of TAFE, MonashUniversity, Murdoch University, SunshineCoast Institute of TAFE, Sunraysia Instituteof TAFE, TAFE NSW – Sydney Institute.

CENTRE FOR WATER

Peter Bach, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“Virtual city module and integratedperformance assessment tool”

Yvette Bettini, PhD candidate,School of Geography andEnvironmental Science“Processes and pathways to watersensitive cities”

Naomi Blackburn, PhD candidate,School of Geography andEnvironmental Science“Busy backyarders: the motivations ofcitizens implementing alternativeoutdoor water management practices”

Annette Bos, PhD candidate, Schoolof Geography and EnvironmentalScience“Sustainable urban watermanagement: the art of translation”

Ashley Broadbent, PhD candidate,School of Geography andEnvironmental Science“Mitigating urban extreme heat inAdelaide and Melbourne throughirrigation and stormwater”

Matthew Burns, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“The impacts of urbanisation oncatchment hydrology andopportunities for stream healthrestoration through focussedcatchment retrofit”

Gayani Chandrasena, PhDcandidate, Department of CivilEngineering“Modelling faecal microorganismremoval in stormwater biofilters”

David Choy, Masters student,Department of Civil Engineering“Nutrient behaviour in dry and wetweather of stormwater drainage”


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.

MONASH UNIVERSITYANNUAL REPORT

MSI coordinates the environmentaland social performance sections ofMonash’s Annual Report, workingwith all units and departments withinthe University. The Annual Reportfollows triple-bottom-lineaccounting, reporting onenvironmental, social and financialperformance. Environmentalperformance includes culturalchange campaigns, energy use,transport, greenhouse gasemissions, water consumption,biodiversity, procurement, waste andthe built environment. Download theMonash University Annual Report atwww.monash.edu/about/glance/publications.html.

Melisa Duque Hurtado: Understandingsustainability through design

Melisa obtained her undergraduate degree in Industrial Designin Colombia in 2008. Since then she’s been interested in thecultural influence of objects in everyday life and the impactsthose relationships might have on the environment and society.After arriving in Australia in 2010, Melisa began a Masters inDesign by research through the Arts and Design Faculty atMonash University. Melisa is co-hosted by MSI. Melisa’sresearch is exploring how the idea of sustainability isunderstood and implemented today in the field of design. “I’mapproaching the topic by analysing the ways in which brandswith 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 asdiscourses, drawing scenarios suggesting a better andsustainable future.” Melisa plans to hold an exhibition to presenther findings at the end of her research, to contribute todiscussion around ‘sustainable design’.

CENTRE FOR WATER SENSITIVE CITIES

Cintia Dotto, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“Parameter sensitivity and uncertaintyanalysis in urban drainage models”

Nadine D’Argent, PhD candidate,School of Geography andEnvironmental Science“Climatic and bioclimatic assessmentof the compact city urban morphology– a case study of Melbourne 2030”

Jason Ellerton, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“The effect of competition betweenplants on the treatment performanceof stormwater biofiltration systems”

Briony Ferguson, PhD candidate,School of Geography andEnvironmental Science“Transitioning to a water sensitive city:the case of Melbourne”

Bonnie Glaister, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“Optimisation of phosphorus removalin stormwater biofiltration systems”

Perrine Hamel, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“Integration of stormwater harvestingand baseflow restoration measures torestore catchment hydrology”

Harpreet Kandra, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“Performance assessment of porouspavements/fine media filter systems”

Dr Yali Li, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“Passive filtration for pathogen removalin urban stormwater”

Katherine Lizama-Allende, PhDcandidate, Department of CivilEngineering“Arsenic and metal removal usingconstructed wetlands”

Alice Niculescu, Masters student,Department of Civil Engineering“Impact of biofiltration systems onwater, mass and energy balances inurban areas”

Sultana Nury, PhD candidate, Schoolof Geography and EnvironmentalScience“Estimation of actualevapotranspiration using remotesensing data to assess the role ofvegetation and water on urbanclimate: a study of Melbourne city”

Darien Pardinas-Diaz, PhDcandidate, School of Geography andEnvironmental Science“Evaluating the effectiveness of theurban forestry as a UHI mitigationstrategy at city scale”

Emily Payne, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“The influence of plant species onnitrogen removal within biofilters”

Tracey Pham, Masters student,Department of Civil Engineering“The influence of vegetation onhydrology and nutrient removal inbiofilters”

Michael Poustie, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“Transitioning to sustainable urbanwater management in developingcountries of the pacific region”

Minna Tom, Masters student,Department of Civil Engineering“Roof-harvested rainwater irrigation ofvegetables – is there a risk to humanhealth”

Carlyne Yu, PhD candidate, School ofGeography and Environmental Science“Co-management of urbanstormwater”

Kefeng Zhang, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“Micropollutants validation frameworkfor natural treatment systems”

Yaron Zinger, PhD candidate,Department of Civil Engineering“Optimisation of nitrogen removalcapacity for ‘best practice’ stormwaterbiofiltration systems”

MSI POSTGRADUATEPROGRAMMohammad Bhuyan, PhD candidate,Monash Asia Institute“The politics and economics ofresilience: Peasant perceptions andresponses to disaster in theSundarban area, Bangladesh”

Melisa Duque Hurtado, Mastersstudent, Faculty of Design“Understanding sustainability indesign”

Stephen Derrick, PhD candidate,School of Political and Social Inquiry,Faculty of Arts“Sustainability and Time: A case studyof representations of sustainability inhigher education institutions”

Dr Victoria Johnson, PhD received“Arts and cultural participation,transport disadvantage and socialexclusion”

Catherine Pendrey, HonoursStudent, Department of Medicine,Nursing and Health Sciences“The Impact of climate change andheat stress on homeless people”

Paul Read, PhD candidate, School ofPsychology and Psychiatry, Faculty ofMedicine, Nursing and HealthSciences“Reconceptualising needs, equity andwellbeing in the context of globalsustainability”


UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM IN SUSTAINABILITY


Engagement and outreach

Real-world outcomes are a driving force behind MSI’sactivities. In 2011, MSI’s researchers and staff increased

engagement and outreach with industry, government,academia and the community to drive real change.


ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH

MSI SEMINAR SERIESIn 2011, MSI hosted 10 seminars, attracting attendees from acrossthe university and community on a range of sustainability topics.

Professor Ross GarnautReflections on the Australianclimate change discussionBMW Edge, Federation Square3 February 2011

Professor Sam H. Ham, University of Idaho, USAA reasoned action view ofsustainable behaviour: the case of Townsville, QldMSI Seminar Room15 February 2011

Dr Karl Braganza (BoM), Professor Neville Nicholls (Monash),and Professor David Karoly(University of Melbourne)The recent extreme weather: ascientific perspectiveVillage Roadshow Theatrette, StateLibrary of Victoria1 March 2011

Professor David Rutledge, Caltech, USAHubbert’s Peak, the coal questionand climate changeCivil Engineering Staff Room, Building60, Clayton Campus13 April 2011

Dr Hugh Hunt, Cambridge University, UKSPICE: Stratospheric ParticleInjection for Climate EngineeringMSI Seminar Room19 April 2011

Dr Paul McShaneResolving policy conflicts towards a proactive response to climatechange in IndonesiaMSI Seminar Room12 May 2011

Craig Hammer, World BankIntellectual property protectionsand indigenous knowledgeLecture Theatre L2, Clayton Campus22 June 2011

Dr Janet Stanley and James EnsorSCG Social Sustainability Forum207 Bouverie Street, Parkville,Basement Theatre 2, Rm B12022 August 2011

Professor Andreas Lange, University of Hamburg, GermanyVoluntary emissions reductions andCO2 offsetting: a theoretical andempirical analysisLecture Theatre L5, Building 12,Monash University, Clayton23 August 2011

VariousSustainable Campus Group 2011 –Australian Tertiary Education SectorSustainability Report LaunchKarstens Conference Centre, 123Queen Street, Melbourne24 October 2011


CLIMATESCIENTISTSAUSTRALIAHosted by ClimateWorks Australia andconvened by MSI Director, ProfessorDave Griggs, this independent groupof 14 senior Australian climatescientists volunteers its time toencourage the use of the bestavailable scientific information indecisions on climate change. Thegroup focuses on direct and individualengagement with influential decisionmakers. In 2011, the group visitedParliament House in Canberra for thethird time, meeting with the PrimeMinister and other politicians from allsides. The group also briefed ANZ staffin Sydney and Melbourne inpartnership with WWF Australia.

Climate ScientistsAustralia – Core Team Professor Dave Griggs, Convenor Dr Tahl Kestin, SecretariatClimate Scientists Australia - AssociatesProfessor Nathan Bindoff, University of TasmaniaProfessor Matthew England, University of NSWProfessor Anna Henderson-Sellers,Macquarie UniversityProfessor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, University of QueenslandProfessor Lesley Hughes, Macquarie UniversityProfessor Roger Jones, Victoria UniversityProfessor David Karoly, University of MelbourneProfessor Tony McMichael, Australia National UniversityProfessor Neville Nichols, Monash UniversityProfessor Jean Palutikof, Griffith UniversityProfessor Andy Pitman, University of NSWProfessor Will Steffen, Australian National UniversityProfessor Chris Turney, University of NSW

Organisational PartnersDiversicon Environmental Foundation,FunderClimateWorks Australia, Funder

Members of Climate ScientistsAustralia, including ProfessorDave Griggs, meet with PrimeMinister Julia Gillard duringtheir third visit to Canberra.

POLICY AND ADVICEBunn, S., Edgar, B., Wallis, P.J., Barmuta, L., and Capon,S., Joint submission to the inquiry into Australia’sbiodiversity in a changing climate, July 2011,http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/ccea/ccbio/subs/Sub022.pdf Carey M., Doherty P., McMichael A., Redmond H.,Shearman D., & Sheridan J. (DEA), Submission to theRural Affairs and Transport References CommitteeInquiry 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 CoalSeam Gas Inquiry.Carey M (DEA), Submission to the Victorian GovernmentEnvironment and Planning References CommitteeInquiry into Environmental Design and Public Health.Carey M (MSI), House Standing Committee on ClimateChange, Environment and the Arts: Inquiry intoAustralia’s biodiversity in a changing climate. Professor Ray Ison invited to appear before the AustralianHouse of Representatives Standing Committee onRegional Australia Inquiry into the Murray Darling Basin,Parliament House Canberra on behalf of the NationalUrban Water Governance Initiative, 2 March 2011

REPRESENTATIONMark BouletRegional Director (Victoria), Australasian CampusesTowards Sustainability (ACTS)ACTS representative, Australian Education forSustainability Alliance (AESA)Professor Rebekah Brown Board member, Monash University Research AdvisoryCommitteeEditorial Board, Urban Water JournalEditorial Board, Engineering Sustainability (UK)Editorial Board, Environmental Innovation and SocietalTransitionsDr Marion CareyMember Scientific Advisory Committee, Climate andHealth AllianceMember National Executive Committee, Doctors for theEnvironment AustraliaMember Climate Change Working Group, RoyalAustralasian College of PhysiciansMember Scientific Committee, Population HealthCongressMentor, Global Health Mentoring ProgramSupervisor and Examiner, Monash Bachelor of MedicalScience CourseProfessor Ana DeleticMember, Professorial Promotions Committee, MonashUniversityMember, Associate Professorial Promotions Committee,Monash UniversityFellow, Engineers AustraliaChair, International Working Group on Data and Modelsof the Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (IWA/ IAHR)Associated Editor, Water ResearchAssociated Editor, Water Science and TechnologyAdvisor, State of the Environment Reporting – Science,Policy, People: OCES Indicator Selection Intensive & SoEReporting, University of MelbourneChair and member of Water Panel, IITB Monash-Research Academy Symposium, 17-21 February 2011,Mumbai, IndiaMember, Inception Workshop, NatVal (National ValidationFramework): drafting a Street Map/ Roadmap onsustainable water use, with Australian Water RecyclingCentre

Member and Advisor, National Recycled RegulatorsForumAdvisor, Urban Drainage Systems as Key Infrastructuresin Cities and Towns – A Serbian National Project; Marchand August 2011Advisor and Collaborator, ‘Blue Green Dream’ proposalfor KICP with Professor C Maksimovic and Dr N McIntyreat Imperial College, London, UKChair, Urban Flooding Session at the 11th InternationalConference in Computing and Control for the WaterIndustry (CCWI) in Exeter, UK, September 2011Member, Organisational Committee for the 9th

International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling(UDM) to be in Belgrade, Serbia, 2012, in partnershipwith CWSCReviewer and Supervisor, 12th International Conferenceon Urban Drainage (ICUD), September 2011Co-Leader, WA6, FP7, Prepared Enabling ChangeProfessor Dave GriggsAdvisory Board Member, Victorian Centre for ClimateChange Adaptation Research (VCCCAR)Scientific Organising Committee member, Energy andMeteorology ConferenceOrganising committee member, Four Degrees andBeyond ConferenceMember, Council of Environmental Deans and DirectorsVice-chair, Joint Scientific Committee for the WorldClimate Research ProgrammeMember, European Research Council Starting GrantsCommitteeChair, Review of the Centre for Australian Weather andClimate Research (CAWCR)Member, Monash University Senior Management Team(Environment)Governing committee member, UniwaterBoard member, ClimateWorks AustraliaBoard member, Monash South Africa Water Node Professor Ray IsonDirector, World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics(WOSC)Expert Adviser, Applicants to the position of AssistantProfessor in Communication, Social Learning, andCommunity Engagement in Soil-Water-Society studies atthe Department of Urban and Rural Development at SLUin Uppsala, SwedenMember, Australian Water Culture Delegation to China (8October – 15 October), sponsored by the Australia-ChinaCouncil, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade andhosted by the Institute of Geographical Sciences andNatural Resources Research, Chinese Academy ofSciences, China Three Gorges Corporation and ShaanxiNormal UniversityOne of two invited international contributors,International Systems Conversation, Federal University ofSanta Caterina, Brazil, 9-14 MayProfessor Kerry PrattMember, Clean Coal Victoria Advisory BoardVictorian Branch committee member, Coordinator ofParliamentary Science and Technology Briefing Program,Australian Academy of Technological Sciences andEngineering Professor Geoff RoseMember of working group, Principles of ResponsibleManagement Education (PRME) Working Group,Department of Management, Monash UniversityMember of professional network, ‘Education forSustainability’ Community for PracticeAnna SkarbekBoard member, Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity BoardRepresentative, NGO Roundtable

Director, Carbon Market InstituteDirector, Sustainable Melbourne FundDirector, Thermometer Foundation for Social Researchon Climate ChangeDirector, Linking Melbourne AuthorityDr Janet StanleyMember, Ministerial Reference Council on ClimateAdaptation for then-Minister Gavin JenningsArticle Reviewer, Sustainability, Transportation, TransportPolicy, Australian Social Work, Australian and NewZealand Journal of Criminology, Journal of TransportGeography, Health Promotion International, Research inTransportation EconomicsProfessor John ThwaitesChair, ClimateWorks Australia Chair, Australian Building Codes Board Chair, The Climate Group AustraliaChair, Peter Cullen Water and Environmental TrustChair, Brotherhood of St Laurence Low-Income Familiesand Climate Change Task-groupChair, Australian Centre for the Moving ImageChair, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities StakeholderCommitteeChair, CSIRO ‘emPower Individuals’ Advisory Group Director, Green Building Council of AustraliaMember, Federal Government Urban Policy Forum Member, Federal Government NGO Roundtable onclimate changeMember, Federal Government Advisory Group onNational Energy Savings InitiativeDirector, Monash Injury Research InstituteMember, Steering Committee for Dili Sewerage andDrainage ProjectBelinda TownsMember, Monash University Senior Management Team(Environment)Member, Monash University Procurement BoardMember, Monash University Carbon ManagementCommitteeMember, Monash University Green PurchasingCommitteeDr Philip WallisGroup Rapporteur, Australian Academy of Science’s TheoMurphy High Flyer Think Tank 2011

PRESENTATIONSMeg ArgyriouKey findings of the Low Carbon Growth Plan for GreaterGeelong, Presentation to the City of Greater GeelongMayor and Councillors, Geelong, Victoria, 23 March2011Developing the Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland,Gippsland Climate Change Network, Gippsland, Victoria,4 April 2011Applying Low Carbon Growth Plans at a local level,Presentation to Chinese Delegation, Melbourne, 16 June2011A Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland, Guestspeaker, Agribusiness Conference Dinner, Gippsland,Victoria, 30 June 2011Key findings of the Low Carbon Growth Plan for GreaterGeelong, Presentation to the Geelong ManufacturingCouncil, Geelong, Victoria, 28 August 2011The impact of the carbon price package, Presentation tothe Water and Carbon Group, Corporate EnvironmentManagers, Melbourne, 20 September 2011Developing regional low carbon growth plans,Presentation to the Illawarra Green Jobs Summit,Sydney, NSW, 18 October 2011



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 papersand opinion pieces and representing MSI on over 65 committees,organisational boards and government processes.

Low Carbon Growth Plans, CFMEU – Staff professionaldevelopment day, Melbourne, 4 November 2011Key findings of the Low Carbon Growth plan forMacquarie Park, Presentation to the City of RydeCouncillors, Sydney, NSW, 10 November 2011Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland – key findings,Latrobe Valley Transition Committee, Latrobe Valley,Victoria, 18 November 2011Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland – key findings,Gippsland Climate Change Network, Gippsland, Victoria,5 December 2011Opportunities for the manufacturing sector in the LowCarbon Growth Plan for Gippsland, Baw Baw ShireManufacturer’s Network, Gippsland, Victoria, 6December 2011Low Carbon Growth Plans, Presentation to the WesternAlliance for Greenhouse Action, Hobson’s Bay, Victoria,16 December 2011Mark BouletAn introduction to behaviour change (together withBehaviourWorks), Government Sustainability conference,Melbourne, August 2011Behaviour change 101, ENE3048 – Renewable Energycourse, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University,Melbourne, September 2011Green Steps: Sustainability Skills for CareerSustainability, National Association of Graduate CareerAdvisory Services (NACGAS) national conference,Melbourne, December 2011Professor Rebekah BrownDance4Water, Presentation to Melbourne Waterregarding Dance4Water under the Centre for WaterSensitive Cities, Melbourne Water offices, EastMelbourne, 21 March 2011Winter School Presentation, Presentation to Centre forWater Sensitive Cities Winter School, Monash University,Clayton Campus, 15 July 2011Presentation to QUU Board, CRC presentation to QUUBoard for Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Roma Street,Brisbane, 20 June 2011Dr Marion CareyThe value of biodiversity to human health: an Australianperspective, OneHealth conference, Melbourne, 16February 2011The value of biodiversity to human health: an Australianperspective, Sustainability and Health Journal club,Nossal Institute, Melbourne, 28 February 2011The value of biodiversity to human health: an Australianperspective, Department of Sustainability andEnvironment, Melbourne, 4 March 2011Health impacts of coal, Victorian MP briefing, ParliamentHouse, Victoria, 25 May 2011Presentation to the inquiry into environmental designand public health, Victorian Legislative CouncilEnvironment and Planning Committee, ParliamentHouse, Victoria, 23 August 2011Human Health Impacts of Climate Change, MedicalStudents, Monash University, Clayton Campus, 27 July 2011Evidence to the Rural Affairs and Transport ReferencesCommittee Inquiry into management of the MurrayDarling Basin: impact of mining coal seam gas,Australian Senate Inquiry, Parliament House, Canberra, 9September 2011Coal, air pollution and health, Anglesea Air Action PublicMeeting, Anglesea, 11 September 2011Climate change and population health, guest lecture,Department of Health and Social Science, MonashUniversity, Caulfield Campus, 3 October 2011Climate change and health, Environmental MedicineWorkshop, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University,Clayton Campus, 5 October 2011Climate change and sustainable development, PassportUnit, International Public Health Unit, Monash University,Caulfield Campus, 10 October 2011Evidence to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into coalseam gas, NSW Parliament, Parliament House, Sydney,17 November 2011Dr Jim CurtisMSI: Behaviour Change Initiative, The ShannonCompany, Melbourne, 14 July 2011Introduction to behaviour change, Sustainability in 2020Forum, Glen Waverley, 22 July 2011Introduction to behaviour change, Beach reportcommunication workshop, EPA Victoria, Melbourne, 24August 2011

Developing behaviour change programs to engage staffin sustainability, Government Sustainability Conference,Melbourne, 31 August 2011Persuasive communication: influencing visitorbehaviour, MGW 2522: Tourist Communication, BerwickCampus, 6 October 2011Key learnings from a review of the program logics ofSustainability Victoria and EPA Victoria, SustainabilityVictoria, Melbourne, 2 November 2011Professor Ana DeleticStormwater Harvesting Seminar, University of BritishColumbia, UBC, Vancouver, Canada, 17 January 2011Recycling and Storm Water – Seize the Day: Assessingthe potential of using urban water reuse technology;G’Day USA, Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA, 19 January2011Engineering a Response to Climate Change Workshop,Go8 (Group of Eight), , Adelaide, 10-11 February 2011Stormwater Technologies, Flood Resilience Group fromThe Netherlands, MSI, Monash University, Clayton, 14February 2011Water Sensitive Cities, University of Belgrade, Belgrade,Serbia, 30 March 2011WSUD Technologies, Keren Kayemeth Lelsrael & JewishNational Fund, Tel Aviv, Israel, 3 April 2011Design for Water Sensitive Cities on how sensitive citiescan help provide city water needs, Smarter WaterConference, Parks and Leisure Australia, Perth, WesternAustralia,27 May 2011Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, CSIRO ManagedAquifer Recharge and Stormwater Use Options ProjectSatellite Sites Workshop, Adelaide, South Australia, 12May 2011Stormwater Harvesting Technologies, Imperial College,London, UK, 2 September 2011Creating Water Sensitive Cities, Keynote Lecture at the11th International Conference in Computing and Controlfor the Water Industry, Exeter, UK, 7 September 2011Key design characteristics that influence theperformance of stormwater biofilters, Presented onbehalf of Ms Lintern at the 12th International Conferenceon Urban Drainage (ICUD), September 2011, PortoAlegre, Brazil, 10-17 September 2011Designing Stormwater Harvesting Systems, IndustryWorkshop organised by Clearwater, Melbourne, 28October 2011Stormwater Harvesting, Keynote at the National WaterRecycling & Reuse Technology Conference, Melbourne,2-4 November 2011Health and Water Sensitive Cities, Department ofEnvironment and Sustainability/ Centre for WaterSensitive Cities, Melbourne, 8 November 2011Amandine DenisLow Carbon Growth Plan for Australia: The Impact of theCarbon Price Package, Seminar on carbon pricing foracademics, PhD/ Honours students and professionalstaff in the Department of BusEco, Monash University,Caulfield Campus, Melbourne, 29 September 2011Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in Australia and theImpact of the Government’s Clean Energy Future Plan,Alternative Technology Association – Annual GeneralMeeting, Melbourne, 14 October 2011Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia, Monash Master ofBusiness (Science and Technology), Monash University,Clayton Campus, Melbourne, 19 October 2011Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia: The Impact of theCarbon Price Package, Northern Alliance for GreenhouseAction, 26 October 2011Professor Dave GriggsGuest speaker and content expert for theCommencement and Collaboration Module, FutureResearch Leaders Program, Monash University, 8 March2011Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,Department of Mathematical Sciences – Faculty ofScience - ATM1020, The Science of Climate, MonashUniversity, 16 March 2011Climate Change and Indigenous People, Faculty of Arts– ATS2386, Broken Earth: Journeys Through theAustralian Landscape, Monash University, 17 May 2011Climate Change – the International Context, IntegratedManagement of International Rivers in Response toClimate Change: Australian Leadership AwardsFellowships Program workshop, Melbourne, 20-24 June2011Sustainability Boundaries, Four Degrees or More

Conference: Australia in a Hot World, Melbourne, 12-14July 2011Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge, Schoolof Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Arts– APG4426, Frontiers of Sustainability and theEnvironment, Monash University, 12 August 2011 Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge, GlenWaverley ALP Branch, Melbourne, 22 August 2011Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,Faculty of Engineering – ENE3048, Energy and theEnvironment, Monash University, 29 August 2011Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,Climate Change and Public Health seminar, Departmentof Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty ofMedicine, Melbourne, 30 August 2011 Climate Modelling, Background Briefing: Getting YourHead Around… Climate Modelling, Science MediaCentre Webinar, Online, 5 September 2011Health Impacts of Climate Change, Faculty of Medicine– third year workshop, Monash University, 5 October2011Communicating Climate Change Science, World ClimateResearch Programme Open Science Conference,Denver, USA, 24-28 October 2011Sustainability Re-imagined: Managing Victoria’s ClimateChange Risk Policy Intensive, Commissioner forEnvironmental Sustainability, Melbourne, 10 November2011Climate Change Science, ANZ Climate Change Sessions,Melbourne, 17 November 2011Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,Victorian Independent Education Union EnvironmentConference, Green Schools: Educating for a SustainableFuture, Melbourne, 18 November 2011Climate Change and the Sustainability Challenge,Faculty of Science – Bachelor of Environmental Science,Workplace training scheme, Monash University, 23November 2011Professor Ray IsonSystems Approaches to Water Governance Research,NCCARF National Water Governance Research InitiativeEarly Career Researcher Workshop, Melbourne, 6-8 April2011Socio-ecological systems, New Theory for Practiceseminar, National Water Governance Research Network,Melbourne, 8 April 2011Coastal and catchment managing and planning, invitedpresentation for RMIT School of Global Studies, SocialScience and Planning Student Conference, Melbourne,15 April 2011Dr Tina KalivasAustralian Development Scholarship and Monash HDRInformation: Choosing and refining a HDR ResearchTopic - components of an Australian Award HDRResearch Proposal; Supplementary sessions duringMonash Sustainability Institute sponsored 10 weekIntensive English Language Training for research staff atthe University of PalangkaRaya, University of PalangkaRaya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 20 & 28 July 2011Dr Paul McShaneDeveloping integrated catchment managementstrategies for sustainable water use in response toclimate change, India Water Forum, Delhi, India, April2011Responding to the impact of climate change: businessstrategy adaptation by the insurance sectors inBangladesh and Australia, Initiative on climate changeadaptation research ICARUS II, University of Michigan,Ann Arbor, USA, May 2011Uncertainty about uncertainty within a stakeholdergroup, MODSIM: International Conference on modellingand simulation, Perth, December 2011Knowledge management for sustainable development inresponse to climate change in Vietnam, 3rd Engagingwith Vietnam: an interdisciplinary conference, Hanoi,Vietnam, December 2011Professor Geoff RoseSustainability: one perspective, PRME Seminar:‘Debating Sustainability’, Department of Management,Caulfield Campus, Monash University, MelbourneAnna SkarbekBriefing on the Carbon Market Industry, Carbon MarketInstitute, Asia-Pacific Emissions Trading Forum, 8February 2011Melbourne Business School Net Impact Conference,Melbourne, 18 February 2011


Economic Benefits of a Low Carbon Transition forAustralia, NGO Roundtable, Canberra, 8 April 2011A Conversation with Paul Gilding on the Climate ChangeUpheaval, Future Summit 2011, Australian DavosConference, Melbourne, 30 May 2011Mitigation: Can We? Yes We Can. EconomicOpportunities in the Low Carbon Growth Transition forAustralia, Transforming Australia 2011, RDA IllawarraConference, Wollongong, 25 July 2011Retail Sector Low Carbon Growth Report, Launch of theNAB Retail Sector Report, Sydney, 23 June 2011Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong, Presentation toGeelong Manufacturing Council, Geelong, 28 June 2011Impact of the Carbon Price on Australia’s Low CarbonGrowth Plan, Launch of Carbon Price Report, Melbourne,10 August 2011Australia’s Clean Energy Future – ExploringOpportunities for Industry, Water and Carbon Group,Brisbane, 28 September 2011Presentation to EIANZ Conference, Environment Instituteof Australia and New Zealand, Sunshine Coast, 29September 2011Low Carbon Growth Plan for Gippsland, Launch of Plan,Monash University – Gippsland Campus, 14 October2011Carbon Price Countdown – Challenges andOpportunities for Business, Panel, CPA Congress,Sydney, 20 October 2011Debate: “Any action to reduce greenhouse gasemissions by Australia is irrelevant until there issignificant global agreement for action that includesChina, India and the USA”, Carbon Expo Australasia2011, Melbourne, 8 November 2011The Pathway to a Low-Carbon Australian Economy,Chair, Carbon Expo Australasia 2011, Melbourne, 9November 2011Analysis of the Government’s Clean Energy Future Planon Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in Australia,Energy Efficiency Council National Conference 2011,Melbourne, 17 November 2011Dr Liam SmithBehaviour change and water sensitive cities, Workshoprun at Water Sensitive Cities Winter School, MonashUniversity, Melbourne, 31 July 2011 (Presentation givenwith Dr Jim Curtis)Behaviour change and water sensitive cities,Presentation to the Water Sensitive Cities partnermeeting, Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW, 19 August 2011Dr Janet StanleyThe prevention of bushfire arson: a communityresponse, Fire and Emergency Service CommunityEducation, Community Engagement Managers, AFAC,Melbourne, 16 March 2011Carbon, climate and community, ACOSS 2011 NationalConference, Melbourne, 29-30 March 2011Improving social sustainability in the tertiary educationsector, Sustainability Campus Group: SocialSustainability Forum, The University of Melbourne,Melbourne, 22 August 2011Debating sustainability: why is it so difficult? Seminar forDepartment of BusEco, Monash University, Melbourne,September 2011Homelessness workshop, Windermere, Melbourne, 6September 2011Section leader, Workshop 6: The public agenda: what isworking and what is missing? Thredbo ConferenceDurban,11-15 September 2011The ETS, transport and equity, Lecture to MastersBusiness students, Department of BusEco, MonashUniversity, October 2011Transport, climate change and social exclusion,University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 1 November 2011Homelessness research in the growth corridor,Presentation for Windermere, Agency Forum, Melbourne,9 November 2011Professor John ThwaitesClimate change, water and sustainability – trends andopportunities, Monash MBA Course, Monash University,Caulfield Campus, Melbourne, 10 February 2011Climate and design, Launch of book, AECOM, AustralianCentre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 10 February2011The implications of climate change for the transportsector – risks and regulation, Transport Seminar, Sydney,21 March 2011

How democratic processes can deal with complex long-term issues, Climate Future Pathways for Society Forum,Wellington, New Zealand, 1 April 2011Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong, Leaders forGeelong – Water and Climate Change Forum, Geelong, 6April 2011Leadership and governance in local government, LGAPro Seminar, 7 April 2011 Influencing government, Brotherhood of St LawrenceAcademy, ANZ Building, Melbourne, 12 April 2011Solutions to climate change, National Tertiary EducationUnion National Conference, NTEU, South Melbourne, 29April 2011Climate change and behaviour change, Australian LegalServices Alliance Launch, Norton Rose, 3 May 2011Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong, Geelong CityCouncil, Cunningham Pier, Geelong, 12 May 2011A Low Carbon Growth Plan for Australia, City of MonashWorld Environment Day Awards, Monash City Council,Melbourne, 2 June 2011Public Launch Low Carbon Growth Plan for Geelong,Geelong City Council, Deakin University, Geelong, 8 June2011Carbon caps, taxes and compensation, CAPP PortPhillip, St Kilda, 18 June 2011Peter Cullen Book Launch, Peter Cullen Water andEnvironment Trust, Melbourne University, Melbourne, 21June 2011Carbon pricing and low carbon growth, MaddocksSeminar, Maddocks, 14 July 2011The nature of modern government and the role ofsustainability, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities WinterSchool, Clayton Campus, Monash University, Melbourne,14 July 2011How the carbon price works, Maddocks Seminar,Melbourne, 3 August 2011Impact of the Clean Energy Future Package on the LowCarbon Growth Plan, ClimateWorks Australia, TreasuryTheatre, Melbourne, 10 August 2011Energy efficiency and Australian households, AGL BigDay Out, AGL, Sydney, 9 August 2011Low income households and climate change policy,Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA)Seminar, Allens, 11 August 2011Science to policy leadership and the nature of moderngovernment, Peter Cullen Water and Environment TrustLeadership program, South Australia, 15 August 2011How I used my science degree, Monash UniversityScience Industry night, Monash, Melbourne, 17 August2011Launch of the Centre for Water Sensitive Citiesblueprint2011, Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Sydney,18 August 2011Waste and the Clean Energy Future Package, MaddocksSeminar, Maddocks, Melbourne, 31 August 2011Cogeneration – opportunities and risks for localgovernment, 2011 Government SustainabilityConference, Melbourne Sebel, 1 September 2011The role of regulation in facilitating or constrainingadaptation to climate change for Australianinfrastructure, Department of Climate Change andEnergy Efficiency, Canberra, 13 September 2011Careers in Law, Monash Law Students Society, MonashLaw Chambers, Melbourne, 14 September 2011Launch of BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Universitycity office, Melbourne, 19 September 2011Impact of the carbon price package on local governmentand the waste sector, Maddocks Seminar, Maddocks,Melbourne, 21 September 2011Unlocking barriers to cogeneration, Property Council ofAustralia, Zinc, Melbourne, 22 September 2011So you think you can influence the Minister, Institute forPublic Administration Australia Conference, Melbourne,23 September 201120th anniversary Environment Defenders Office,Environment Defenders Office, ACCA, Melbourne, 10November 2011Is regulation helping or hindering climate changeadaptation, Maddocks Seminar, Maddocks, Melbourne,14 November 2011Impact of climate change on low income households,South East Healthy Communities Partnership AnnualMembership Forum, Dandenong, 16 November 2011Local government, waste and the carbon price, GHD,Sydney, 16 November 2011

Cogeneration – barriers and opportunities, EnergyEfficiency Council National Conference, Melbourne, 17November 2011Climate, carbon and health – what we can do,Commonwealth Department of Health Conference,Canberra, 29 NovemberDr Philip WallisAppreciating wicked policy problems in the Murray-Darling Basin through systemic inquiry, Workshop:Integrated management of international rivers inresponse to climate change, Melbourne Museum,Melbourne, June 2011Whole-of-ecosystem modelling for catchments:increasing systemic understanding of ecosystems in theMurray-Darling Basin, Workshop: Integratedmanagement of international rivers in response toclimate change, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, June2011Lecture – Agriculture and Water, BTX5100: CorporateEnvironmental Responsibility, location, 30 June 2011Lecture – Freshwater, ATS3554: Resource Evaluationand Management, Monash University, Clayton Campus,20 September 2011Lecture – Human Interfaces with Technology: at thewater-carbon-energy nexus, ENV3022 – EnvironmentalTechnology, Monash University, Clayton Campus, 21September 2011Field Trip – Water Sensitive Urban Design, ENV3022:Environmental Technology, Monash University, ClaytonCampus, 23 September 2011Lecture – Water Sensitive Urban Design and WaterGovernance, ENV3022: Environmental Technology,Monash University, Clayton Campus, 16 September2011Group Report: The Murray-Darling Basin (co-presentedwith Samantha Capon), Australian Academy of ScienceTheo Murphy High Flyers Think Tank 2011, Hotel GrandChancellor, Brisbane, 29-30 September.Professor Tony WongIs Victoria’s desal worth the cost?, ABC Radio Breakfast,Melbourne, Victoria, 1 February 2011Water Sensitive Cities, Keynote Presentation to LowerGeorges River Sustainability Initiative, Georges River,NSW, 17 February 2011Drivers for water sensitive cities in Australia, Openingaddress to Jewish National Fund Water ResearchCollaboration Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel, 3 April 2011Linking Urban Liveability to Stormwater Management,Keynote at the 7th South Pacific StormwaterConference, Auckland, New Zealand, 4 May 2011Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Guest oration, SheffieldUniversity, Sheffield, UK, 9 May 2011Delivering Water Sensitive Cities, Guest oration, CardiffUniversity, Cardiff, UK, 10 May 2011Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems – EcosystemServices Beyond Flood Mitigation, Guest oration atAbertay University, Dundee, UK, 11 May 2011Making the most of stormwater in urban areas: fromproblem to opportunity through water sensitive urbandesign, Keynote at Hydro International StormwaterConference: ‘Stormwater Management – What AboutQuality?’, Solihull, UK, 12 May 2011Urban Water Management in Cities of the Future,Opening address at CIRIA Workshop, London, UK, 13May 2011Urban Water Challenges in Australia, Institution ofEngineers 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 – 28June 2011; Darwin, NT – 30 June 2011Stormwater Quality Treatment – From Research toPractice, Guest oration, University of Tasmania, Hobart,Tasmania, 19 April 2011Linking water sensitive urbanism to urban liveability,Invited speaker, 2nd Water Sensitive Urban LandscapeSeminar, Singapore, 6 July 2011Urban green technologies for water quality improvement,Plenary Presentation, Singapore International WaterWeek, Water Convention, Singapore, 7 July 2011Water sensitive cities as a driver for sustainable cities,Opening address, Water Sensitive Cities Winter School,Monash University, Melbourne, 11 July 2011Changing roles of the urban water sector, Lecture, WaterSensitive Cities Winter School, Monash University,Melbourne, 15 July 2011



Water sensitive cities and new urban design, Lecture,Frontier in Environment and Sustainability, MonashUniversity, Melbourne, 13 August 2011Changing the role of the urban water sector, Invitedspeaker, AWA Seminar on Integrated Urban WaterManagement, Melbourne, 17 October 2011Framework for stormwater quality management inSingapore, 12th International Conference on UrbanDrainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 16 September 2011An inter-disciplinary research program for building watersensitive cities, 12th International Conference on UrbanDrainage, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 16 September 2011An inter-disciplinary research program for building watersensitive cities, Invited speaker, Transforming Auckland:Towards Sustainable Futures, the University of AucklandThematic Research Initiative research symposium,Auckland, New Zealand, 22 November 2011

PUBLICATIONS AND OPINION PIECESBooks and Book ChaptersHubert, B & RL Ison (2011), ‘Institutionalisingunderstandings: from resource sufficiency to functionalintegrity’, In Kammili T, B Hubert & JF Tourrand (eds), Aparadigm shift in livestock management: from ResourceSufficiency to Functional Integrity, Cardère éditeur, Lirac,France, pp. 11-16Ison, 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 Murray-Darling Basin, pp. 399-411. ANU ePress, CanberraIson, RL & DB Russell (2011) ‘The worlds we create:designing learning systems for the underworld ofextension practice’, In Jennings, J, RP Packham & DWoodside (eds), Shaping Change: Natural ResourceManagement, Agriculture and the Role of Extension,Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN), Australia,pp. 66-76Ison, RL & PJ Wallis (2011) ‘Planning as Performance.The Murray-Darling Basin Plan’, In Grafton Q. &Connell,E. (eds.), Basin Futures: Water Reform in theMurray-Darling Basin, ANU ePress, Canberra, pp. 399-411Smith, L.D.G., Weiler, B. & Ham, S.H. (2011), ‘Therhetoric and the reality: A critical examination of the zooproposition’, In W. Frost (ed.), Zoos and Tourism,Clevedon, UK: Channel View Publications, pp 59-68Stanley, JK & JR Stanley (2011), ‘Policy perspectives: aview from outside government’, In G. Currie (ed), Newperspectives and methods in transport and socialexclusion research, Emerald Press, UKStanley, JR (2011), ‘Overview of the field of socialexclusion research and general theoretical concepts’, InG. Currie (ed), New perspectives and methods intransport and social exclusion research, Emerald Press,UKStanley, J (2011), ‘Measuring social exclusion’, In G.Currie (ed), New perspectives and methods in transportand social exclusion research, Emerald Press, UK Stanley, J & D Vella-Brodrick (2011), ‘New analyticalperspectives: social capital and wellbeing’, In G. Currie(ed), New perspectives and methods in transport andsocial exclusion research, Emerald Press, UK Thwaites, J (2011) ‘How democratic processes can dealwith complex long term issues’, Climate Futures:Pathways for Society, New Zealand Climate ChangeResearch Institute, Victoria University, WellingtonWong, T & R Brown (2011), ‘Water Sensitive UrbanDesign’, In Grafton, Q & K Hussey (eds), WaterResources, Planning and Management: Challenges andSolutions, Cambridge University Press, pp 483-504Peer-reviewed journal and conference articlesCarey M & K Winkel (2011) ‘The value of biodiversity tohuman health: an Australian perspective’ Ecohealth, 7(1): 257, pS117Colvin, J, C Blackmore, KB Collins, J Goss, RL Ison, PPRoggero, G Seddaiu & Y Wei (2011) ‘In search of systeminnovation: Learning from a decade of inquiry with theSLIM social learning praxis’, Proc 9th InternationalConference of the European Society for EcologicalEconomics, 14-17 June 2011Griggs, DJ, & TS Kestin (2011) ‘Bridging the gapbetween climate scientists and decision makers’,Climate Research, 27: 139-144Iaquinto, B, RL Ison & R Faggian (2011) ‘Creatingcommunities of practice: scoping purposeful design’,Journal of Knowledge Management, 15(1): 4-21Ison, RL, A Grant & RB Bawden (2011) ‘Scenario praxis

for systemic and adaptive governance: A criticalframework’, Environment & Planning C, submittedIson, RL, CP Blackmore, B Iaquinto (2011) ‘Sociallearning: exploring the revealing and concealing aspectsof historical and contemporary metaphors’, Proc 9thInternational Conference of the European Society forEcological Economics, 14-17 June 2011.Ison, RL, KB Collins, JC Colvin, J Jiggins, PP Roggero, GSeddaiu, P Steyaert, M Toderi & C Zanolla (2011)‘Sustainable catchment managing in a climate changingworld: new integrative modalities for connecting policymakers, scientists and other stakeholders’, WaterResources Management, 25 (15): 3977-3992 Johnson, V, G Currie & J Stanley (2011), ‘Exploringtransport to arts and cultural activities as a facilitator ofsocial inclusion’, Transport Policy, 18: 68-75Lynch, AH, DJ Griggs, L Joachim & J Walker (2011)‘Indigenous voices in climate change adaptation: thechallenges facing the Yorta Yorta of Australia’, Journal ofthe Policy Sciences, submitted Ramkisson, H, BV Weiler & LDG Smith (in press), ‘Placeattachment and pro-environmental behaviour in nationalparks: the development of a conceptual framework’,Journal of Sustainable TourismSmith, AM, LDG Smith & BV Weiler (2011), ‘A role foranthropomorphism in motivating communityparticipation in wildlife conservation’, 25th InternationalCongress for Conservation Biology, Auckland, NewZealand, 5-9 December 2011 Smith, LDG (in press), ‘Visitors or visits? An examinationof zoo visitor numbers using the case study of Australia’,Zoo BiologySmith, LDG, W Angus, R Ballantyne & J Packer (2011),‘Using zoo websites to influence zoo visitor behaviour’,Journal of the International Zoo Educators Association,47: 38-41Smith, L.D.G., Curtis, J., Mair, J. & Van Dijk, P.A. (inpress), ‘Requests for zoo visitors to undertake pro-wildlife behaviour: how many is too many?’, TourismManagementSmith, LDG, SH Ham & BV Weiler (2011), ‘The impact ofprofound wildlife experiences’, Anthrozoos, 24(1): 51-64Stanley, JK, D Hensher, JR Stanley & D Vella-Brodrick(2011), ‘Mobility, social exclusion and well-being:exploring the links’, Transportation Research A, 45(8):789-801Stanley, 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 forreal? An evaluation of the relationship betweenemotional labour and visitor outcomes’, TourismManagement¸32(1): 39-45 Van Dijk, PA, LDG Smith & BV Weiler (in press), ‘To re-enact or not to re-enact? Investigating differencesbetween first and third person interpretation at aheritage tourism site’, Visitor studiesWallis, P & RL Ison (2011) ‘Appreciating institutionalcomplexity in water governance dynamics: a case fromthe Murray-Darling Basin, Australia’, Water ResourcesManagement, 25 (15): 4081Wallis, PJ & RL Ison (2011) ‘Addressing institutionalcomplexity in regional water managing systems’, WaterResources Management, DOI:10.1007/s11269-011-9885-zWallis, PJ, R MacNally & J Langford (2011) ‘MappingLocal-Scale Ecological Research to Aid Management atLandscape Scales’, Geographical Research, 49(2): 203-216Wallis, PJ, WP Gates, AF Patti & JL Scott (2011)‘Catalytic activity of choline modified Fe (III)montmorillonite, Applied Clay Science, 53 (2): 336-340Wei, YP, RL Ison, JD Colvin & K Collins (2011) ‘Reframingwater governance in China: a multi-perspective study ofan over-engineered catchment’, Journal ofEnvironmental Planning & ManagementWong, T (2011), ‘Framework for stormwater qualitymanagement in Singapore’, 12th InternationalConference on Urban Drainage (ICUD), Porto Alegre,Brazil, 11-16 September 2011Wong T, A Deletic & RR Brown (2011), ‘An Inter-Disciplinary Research Program for Building WaterSensitive Cities’, 12th International Conference on UrbanDrainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept2011Zinger, Y, A Deletic, TD Fletcher, P Breen, T Wong (2011),‘Dual-mode Biofilter System: Case study in Kfar Sava,

Israel’, 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Research reports, journal and conference articlesBach, PM, C Urich, DT McCarthy, R Sitzenfrei, MKleidorfer, W Rauch & A Deletic (2011), Characterising acity for integrated performance assessment of waterinfrastructure in the DAnCE4Water model, 12th

International Conference on Urban Drainage,Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Boulet, M & LDG Smith (2011), ‘Developing behaviourprograms to engage staff in sustainability’, Governmentand Sustainability Conference, Melbourne, 31 August2011Bratières, K, DT McCarthy, C Schang, A Deletic (2011),Performance of the enviss™ filtration media: Laboratorytrial, 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Browne, D, A Deletic, TD Fletcher & G Mudd (2011),‘Modeling the development and consequences ofclogging for stormwater infiltration trenches’, 12th

International Conference on Urban Drainage,Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Chandrasena, KKGI, A Deletic, J Ellerton J & DTMcCarthy (2011), ‘Removal of Escherichia coli inStormwater Biofilters’, 12th International Conference onUrban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Curtis, J & L Smith (2011) ‘Review of the ProgramLogics of EPA and Sustainability Victoria’,BehaviourWorks Australia, Melbourne Daly, E, BE Hatt, TD Fletcher & A Deletic (in press) ‘Asimplified stochastic model for stormwater bioretentionsystems’, Hydrological ProcessesDe Haan, J, B Ferguson, R Brown & A Deletic (2011), ‘AWorkbench for Societal Transitions in Water SensitiveCities’, 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Deletic, A, CBS Dotto, DT McCarthy, M Kleidorfer, GFreni, G Mannina, M Uhl, M Henrichs, TD Fletcher, WRauch, 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 drainagemodels: MUSIC rainfall/ runoff module and a simplestormwater quality model’, Australian Journal of WaterResources, 15 (1): 85-93Dotto, CBS, M Kleidorfer, A Deletic, W Rauch, DTMcCarthy & TD Fletcher (2011) ‘Performance andsensitivity analysis of stormwater models using aBayesian approach and long-term high resolution data’,Environmental Modelling and Software, 26 (10): 1225-1239Ferguson, B, R Brown & A Deletic (2011), ‘Towards asocio-technical framework for mapping and diagnosingtransformational dynamics in urban water systems’, 12th

International Conference on Urban Drainage,Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Francey, M, HP Duncan, A Deletic & TD Fletcher (2011)‘Testing and sensitivity of a simple method for predictingurban pollutant loads’, Journal of EnvironmentalEngineering, 137 (9): 782-789Godden, L, RL Ison & P Wallis (2011), ‘Water governancein a climate change world: Appraising systemic andadaptive effectiveness’, Water Resources Management(Editorial, Special Issue), 25 (15) 3971-3976Godden, L, RL Ison & PJ Wallis (2011), ‘WaterGovernance in a Climate Change World: AppraisingSystemic and Adaptive Effectiveness’, Water ResourcesManagementGriggs, DJ & E Gerrard (2011) ‘Policy options for aFreestanding Statutory Right (FSR) for Traditional Ownernon-commercial access to and use of naturalresources’, A report for the Victorian GovernmentDepartment of Sustainability and the Environment Guest, RM, C Schang, A Deletic, DT McCarthy (2011),‘Development of Novel Activated Carbon Filter Media forPathogen Removal from Stormwater’, 12th InternationalConference on Urban Drainage, Proceedings, PortoAlegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Hatt BE, A Steinel, A Deletic & TD Fletcher (in press)‘Retention of heavy metals by stormwater systems:breakthrough analysis’, Water Science and TechnologyIson, RL (2011) ‘Cybersystemic conviviality: addressingthe conundrum of ecosystems services’, ASC (AmericanSociety for Cybernetics) Column, Cybernetics & HumanKnowing, 18 (1, 2): 135-141.


Ison, RL, P Wallis & L Godden (2011), ‘Reference: Impactof the Murray-Darling Basin Plan on Regional Australia’,House of Representatives Standing Committee onRegional Australia, Wednesday, 2 March 2011, CanberraHansard RA17-23.Johnson, V, G Currie & J Stanley (2011), ‘Planning forsociety and community: Are transport problems a barrierto participation in community activities?’, ATRF, Adelaide,South Australia, 28-30 September 2011Johnson, V, G Currie & J Stanley (2011), ‘What dobarriers to participation in community activities tell usabout social exclusion?’, Australian Social PolicyConference, Sydney, 6-8 July 2011Kandra, 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 2011Kestin, T, A Gallant, DJ Griggs & D Karoly (2011) ‘Updateof Climate Change Science for Victoria’, A report for theVictorian Government Department of Sustainability andthe Environment (DSE) Li, YL, DT McCarthy & A Deletic (2011), Treatment ofpathogens in stormwater by antimicrobial-modified filtermedia, 12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Lintern, A, E Daly, H Duncan, BE Hatt, TD Fletcher & ADeletic (2011), ‘Key design characteristics that influencethe performance of stormwater biofilters’, 12th

International Conference on Urban Drainage,Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011McCarthy, DT, A Deletic, VG Mitchell & C Diaper (2011)‘Development and testing of a model for Micro-organismPrediction in Urban Stormwater (MOPUS)’, Journal ofHydrology, 409(1-2): 236-247Nunes, RTS, A Deletic, THF Wong, JHA Prodanoff & MAVFreitas (2011), ‘Procedures for integrating WaterSensitive Urban Design (WSUD) technologies into the siteplanning process: Criteria for streetscape scale appliedin Melbourne Region – Australia’, 12th InternationalConference on Urban Drainage, Proceedings, PortoAlegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Paschen, J & RL Ison (2011), ‘Narrative research forclimate change adaptation policy and practice:opportunities and challenges’, Proc. Resilient Cities2011: 2nd World Congress on Cities and Adaptation toClimate Change, 3 - 5 June 2011, Bonn, Germany.Paschen, J-A & RL Ison (2011) ‘Exploring the potential ofstory-telling in climate change adaptation’, The Instituteof Australian Geographers conference, University ofWollongong, NSW, Australia, 3-6 July 2011Paschen, J-A & RL Ison (2011), ‘Local Context, Drivers &Issues Analysis in Port Fairy. A report on the findings ofthe Port Fairy Social Research Project Exploring localnarratives of environmental change and adaptation’Paschen, J-A & RL Ison (2011), ‘Narrative Research inClimate Change Adaptation – Exploring a New Paradigmfor Research and Governance VCCCAR’, Victorian Centrefor Climate Change Adaptation Research Working PaperPendrey C, M Carey & J Stanley (2011), ‘Climatechange, extreme weather and the health of people whoare homeless’, Public Health Association of NewZealand Conference: Vision, Sustainability and Diversity,Lincoln University, Canterbury, 31 August – 2 September2011Pendrey, C, M Carey & J Stanley (2011), ‘Homelessnessand climate change’, Australian Social PolicyConference, 6-8 July 2011Poustie, MS, RR Brown & A Deletic (2011), ‘Receptivityto sustainable urban water management in the Pacific’,12th International Conference on Urban Drainage,Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 September2011Read, P, J Stanley & D Vella-Brodrick (2011), ‘Thehuman development index and climate change’, SPRCConference, 6-8 July 2011Robinson, CJ, T Wallington, E Gerrard, DJ Griggs, DWalker & T May ‘Draft Indigenous co-benefit criteria andrequirements to inform the development of Australia’sCarbon Farming Initiative’, A report for the AustralianRural Industry Research Development Corporation andAustralian Government Department of Sustainability,Environment, Water, People and Communities, Canberra Rose, G, G Codner, D Griggs & M Boulet (2011),‘Integrating sustainability into the higher educationsector: Insight from a case study of the first yearEngineering curriculum at Monash University’, Finalproject report submitted to Sustainability Victoria, 28June 2011

Ross, AE, G Lipeme Kouyi, TD Fletcher, P Molle, BChocat, M Calla, E Daly & A Deletic (2011), ‘Hydraulicmodelling of constructed reed-bed wetlands forstormwater treatment’, 12th International Conference onUrban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Schang, C, DT McCarthy, K Bratières & A Deletic (2011),‘Expected performances and lifespan of the enviss™stormwater treatment technologies: results of abreakthrough analysis’, 12th International Conference onUrban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 September 2011Smith, LDG (2011), ‘Working out the right message toinfluence visitors’ behaviour’, Theory of Zoo andAquarium Evolution: Unite -> Adapt -> Innovate ->Thrive Conference, Sydney, 16-19 May 2011 Smith, LDG & JM Curtis (2011), ‘The seven grandchallenges of behaviour change’, Share with the Chair(Environmental Protection Authority), Melbourne,Australia, 17 November 2011Smith, LDG, J Curtis, L Ganghadaran, P Raschky, MSymmons, F Newton & B Verplanken (2011), ‘ErgonEnergy research portfolio review’, BehaviourWorksAustralia, Melbourne Smith, LDG & BV Weiler (2011), ‘Linkage Report II:Identifying key visitor beliefs about four pro-wildlifebehaviours’, Report submitted to Taronga ConservationSociety Australia in relation to ARC Linkage projectLP0989139Smith, LDG & BV Weiler (2011), ‘Linkage Report III:Evaluating the effectiveness of Perth Zoo’s Wipe forWildlife campaign and its elements’, Report submitted toPerth Zoo in relation to ARC Linkage project LP0989139Smith, LDG & BV Weiler (2011), ‘Linkage Report IV:Identifying key messages to influence detergentpurchase decisions’, Report submitted to Zoos Victoriain relation to ARC Linkage project LP0989139Stanley, J (2011), ‘The emission trading scheme and lowincome households’, Australian Social PolicyConference, Sydney, 6-8 July 2011Stanley, J and K Lucas (2011), ‘Achieving an integratedsocial, environmental and economic agenda for theinformal transport sector in developing countries’,Workshop 6: The Public Agenda – What is Working andWhat is Missing? , Thredbo Conference, Durban, 11-15September 2011Stanley, J & J Stanley (2011), ‘Mobility, social exclusionand wellbeing’, 59th UITP World Congress, Dubai, 10-14April 2011Stebbing M, M Carey, M Sinclair & M Sim (2011),‘Climate change and health: voices of women in smallrural towns in Victoria, Australia’, Gender and ClimateChange conference, Prato, Italy, 2011Stebbing M, M Carey, M Sinclair & M Sim, ‘Waterinsecurity and health and wellbeing in rural Victoriantowns’, Public Health Association of Australiaconference, Brisbane, September 2011Urich, C, PM Bach, C Hellbach, R Sitzenfrei, MKKleidorfer, DT McCarthy, A Deletic & W Rauch (2011),‘Dynamics of cities and water infrastructure in theDAnCE4Water model’, 12th International Conference onUrban Drainage, Proceedings, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 11-16 Sept 2011Weiler, B, J Allan & LDG Smith (2011), ‘Fostering Pro-environmental Behaviour of Visitors to Perth Zoo: SavingWildlife Habitat One Toilet Roll at a Time’, InterpretationAustralia Conference “At the Frontier: Exploring thePossibilities”, Perth, Western Australia, 14-18 November2011Wong, T, R Allen, R Brown, A Deletic, D Griggs, I Hodyl, BMcIlrath, T Montebello & L Smith (2011), ‘Transitioningto a resilient, liveable and sustainable Greater Melbourne(localised case studies), Report for Living VictoriaMinisterial Advisory Council, March 2011Wong, T, Allen, Beringer, Brown, Chaudhri, Deletic,Fletcher, Gernjk, Jakob, Reeder, Tapper & Walsh (2011),‘Blueprint 2011: Stormwater Management in a WaterSensitive City’, The Centre for Water Sensitive CitiesYong, CF, A Deletic, TD Fletcher & MR Grace (2011)‘Hydraulic and treatment performance of perviouspavements under variable drying and wetting regimes’,Water Science and Technology, 64 (8): 1692-1699Opinion pieces and articlesCarey M., & Shearman D., Hidden costs of the CSGrush, Climate Spectator,www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/hidden-costs-csg-rush.

Griggs, D., Why Climate Change is Real and HumanInduced, The Melbourne Anglican, 2011http://melbourne.anglican.com.au/NewsAndViews/TMA/Pages/2011/2011-09/Why-climate-change-is-real-and-human-induced-001110-001123.aspxSkarbek, A., Counting the Cost of Delay, ClimateSpectator, 7 April 2011http://www.climatespectator.com.au Skarbek, A., Failing to Act on Climate Change Costs UsBillions, The Conversation, 14 April 2011http://theconversation.edu.au/failing-to-act-on-climate-change-costs-us-billions-716 Skarbek, A., Australia Can Cut More Carbon, ClimateSpectator, 9 August 2011http://www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/australia-can-cut-more-carbon Skarbek, A., Carbon Tax Package Could Let Australia CutEmissions by 25% by 2020, The Conversation, 9 August2011, http://theconversation.edu.au/carbon-tax-package-could-let-australia-cut-emissions-by-25-by-2020-2744Smith, L.D.G. (2011), It takes energy to smile… thepsychology behind smaller power bills, TheConversation, 15 November 2011,http://theconversation.edu.au/it-takes-energy-to-smile-the-psychology-behind-smaller-power-bills-4094 Stanley, J (2011), The impact of putting a price oncarbon, Monash University websitehttp://www.monash.edu.au/news/show/the-impact-of-a-price-on-carbonStanley, J (2011), Carbon price or climate change, thepoor pay more, The Conversation, 11 April 2011,http://theconversation.edu.au/articles/carbon-price-or-climate-change-the-poor-pay-more-814. Thwaites, J. The truth behind electricity bills, MelbourneReview, October 2011Thwaites, J. Nudging behaviour, Melbourne Review,November 2011Thwaites, J. Bi-partisanship has a role, MelbourneReview, December 2011Wallis, P.J., Economists want water conservation to dryup, The Conversation, 19 April 2011,http://theconversation.edu.au/economists-want-water-conservation-to-dry-up-836 Wallis, P.J., Inquiry slams ‘Swiss cheese’ effect in theMurray-Darling Basin, The Conversation, 8 June 2011,http://theconversation.edu.au/inquiry-slams-swiss-cheese-effect-in-the-murray-darling-basin-1644 Wallis, P.J., One small thing you can do for theenvironment: think critically, The Conversation, 29 July2011, http://theconversation.edu.au/one-small-thing-you-can-do-for-the-environment-think-critically-2035 Wallis, P.J., Water we waiting for? The unfinishedbusiness of water reform, The Conversation, 26September 2011, http://theconversation.edu.au/water-we-waiting-for-the-unfinished-business-of-water-reform-3530 Wong, T (2011), ‘When it rains, it stores’, The WeekendAge, http://theage.domain.com.au/green/when-it-rains-it-stores-20110307-1bkpz.htmlWong, T (2011), ‘I could declare them beautiful’, TheAdelaide Review http://www.adelaidereview.com.au/article/833

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPSMark BouletAwarded – Australian Leadership Award 2011, ADCForum, June 2011Professor Ana DeleticAwarded – Fellowship of the Australian Academy ofTechnological Services and Engineering, AustralianAcademy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 26November 2011Professor Dave GriggsAwarded – Fellow of the Australian Academy ofTechnological Sciences and EngineeringAustralian Academy of Technological Sciences andEngineering, December 2011Dr Liam SmithMonash Research Accelerator, Monash University (2011– 2012)



Grants andPhilanthropic

Support


Source

AECOM Australia

APA

ARC Linkage Grant

Australian Housing andUrban Research Institute(AHURI)

Brisbane City Council,Central West councilsSalinity and Water QualityAlliance, City ofManningham, City of PortPhillip, Consortium ofSydney MetropolitanCouncils, Marrickville CityCouncil, Melbourne Water,Monash University, NationalWater Commission, SouthEast Water, South AustraliaNRM Boards Consortium,Victorian Department ofInnovation, Industry andRegional Development &VicUrban

Brown Coal InnovationAustralia

Bus IndustryConfederation

Camcare

City of Yarra

Commissioner forEnvironmentalSustainability

Community ConnectionsMoyne Shire


Project title

Climate resilient transporttraining packagedeveloped for theDepartment of Transport(Victoria)

Health, equity andwellbeing in the context ofglobal sustainability

Systemic and adaptivewater governance:Lessons for Australia fromChina and South Africa

Feasibility study on place disadvantage

Cities and Water Supply Catchments

BCIA Fellow

Community Transport in Victoria

Future Needs inBoroondara

Staff behaviour changetraining and planningworkshop

Forward for Strategic Audit Report

Rural Transport

Recipients

Mark Boulet

Paul Read

Yonping Wei, John Langford, Ray Ison,Qi Feng, and John Colvin

Janet Stanley

Tony Wong, RebekahBrown, Ana Deletic, RossAllen, Jason Beringer,Vivek Chaudhri, TimFletcher, WolfgangGernjak, Leanne Hodyl,Christian Jacob, NigelTapper & Chris Walsh

Kerry Pratt

Janet Stanley

Janet Stanley

Mark Boulet

Dave Griggs

Janet Stanley

Years

2011

2011–2012

2010–2012

2011

2010–2014

2010–2013

2011

2011–2012

2011

2011

2011–2012

Total funding

$7,260

$33,000

$320,553

$8,000

$19,835,736

$1,000,000

$27,500

$10,000

$6,500

$1,500

$20,000

MSI would like to thank the following organisationsfor their financial support:

GRANTS & PHILANTROPIC SUPPORT


CSIRO

CSIRO

Department of ClimateChange and EnergyEfficiency (Federal)

Department ofSustainability andEnvironment (Victoria)



Department ofSustainability and theEnvironment

Department ofSustainability and theEnvironment (Victoria)

Department ofSustainability, Environment,Water, Population andCommunities

Department of Transportand AECOM

Emergency ServicesCommissioner

EPA Victoria, Sustainability Victoria andThe Shannon Company

Ergon Energy

Fuji Xerox Australia

Homeground Services

Metropolitan WasteManagement Group

Source Project title Recipient Total funding

National IndigenousClimate Change project

Africa Food SecurityInitiative GovernanceLearning project

emPower communicationsproject

Living Victoria case studies

Climate Change Sciencefor Victoria

Policy options paper forindigenous access tonatural resources

Marginal Abatement Cost Curve

DSE Science- PolicyPartnership ProjectFunding Agreement

Support for a workshop onbuilding capacity amongearly career researchers inwater governance

Peer review of climatechange risk andadaptation training

Improving an InformationCampaign for thePrevention of BushfireArson Project

BehaviourWorks Australia

Behaviour change costcurve

Sustainability training forregistered FXA dealers

Sustainability training for staff

Behaviour Change Training Day

Dave Griggs

Ray Ison, Phil Wallis

Anna Skarbek

Tony Wong and Dave Griggs

Dave Griggs, Tahl Kestin andthe Melbourne SustainableSocieties Institute

Dave Griggs

Anna Skarbek

Tony Wong and Phil Johnstone

Philip Wallis, Ray Ison,Naomi Rubenstein (& Lee Godden)

Mark Boulet

Janet StanleyPaul Read

Liam Smith, John Thwaites

Anna Skarbek

Mark Boulet

Mark Boulet

Mark Boulet

2011

2011-2012

2011-2012

2011

2011

2011

2011

2011–2012

2011

2011

2011

2011–2013

2011

2011

2011

2011

$10,000

$300,000

$462,125

$98,000

$98,120

$15,000

$99,000

$150,000

$16,500

$22,000

$11,000

$729,000

$65,000

$3,650

$4,000

$3,500

Years


Monash Faculty ofMedicine, Nursing andHealth Sciences 2011Faculty Strategic Grants

National Australia Bank

National Climate ChangeAdaptation ResearchFacility (NCAARF)

National Climate ChangeAdaptation ResearchFacility (NCAARF)

National Climate ChangeAdaptation ResearchFacility (NCAARF), DSEGippsland, Bass CoastShire, South GippslandShire, and Climate ChangeNetwork – Gippsland

Natural Disaster ResilienceGrants Scheme, Office ofthe Victorian EmergencyServices Commissioner

NSW Department ofEnvironment, ClimateChange and Water

Origin Energy

Property Council ofVictoria and multipleindustry partners

RACV Insurance

Regional DevelopmentVictoria







Perceived impacts of longterm water insecurity onhealth and well-being ofresidents in small towns inrural Victoria

Development of stafftraining programme

Victorian node of theWater Resources andFreshwater BiodiversityNetwork

Water Network – WaterGovernance ResearchInitiative

What would a climateadapted settlement looklike in 2030?

Improving an informationcampaign for prevention ofbushfire arson

MacQuarie Park

Household cost curve

Cogeneration project

The Australian BushfireArson Prevention Initiative

Gippsland Low CarbonGrowth Plan

Induction training for staff

ResourceSmart Program –on/off training program

Engineering first yearcurriculum

Sustainability Inductiontraining

Sustainability Outreachtraining

Marion Carey, MarthaSinclair, Malcolm Sim andMargaret Stebbing

Mark Boulet

John Langford and Philip Wallis

Ray Ison, Lee Godden and Philip Wallis

Janet Stanley

Janet Stanley and Tahl Kestin

Anna Skarbek

Anna Skarbek

Anna Skarbek

Janet Stanley

Anna Skarbek

Mark Boulet

Mark Boulet

Dave Griggs, Geoff Rose,Mark Boulet and Gary Codner

Mark Boulet

Mark Boulet

2011

2011

2009–2012

2010–2012

2012–2013

2010–2012

2010–2011

2011-13

2011

2010–2011

2010–2011

2011

2011

2011

2011

2011

$14,034

$16,500

$89,500

$89,000

$397,300

$35,000

$30,000

$65,000

$180,000

$30,000

$300,000

$9,600

$18,270

$50,000

$9,650

$13,000

Years

GRANTS & PHILANTROPIC SUPPORT


Swinburne Uni

Sydney MetropolitanCatchment ManagementAuthority and BlacktownCity Council

TAFES & Universities

Tasmanian ClimateChange Office

The Myer Foundation

Various organisations



VicHealth

Victorian Centre forClimate ChangeAdaptation Research(VCCCAR)



Victorian Centre forClimate Change andAdaptation Research

Victorian EmployersChamber of Commerceand Industry (VECCI)

Victorian EmployersChamber of Commerceand Industry (VECCI)

Wannon Water

Windmere


Green Skills Audit

Opening conversations forcommunities of practice inwater governance: Sydney

Sustainable CampusGroup

Funding for Green Stepscourse in Tasmania

ClimateWorks Australia

Green Steps @ Workcourse (x 4 to date)

Additional Green Stepsinternships to date

Green Steps internships –to date

Climate change andbiodiversity health effectsresearch fellowship

Critical perspectives onscenario planning

Framing multi-level andmulti-actor adaptationresponses in the Victoriancontext

Critical perspectives onscenario planningextension

Learning from indigenousnatural resourcesmanagement in theBarmah-Millewa

Evaluation for ‘ChooseGreenPower’ program

Sustainability actionsresearch and datacollection

Green Steps programmefor staff

Prevention ofhomelessness

Anna Skarbek

Ray Ison

Belinda Towns andStephen Derrick

Erin Simpson, and Mark Boulet

Dave Griggs

Kati Thompson and Mark Boulet

Erin Simpson

Mark Boulet,Erin Simpson

Dave Griggs

Ray Ison

Ray Ison and Philip Wallis

Ray Ison and Philip Wallis

Dave Griggs and Amanda Lynch

Phil Blythe and Janet Stanley

Phil Blythe and Janet Stanley

Mark Boulet

Janet Stanley and Lenore Manderson

2011

2010–2011

2011

2011

2009–2013

2011

2011

2011

2009–2012

2010–2011

2010–2011

2011

2011–2013

2011

2011

2011

2011–2012

$10,000

$38,000

$50,950

$23,400

$4,600,000

$46,000

$44,000

$73,000

$403,000

$10,000

$120,000

$13,900

$217,000

$21,700

$29,500

$16,500

$11,000

Years


Further information

Monash Sustainability Institute

Building 74, Clayton Campus

Monash University, Victoria, 3800, Australia

T: +61 3 9905 9323

E: [email protected]

W: www.monash.edu/research/sustainability-institute

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