Sustainibility Events
Reinvent Your Career Expo
A unique opportunity to meet directly with representatives who are actively seeking and working with mature age career transitioners.
For the first time the National Centre for Sustainability will be joining the Swinburne University stand at this year’s Reinvent your Career, Melbourne Expo. Come talk to our experienced educational trainers and personnel about career paths and your transition into Sustainable employment.
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http://www.reinventyourcareer.com.au/html/s01_home/home.asp
When: Melbourne 18th and 19th June 2011
Time: 10am - 4pm
Where: Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre
Tertiary Education for Sustainability
There is no doubt that tertiary education is fundamental to ensuring a sustainable, low carbon future for Australia. The challenge for tertiary education providers is to equip learners with the skills and knowledge for sustainability and to model sustainable behaviours in the workplace. The TDC is pleased to invite you to this two hour seminar for leaders and managers in the tertiary education sector to discuss this pertinent and important issue. Read more here!
When: Wednesday 23 March 2011
Time: Seminar 3pm to 5pm; Refreshments 5pm to 6pm; Registrations from 2.30pm
Where: VU Conference Centre, Level 12, 300 Flinders St, Melbourne
RSVP: 18 March 2011
Climate change and education: lecture and panel discussion
Dean's Lecture, Faculty of Arts, Education & Human Development, Victoria University
Action on climate change: where are we now?...and what can education offer?
Professor Ian Lowe, President AO, Australian Conservation Foundation
The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion on Education for Sustainability - the Role of Universities
Light refreshments will be served
When: Friday 26 November
Time: Lecture 6.00 - 7.00pm Panel Discussion- 7.00 - 8.00pm, Refreshments 8.00pm - 8.30pm
Where: Victoria University, City Flinders Campus, 300 Flinders Street Melbourne, Level 9, Room C926
RSVP: Wednesday 24 November, Sharon Humphreys, Phone: 9919 4449, Email: sharon.humphreys@vu.edu.au
The TAO of City Cycling
Where
Swinburne's Prahran campus, 144 High Street, Prahran.
PU building room 203
Date
Starting Wednesday 10 November 2010. 5.30pm - 7.30pm
(other sessions 17th, 24th Nov & 1st Dec)
The Tao of City Cycling focuses on understanding the nature and behaviour of sharing the road with other users. How to be empowered in a vulnerable state.
Through the course you will learn to understand and evoke cautionary methods of thinking and action in order to prosper a dynamic harmony with other road users – making commuter cycling a safe, healthy and enjoyable experience.
Also included in the course comes our presenters combined years of experience and tips on bike security, equipment, mechanics and more …
The free course begins 10 November and runs for four sessions 5:30-7:30pm (Wednesdays), the last of which involves a practical road exercise through the CBD. The course will be held at Swinburne's Prahran campus in the PU building room 203, 144 High Street, Prahran.
To Enrol or for more information please contact Frank Fisher at ffisher@swin.edu.au or on 0428 862 693
Sustainable Urbanisation : a resilient future
Type: National Conference
Public forum
Wednesday 16 February 20115.00pm to 7.30pm
ZINC @ Federation Square
Conference program
Thursday 17 February 20119.00am to 4.00pm
The Woodward Conference Centre, Level 10, Law Building, The University of Melbourne, Carlton
Walking tours
Friday 18 February 2011 9.00am to 12.30pmVarious locations throughout Melbourne
Networking opportunity
Thursday 18 February 20114.30pm to 6.30pm
Venue to be announced soon
This innovative one-off conference, will bring together inter-disciplinary researchers and practitioners to advance the knowledge and implementation of resilient sustainable urban development. Hosts The University of Melbourne, Swinburne University of Technology, in conjunction with Sir Mark Oliphant Conferences, intend it to be:
CREATIVE: engage in a TEDx event with international speakers, facilitated workshops and city tour with other disciplines and early career professionals
PURPOSEFUL: workshops to create a leading-edge book on sustainable urbanisation, to develop new theory, research agendas and practical proposals for public policy.
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