Learning Resources Sustainability Working Group
In early November Matt Morris and Helen Tulett of the Sustainability Office facilitated a workshop for the new Learning Resources Sustainability Working Group. The aim of the workshop was to develop an initial understanding of what sustainability means in a Learning Resources context, and develop some ideas for implementation in 2011. Click here for the notes from the latest Learning Resources Sustainability Working Group workshop (PDF 116KB) on Nov 11th 2010. Please contact Reuben Hunt if you’d like to join the group.
News and Announcements
The ICT Sustainability initiatives were temporarily put on hold at the end of 2009 due to the University’s organisational restructuring. However, in the new structure, the departments formerly called ICT, FM and the Library are now under one umbrella, Learning Resources. Professor Sue McKnight, PVC Learning Resources, has given the go ahead to restart the sustainability initiatives. With the combined knowledge and resource from the three areas, it will be able to facilitate wider reaching and more effective initiatives. See the Learning Resources Sustainability homepage for more.
College of Education (Dovedale) Sustainability Working Group
A group of interested people has started meeting to explore sustainability at the College of Education.
Recently a number of staff across the Dovedale campus have met to develop strategies to implement sustainable practices in their sphere of influence. In the past two months the Dovedale sustainability group have met three times, with Colleen Lockie and Glynne Mackie developing a transnational dialogue through UNESCO along with national education institutions to audit and promote sustainable education initiatives across the education sector in Aotearoa New-Zealand. This collaborative project is connected to the current decade focusing on education for sustainable development promoted through UNESCO which spans 2005-2014. For more information see UNESCO.
In 2011 the Dovedale sustainability working group aim to develop a group strategy, along with professional development workshops focusing on sustainability through education. If you’re interested in starting a sustainability working group in your area, the Sustainability Office has a number of resources which could support your initiatives.
Please contact Matt Morris for more information. (Extracted from the Sustainability Newsletter Dec 2010)