Get involved in waste education this semester! UTAS Sustainability is looking for students living on-campus to participate in our Waste
Not a student living on campus? You can still participate in our upcoming events and ask your questions about reducing waste to landfill. • On 13 August join our ‘Live online state- wide waste education Q&A panel event’ from 1-2pm, with panellists from waste facilities, recycling facilities, local councils and waste education organisations in Tasmania.
Diary Project. For more information and to participate, head to www.surveymonkey. com/r/5TBH2FW. Complete a 7 day Waste Diary entry to be in the draw for a $50 gift voucher! This study has been approved by the Tasmanian Social Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee. If you have concerns or complaints about the conduct of this study, you can contact the Executive Officer of the HREC (Tasmania) Network on (03) 6226 2975 or email ss.ethics@ utas.edu.au. The Executive Officer is the person nominated to receive complaints from research participants. You will need to quote H0020547.
Sustainability Integration Program for Students
SIPS in Semester 2
Continuing the great work of Chester and other students in 2019, we have 13 students undertaking paid roles with the Sustainability Team across the state through SIPS this semester. Projects include the next phase for the Hobart City Apartments community garden, energy auditing for Launceston Clinical School, a state-wide waste education campaign for students, support for the UN Sustainable Development Goals network in Tasmania, mapping sustainability governance in Tasmania, mapping SDG targets and indicators for universities, workshops on sustainability behaviours at home and engagement with Global Climate Change Week. One student will be embarking on an IPREP placement working in collaboration with the Sustainability Team and Education for Sustainability Tasmania. Six students from the Masters of Social Work begin a group placement on the topic of food security and equity for students, this project is led by Sandra Murray, Health Sciences. Students from IT continue work on a new transport app to enable improved data collection on transport choices of students and staff. Practicing interdisciplinary collaboration, students from the Engineering Professional Practice and Environmental Management have begun in-class group projects on 10 on-campus sustainability projects this semester. The students are tasked with meeting each other to understand real world collaborations across professions. Projects have been proposed for students in Developing Your Creative and Entrepreneurial Potential and Master of Planning, Graduate Diploma of Environmental Planning, Master of Applied Science (Environmental Management) on waste and resource management at the University, data analysis of climate change education and engagement projects and lighting the campus for safety, security and biodiversity. We look forward to sharing updates and the outcomes of these projects later in the year. Follow the Students for a Sustainable UTAS Facebook page for events organised by SIPS students and shared sustainability resources.
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Check out our waste education campaign on Facebook. Take part in our know your waste quiz or take the quiz with your colleagues. Three free on-demand screenings of the new Story of Plastic film, recording of University of Tasmania Q&A waste panel event, and webinar by Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability: Rebooting Reuse. Free recordings promoted weekly on Facebook or contact us Sustainability.utas@utas.edu.au.
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Winter pruning: expert advice for students on-campus about fruit trees
Thank you to Phil Andrews, Manager Horticultural Research Centre, who met with student Residential Leaders and Student Living Support Officer, Alexander Moss at the Sandy Bay Student Living site to share expert advice on pruning fruit
trees in the shared garden for students. Photo: Yanqi Wang
Updates from the marine sphere Have you been exploring the waterways along the beautiful Tasmanian shores and spotted an animal that piqued your interest? Maybe it is something you haven’t seen before.
The Range Extension Database and Mapping (Redmap) project invites all Australians to contribute to science by sharing sightings of any ‘uncommon’ or ‘new’ species in their local waters. The information you supply to Redmap helps scientists map the movement and range extension of marine species. According to the CSIRO marine species are changing their ‘home’ and expanding their range in response to ocean warming – with consequential impacts on existing species. Watch the video by the ABC on Redmap and the importance of citizen science contributions in understanding marine systems. Read more on the research and publications from the Centre for Marine Socioecology through their annual reports available here.
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Sustainability Bulletin • Issue 15 July/August 2020
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