ACTS mission
Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability Association (ACTS Inc) is a not for profit incorporated association that serves as the umbrella body for sustainability initiatives in the Australian and New Zealand tertiary sectors. Our mission is to promote Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD) by giving practitioners the resources, knowledge and developmental opportunities they need to green their campuses and ensure that education for sustainability is integrated into higher education.
What we do
ACTS serves members of the higher education community from all institutions including Universities, Colleges, Polytechnics and TAFES. It supports everyone from academics looking for creative and innovative ways of teaching about sustainability, to environmental managers whose primary focus might be on reducing an institutions environmental impact.
Our services include:
- Coordinating the Annual Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability Conference
- Producing the ACTS Newsletter
- Workshops, trainings and professional development opportunities
- Coordinating an on-line forum
- Lobbying government as to the importance of ESD in the higher education sector
- Establishing partnerships with other higher education associations, and global sustainability initiatives such as the Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges, University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) and Copernicus Campus
ACTS Training
ACTS can provide or coordinate training in a number of areas including: environmental risk assessment, sustainable transport planning, waste auditing, and biodiversity planning to name a few. ACTS uses its extensive expertise and connections to tailor training packages to your requirements. For more information please contact Lania Lynch
ACTS Global Partnerships
- Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges The environmental and sustainability champion within Further and Higher Education in the UK.
- Copernicus campus The European Alliance for Sustainability
- Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnership (GHESP): a partnership of four international organisations with a strong commitment to making sustainability a major focus of higher education.
- Association for University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) serves as the Secretariat for over 280 signatories of the Talloires Declaration in over 40 countries, and promotes education for sustainability based on the Earth Charter
