[Peakoil-announce] Coming environment events at the ANU

[Alex P]

The scholarships for two students to the 2005 Conference of Sustainable 
Tertiary Education sounds worth applying for.


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>From the ANUIE Desk
>
>If you are student, then this newsletter is packed with interesting things
>on offer to you!
>
>Next Tuesday 16 August, Professor David Lindenmayer's lecture titled The
>Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Conservation, Sustainability and Australia's
>Environment starts at 5.30 - 6.30pm in the Robertson Lecture Theatre,
>Research School of Biological Science, Biology Place, ANU. For more
>information www.anu.edu.au/nie/docs/20050716_lindenmayer.pdf>
>
>Please tell us about news and events that you think the environmental
>community would be interested in. You can either send any items for the
>newsletter to nie at anu.edu.au or contact Martha Luksza, Executive Officer
>on 612 56599.
>
>ANU-ANUIE News & Events
>
>Applications close this Friday!!
>
>Free Attendance Opportunity for Students at Sustainable Water Management
>Conference
>
>The ANU Institute for Environment is sponsoring ten free registrations for
>the Sustainable Water conference, scheduled for 15&16 September at the
>National Museum of Australia, Canberra. Currently enrolled later year
>undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students of the ANU are
>encouraged to apply for a free ticket to attend the conference. To apply
>students must submit a short paragraph (200¬300 words) detailing reasons
>for their interest in the Sustainable Water Management Conference and what
>they hope to gain from attending. They will also need to satisfy the
>specified selection criteria.
>
>This opportunity to attend the conference for free is provided by the ANU
>Institute for Environment, a cosponsor of the event, and key organising
>bodies The National Europe Centre and The ANU.
>
>For more information regarding the conference, go to the National Europe
>Centre website at: www.anu.edu.au/NEC <http://www.anu.edu.au/NEC>
>How to apply go to www.anu.edu.au/nie/news or
>www.anu.edu.au/nie/docs/2005-07_sust_water_conference_support.pdf for the
>criteria. Applications close 5pm Friday 19th August
>
>Applications close this Friday
>
>Environmental Change Management Training Opportunity for Students!!!
>
>Green Steps is an environmental change management short-course for
>students.  Green Steps is running again this semester after two highly
>successful programs in 2004.  The course is free and entry is
>competitively selected.  It is particularly suitable for later year
>undergraduate and post graduate students.  Participants are introduced to
>organisational change management techniques combined with environmental
>auditing, reporting and presentation skills. They will undertake a project
>on campus with the ANU's multi-award winning environmental management plan
>"ANUgreen", and then seek a paid industry placement in the summer with the
>support of the ANU Institute for Environment (ANUIE).
>
>All details at <http://www.anu.edu.au/nie/programs/greensteps/index.html>
>Clare Lawlor is coordinating recruitment and is happy to answer any
>enquiries, preferably by email:  clare.lawlor at anu.edu.au
>
>Wednesday 17 August
>
>Cats, Cars and Catchments - Where to for the Bush Capital?7.30 - 8.30pm
>Llewellyn Hall, Childers Street, ANU
>
>23 August
>
>The Canberra Environment and Sustainability Resource Centre will be
>formally launching its new website on Tues 23 August in the Forestry
>Lecture Theatre.  There will be drinks and snacks at 5.00 in Forestry
>Foyer, followed by the launch at 5.30. This is an opportunity to see how
>the Centre can support environmental and sustainability research and
>teaching at ANU, and for networking across the
>government-industry-research spectrum. For more information contact Dr
>Robin Tennant-Wood Phone 02 6125 3534 or email
>robin.tennant-wood at anu.edu.au
>
>Other news
>
>21-23 September
>
>Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS)
>
>Two student scholarships worth $770* are available to attend the 2005
>Conference of Sustainable Tertiary Education.
>
>The Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) network are
>providing two travel scholarships (valued at up to $770 each*) to sudents
>from Australia or New Zealand who wish to attend this year's Australasian
>Campuses Towards Sustainability Conference at James Cook niversity,
>Smithfield Campus, Cairns, 21-23 September 2005.
>
>The ACTS conference is an annual event designed to bring together staff
>and students from Universities and technical colleges who are interested
>in sustainability issues for tertiary education institutions. For more
>information go to: http://www.acts.asn.au/
>
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>
>Research Grants, Consultancy Tenders and Student Scholarships on ANUIE
>Website: www.anu.edu.au/nie/programs/funding
>Look up grants, tenders, & travel opportunities (accessible from ANU
>only); scholarships; search grants & scholarship databases & listings;
>find funding organisations & agencies; access funding advice & ANU
>resources; & much more.
>