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Conference proceedings

The Council on Environmental Education is pleased to make available proceedings from the Effective Sustainability Education Conference. Below is a list of papers presented at the conference, listed alphabetically by author surname. Some papers are not here as some authors have not yet provided their paper. These additional papers will be placed on this website when they are finalised.

The views expressed in these papers are those of the author and do not represent the views of the NSW Council on Environmental Education or the Department of Environment & Conservation.

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Conference Papers

• Adams Negotiating Nature, New approaches to social-ecological relationships (124kb)
• Armstrong & Grant How research helped us move from awareness to action and then to systems development (219kb)
• Baker and Stanton How organisational change is contributing to a sustainable bushfire program (129kb)
• Black The quest for sustainable, healthy communities (347kb)
• Bourne, Getting our Inspiration: Ideas for Sustainability (118kb)
• Buchan Successful sustainability education: adapting to the educational habitat  (201kb)
• Brown Learning to live together - sustainability and health (184kb)
• Burton Evaluation from the ground up - Are Environmental Educators making a difference (113kb)
• Calvert The role of research in cool communities  (116kb)
• Carlon, B & Young, G Who Cares about the Environment? Results of research
• Carolin Teaching business resource management with benchmark indicators - lessons learnt and the way forward  (88kb)
• Clarke Learning to fall in love with the world and each other: Motivation and Committment in Sustainability Education (112 kb)
• Christie Volunteer attitudes and motivations: research findings and their application for sustainable community involvement programs in natural resource management (169kb)
• Condon  Sustainability and small to medium sized enterprises - how to engage them (184kb)
• Corkery L. Community gardens as a platform for education for sustainability
• Crawford and Longfield. Sustainability Education and understanding as precursors to action- practical experience (230kb)
• Davies & Webber Enjoying our backyard buddies - social research informing the practice of mainstream community education for the conservation of wildlife (220kb)
• Exon, D. Wara Bilong Yumi (our water) program, Papua New Guinea Village environmental action program
• Evans, G. How can we know if a placed-based sustainability project makes a difference? (174kb)
• Gough Achieving 'sustainability education' in primary schools as a result of the Victorian Science in Schools research project (141kb)
• Gough N Using research to reduce our ignorance
• Fitzroy Community Engagement: Achieving active and informed participation
• Fisher  Ecoliteracy and metaresponsibility: Steps to an ecology of mind (265kb)
• Gray & Gasparre. 'Research' - does it always need a PhD? (128kb)
• Kent How can the VET sector drive the adoption of sustainable practices in industry (180kb)
• Lennox & Lennox MYRiver: Learning to think like a river and live with the earth (167kb)
• Lloyd Identifying obstacles ot indigenous community representatives input into environmental resource management consultative processes: a case study of the Bundjalong nation northern NSW (218kb)
• Little & Osmond. Connecting environmental learning with the learning environment - campus 'inreach' and community outreach as catalysts for cultural change (127kb)
• McAuley, P & Trewin, D. Industry sustainability: research findings 1995-2003 and future needs (111kb)
• McLoughlin, L. Is sustainability a breakfast cereal? Community perceptions, values and actions (329kb)
• Osborn Enabling innovation for sustainable communities with 3Way accounting (127kb)
• Parker, F The challenge of effective environmental education and government policy - a view from below (201kb)
• Pearson & Honeywood. Not learning for sustainability - the challenge of environmental education in a university  (125kb)
• Peterson. Environmental technician training in the VET sector - research and directions (146kb)
• Potts Triple bottom line reporting - a tool for measuring, communicating and facilitating change in local governments (531kb)
• Purnell Sustainable Schools: Making energy efficiency a lifestyle priority (191kb)
• Rae & Pearse Value of placed-based education in the urban setting
• Rainbird, Harris & Brown The marriage of research and practice in sustainability education: mentoring role for the australian national centre for sustainability (107kb)
• Ryan, R. & Rudland, S. Evidence based environmental education: a model for delivery and evaluation
• Sauvage & Smith. Organisational change in Sutherland shire council - methods and techniques using sustainability (145kb)
• Smith Local environmental risk assessment as a sustainability education tool (124kb)
• Stewart Infusions, immersions and imitations - a case study of research-based practice in sustainability education (126kb)
• Thomas Tertiary or terminal: A snapshot of sustainability education in Australia's universities (145kb)
• Tilbury, D. Shifting priorities: redefining research agendas in environmental education
• Tilbury & Bowdler New directions in stormwater education: an action reesarch and mentoring program in local government in NSW (260kb)
• Tilbury Garlick Henderson & Calvert Mentoring as a tool for workplace chance: outcomes and lessons learned from the "It's a Living Thing" education for sustainability professional development program (629kb)
• Tilbury & Podger. Action research for change towards sustainability: Change in curricula and graduate skills towards sustainability (164kb)
• Trewin Motivators for change in industry sustainability: Using education to help build the business case for sustainability (168kb)
• vanMoort & Funnell Actions Flow from attitudes - participatory action research in stormwater management (185kb)
• Whelan Flowers & Guevara, An imbalance between what is researched and practiced: A case for researchers to direct more attention to popular and informal environmental education (196kb)
• Young & Salier Here's the proof that education works: an evidence based approach to integrated stormwater education (194kb)