Responsible Management of CO2 Emissions @ Monash

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Example: Waste management. water efficiency and harvesting, energy efficiency and onsite renewables, sustainable transport, Green IT, sustainable food

• Leader in environmental teaching

Course Example: Graduate Diploma of Environment and Sustainability Students are introduced to team-based interdisciplinary research and complete a broad range of electives.

• Leader in environmental research

• Leader in environmental practice

Example: Monash University, and its partner universities in the ARC Centre for Excellence for Climate System Science, have been awarded $21.4 million over seven years to form Australia's largest university climate research centre. - 27 July 2010

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Components of 2009 Monash University carbon footprint

Electricity71%

Air travel15%

Natural Gas10%

Waste to landfill1%

Transport Vehicle Fuel1% Others

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Monash University carbon footprint 2005-2009

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Contact details:

The Office of Environmental Sustainability

http://fsd.monash.edu.au/environmental-sustainability

Paul Barton

Director, The Office of Environmental Sustainability

Paul.Barton@monash.edu