Winners
Best Infrastructure Idea
Marg Pittaway, Brand & Visual Identity Manager
Mildura Eco-Oasis
Marg's idea is to develop a eco-oasis on the Mildura Campus to provide a habitat for local indigenous plants and animals and enhances community awareness of environmental sustainability.
Best Sustainable Practice Idea
Martin Steinbauer, Charles La Trobe Research Fellow, Bundoora campus
Is La Trobe a carbon sink?
Martin's idea is to evaluate the carbon sequestered by the eucalypts on LTU campuses and reserves with a view to assessing the carbon footprint of the University. If the University is a net carbon sink, obtain carbon neutral/ISO14001 certification and establish an LTU carbon offset program which will fund campus-specific grounds enhancement initiatives.
Best Curriculum Idea
Tony de Souza-Daw, Biomedical Engineering student, Bundoora campus
Environmentally sustainable education and research
Tony wrote a proposal for La Trobe develop sustainable education and research and incorporate sustainable awareness and appreciation into all courses.
Albury Wodonga Campus Winner
Tyler Thomas Student- Dip Ed Student
LUG-A-MUG
To reduce unnecessary waste disposal and costs Tyler 's idea is to phase out disposable coffee cups on campus. Travel mugs and reusable ceramic mugs would be the only cups accepted at coffee shops.
Beechworth Campus Winner
Lisa Cartledge Executive Administration Assistant
Turn the lights off!
A very simple but fantastic idea to have a weekly roster where a designated staff member would be responsible to make sure all heaters, coolers, lights, printers, and computers are turned off at the end of the day on their floor or section in the university.
Bendigo Campus Winner
Teagan Brown, Ash Bassinton, Danielle Cuskelly, Jackson Ireland, Stephen Bakogianis
Green thumbs up for a permaculture garden!
This idea is to develop an environmentally friendly permaculture garden that would revegetate native plants and promote organic gardening. The self contained garden site would provide greater environmental awareness for students and staff and teach skills for growing your own vegies.
Bundoora Campus Winner
Equality, Sustainablility & Peace (ESP) Group
Community garden
Students from the group Equality, Sustainability and Peace would like to develop a small community garden to grow hardy crops such as tomatoes, herbs, and native plants. This garden would help promote community awareness of organic gardening and also teach skills for growing vegies in peoples own homes.
Melbourne City Campus Winner
Biswajit Banik, PhD student
Desk plants
Biswajit's idea is to have a small pot plant on each staff desk at La Trobe campuses to encourage people to look after a plant and feel closer to the natural environment.
Shepparton Campus Winner
Amanda Kelly, Elaine Plant, Sian Viney, Cathy McKenna and Bev Guest-Smith, Shepparton campus
La Trobe-Cycle
A great idea to have a number of tricycles (called La Trobe-cycles) for the Shepparton Campus so that staff members could commute from the administration building to the teaching facilities in an environmentally sustainable manner. Not only would this reduce La Trobe's carbon footprint but the bikes would also promote personal health and fitness.