EnviroSMART
Issues of environmental sustainability are of critical importance for La Trobe University and the wider community.
We need to conserve water, lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce landfill waste and invest in more sustainable forms of energy to ensure a safe and sustainable future for ourselves and future generations.
The La Trobe University EnviroSMART Program aims to educate and encourage staff and students to create a sustainable future for La Trobe University and the wider community. EnviroSMART endeavours to continually improve environmentally-responsible workplace practices and to raise the University's environmental profile.
EnviroSMART is the first point of call for all environmental projects at La Trobe. From here you can access information about energy and water conservation, waste management and recycling, biodiversity, sustainable transport, green purchasing and our green office program.
Highlights
- 01/12/2009 First Friday Furniture - Open EVERY Friday until the then of the year
Many offices are conducting end-of-year furniture cleanouts and the shed is full. Visit our First Fridays Furniture page for more information. -
01/10/2009 Upgrading your phone for 2010? Recycle your old one!
$3 for every phone recycled will be donated to the Jane Goodall Institute to help protect lowland gorillas in the Democratic Republic of The Congo. The gorillas' habitat is being destroyed by the mining of coltan, which is used in the manufacture mobile phones and other electronic equipment. - 10/07/2009 Office Bokashi - Reusing organic waste
12 office areas at Bundoora no-longer send their food scraps and tea bags to landfill thanks to a new Bokashi fermentation system. The waste is being used on the Bundoora Community Garden. Visit our Bokashi page for more information. - 09/01/2009 More EnviroSMART reps needed!
Currently, EnviroSMART has 85 staff reps across the Bundoora campus, representing about two-thirds of the University. This is outstanding, but we need more! - 11/01/2009 First Fridays Furniture
La Trobe offers free second-hand office furniture to students and staff on the first friday of every month. - 01/08/2008 Greening La Trobe - EnviroSMART Awards
La Trobe University is looking for your ideas to make the University a greener place.