Green Impact is back! Sue Hopkins– Sustainability Engagement Coordinator All Content © NUS & University of Melbourne, 2017 Version 1.0 Introduce self Green Impact is back! – launching on 22 March. Same program but with some changes….

What is Green Impact? Sustainable Campus sustainablecampus.unimelb.edu.au Green Impact is a change and engagement programme. Where individuals get into teams and work together to undertake a diverse range of sustainability actions. These actions cover all areas of sustainability across campus life – i.e. travel, engagement waste, health and wellbeing etc. The GI programme uses friendly competition to motivate teams. Just out of curiosity who here has head about green impact o took part last year?

Sustainable Campus How was the pilot year? 277 people taking part across 30 teams and a total of 588 actions completed sustainablecampus.unimelb.edu.au How we finished off last year What we achieved in 2017: 30 teams sign up (22 reach accreditation level), with 274 people taking part and achieving 588 sustainability based actions!  22 Teams reached and accreditation level and 397 actions were as a direct result of the program. Fantastic Award ceremony with over 100 people attending inaural ceremony

How will it work in 2018? The program cycle is the same for 2018! Planning and Toolkit Development LAUNCH 22 March Team & Student Recruitment April - June Ongoing Support (Student Assistants) April - Aug Toolkit Submission DEADLINE 28 August Toolkit Audits (Student Auditors) September Awards Event November Feedback and Evaluation Oct - Dec How will it work in 2018? The program cycle is the same for 2018! Sign up sooner the better

Feedback from participants – summary snapshot Time spent: 80% 5 mins – 3 hours per week 95% said they enjoyed the program 100% of teams that had a student assistant found them very helpful 100% of individuals said they felt supported by the GI team 90% said using the workbook was easy 40% easy 50% fairly easy Challenges: TIME! 98% of participants would recommend to others Main Benefits Making the office greener Raising awareness of environmental actions Getting to know others/team building/camaraderie Learning new things

What participants had to say? Benefits of taking part“ The awareness we can make a considerable difference as individuals!” “Meeting like minded people“ “Having actual outputs and actions that we are audited against, rather than 'things we'd like and say we will do’.“ “Feel part of a community of people who care” “Learning new skills“ “Team Self Esteem” Firstly there was so much feedback! I could be here for hours but just to sum up some of the key areas: Benefits for taking part? Some of the key, re-occurring messages Please add these to the slide Teddy The awareness we can make a considerable difference as individuals! Meeting like minded people Having actual outputs and actions that we are audited against, rather than 'things we'd like and say we will do’. Feel part of a community of people who care Learning new skills Team Self Esteem

GI Australasia Network What’s New for 2018 Green Fund Yammer Laboratory Actions Keep Cups Other Campuses Special Awards Laboratory Actions Green Fund Yammer – more peer to peer events/opportunities Keep Cups Other campuses New actions and open Q’s Special Awards New scoring system Student Assistants UoM first and only Australasian organisation last year – this year 10 organisations in total! Delighted other people are running it – ACTS delivering. New Actions New Scoring System Student Assistants GI Australasia Network

Student Assistants! Sustainable Campus KEY THING TO HIGHLIGHT: sustainablecampus.unimelb.edu.au KEY THING TO HIGHLIGHT: 100% of teams that had a student assistant found them very helpful! Significant element of the program to foster stronger staff/student relationships. Key element and one we will focus on in 2018! As teams often don’t have time Student want work experience Win-win for everyone. Staff teams get extra resources/fresh input etc Students get valuable work experience, can feel like they are making a difference So we will be training up students – and ask around in your departments if you are an academic to get students on board

Will you join us? Sustainable Campus sustainablecampus.unimelb.edu.au  We will have launch events and a series of training days, webinars, and opportunities to meet across the year. First event on 17 April!

Launching 22 March 2018 Sign Up https://sustainablecampus.unimelb.edu.au/greenimpact General Enquiries sustainable-campus@unimelb.edu.au Sustainability Engagement Coordinator – Sue Hopkins sue.hopkins@unimelb.edu.au 03 8344 6793