We can go fast but alone, we prefer to go far and together.
Charles Sturt University students and staff can get involved in our effort to become more sustainable and eco-friendly.
Join the sustainability effort
CSU Sustainability team works in partnership with various organisations, groups and individuals to apply sustainable practises that take local issues and concerns into consideration:
Sustainability Advisers coordinate and participate in environmental and social sustainability-themed events/initiatives throughout the academic calendar. Each year we look for a cross-campus team of motivated students who have an awareness and appreciation for sustainability principles and who can communicate with and inspire their peer community.
Our Student Sustainability Advisers have:
We aim to have one Student Sustainability Adviser at every main campus, plus one Online Student Sustainability Adviser. As a Student Sustainability Adviser you play a key role in engaging students in sustainability events and initiatives. You will work closely with the Sustainability Team and Res-Life Team.
Principal responsibilities of a Student Sustainability Adviser include:
End of January - end of October each year
October/November each year
If the Student Sustainability Adviser team is something you would like to be a part of, send us an email and express your interest at sustainability@csu.edu.au or, keep an eye our on our socials for the end-of-year recruitment period.
For a little more insight, you can read these Charlie Blog articles that introduce our current and previous Student Sustainability Advisers:
Quarterly/Monthly etc.
A diverse group of LiFE Champions embed sustainability into our university culture. These champions are sustainability change enablers across the LiFE frameworks. They lead by example, hold individual beliefs around sustainability, and possess key knowledge and energy that encourages others to think and act in more sustainable ways. Champions are critical as the ‘feet on the ground’ across the University and are critical to the implementation of the LiFE action plans.
Champions can be contacted to discuss the implementation of the LiFE action plans. Many of our wonderful champions are pictured in each framework section.
Quarterly/Monthly etc.
The Learning in Future Environments (LiFE) index is a framework which allows us to benchmark how effective, impactful and innovative our sustainability approaches are at Charles Sturt. We implemented the LiFE index in 2016 and have been implementing this year on year. The LiFE steering committee have dealt with a diversity of priority activities to move towards sustainable best practice.
The LiFE Steering Committee was established in March 2018 and it provides advice to the University's Executive Leadership Team (ELT), via the Chief Operating Officer on the following items:
The Committee Membership Includes:
Right of Audience and Debate:
Tag your research
Undertake ELMO training
Organise and run local sustainability events in a sustainable way
Create stories and post on social media