Tim Roberts, University of Tasmania

Liz Date-Huxtable, University of Newcastle

Gary Ellem, Carbon Valley 2050

Session Duration: 90min

What is the ecological footprint of growing a student from admission to graduation in higher education? Can the footprint be reduced? Can technology assist with this change? Will the product be a sustainable graduate who continues to treat lightly on the earth? Can we produce graduates well versed in sustainability perspectives and processes to become trained professionals?

The University of Newcastle has begun developing a Scorecard for Lecturers that will document ecological inputs and outputs per course and therefore per student. In this session, participants will discuss the process of formulating the scorecard and explore how such a mechanism might be used by tertiary institutions to test the effectiveness of teaching and learning innovation for delivering sustainability education and assist in the innovation of sustainable business models for the university sector.