Green Impact award winners

View the previous winners of the Green Impact program including Project Mentors, special awards, and Green Impact Ambassadors.

At the end of the program cycle, participants are awarded for their achievements completed throughout the year.

Since the pilot of Green Impact in 2017, we have been celebrating the work of change makers across the University with an annual awards ceremony. In 2024, the awards expanded to recognise sustainable action beyond just Green Impact to commend the work of students, staff, academics, contractors and business partners.

Our community of change makers at the 2023 Sustainability Awards Ceremony

2025

Overall team awards

  • First place: The Biik Biik Warriors (Swanston St Early Learning Centre with 1030 points
  • Second place: Melbourne Climate Futures with 1021 points
  • Third place: The Greengineers (FEIT team) with 880 points

Overall individual awards

  • First Place: Huda Moutaz Asmael Al-Azzawi (MDHS Student) with 760 points
  • Second Place: Vinh Nguyen (Science Student) with 545 points
  • Third Place: Magdalena Umbach (Science Student) with 410 points

2024

Overall team awards

  • First place: The Greengineers (FEIT Team) with 931 points
  • Second place: Attenborough's Avengers (School of Culture and Communication Team) with 891 points
  • Third place: Green Catalysts (FBE Student team) with 890 points

Overall individual awards

  • First Place: Green Gouri (Science Student) with 890 points
  • Second Place: W & L (FBE Student) with 405 points
  • Third Place: Jennifer Jordan (FBE Staff Member) and Camelia (Arts Student) with 350 points

Special Awards

First year of University-wide Sustainability Awards with 8 categories open for nominations.

2023

Overall team awards

  • First place: NUSANTARA (FBE Student Team) with 906 points
  • Second place: The Eco Warriors (Business Services) with 706 points
  • Third place: Badge-driven Green Team (Student team from Arts, Science & Design) with 475 points

Overall individual awards

  • First Place: Dimple Malhotra (Arts Student) with 575 points
  • Second Place: Lihini Gamage (Design Student) with 545 points
  • Third Place: Kasterborous (Kaz) Bueman with 450 points

Special Awards

  • Staff Excellence Award: Katie Possingham (School of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Student Excellence Award: Pratyush Singh and Nonica Gurrala (Master of Environment Students and Community Garden Coordinators)
  • Green Impact Ambassadors: Darryl Johnson (Chemical Engineering), Katie Possingham (School of Languages and Linguistics) & Rina Gao (Business Services)

2022

Overall team awards

Overall team awards are given to the teams with the highest number of points for actions logged throughout the year.

  • First place: Parkville Possums (the Sustainability Strategy Team) with 505 points
  • Second place: The Greengineers from Engineering with 380 points
  • Third place: Melbourne Climate Futures with 370 points

Special Awards

Special awards are given to individuals and teams nominated for going above and beyond in practicing sustainability.

  • Staff Excellence Award: Fiona Bachmann
  • Student Excellence Award: Dalton Coates and Adele Roeder, Project Assistants for Green Impact
  • Community Action Award: Parkville Possums

Individual students toolkit winners

  • First place: Arshia Jane
  • Second place: Changfa Fu
  • Third place: Jordan Rosario

Green Impact e-portfolio winners

  • First place: Bedford Busy Bees
  • Second place: Greenspace
  • Third place: SHAPtastic Green World

2021

Overall team awards

Overall team awards are given to the teams with the highest number of points for actions logged throughout the year.

  • First place: GreenSPACE from the Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education (MSPACE) with 1495 points
  • Second place: Green Conservation from Grimwade Conservation Services with 1360 points
  • Third place: Eco Heroes from the University of Melbourne Early Learning Centre with 1295 points.

Special Awards

Special awards are given to individuals and teams nominated for going above and beyond in practicing sustainability.

  • Staff Champion: Margaret Bakes from the Early Learning Centre’s Eco Heroes team.
  • Student Champion: Ru Hui Foong, Project Mentor and Project Assistant for Grimwade Conservation Services’ Green Conservation team.
  • Engagement Innovation: Eco Heroes from the Early Learning Centre (ELC) for their ‘Eco Heroes Action Week’.

Individual students toolkit winners

  • First place: Nidhi
  • Second place: Mikayla De Gooyer
  • Third place: Kate Bongiovanni

New Green Impact Ambassadors

The following staff and students were given the title of ‘Green Impact Ambassadors’ for their consistent engagement with and promotion of sustainable initiatives through the program.

  • Patrick Meaney
  • Lucia Fernandez Klempert
  • Sunday Lam
  • Ru Hui Foong
  • Katrina Phan
  • Saeid Charani Shandiz
  • Anita Ashlin
  • Audrey Colbath
  • Shal Segar
  • Penny Tripp
  • Tina Kalliakmanis
  • Joko Horas
  • Clare Boek
  • Sean Mijares
  • Helen Lamb
  • Sachini Pathirana

Project Mentors

The following mentors worked tirelessly alongside the Sustainability Team to make the Green Impact program possible in 2019.

  • Sunday Lam
  • Katrina Phan
  • Ru Hui Foong

2020

Overall team awards

Overall team awards are given to the teams with the highest number of points for actions logged throughout the year.

  • First place: GreenSPACE from the Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education (MSPACE) with 745 points
  • Second place: Eco Heroes from the University of Melbourne Early Learning Centre with 560 points
  • Third place: Green Footprint from the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences with 495 points.

New Green Impact Ambassadors

The following staff and students were given the title of ‘Green Impact Ambassadors’ for their consistent engagement with and promotion of sustainable initiatives through the program.

  • Aris Cologon
  • Camilla Eustance
  • Steve Simpson
  • George He
  • Shivashankar Menon
  • Ryan Mathew Fisher
  • Janice Deans
  • Pian Zhang
  • Jenny Lowe
  • Dina Dharjono
  • Adhe Siska
  • Alexander O’Byrne

Project Mentors

The following mentors worked tirelessly alongside the Sustainability Team to make the Green Impact program possible in 2019.

  • George He
  • Shivashankar Menon
  • Connie Ly
  • JJ Law

2019

Overall team awards

Overall team awards are given to the teams with the highest number of points for actions logged throughout the year.

  • First place: Advancing Research and Sustainable Environments (Otolaryngology/Surgery, Medical School)
  • Second place: Thrive on Five (Property and Sustainability)
  • Third place: Green Footprint (Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences)

Special Awards

Special awards are given to individuals and teams nominated for going above and beyond in practicing sustainability.

  • Staff Champion: Chrissie Atkinson, Greengineers (Melbourne School of Engineering)
  • Student Champion: George He, Project Assistant for team Advancing Research and Sustainable Environments (Otolaryngology/Surgery, Medical School)
  • Engagement Innovation: Eco Heroes (Abbotsford Early Learning Centre)

New Green Impact Ambassadors

The following staff and students were given the title of ‘Green Impact Ambassadors’ for their consistent engagement with and promotion of sustainable initiatives through the program.

  • Abbey Treloar​
  • Dina Uzhegova​
  • Harriet Deans ​
  • Chrissie Atkinson ​
  • Kathryn Mistica​
  • Jess Parker
  • Connie Ly​
  • Sarah Wang ​
  • Chris Dixon ​
  • Auriel Yeap ​
  • Emilia Bisogni​

Project Mentors

The following mentors worked tirelessly alongside the Sustainability Team to make the Green Impact program possible in 2019.

  • Auriel Yeap
  • Chris Dixon
  • Emilia Bisogni

2018

Overall winners

Special awards

2017

Overall winners

Special awards

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