Resources
An A–Z of resources to help staff and students reduce their environmental impact on campus.
Bin posters
The posters below can be downloaded and printed at A3 size (recommended).
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Biodiversity
- Biodiversity tour of Parkville campus
- iNaturalist
- Keeping indoor plants alive
- QuestaGame
- System Garden map
- System Garden page
- System Garden podcasts
- Urban Forest Map
- Wildlife at the System Garden
Coffee cups
- Keep Cup impact calculator: Calculate the positive impact you, your workplace or cafe are making by using reusable cups instead of disposables
- Order a Keep Cup or reusable drink bottle
- Green Caffeen: Swap and go reusable cups on campus
- More about sustainable coffee
Cycling
View locations of University cycling facilities via the Cycling @ UniMelb map, or visit the cycling page for more tips and advice about riding to campus.
Energy efficiency
Download and print the stickers to remind your colleagues and peers to switch off before they leave the room.
Environmental Law
EnviroLaw is an online directory that provides easy-to-read summaries of environmental legal requirements that are updated monthly.
Registration to EnviroLaw is available free to University of Melbourne staff and students who need to stay up to date with environmental laws, procedures and compliance in their roles, or to those who are simply interested.
Events
Use these resources to help you organise and run a sustainable event at the University of Melbourne. Visit the our sustainable events page for the full resource list.
Run a sustainable event at home
- Balloon free pledge
- Bin hire
- Bin warriors
- Choose to Reuse Events Service
- Cleaning services
- Equipment hire
- Sustainable Events Guide
- Sustainable events pledge
- Sustainable events register
- Sustainable travel checklist
- Workshops
Green Impact
Email signatures and recruitment
Please feel free to use the images below to promote Green Impact. Right click and save images to your computer or right click and copy image. Then place via your preferred email software or online email account and resize as necessary. Remember to hotlink the image back to http://sustainablecampus.unimelb.edu.au/greenimpact if possible.
To help you recruit members to your team, we have created all new email templates to help you motivate and influence people to join your team:
- Template 1: team leads to recruit first round of members
- Template 2: team leads to showcase what they have achieved to encourage team members to continue with their green actions and recruit second round of members
Meetings and agreements for teams
- First Meeting Agenda Template ((DOCX 120.7 KB))
- Team Agreement Template ((DOCX 122.7 KB))
- Green Impact Teams Expectations ((PDF 290.3 KB))
Student roles
- Green Impact Mentor and Auditor Roles ((PDF 234.8 KB))
- Green Impact Project Assistant Expectations ((PDF 293.0 KB))
Supporting documents
Maps
Visit maps.unimelb.edu.au for general campus maps.
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Reduce and reuse
- Balloon free pledge
Commit to avoiding single-use plastic decorations at your next event.
- Order a Keep Cup or reusable drink bottle
Say no to disposable coffee cups and plastic drink bottles.
- Green Caffeen
Swap and go with free reusable cups on campus.
- Reuse vending machine
Buy various reusable items for our Parkville vending machine.
- Win a free drink bottle
Complete the sustainability and waste quizzes to receive a free reusable drink bottle.
Tours
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Virtual sustainability tour
Explore the University's sustainable initiatives, services and infrastructure on a virtual tour of campus.
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On-campus tours
Join a Sustainability or Biodiversity Tour to learn how the University taps into the energy of the earth and sun, reduces waste, and supports flora and fauna on campus.
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Billibellary's Walk
A cultural interpretation of the Parkville campus landscape that provides an experience of connection to country which Wurundjeri people continue to have both physically and spiritually.
Travel and transport
Sustainable Travel Checklist (JPG 2.8 MB)
Waste
- Download the Waste Audit Template (WORD 188 KB) (PDF 415 KB) to audit the bins in your area and improve your waste practices.
- View the A–Z of Waste to find out which bin rubbish items should go in.