Sustainable UWA

Creating a fauna-friendly garden is a great uni-break project. The Perth Zoo website has some great tips for attracting and providing habitat for frogs, butterflies, micro-bats, birds and reptiles.

Fauna Friendly Gardens Looking for a way to improve your local environment and introduce some native fauna into your garden? Have a look at some of the pages below for ways to make your garden fauna-friendly. Bird-friendly Garden Why not go one step further than the simple bird bath? Designing your garden with birds in mi…

On-campus accommodation = reduced transport = less environmental impact (plus lots of other benefits). So, how can on-campus accommodation better meet your student housing needs? Whether you currently live on or off campus, your feedback via this short survey will help us find out!

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It's super exciting that the 2015 World Student Environment Network Global Summit will be held in Perth! Murdoch Uni are very lucky to do the honours this year, following the 2014 summit in South Africa and ahead of the 2016 summit in the UK. To celebrate, the 'Forgotten Earth: Reconnecting with Nature Fair' will be held from 10am to 5pm on Thursday 16 July. All are welcome.

The plant sale is on again tomorrow from noon til 2pm in the Taxanomic Gardens. All plants are $5 or less for herbs, water-wise succulents and native plants. All proceeds go back to UWA's grounds, thanks to UWA Friends of the Grounds.

A native tree will be planted for every time you use your KeepCup at the Reid or Science Library Cafes during the exam period. Thanks UWA Student Guild Enviro Department, Western EarthCarers and City of Subiaco. You're super.

Have your say on transport to UWA! Whether you use two feet, or ride on two, four or six wheels, to attend the Crawley, Nedlands or QEII campuses, we want your participation in the UWA Commuting Survey. Look out for your emailed invitation to take part (it contains a code that's unique to you). If you've deleted it, don't worry - there will be reminder emails coming your way.

The new Living Laboratory publication showcases 's Building Performance Audits project, which harnesses the abilities and enthusiasm of students to identify ways to improve the sustainability performance of our buildings. The booklet contains 19 stories from the G08 universities about transforming campus operations into learning opportunities in sustainability. PM us if you'd like to see a copy.

Elephants and giraffes at Perth Zoo love an afternoon snack of acacia from UWA. In fact, the zoo's fodder team visits our campus regularly to collect a ute-load of various foliage for bears, koalas, pandas, the tortoise and a whole menagerie of hungry fauna. So the next time you visit the zoo you might just see a tree kangaroo munching on some UWA prunings. Read more under 'news' at www.uwa.edu.au/SustainableUWA.

Looks good. Does good. The Fair Trade Fashion Fest at UWA proved that fair trade fashion is fabulous. Showcasing an array of locally-available labels, the event wrapped up Social Justice Week and welcomed in Fair Trade Fortnight. The full album listing stockists is available from FABSOC UWA, who coordinated this fantastic event with OxfamUWA. Photos: Medi Esmail

Recycling bins have been rolled out to all ICRAR staff thanks to our student volunteers. Hooray! These students also helped to audit the sustainability performance of 20 campus buildings recently, so they really are environmental superstars. More info on the auditing is here: http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201505057552/sustainable-development/campus-buildings-assessed-sustainability-performance

Sea water will be innovatively used for cooling in the Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre at Watermans Bay to dramatically reduce its energy use. Its refurbishment is expected to achieve the equivalent of a five-star Green Star rating. Of course, when it's up and running, the centre will also greatly contribute to marine research, including conservation.

They're underway! Two new end-of-trip facilities for UWA students and staff have commenced construction. They'll offer secure bike storage, showers, lockers and more. Completion by July is expected.