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Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability
Organization's acronym:	ACTS
Former Name(s):	ZAP
Address:	c/-Griffith University Ecocentre 170 Kessels Rd Nathan, Queensland, 4111 Australia
Phone:	+61 7 37357992
Fax:	ZAP
Email:	leanne.denby@mq.edu.au
Web site:	www.acts.asn.au

Organization type:	Association
Languages::	English

Contacts & Participation:

First Name:	Last Name:	Contact Type:
Leanne	Denby	Head of Organization
Hongwei	Tan
Eui-Soon	Shin

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Sustainable Development: Education
Geographic scope:	Regional Oceania
Country of activity:	New Zealand Australia
Millennium Development Goals:	Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	ACTS aims to inspire, promote and support change towards best practice sustainability within the operations, curriculum and research of the Australasian tertiary education sector. We do this by providing resources, knowledge, developmental and networking opportunities for members and by critically challenging and supporting collaboration with stakeholders to lead sustainability innovation in the sector.
Year established (YYYY):	2006
Year of registration (YYYY):	2006
Organizational structure:	ACTS is governed by an active Executive Board, consisting of University and TAFE colleagues from across Australia. Supporting the Executive Board are a number of Regional Directors, also colleagues from the tertiary sector, each of whom take ACTS forward at the regional (or state) level. ACTS is also guided by an international Advisory Board, consisting of experts in the education field, as well as representatives from government, student organisations and other NGOs.
Number and type of members:	ACTS currently has 34 institutional members (Universities, TAFEs and Polytechnics from Australia and New Zealand); 4 affiliate members (NGOs and associations); and 2 corporate members.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Affiliated with EAUC (UK); AASHE (USA/Canada) and ISCN (International)
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues

Additional Information

Main Objective

Special Event / Application for Consultative Status with ECOSOC
Username: leanne.denby@mq.edu.au