This exciting conference and workshop program will share resources and learnings developed from the Integrated Sustainability Education Partnership Program – the most comprehensive sustainability education partnership program in NSW undertaken by government and non-government partners.

Conference Highlights include:

• Welcome Address by the Hon. Phil Koperberg MP, Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water
• Keynote Address TBA
• Hypothetical Panel Session
• Evaluating Partnership, Sue Funnell, Director, Performance Improvement
• A Playback Theatre performance, providing insight and motivation for participants by re-enacting conference themes
• Nine interactive workshops
• The Partnership for Sustainability Expo with displays from the Partnership and innovative environmental programs
• Launch of the new Education for Sustainability Professional Learning Hub – an interactive online network, designed to support professional learning

Why not join the LGSA Environment Team World Environment Month Dinner in the evening details from Sue Martin LGSA Sustainability Education Officer, Email sue.martin@lgsa.org.au

Conference program

08.45	Registration
09.15	Conference commences	Conference MC – Danielle Domone Sustainability Education and Marketing Green Capital
9.20	Welcome to Country	Alan Madden
9.25	Introduction	Director General, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Lisa Corbyn, Secretary NSW Environmental Trust
09.35	Welcome Address	The Hon Phil Koperberg MP, Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water – Chair NSW Environmental Trust
09.50	Panel – Hypothetical – a challenging cross sectoral exploration of the possibilities and perils of partnerships – with panel and audience participation.	Cate Faehrmann, Director, NCC Jeff Angel, Director, TEC Geoff Young, Manager, DECC Community Education Genia McCaffrey, President Local Government and Shires Association NSW Facilitator: Murray Hogarth
10.45	Morning Tea
11.15	Evaluating Partnerships – What have we learnt from the Program and working in partnership	Sue Funnell Director, Performance Improvement
11.30	Expo
12.15	Lunch
1.00	Launch of PD Hub	Grahame Collier, President Australian Association of Environmental Education
1.30	Interactive theatre and storytelling re-enacting conerence themes	Playback Theatre
2.30	Afternoon tea
2.45	Workshops – Stream 1
3.30	Change over
3.45	Workshops – Stream 2
4.30	Closing Plenary	Tim Rogers, Executive Director, Sustainability Programs Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change
4.45	Close

This conference program is subject to change and may alter prior to the event.

Speaker Profiles

Hon. Phil Koperberg, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Chair NSW Environmental Trust

Information coming soon

Lisa Corbyn. Director General, Department of Environment and Climate Change, Secretary NSW Environmental Trust

Information coming soon

Cate Faehrmann, Director, Nature Conservation Council of NSW

Cate Faehrmann is the director of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, the peak environment organisation in NSW, representing 120 member groups across the State.

Cate has previously managed media and election campaigns in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and New Zealand. She has also been a media adviser in State Parliament. Cate is on the Boards of the environmental law organisation the Environmental Defender's Office and the online campaigning organisation GetUp.

Jeff Angel, Director, Total Environment Centre

Jeff Angel is Director of the Total Environment Centre. He has been an environmental campaigner for over 30 years and has worked on a wide range of urban and natural issues, environmental laws and ESD policies. The Centre also has the Green Capital program which encourages corporate social responsibility. As part of the Our Environment it's a living thing Integrated Sustainability Education Partnership Program the Total Environment Centre has undertaken the Safer Solutions and Corporate Staff Sustainability Training projects.

Geoff Young, Manager, Community Education Section, Department of Environment & Climate Change NSW

Geoff Young is the Manager of Community Education at the NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW. His responsibilities cover environmental education policy, social research and evaluation and the design and delivery of education programs for diverse issues and communities.

Genia McCaffrey, President, Local Government and Shires Association NSW

Genia McCaffery was elected Mayor of North Sydney by popular vote in 1995 and was re-elected in 1999 and 2004. During this time she has introduced many significant environmental and sustainability initiatives and has encouraged a focus on environmental, financial and social sustainability in all areas of Council activity.

Genia has been President of the NSW Local Government Association since October 2004, and was appointed as a member of the NSW Environmental Trust in 2005.

Murray Hogarth, Group Strategy Director Ecos Corporation

Murray Hogarth is group strategy director with Ecos Corporation, advising business on major sustainability issues including climate change.

Before joining Ecos, Murray had an award-winning career in print and television journalism. He reported for flagship ABC-TV current affairs programs Four Corners and The 7:30 Report, and with top newspaper mastheads such as The National Times and The Australian culminating with a spell as Environmental Editor for the Sydney Morning Herald.

He is a member of the advisory panel for the Total Environment Centre's Green Capital Program, and a longstanding Board member of the Environmental defenders' Office.

Sue Funnell, Director, Performance Improvement

Sue Funnell is Director of Performance Improvement and a past President of the Australasian Evaluation Society. She has more than 30 years of experience in conducting, managing, facilitating and reviewing a wide range of projects involving evaluation, performance measurement and reporting, and organisational learning and development. Sue has been one of the key contributors to the development, dissemination and use of program logic approaches in Australia and internationally over the last two decades.

Grahame Collier, Director, T Issues Consultancy

Grahame Collier is an experienced and highly competent educator and has worked at a senior level in peak Government agencies, in the public health and environment sectors for a number of years.

More recently Grahame has contributed to education for social change through working successfully as a private consultant.

Grahame is currently the President of the Australian Association of Environmental Education.

Tim Rogers, Executive Director, Sustainability Programs Division, Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW

The Sustainability Programs Division delivers a range of programs to business, government and the community as well as broad community education.

Following the recent merges to form the Department of Environment and Climate Change, it includes energy, water and waste programs as well as responsibility for the NSW Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy and programs dealing with Extended Producer Responsibility and Product Stewardship.

The Division manages projects under both the Environmental Trust and the Water and Energy Savings Funds which will be combined to form the recently announced Climate Change Fund.

Tim Rogers is the NSW Government representative on the National Packaging Covenant Council and the Chair for 2006-07. He is a member of the NSW State Contracts Control Board.

Workshops

Exhibitors

• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability (ARIES)
• Bicycle NSW
• Columban Centre for Peace Ecology and Justice
• DECC - Council on Environmental Education and DECC Research
• DECC - Living Thing Web Site
• DECC - Local Government Section
• Department of Water & Energy
• Ecophoto
• Eco-friendly Communities
• Ethnic Communities Council
• Fieldforce Services PTY LTD
• Keep Australia Beautiful NSW
• Nabers Home
• NSW Environmental Trust
• TEC - Safer Solutions
• TEC - Sustainable Staff Training
• The Nature Conservation Council of NSW

More exhibitors coming soon…

Who should attend?
People working in sustainability education or a related area in: Government, Local Government, environmental management organisations, NGOs, campaigners, formal educators, commercial sector and volunteers.

Cost
Conference attendance is $30 including GST.

To register for the event
To register via fax or online here

To register by phone please call
1 800 00 20 24

Registration closes on 26 June 2007

Location, Transport & Parking
http://www.smc.au.com/location.html

About our partners

The Integrated Sustainability Education Partnership Program – This is the most comprehensive sustainability education partnership program in NSW, and has brought together government and non-government groups to reach people across NSW with information, training and assistance.

Success stories on environmental education in the home, at work, and in the community:

• Reducing hazardous chemical use
• Biodiversity education
• Assisting low-income households to become energy and water efficient
• Sustainable business behaviour
• Building the capacity of professional environmental educators
• Interactive forums on sustainable homes and lifestyles
• Establishing and managing partnerships

Hear from our partners:

• Australian Conservation Foundation
• Nature Conservation Council of NSW
• Total Environment Centre
• NSW Council of Social Services
• Local Community Services Association
• Department of Environment and Climate Change NSW