I could barely hear Amy Walburn over the chants of her 14 peers. The Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Fine Arts student at UNSW is part of a collective, protesting the university's investment in fossil fuel companies today. The are occupying the ...
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La Trobe sets example for universities globally
Is your university, in every sense, #tobaccofree? After signing the world’s first Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge, La Trobe University is. This means the Melbourne-based university not only prohibits smoking on campus, it has no tobacco-related investments, and will advocate for other organisations ...
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With much fanfare, Monash recently announced it’s going clean. The Group of Eight member vowed that by 2030, all its energy will be derived from renewable sources. Additionally, it has committed to being carbon neutral by this date. This means that ...
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