ECU School of Business and Law lecturers developed and delivered WA’s first Carbon Literacy Training program to staff from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation.
Carbon reduction has a key role to play in moving towards a more sustainable future — but are workplaces and their employees prepared for the shift, or have the knowledge to contribute?
Edith Cowan University School of Business and Law (SBL) and ECU’s Centre for People, Place and Planet are using their expertise to educate Government departments and other organisations on how to be 'Carbon Literate'.
In a landmark program, SBL's Dr Mehran Nejati and Nickey Ludkins developed and delivered WA's first Carbon Literacy Training program to staff from the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER).
The group of environmental officers, HR personnel, planning officers and project managers learned how to measure emissions generated by themselves, organisations and society more broadly, before developing an action plan as part of their pledge for a sustainable planet.
The UK-based Carbon Literacy Project (CLP) approved and accredited the program, with these attendees the only group in Australia to finish their training on CLP's 2022 Carbon Literacy Action Day.
The program is already receiving international recognition with ECU recently awarded one of three Carbon Literacy Action Day (CLAD) Catalyst Awards.
The award celebrates the organisations that plan and deliver a particularly impactful and catalytic version of Carbon Literacy, to have the strongest impact possible in tackling the effects of climate change.
DWER Director General Michelle Andrews said the program would help the agency create real change for the future and acknowledged partnering with ECU would help the Department achieve progress.
ECU School of Business and Law will continue to shape how WA adapts in the future, with plans to work with other State Government departments and industry associations on further programs.
Moreover, the Centre for People, Place and Planet advocates for transformative responses to global environmental change and place-based literacies for ecosocial justice through strengthening governance and management for sustainability and ecosocial justice.
