Workshops
Skill Workshops
“The Centre for Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Program curriculum is the fruit of an extraordinary vision – an understanding that media, politics, sociology, psychology and even language itself are all key areas of investigation for those who wish to lead humanity into an era of Sustainability. The Centre for Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Program has pushed me to research and articulate the global issues I wish to tackle in my working and creative life. Through this process I have experienced a major shift in my outlook – from a feeling of isolation and overwhelm to a sense of hope, clarity and connection.”
-Will Tait
Director, Our Planet Enterprises – Sustainability Theatre Company
The Centre for Sustainability Leadership Fellowship Program Graduate 2006
The Fellowship Program workshop encompass 42 hours of formal training with the express goal of building the capacities of fellows to enable them to help facilitate more environmentally sustainable behaviour. The workshops will improve and develop skills in using the media, project evaluation, teamwork, leadership, negotiation and influence, as well as relationship building, behaviour change, creative thinking and problem solving, presentation skills and public speaking, project planning and prioritisation and emotional intelligence.
In addition, fellows will graduate with new and unique insights into environmental and political structures, mentorship, the history and dynamics of social change, personal aspects of leadership, funding and environmental careers. The workshops are conducted on Wednesday evening in the Sydney CBD and Tuesday evenings in the Melbourne CBD from 6pm to 9pm, beginning in April and running through until November. Fellows must attend every workshop and may need to do up to one hour of preparation for each.
2009 Guest Speakers
The participants in the 2009 Fellowship Program were fortunate to have access to some of Australia’s best thinkers as part of their eight-month course.
Melbourne
• Dr Peter Ellyard Chairman Preferred Futures Institute
• Lauren Wapling Fellowship Program alumnus
• Larissa Brown Executive Director Centre for Sustainability Leadership
• Professor Frank Fisher Convenor of Graduate Programs National Centre for Sustainability
• Dr Peter Hayward Program Director – Master of Management (Strategic Foresight) Swinburne University
• Robyn White Principal Advisor – Innovation Economy Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development
• Dr Peter Christoff Vice-President Australian Conservation Foundation
• Edwin Mongan Global Practice Leader – Climate Change and Energy BHP Billiton
• Francis Grey Research Manager – SAM Australia and New Zealand Sustainable Asset Management
• Fraser Brindley Production and Consumption Campaigner Environment Victoria
• Jose Ramos Lecturer – Global Citizenship: Corporate and Community Sustainability National Centre for Sustainability
• Rachel Lowry General Manager, Community Conservation Zoos Victoria, Centre for Sustainability Leadership (Board Member)
• Kirsten Larsen Policy Research Manager Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL), University of Melbourne
• Tiffany Crawford Corporate Solicitor City of Melbourne
• Nic Culnane Project Director – Docklands Infrastructure VicUrban
• Felicity Large Event and Staff Coordinator Clothing Exchange
• Mary Crooks Executive Director Victorian Women’s Trust
• Phillip Sutton Co-founder and Board Member Safe Climate Australia
• Mike Waller Chairman Sustainability Victoria
• Kate Nicolazzo General Manager – Centre for Innovation and Sustainability Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Michael Chew Fellowship Program alumni
• Lisa Smith Minds at Work
• Michaela Lang Co-founder and Director Just Change Australia
• Penny Mulvey Co-Director Positive Media
• Dr James Gifford Executive Director United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment
• Joel Leske Corporate Affairs and Environment Advisor Kmart
• Sean Willmore Founding Director Thin Green Line
• Marcus Godinho Chief Executive Officer FareShare
• Tim Sonnreich Senior Adviser Office of the Premier, Victorian Government
• Ian Porter Chief Executive Officer | Alternative Technology Association
• Dean Rizetti Campaign Officer Australian Labor Party
• Caitriona Fay Program Manager Ian Potter Foundation
• Leanne Bradley Philanthropy Executive Save the Children
• Luke Taylor Festival Director Sustainable Living Foundation
• Les Robinson Director Enabling Change
• Brett de Hoedt Mayor Hootville Communication
• Dr Graeme Pearman Director Pearman Consulting
• Danny Vadasz Director of Marketing Australian Conservation Foundation
• Tony Cutcliffe Director The Eureka Project
• Hon. Tom Roper Chair Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council / Climate Institute
• Associate Professor Don Garden University of Melbourne
• Tim Cotter Principal Awake
• Jon Ward Manager, Environmental Policy Toyota Australia
• Scott Delzoppo Group Sustainability Manager Foster’s Group
• Tanya Ha Author, television presenter, and campaigner
• Nic Frances Executive Chairman Cool NRG International
• Kelly O’Shannassy Chief Executive Officer Environment Victoria
Sydney
• Larissa Brown Executive Director Centre for Sustainability Leadership
• Petrea Bradford Carbon Markets Manager Origin Energy
• Stephen Shepherd Chairman, Shirlaws Global Business Coaching Shirlaws
• Professor Stuart Hill Adjunct Professor Foundation Chair of Social Ecology School of Education University of Western Sydney
• Janine Cahill CEO & Innovation Designer Future Journeys
• Greg Bourne CEO WWF
• Simon Sheikh National Director GetUp!
• Murray Hogarth Director The 3rd degree
• Jenni Whitnall Associate Director, Sustainability, Climate Change & Water Advisory KPMG
• Victor Steffensen Project Manager Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways (TKRP)
• Roz Hall Director Business and Community Programs Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water
• Siobhan Toohill General Manager, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Stockland
• David Hodes Managing Director Ensemble Partners
• Rebecca Harcourt Indigenous Programs Santa Sabina College
• Professor Dexter Dunphy Emeritus Professor, School of Management University of Technology, Sydney
• Anna Rose Co-Director Australian Youth Climate Coalition
• Les Robinson Director Enabling Change
• Peter Cosier Executive Director Wentworth Group
• Mandy Holloway Leadership Trainer, Consultant & Speaker Holloway Consulting
• Winsome Matthews Indigenous social ecologist
• Dr Mark Diesendorf Deputy Director Institute of Environmental Studies, University of NSW
• Brian Moran Principal Managing Values
• Ben Kneppers Sustainability Consultant Edge environment
• Sue Lennox Co Founder / CEO OzGreen
• Penelope Howarth Former head of the World Food Program, Malawi
• Professor Stuart White Director Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
• Jeff Angel Executive Director Total Environment Centre (TEC)
• Terri – Ann Johnson CEO Clean Up Australia
• Jon Dee Founder & Chairman Do Something
• Lyn Goldsworthy Director Campaign Essentials
• John Jutsen Executive Director, Business Development Energetics
• David Morrissey Director CSR Sydney
• Paul Gilding Independent writer and advisor
2008 Guest Speakers
The participants in the 2008 Fellowship Program were fortunate to have access to some of Australia’s best thinkers as part of their eight-month course.
• Jason Clarke, founder, Minds At Work
• Dan Atkins, General Manager, Shaper Group
• Marcus Godinho, CEO, Fair Share
• Don Henry, Executive Director, Australian Conservation Foundation
• Lisa Smith, Minds At Work
• David Kelly, founder and Director, One Free Bike
• Mike Hill, board member, Sustainability Victoria
• Danielle Bendall, former Centre for Sustainability Leadership participant; inaugural CSR manager, PZ Cussons
• Daniel Epstein, former Centre for Sustainability Leadership participant and founder of Conservo
• Daniel Almagor, CEO, Engineers Without Borders
• Arron Wood, Managing Director , Firestarter; former Young Australian of the Year
• Brett de Hoedt, communications consultant
• Laura Mumaw, former CEO, Zoos Victoria
• Dan Adams, organiser , Make Poverty History concert ; Young Victorian of the Year 2008
• Veronica Allardice, Founding Director, The Theatre of Leadership and Business Voice Studio
• Nic Frances, MBE, Chairman and CEO, Cool nrg
• Andrew Baker, co-founder, Mobium Group
• Phillip Sutton, Governor, Greenleap Strategic Institute
• Liz Minchin, former Age Environment Reporter
• Graham Crist, founder, architecture firm Antarctica
• Peter Cock, sociologist and environmentalist
• Alex Fearnside, Team Leader Sustainability, Melbourne City Council
• Terry A’Hearn, Director, Sustainable Development, Victorian Environment Protection Authority
• Ian Porter, senior consultant, The Nous Group
• Brad Shone, Energy Policy Manager, Alternative Technology Association
• Kimberley Dripps, Executive Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Department of Sustainability and Environment
• Dr Paul Mees, Senior Lecturer in Planning and Environment, RMIT
• Stephen Ingrouille, Principal, Going Solar
• Serenity Hill, advisor on climate change adaptation; 2020 summit participant
• Kelly O’Shanassy, CEO, Environment Victoria
• Peter Ellyard, Chairman, Preferred Futures Institute and the Sustainable Prosperity Foundation
• Dr Peter Christoff, Coordinator of Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne; Vice-President, Australian Conservation Foundation
• Tim Sonnreich, advisor to Victorian Premier John Brumby.