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Make a difference at RMIT’s Open Day
Did you know that RMIT University is one of Australia’s first fair-trade universities?
Did you know that RMIT has links with industry in ‘green careers’? Did you know
that RMIT runs a range of programs at various levels of study focussing on issues
of environment, sustainability and social responsibility?
If you want to find out more, come along to RMIT’s Open Day on Sunday 9 August
from 10 am to 4 pm. You will be able to attend information sessions and see
displays about how to ‘Make a Difference’ with your study, career and lifestyle
choices.
Information sessions at Kaleide Theatre on Open Day include:
10 am – ‘Watch it DVD’ – a selection of short film features about fair-trade
from the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ)
10.30 am – Bachelor of Social Science (Environment)
11 am – Bachelor of Applied Science (Planning)
12 pm – ‘Remaking Suburbia: Retrofitting Australian Housing for
Sustainability’ by Associate Professor Ralph Horne, Director, RMIT Centre
for Design
1 pm – ‘Bachelor of Social Science (Environment)
1.30 pm – ‘Bachelor of Applied Science (Planning)
2 pm – ‘Global Sustainability at RMIT University’ by Caroline Bayliss,
Director, RMIT Global Sustainability
3 pm – Bachelor of Environmental Science / Bachelor of Engineering
(Environmental Engineering)
There will also be information displays at Kaleide Theatre on:
Architects Without Frontiers
Australian Centre for Human Rights Education
Centre for Design
Corporate Express
Environment and Planning programs at RMIT
Environmental Jobs Network
Environmental Science at RMIT
Fair Trade Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ)
Global Sustainability
RMIT Fair Trade Student Group (FTSG)
RMIT Property Services
RMIT SEEDS (Student Entrepreneurship, Education and Development in
Society)
Kaleide Theatre is located at RMIT Building 8, Level 2, 360 Swanston Street,
Melbourne (enter near the Commonwealth Bank).
For interviews or comment: Director, RMIT Global Sustainability, Caroline
Bayliss, (03) 9925 3344 or 0408 142 050.
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