School of education Lecturer, Sue Wilson (left), Natalie Cloos and Jocelyn Duthie

Young minds turn to sustainable living

On the eve of World Environment Day, ACU Canberra Campus (Signadou) took part in the first ‘Sustainability Careers Expo’.

The landmark event was the first of its kind to advertise courses and careers purely focused on creating a more sustainable future for the world.  
The expo was attended by 40 organisations, tertiary institutions and Government departments from the ACT.

Exhibitor Sue Wilson, from the University’s School of Education, offered students advice on a sustainable future as a primary school teacher.

ACU’s Primary Education program offers a Science and Technology unit which engages students with the broad themes of matter and energy within a sustainability framework. It focuses on a range of concepts that are relevant to various primary school curricula such as earth and space, life and living, ecosystems and biodiversity, matter and materials and energy and change.