Welcome to ARIES
ARIES is a research, consultancy and education centre at Macquarie University that supports change for sustainable development within government, business and the community.
Sustainability encompasses the economy, the environment and our social responsiblity.
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
(Brundtland Report, World Commission on Environment and Development)
United Nations video for the International Year of Forests (7:34)
Of Forests and Men
Upcoming sustainability events
What's New
- >>The ARIES Collection - a set of online videos from around the world about all things to do with sustainable development.
- >>ARIES Project Leader Louise Metcalf will present at the Research Evaluation and Design Conference 2012 to be held in Sydney on 24 & 25 July. More details soon.
- >>ARIES has partnered with the Macquarie University Faculty of Business & Economics to educate accountants on reporting energy efficiency.
- >>Indigenous Concepts of Country and Sustainability - a free three-hour module, with live voice recordings, that can be used with a variety of university curricula.
- >>Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - a freely available teaching module for the tertiary sector developed by ARIES.
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