Tag: Blue Charter

Higher education: building a healthier, greener future

Published on 03 June 2020 Universities are powerhouses of innovation and strong mobilisers for local action. Their contributions and leadership are invaluable in our fight against climate change. Read this article

2019 at the ACU

Published on 17 December 2019 As 2019 draws to a close, it’s a fitting time to look back at how the ACU has worked with its members and partners to deliver on our core mission: building a better world through higher education. Read this article

Fighting marine plastic pollution: emerging scientists driving change with our Blue Charter Fellowships

Published on 24 July 2019 The second cohort of Blue Charter Fellows have been selected to travel to ACU member universities and institutions across the Commonwealth to carry out research into marine plastic pollution Read this article

Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear: Why education is key to managing the menace of plastic pollution

Published on 22 July 2019 Maurice Beseng writes about his Blue Charter Fellowship experience in Cameroon, where he studied the fishing gear crisis and its contribution to plastic pollution. Read this article

Nature does not see borders and neither does pollution

Published on 04 June 2019 Steve Allen writes about his research, aimed at gaining valuable quantitative data, mapping the output of plastics to the oceans from African rivers to help find the main sources of pollution. Read this article

Beating plastic pollution: collaboration is key!

Published on 31 May 2019 Nina Wooten writes about her experience as a Blue Charter fellow in Fiji. She explored how microplastics are having an impact on seafood. Read this article

My ACU Blue Charter Fellowship: a stepping stone towards a solution

Published on 09 May 2019 Blue charter fellow, Rufino Robert Varea, talks about his experience at the University of Adelaide, studying plastics in shellfish sampled from the South Australian Coastal Environment. Read this article

Challenging attitudes towards plastic consumption in India

Published on 02 May 2019 Rajkumar Sahoo is a PhD Student from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, India, where his research focuses on the sustainable consumption of single-use plastics in Indian cities. Read this article

Turning the tide against plastics!

Published on 02 May 2019 Refilwe Mofokeng is a PhD candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where her research focuses on quantifying marine related pollution. Read this article

Waitrose & Partners fund new ACU Blue Charter Fellowships to tackle marine plastic pollution

Published on 18 April 2019 The ACU's innovative Blue Charter Fellowships scheme is being boosted with funding from Waitrose & Partners, to help tacking marine plastic pollution. Read this article

New ACU Blue Charter Fellowships to tackle scourge of marine plastics pollution

Published on 17 October 2018 The ACU is expanding its Fellowships scheme with the launch of 35 new Blue Charter Fellowships, thanks to funding from the UK Government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Read this article