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Association for Environmental

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Annual Report

2016-17

AAEE Annual Report 20172

Table of ContentsFrom the Executive 2

The Executive Committee 4

Membership 5

AAEE Educators of the Year 6

Chapter Reports 6

AJEE Report 17

Financial Report attached from 27

Structure of the ReportThe Executive, Chapters and Special Interest Groups activities are based on strategic focus areas set by the Executive Committee. These include membership, professional learning opportunities, advocacy for Education for Sustainability (EfS) in policy and educational settings. We are a volunteer organization that works to add value to a wide range of EE sectors in each States and Territories through collaborative endeavor, reflecting our connections and experiences to build capacity.

AcknowledgementsEach section of the report has been contributed by the volunteers who are working within the network and their contributions are gratefully acknowledged. Special thanks to all who contributed to the development of this year’s Annual Report.

This report is available at www.aaee.org.au or by emailing [email protected].

Australian Association for Environmental Education25 Hadleigh WayGIRRAWHEEN, WA 6064ABN 80 047 534 235

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The Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) is the peak professional association in Australia for those working in environmental and sustainability education and engagement. Our vision ‘To connect through education to advance understandings and actions in relation to environmental and sustainability issues across all communities and education sectors.’

Firstly, the executive would like to thank and congratulate the SA chapter for the fantastic 2016 AAEE Biennial Conference and Research symposium and look forward to the 2018 conference being hosted by the QLD Branch.

For your diary: 2018 Biennial Conference and Research Symposium Gold Coast QLD. 21-25 October 2018 Keep up to date on Facebook @aaeeconference

Reorienting our strategic plan The Executive planning workshop held the day prior to 2016 Research Symposium and Conference saw the executive looked at our vision and how this vision statement during a about 12 months ago to create a new way of supporting our members. The connecting members concept and diagram is a realization that the Association’s greatest asset is the collective knowledge and capacity of our members.Thanks to the Executive team for helping create and implement this vision.

The 4 main strategic areas and the agreed 2016/17 activities include:

Knowing and Change Learning Circles - Four Learning Circle video conference events have been

coordinated: • SustainabilityActionProcess,aninvestigationandactionscaffoldforstudents

- Mark Caddey• EnvironmentalLiteracyincludingguestspeakerMelanieParkerPrincipalof

the Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Centre presenting on the Maryland Environmental Literacy Standards

• EcoJusticeandActivismpresentedbyDr.PetaWhite,Dr.MarilynPalmer,andDr. Sandra Wooltorton will be offering a conversation and exploration of Eco JusticeandActivism

• BiodiversityandtheCross-curriculumPrioritybyGraemeSawyer(Go to the member’s area of the website to access the Learning Circle recordings and webinar)

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Governance and Communication AAEE website redesign: (Coordinated by Alison Cooper)• Restructuringofthewebsitecontenttoalignwithnewstrategicplan• Redesignofthemembersonlyareatoincreaseuseofdiscussion/blogfeatures

AAEE Handbook - (coordinated by Natasha Cameron)• Reviewofallproceduresfortheassociation-Financial,administrative,awards,

partnerships, membership, Executive and committee responsibilities, • Developmentofproceduresnotpreviouslydocumented• PublishedonlinethroughDropboxforeasyupdatingandaccess

AAEE Archiving project - (managed by Annette Mayne)• Calloutandcollationofallorganisationaldocumentation• Categorisingandorganisingofmaterial• Recordingandindexingandcreationofarepositoryformaterials

Internal Membership services – Archives project to protect and document the organisations history• ExternalPartnerships–renewingagreementwithNZAEE,revisionofpartnership

policy and new Biennial conference procedures

External Partnerships & Advocacy• RenewedthepartnershipagreementwithNZAEE• Strengththeadvocacythroughtheassociation’smembershipoftheAustralian

Alliance of Associations in Education (AAAE) through greater visibility and attendance and contributing to government submissions.

Thanks to our Executive team for helping create and implement this vision. Additional detail on current and on-going projects.

Getting Started with Sustainability in SchoolsFollowing AAEE’s partnering with the Australian Education for Sustainability Alliance National Curriculum project, AAEE has managed the Getting started with Sustainability website from 2015.

Statistics: 2,700 visitors, 19% of users are returning visitors. However, a low visitation time and high bounce rate. This indicates people are not finding what they are looking for and so AAEE may need to make the site more relevant for teachers or provide alternative suggestions.

FacebookOur Facebook page launched in April 2012 and now connect our members as well as groups around Australia and overseas to share amazing stories of grass roots activity, practical ideas, current research, events and lobbying that urges government action on key issues.

Statistics: We have over 2,060 likes, with on average 24 new likes a week - 75% are female, 25% male, the majority - 25 to 55 age range, most from Australia, but AAEE has likes from almost every country around the world.Member communications

AAEE e-Bulletin The monthly bulletin which remains the best way to notify members of events, share research and publications and announce sustainability education job opportunities.

OzEEnews the quarterly newsletter provide more detailed articles on quality education practice, case studies on new programs, reports on events from the Executive, State & Territory Chapters and the SIGs.

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The Australian Journal for Environmental Education Journal The journal continuestobeeditedbyDrAmyCutter-Mackenzie,AssociateProfessorinSustainability, Environment & Education Southern Cross University. (for more informationseetheAJEEsectionofthisreport)

SeaWeek web page and Facebook–newcontenthasbeendevelopedforSeaWeektoincludeInternationalPrinciplesofoceanliteracy.Eventsandactivitieshavebeen promoted as well through the previous MESA network and Marine Discovery Centres. Have you liked the Marine Educators Facebook page? https://www.facebook.com/groups/510101945695277/

Membership There has been a slight decrease in membership in 2017 compared to 2016. Some specific membership drives have been effective with a recent NSW membership drive in the lead up to the NSW conference.

InternationalJapanSocietyofEnvironmentalEducation.AAEEsentashortpresentationandupdatetotheJSOEEconferenceinAugust2017.

WorldEnvironmentalEducationCongress–Vancouver.Over20AustraliansattendedtheWEECinVancouverinSeptember.TheGettingStartedwithSustainabilityinSchools website currently managed by AAEE was presented at a poster session. Some oftheAussiesattheWorldEECongressinVancouverpicturedabove.

PreliminarydiscussionshaveoccurredwiththeNorthAmericanAssociationforEnvironmental Education on a sharing of a key support resources they have developed for members

FinancesThere is an operating profit of $38,482.11 from the 2017 Statement of Income & Expenditure. With the strong result, mainly due to a return to AAEE from the SA Biennial Conference in 2016, slightly lower administration and communication costs and some higher interest earned on a small term deposit.

I’d like to thank members across Australia providing programs and working toward more professional sustainability and environmental education delivery. Thank you also to the AAEE team: Natasha Cameron AAEE Administration, Alison Cooper, Communications and to all the members of the Executive, and all the state and territory Chapters and Branches.

The Executive Committee

The Executive Committee (EC) of 2015/2016 were well represented across the Chapters and included the following:

President MarkCaddey NSW

VicePresident CamMackenzie QLD

VicePresident GraemeSawyer NT

Secretary PetaWhite VIC

Treasurer Angela Colliver NSW

Committee Members

Hilary Whitehouse QLD

JennyDudgeon TAS

Snowy Evans QLD

Kate Harriden ACT

David Butler SA

Catherine Baudains WA

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Membership Total membership at 30 June 2017 was 520 compared to 590 at 30 June 2016. There has been a slight decrease in membership in 2017 compared to 2016. Some specific membership drives have been effective with a recent NSW membership drive in the lead up to the NSW conference and a ACT Speed Network Event taken place earlier this year. A membership breakdown by category is provided in the graph below.

AAEE members receive: • Up-to-date news about environmental education programs and events around the country through

monthly e-bulletins and "ozEEnews" - our quarterly e-newsletter; • The latest research in the Australian Journal of Environmental Education (hard copy edition mailed out),

accessible electronically in the members only area of the website, along with back issues; • Participation in State or Territory Chapters/Branches with networking opportunities via quarterly check-

in, online meetings; • Participation in the quarterly Learning Circle discussions, hosted online across Australia; • A voice to State and Federal governments about your issues as environmental educators; • Access to other national and international organisations such as NAAEE, EECOM, JSOEE; • Access to many resources in our members section of our new and improved website; • Discounted prices for AAEE professional development, workshops, and seminars and discounted

registration at biennial conference and events; • Substantial discounts on all AAEE publications and merchandise.

The full range of membership services was maintained this year including the e-bulletin, quarterly ozEEnews and two editions of the Australian Journal of Environmental Education. Development continued in the new look website.

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QLD 42 13 7 13 1 7

EEV/AAEE 51 6 9 17 1 1

WA 31 7 4 7 2 1 3

SA 21 7 1 8 2 2

TAS 7 3 3 2

ACT 13 2 3 3 1 2

NT 15 1 3

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AAEE Educators of the Year

Each year the Association recognises contributions made by our members in each Chapter to the field of environmental education in Australia.

AAEE thanks the National RecognitionTeam,JennyDudgeonand Mark Caddey, along with State and Chapter selection committee representatives.

The 2017 Environmental Education Award will be presented at the AGM on the 18th of November 2017. We look forward to congratulating the recipient of this award and acknowledging all the worthy nominees.

Past Recipients2016 Allen Hill TAS

2016 Noeleen Rowntree QLD

2015 JemHasen NSW

2014 JaneRyan VIC

2013 VanessaWhelan ACT

2012 Elaine Lewis WA

2011 Cam Mackenzie QLD

2010 Grahame Collier NSW

2009 JenniferPearson WA

2008 Richard Smith SA

2007 FrankFisher VIC

2017 nominations are:TAS Nel Smit

VIC DrColinHocking

WA KelsiePrabawaSear

QLD DrJoFerreira(SCU)

NSW Owen Dunlop

SA 2016 Conference Committee

ACT Woo O’Reilly

QUEENSLAND CHAPTERPerson Reporting: Kylie Moses (Convenor) & Hilary Macleod (National Liaison)

Focus Areas

CommunicationsOur new Membership Officer, Tracy Coward, has established a Mail Chimp account which allows us to distribute information on a needs basis to the membership.

We continue to track the data on the Queensland Chapter Facebook page and this is showing positive results despite a slow-down in posts:• Totalpagelikeshaveincreasedfrom128on27July2016to192on

20 September (66% increase)• “pagevisits”and“peopleengaged”areconsistentlytrending

upwards.We also have taken over the administration of the AAEE Biennial Conference Facebook site in conjunction with the COG and can see cross posting generating interest on both sites. We are promoting the hashtag #AAEE2018 through an email signature banner and ensuring it appears on all correspondence. We would like to encourage the national Executive and other state and territory Chapter committees to promote this hashtag (and thus the conference) early and often!

The Management Committee has secured domain name registration (DNR) and free web-hosting for www.aaeeqld.org.au.

There has been some concern about the National-State communication stream since the regular Liaison meetings changed to being Learning Circles. We believe that these forums address different aims and audiences and would like to see regular Liaison meetings reinstituted. As it is, various queries remain unanswered which has stalled the Qld Chapter decision making.

PartnershipsAAEE Qld continues to have strong cross-sector partnerships with local councils, education institutions, businesses and community groups.

In 2017, Southern Cross University has become a strong new partner offering a free site for #AAEE2018 conference.

Wild Mob Qld has begun school eco-trips for the first time this year, working with AAEE QLD Gold Coast Branch rep Kalindi Brennan.

Informal partnership between the United Nations Association of Australia, AAEE QLD and Griffith University EcoCentre was established in April following the Brisbane Branch Earth Day Event.

Advocacy and LobbyingThere is an opportunity to meet with Department of Environment and HeritageProtectionDGwhen#AAEE2018prospectusisfinalised.

AAEE QLD made a submission to the Queensland Government regarding a ban on single use plastic bags and we are ecstatic to note that this hasbeensuccessfulandthelegislationwillbeenactedstate-wideinJuly2018.

AAEE QLD Committee Members are actively advocating locally and campaigning for environmental protection including beach clean ups and AMDI reporting, climate change and reef protection.

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MembershipOur total membership figures have remained stable over the year at 83 with some changes in category numbers. However, itispossiblethatpreviousmemberswhowere“onthebooks”but un-financial were included in the data for last year.

Membership breakdown at 30/7/2017Individual = 42Concession = 13Corporate = 7Schools/ NGOs = 13Life/ Honorary = 8TOTAL = 83

Professional DevelopmentAll the Queensland Chapter Branches held successful ProfessionalDevelopmenteventsthisyear.

Brisbane Branch: 42 people attended this on 22 April attheEcoCentreatGriffithUniversity.Participantsenjoyed a sustainability leadership workshop facilitated byPatArmstrong,co-founderofTomorrow’sLeadersforSustainability and a chance to network with a range of local environmental exhibitors.

Darling Downs Branch: 25 people attended this on

20AprilattheCobbandCoMuseum.Participantsenjoyedpresentations by Noeleen Rowntree (Bunyaville EEC) and Christine Lambkin (Queensland Museum) and a chance to network with a range of local environmental exhibitors.

Gold Coast Branch:HeldajointEarthandWEDProfessionalDevelopmentEventon9JuneinconjunctionwithNaturaPacific.Therewerestudentworkshopsattendedby15students and 8 educators, and 26 participants attended a networking session.

Sunshine Coast Branch: 45 people attended this on 21 April at the Mary Cairncross Rainforest Discovery Centre, Maleny. ParticipantsenjoyedasustainabilityleadershipworkshopfacilitatedbyPatArmstrong,co-founderofTomorrow’sLeaders for Sustainability and a chance to network with a range of local environmental exhibitors.

Tropical Queensland Branch: hosted a screening of the documentary‘BagIt’atJamesCookUniversityinCairnsonJune6with26peopleinattendance.Theissueofwaste,and especially single use plastics, is particularly topical at the moment, with the momentum of the ABC’s War On Waste (#WarOnWasteAU) as well as the imminent introduction of a state-wide ban on single use plastic bags. Attendees viewed the informative and humorous documentary ‘Bag It’ which provided a good overview of the dependence on and issues arising from plastic bags in our society which was given local context by the Cairns and Far North Environment Centre Marine Team. Attendees had the chance to strengthen networks and consider how they will raise awareness and take action to reduce the use of single use plastics in their lives, classrooms, workplaces and community. The need for a comprehensive litter reduction policy for the Cairns Region was also raised, with participants taking the opportunity to send emails to council representatives asking for action.

GovernanceWe have been working steadily towards the development of various policies and procedures for governance to build a Governance Handbook for AAEE QLD. As a fairly recently established incorporated organisation this work has, at times, stalled our core EE activities and has, on occasions, been reactive as governance issues have arisen. However, it is a work in progress that we feel will be of enormous benefit into the future. To date the following are finalised or underway: CheatSheetforMeetingProcedures PayPalTransactionPolicyandProcedures ConflictofInterestPolicyandProcedures CommitteeDisputeResolutionPolicyandProcedures

Other CommentsAAEE QLD chapter was successful in bidding to host the AAEE Biennial Conference at Southern Cross University on the Gold Coast in October 2018. A Conference Organising Group (COG) has been set up involving some members of the existing Chapter Management Committee and active AAEE QLD members from across the state.

Qld Chapter Earth Day Environmental Education Expo at the Cob+Co Museum in Toowoomba. Hosted by Amaroo EEC and Cobb+Co Museum and sponsored by AAEE QLD

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Focus Areas

CommunicationsThe Chapter continues to manage an ACT Chapter AAEE Facebook page with a good local following. The site promotes local events and stories of the Chapter as well as featuring relevant events and stories from other local environmental groups.

PartnershipsACT Chapter AAEE works collaboratively with local EfS organisations on important environmental issues through sharing expertise, exchanging information and providing professional development.

Advocacy and LobbyingACT Chapter AAEE is a Member Organisation of the Conservation Council ACT & Region. This is a large and effective lobbying voice representing our environmental & community concerns. ACT Chapter AAEE activities are profiled in the regular CCACTR bulletins. ACT Chapter AAEE members are encouraged to participate in lobbying and advocacy activities which promote environmental education for sustainability issues.

MembershipACT Chapter AAEE held its membership numbers steady throughout this reporting period.

Professional DevelopmentNetworking Event. The committee ran a successful speed

networkingeventinJuneforcorporatemembersofthelocalchapter. Attendees were placed in pairs and rotated around the room for 8 minute time slots to meet other corporate members while answering a set of questions provided to them on the night.

The committee ran a successful speed networking eventinJuneforcorporatemembersofthelocalchapter.Attendeeswere placed in pairs and rotated around the room for 8 minute time slots to meet other corporate members while answering a set of questions provided to them on the night. See article in ozEEnews.

During the event, the room was a buzz of conversations andourVicePresident,KateHarriden,whohadorganisedtheevent, found it a challenge to move people on to the next

ACT CHAPTERPerson Reporting: VanessaWhelan(AAEEACTChapterPresident)

person once they had begun talking to each other, as they hadsomuchtodiscuss.Participantswereextremelypositiveabout the experience and all participants were then invited to stay for further networking over dinner after the event.

The committee hopes to run a similar event like this in 2018.

GovernanceNine meetings were held during the year. The AGM was

held in February 2017.The Chapter invited local members plus an extended

group of interested non-members to the AGM to hear from the ACT Government’s ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment.

Theeveningwasagreatsuccess,asProfessorKateAuty,the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment spoke passionately about the importance of connection with community and in particular our youth, and the critical role good communications plays in promoting and enhancing environmental education in the community.

Other CommentsACT Chapter commits to holding at least two significant events for their members each year, and continues to strive to promote all local, regional and national events to members as well as supporting and promoting other environmental groups and their events within the region to the local members.

ACT Speed Networking


NEW SOUTH WALES CHAPTER Person Reporting: Tricia Donnelly (AAEE Liaison)

Introductory Statement AAEE NSW is an energetic and effective arm of AAEE. As the Chapter with the largest number of members, its success is vital to the whole organisation. Led by an enthusiastic Executive AAEE is continuing to move forward even in a difficult political climate at state level.

Focus Areas

CommunicationsNSW AAEE has a significant communications process. Highlights for 2016/17 were: Conversationse-magazineproducedanddistributedinJuly

2016 and February 2017. Two issues per year for members Quarterly member e-Newsletter sent out to NSW members 1,000+ Facebook likes for the year Info-graphics of highlights against AAEE NSW Strategic Planproducedquarterly.

Conduct of the NSW Environmental Educator of the Year award and the Gould League Scholarship

PartnershipsSustainable Schools NSW. Negotiation with the Office of Environment [OEH] for AAEE NSW to take on the ManagementoftheNSWSustainableSchoolsProgram[MayandJune2017]

Work is occurring to develop a partnership with NSW Environmental Trust

Liaison with the Take me Outside program and extending the partnership

Advocacy and LobbyingSubmissions on: Draft Bills to review Biodiversity and Conservation

Legislation NSW Legislation ClimateChangePolicy TAFE NSW restructure Waste Education Strategic Plan[EPA]

MembershipAAEE Membership in NSW is growing, with an increase of 9% in 2016/17

Green Drinks event hosted in November with 50 attendees.

Professional DevelopmentSupportingregionalnetworksRSENProjectStage2(funded from the NSW Environmental Trust to equip regional sustainability education networks for creating change) has included individual networks: 42 educators trained face-to-face and through a series

of webinars RSENS developing their own strategic plan (9 currently

in progress) undertaking a small collaborative sustainability

education & engagement project locally preparing a case study of the project that was

undertaken by their network.

Nature Education project in the NSW Central Coast built educator capacity.

Bi-annual conference development undertaken for eventtobeheldinSeptember2017.Planningworkcommenced early in 2017.

Governance AAEE NSW Constitution adopted at the AGM

November 2016. AAEE NSW now has its own Constitution as an incorporated body. Significant liaison with National to ensure that the Constitutions complemented each other.

12 Sub-committees operational with ToR developed and a program of work being implemented by each one.

Five new policies developed to ensure appropriate organisational governance.

Other Comments2017 Sydney Sustainable Living Festival carried out in MarchLaunch of Allen Strom Biography Chief Guardian: The Life and Times of Allen Strom attended and supported.

Environmental educators from

across NSW who are participating

in our Leadership for Sustainability program, funded

by the NSW Environmental

Trust

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VICTORIAN CHAPTEREnvironment Education Victoria

Persons Reporting: Julie Harris (EEV Executive Officer)/ Cyrelle Field (AAEE Convenor/Liaison)

Focus AreasCommunicationsDecemberhard-copyeditionofEingana,Volume39#2wascirculatedtoallcurrentEEVandEEV/AAEEmembers.Focusofthe issue was on ‘Communication’ in the EfS/EE sector.

Aprile-editionEingana,Volume40,#1focussedonthepassionsofVictorianenvironmentaleducatorsandtheupcomingDecemberissueVolume40,#2willfocusonhistorical story-telling of the past 4 decades of Eingana as well as current topical issues.

EEVFacebookpagenowhasover740Likesandissteadilygrowing.

Monthly e-newsletters Enviro-Events continued to attract an average 38% open rate over the year, ranging from 32% lowest to 49% highest.

EEV’sEducatoroftheYearwasDr.ColinHockingandCertificatesofExcellencewerepresentedtoAprilSeymorefromPortPhillipEco-Centre for the non-formal sector and Nicola Forrest, from Cornish College for the formal education sector. Once again, this excellencewascelebratedwithanEEVnetworking/celebrationEventheldonWorldEnvironmentDay,June5.

We are in the process of transitioning to a better online chatter platform and hope to have that fully in place by 2018.

PartnershipsOur partnership project with Mars Wrigleys has been confirmed for 3 years. This year we ran another film competition.

2017 calendar year has been the final year of our Strategic PartnershipsProject:CreatingaFutureforHumanityfundedby the Department of Education and Training and delivered in conjunctionwiththreeofVictoria’sStateScienceSpecialistCentres.We have submitted partnership proposals under this funding model with partner organisations for the next three years.

EEVcontinuedtosupportschoolsinWesternMetropolitanMelbourne as part of the ResourceSmart Schools Initiative managedbySustainabilityVictoria.

Other partnership projects this year included a review of resourcesfortheSchoolsWaterEfficiencyProject(SWEP),developing resources for the Greening the West Initiative inpartnershipwithCityWestWaterandVicSuper,workingalongside multiple partners (led by St Louis de Montfort and PortPhillipEco-Centre)tocoordinateanddelivertheStepstoSustainability Conference and contributing to the coordination and delivery of the STEM and Sustainability in the Outdoors Conference in partnership with other subject associations.

Advocacy and LobbyingFollowingmorethan12monthsofadvocacyfromEEVandotherstakeholderstheVictorianCurriculumF-10

Sustainability Mapping Document was published by the VictorianCurriculum&AssessmentAuthorityinearlyFeb.EEVcontributedsignificantfeedbackandcontenttothefinaldocument. Sustainability content descriptors are embedded in the Learning Areas, which differs from Australian Curriculum now where they are viewed as a cross-curriculum priority. The mapping document is key to supporting teachers to embed sustainability in teaching and learning programs.http://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/overview/cross-curriculum-priorities

MembershipEEVwasworkingwithsoftwaredeveloperstoimplementthe Cause I Can Membership module that uses Salesforce asthebackend.ThesystemwentliveattheendofJune,2017. We are in the process of ironing out glitches in the transition phase from a fully manual system to one that will bemorerobustandefficient.EEVlooksforwardtosmoothermembership registration, renewal and communication via a chat forum for members that will link to Eingana type articles and encourage online dialogue.

MembershipnumbersforEEVOnlymembersareasfollows:Complimentary - 3Concession Individual - 3Individual Member - 33Legal Deposit - 1Lifetime - 25NFPOrganisation-56Organisation - 22Reciprocal - 5

MembershipnumbersforEEV/AAEEjointmembershipsareasfollows:Individual - 51Concession - 6Corporate - 9School/Small NGO - 17Family - 1MOU - 1

Professional DevelopmentThreeVCEEnvironmentalScienceTeacherPD’s

STE(A)MandSustainabilityPDinpartnershipwithDATTAVicandTrashPuppets.

STE(A)M and Sustainability workshop at the STEM and Sustainability in the Outdoors Conference.

FourResourceSmartSchoolsProgressWorkshops

A STEM and Sustainability workshop in partnership with Catholic Education Melbourne.

An Evening with Rogue Ginger Member Event on the theme oflivingaZeroWasteLifestyle.

GovernanceEEVExecutiveis:RenaeWalton(President),JoshAmbrosyVice-President,JaneLiefman(ActingSecretarytillApril)ElizabethJenkins(afterApril),DrPetaWhite(Treasurer).

InadditiontotheExecutivelistedabove,EEVCommitteeofManagementcomprises:JulieWynne,AndrewGooday,DavidMould, Angela Andrews, Dr Belinda Christie.

Sub-committees: Engagement, Collaboration and Knowledge

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EEV Educator of the Year Awards – April Supporters

EEV Educator of the Year Awards - Award Winners – Left to right: Dr Colin Hocking, 2016 Victorian Environmental and Sustainability Educator ofthe Year, Nicola Forrest, recognised with an Excellence Award for the formal education sector and April Seymore, recognised with an Excellence Award for the non-formal sector.

Below: March ResourceSmart Schools Progress Workshop.


SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAPTER

Person Reporting: Hugh Kneebone (AAEE Convenor)

For the South Australian chapter the 2016/17 financial year has been a tale of two quite distinct organisations. The first half was devoted to the running of the national conference in Adelaide which saw a strong collaborative effort from a committed membership who increasingly rose to the challenge. Since then the committee has taken, deservedly, the foot off the pedal and used this less onerous time to consult with the membership and extended community of practice about what AAEE SA should be doing. How do we make ourselves useful and relevant in this age of disruption and competing priorities?

CommunicationsThe conference required the chapter to work quickly and efficiently especially in regards to communication. Developing communication materials was crucial and some of these were purposed so as to be useful to the association post-conference. We now have display materials that can help us better brand our events and a website upgrade that brings us into the new century.

We grew our membership and non-member contact lists which have enabled us to communicate to a wider cohort here in SA. This has been useful in the consultation and survey work that has been undertaken to develop better understanding of who our community are and what they need from an association.

Advocacy and LobbyingThere has been an assumption in SA that advocacy is a part of what an educational association is established for but it has not been a priority in recent times. The recent consultation process has identified it as a role and a working group formed who will drive this for the chapter. Other actions have been identified with a higher priority but the skills and experience of some new members suggest that now is a good time to develop this.

MembershipMemberships were boosted via interest in the conference and we currently have 43 financial members. It is hoped that our consultation process to determine what our community really needs from us will help grow our relevance and in the process lead to increased membership. I am sure this is an issue for many associations and for the national body so we look forward to sharing the results and especially if we manage to find a way to encourage more people to join.

Professional developmentThe conference was attended by over 250 people with 50% of those coming from SA. The 4-day event represented a significant opportunity to promote EE/EfS as well as the role and value of the AAEE SA branch to an international, national and state audience. The themes of the conference highlighted the role of EE and EfS in developing the understanding of teachers and students of the importance

of the environment. It brought the latest thinking into the spotlight and backed this with examples and case studies. In doing so it promoted an integrated sustainability approach to a state and national audience.

GovernanceOur committee became the conference organising committee or COG shortly after the conclusion of the 2014 Hobart event. The majority of the 12 months prior to the 2016 conference was an increasingly busy and demanding time. At the core of this commitment was the belief that we were creating a vehicle that would showcase the best thinking on EE/EfS from across the globe and nation.

The COG worked together in determining the key conference themes and how we would go about organising it. It was not always easy but the process and demands inspired and drove individuals to step up and contribute to an event that was both larger and more overwhelming than any of us were used to. With 5 distinct working groups sitting under COG, leadership was demanded at many levels. Much of what made the conference unique or special was as a result of these groups and the people who drove this important work. COG working as a single group would never have been able to deal with all the business that was achieved by all 6 bodies working well together. This was an important leadership experience and the learnings are continuing in AAEE SA today.

The current AAEE SA committee has been refreshed with new membership and new energy as a result of the conference and the buzz it created. For the AAEE SA group and those involved in the AuSSI SA program it provided an opportunity to share their learnings and to have their model put before a national audience. This has reaffirmed their direction, and exposure to alternate approaches has added new thinking and value to their work.

Other commentsThe conference was able to draw on many aspects of the AuSSI and EfS model that has been developed in SA and show how this work has matured and evolved over the years and promote it to a national audience. We would like to think that we took the national conference into new territory and set a benchmark across several important sustainability areas. This was particularly so in regards to waste management and catering. It was also evidenced in the hosting of the conference at the Adelaide High School which enabled us to engage local students to run the IT functions of the conference (in school holidays) as well as saving money on venue hire which all contributed to the healthy bottom line.

We avoided conference bags, used an app for the conference info and time table and had handmade wooden name tags. We also reduced the carbon footprint of plenary speakers where possible and through sponsorship and jam jar fundraising raised $11 500 towards 14 scholarships for participants that would not otherwise have been able to attend. It was not always the perfect sustainability story but we worked hard to make it as sustainable as we could. The conference also, surprisingly, made a considerable profit returning over $30,000 to the national AAEE body.

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Audience discussions keynotes

Soil workshop and participants (left and below)

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CHAPTER Person reporting: Dr Jennifer Pearson (Convenor)

CommunicationsWA Chapter Email network - Regularly forward informationthroughnetworkaboutarangeofPDofferedfrom the chapter and other organisations relevant to 55 members.

WA Chapter Facebook - this site was set up to encourage members and non-members to contribute stories, information about resources and jobs available. There are now 455 people who have ‘liked’ the site and we have up to 1250 reach for most weeks stories. This connects members all the way from Derby to Esperance in our large state.

WA Chapter Website - is regularly updated with project reports, upcoming events and there have been a range of people use the contact email system to request support for EfS ideas and projects. The website now hosts resources created through Turtle Watch and Little Green Steps.

Little Green Steps WA Newsletter- a quarterly newsletter has been developed to support the delivery of the LGS WA program, and includes links to events, programs and resources provided by the AAEEWA and its partners (mailing list has grown to 877 members).

Environmental Educators Network - email once a month which is managed by the AAEE WA Chapter, to advertise upcoming events for a range of EE providers across the state. This has a membership of over 600 and includes state, local government department, NGO’s, community event and our projects. It also distributes new educational material available.

Partnerships and Projects City of Canning - The utilisation of the Canning River Eco Education Centre as a home base for AAEE (WA); allows membership meetings, venue for AAEEWA events and storage of Chapter material at no cost. The collaboration in developing and supporting three major projects, see below.

Catchments, Corridors and Coasts (CCC)18th–20thJanuaryincluded,RedHillWasteManagementFacility;ShireofMundaring;EasternHillsCatchmentManagement;PerthHillsForestCentre,KanyanaWildlifeRehabilitation,PerthZoo,City of Cockburn Waste Education, Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare(SERCUL);PhosphorusAwarenessProject;CanningRiver Eco Education Centre; Aboriginal Heritage; River Guardians,DepartmentofParksandWildlife,EnvironmentalTechnology Centre; Murdoch University, Department of Fisheries and the Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories; Butler College Marine Studies; Coast Care; and Sustainable Schools WA Initiative. 20 participants attended from schools, Early Childhood Centres, Local Government and State Government Departments.

We hosted a presenter expo on Day 3 for the first time. Six organisations attended and provided interactive displays as well as participating in a discussion/workshop about how we can better support collaboration and networking across the WA EfS community.

The City of Cockburn provided two scholarships for Cockburn schoolteacherstoattendandtheDepartmentofParksandWildlife sponsored the event.

This was coordinated by Amy Krupa, Catherine Baudains, MichaelBurke,ElaineLewis,VickyHartill,ClaireGaskin,KatherineGaschkandJenniferPearson.

Biological Earth Environmental Science (BEES) Yr. 9 - 11 Forum Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences (BEES) Day was held not held in 2016 but was held on Friday 8th September 2017. The careers day targeting Year 9, 10 & 11 students and was a joint project between AAEE WA and North Metropolitan TAFE. There were near to 200 secondary students in the Greenskills building from Belridge Secondary College, Living Waters Lutheran College, Mercy College, Shenton College, Southern River College and St George’s Anglican Grammar School. The presenters gave up their time to deliver memorable talks and activities to inspire them to think about science as acareerchoice.TheseincludedCityofPerth,DepartmentofPrimaryIndustriesandRegionalDevelopment,Departmentof Mining, Industry Regulation and Safety Sandfire, De Grussa Mining,WhitemanPark,SouthEastRegionalCentreforUrban Landcare (SERCUL), SCITECH, Australian Association for Environmental Education WA Chapter, Kwongan Kids, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University, Notre Dame University, Curtin University and NMTAFE (surveying). Staff and students from NMTAFE coordinated the day in the Greenskills building attheEastPerthcampusandgainedvaluablecontactsandexperiences to enhance the future courses and possible work and/or partnership opportunities. Thanks to Ms Gun Dolva and DrJenniferPearson.

Earth Day Expo–Friday31stMarch2017.Thiseventco-hosted by the Canning River Eco Education Centre at the City of Canning offices with 512 children attending from 10 schools with 76 adults in attendance. There were 20 different presentations provided which engage the children in activities like reptiles, water quality, bird identification, water security, waste initiatives, marine education and much more. The feedback from the schools was very positive. This was coordinated by Hayley Bullimore, CREEC & AAEEWAandJenniferPearson.

Little Green Steps WA –MeganMentz,KylieHoskingandAnnePettitranthisprogramintheCitiesofArmadale,Cockburnand Canning which have provided funding to employ the staff in each area one day per week for a year. A partnership with the Waste Authority allowed for waste workshops to be presented in regional council areas. The website, regular newsletters and Facebook were used to promote the program. Coordinating committeeisJenniferPearson,AnnePettit,ElaineLewis,AmyKrupa,VickyHartillandClaireDunnwithnewcommitteemembers Leonard Thorn and Caroline Sutees.

National Science Week ‘Wired for Science’ Community Expo - on 21st August 2016 included National Science Week Committee, City of Canning, Canning River EcoEducationCentre,SERCUL,CanningRiverVolunteers,MurdochUniversityVolunteers,SciTech,DepartmentofParksand Wildlife and the Great Gardens Team. A National Science Week grant and generous funding from the Department of ParksandWildlifeallowedforafantasticExpo.Approximately

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3000 attendees from the general public and local community. The Expo school competition attracted 790 children’s entries from 29 different schools. Coordinated by Hayley Bullimore, AmyKrupa,ElaineLewis,KatherineGaschk,AnnePettit,NoeleenEdwards,TracyLyon,andJenniferPearson.

Western Australian Sustainable Education Forum (WASEF) – A relatively new event on the WA Chapter calendar this was held at the North Metropolitan TAFE on Friday 25th November. The day had two sessions of round table presentations in the morning followed by the Fisheries Department leading a discussion/workshop about the impact of different cultures on understanding our environmental conservation. The evaluation of the day showed that participants appreciated the slow pace of the day and adequate time to network. This is now scheduled to become an annual event and in 2017 will be held at NMTAFE on the 1st December.

Turtle Watch –TurtleWatchcommencedin2005atHerdsmanLake,Perth.SincethattimetheprojecthasexpandedacrossthePerthMetropolitanareaasaninitiativeof the Australian Association for Environmental Education WA Chapter: http://www.aaeewa.org.au/turtlewatch.html Turtle Watch involves the Cockburn Wetlands Centre, Canning River Eco Education Centre, SERCUL, Herdsman Lake Wildlife Centre, Murdoch University, University of WA, Native ARC, schools, volunteer and friends groups, local authorities, wildlife care groups and interested community members. Since 2013 the four eco centres, in partnership with AAEE WA, have taken on a larger role in relation to education and action for oblong turtle conservation. A Turtle Watch Education Kit has been compiled for community and school use: http://www.aaeewa.org.au/turtlewatchedkit.html . A TurtleWatch accreditation process has been developed for schools. There have been 2 new schools accredited in 2017, bringing the total to 3 WA schools currently accredited as aTurtleWatchSchool:SouthLakePS,FremantleChristianCollegeandCoolbiniaPS.

A number of large events have been held or attended over the past year promoting turtlewatch, including: Terrific Turtle Family Fest (150 attended in October 2016); Rotary Cockburn Spring Fair; Wired for Science Community Expo (3000 attended August 2016),NaturePlayConference(200delegates,August2017).

Waste Initiatives AAEEWA continues to engage with the community and educate it about the impacts of waste through a wide range of waste initiatives and strategies developed under a number of Grants. These have been implemented across a number of events and programs hosted by the Chapter including the Science Expo; Catchments, Corridors and Coasts, and Little Green Steps WA.

Sustainable Schools WA Committee AAEE-WA remains an active member of the Sustainable Schools WA Alliance, along with 40 partner organisations across the state. AAEE-WA members meet regularly with Alliance partners to support EfS in schools.

Advocacy and LobbyingRotary talkApplecrossProjectResponding to requests for comment on policy & education documents.

Members ServicesAAEEEnvironmentalEducatoroftheYear–Nominatedamemberfortheannualaward,MsKelsiePrabawaSearwhowasthennominatedfortheProfessionalTeachingCouncilofWA annual awards.

Professional Development Catchments,CorridorsCoasts,18th–20thJanuary2017,three-dayPDforteachers,pre-serviceteachers,industry,localandstateGov.Personnel.WASE Forum provided opportunity for professional development.LittleGreenStepsWA,Professionaldevelopmentandsupportfor early year educators across three local governments, TAFE students and universities.

GovernanceMeetings - Conducted regular monthly meetings on the 3rd Thursday of each month at the Canning River Eco Education Centre. Bookkeeper - the bookkeeper is a paid position to manage AAEE- WA invoices and accounts, employed for 3 hours per week.

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AAEE WA Chapter and the Canning River Eco Education Centre - CREEC (City of Canning) hosted the Earth Day Expo for 550 primary school students behind the City of Canning offices April 2017.

Fremantle PS held their annual Science week. Thanks to Dr Jennifer Pearson (AAEE WA Convener) for coordinating this wonderful event.

http://www.aaeewa.org.au/turtlewatchedkit.html


TASMANIA CHAPTER

NT CHAPTERPerson Reporting: Graeme Sawyer (Convenor)

AAEE(NT) has had a good year with a number of new members brining new energy to the group.

This year has highlighted the issues faced in getting the environmental education curriculum as espoused in the Australian Curriculum Sustainability overarching idea implemented. Given the focus of the curriculum is the core platform for Sustainability as defined in the Melbourne Declaration this is of significant concern.

It is clear from research and from our own contact with schools that teachers are at a loss as to how to proceed with implementation of this. Whilst we have done some work towards getting a strategy in place and providing support to a number of teachers there is a lot more work to be done in this area.

Interactions with the NT Department of Education have been disappointing as while they have expressed a desire to address the issues in the sustainability education area they have no clear strategy or plan at this point. There is a clear role for AAEE in this space but it is difficult to see how best to proceed. We need to draw on our collective expertise to build a model for professional development that fits the needs of teachers and schools today.

Integrating curriculum is clearly part of the strategy moving forward and our Biodiversity Schools initiative naturally integrates with the STEM focus that many schools are investigating at the moment. This may be a starting point.

We are developing new strategies based around some e-learning tools to see if we can help teachers address the issue. Contact Graeme Ph 0411881378 for more details.

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Person Reporting: Jenny Dudgeon (AAEE Tas Inc Convenor)

Focus AreasCommunicationsFacebook page, Increasing FB presence AAEE email network and gmail generic AAEE Tas contact.

PartnershipsAAEE Tas was awarded a Hobart City Council Waste reduction grant to develop a video to promote rethinking and reuse of waste stream items. Lead in time for students to develop a marketable product. The winning proposal will be linked in to a design and/or marketing mentor. Sub-committee established to manage project.

Advocacy and Lobbying Early Years Learning Framework – Nature Based focus extended from birth to Year 2 with focus on play based learning. This is part of the new Tasmanian Education Act plus the push for National Quality Standards for all Tasmanian Child Care Centres.

Becoming a member of 2017 Green Gowns Award Tasmania’s United Nations Regional Centre for Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development.

http://www.slt.org.au/rce

Andrew active in the Marine Educators sphere within Australia and the US.

MembershipAAEE Tas welcomed 3 new members: Andrew Walsh, Ruth Whelan and Allyson Hughes. Our membership is stable with 3 school memberships and 14 individual members.

Professional DevelopmentAAEE Learning Circles. AAEE Tas participated in the learning Circle “Eco-justice and Activism” with Dr Peta White, Dr. Marilyn Palmer, and Dr. Sandra Wooltorton

Representation at BIOTA Conference – Biology teachers conference

National Science Week.

AAEE members participated in both in-school and public events such as the Hobart based Festival of Bright Ideas to foster education for sustainability. i.e Air Quality, Climate Change, renewable energy, etc

Student Citizen Science invitation to participate in Tas Climate Change Stories: funded by a Tasmanian National Science Week grant. A competition – to create a 90 second video about Climate Change. Student created website and promotional tools. Winners to be announced - November 2017. http://tasmanianclimatechangestories.org.au/

Promoting national curriculum and particularly sustainability as cross curriculum priority and its relevance to the Tasmanian STEM framework. Members attended the STEM X Academy at ANU.

Governance2017/18 AAEE TeamConvenor – Jenny DudgeonTreasurer – Trish KnightSecretary/public Officer – Nel Smit.Committee – Maree Bakker, Andrew Walsh, Allyson Hughes and Chris Haas

AwardsAAEE-Tas Environmental Educator of the Year awarded to Nel Smit, education strategist for Greening Australia – Tasmania.Huonville High School Awarded 2017 Zayed Future Energy Prize -$130K. Initiative coordinated by Huonville High School Principal, Geoff Williamson, AAEE Tas member, Nel Smit and Zayed student team leader, Toby Thorpe. To create a renewable energy hub by upcycling and repurposing an old school building.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-17/huonvile-students-win-international-energy-award/8188414

http://www.slt.org.au/rce

http://tasmanianclimatechangestories.org.au/

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-17/huonvile-students-win-international-energy-award/8188414




Editorial Team The editorial team constitutes:

• Professor Amy Cutter-‐Mackenzie, Editor-‐in-‐Chief (Southern Cross University); • Professor Karen Malone, Associate Editor (Western Sydney University); • Dr Chris Eames, Associate Editor (University of Waikato, New Zealand); • Dr Peta White, Book Review Editor (Deakin University); and, • Dr Sue Elliott, Thesis Abstract Editor (University of New England).

The editorial team are supported by Cambridge University Press alongside the Journal’s International Advisory Board, which is presently being renewed. The overall structure of the team is: Journal Quartile Rating Recently the Journal’s new Quartile rating was released via Scimago (http://www.scimagojr.com). The journal has moved has remained as a Q3. This is a good result and it is expected that over the coming years the Journal will continue to rise in Quartile ranking*. What this means in simple terms is that the Journal is having both a national and international impact. As the journal only moved to a professional publisher several years ago, this will take some time. Journals not associated with a professional publisher are neither listed on Scimago or perform as a Journal in the various metrics and analytics measurements. Furthermore, the journal is also now listed on Thomas Reuters and the publisher will apply for an impact factor at the appropriate time. This will bring further readers and contributors to the Journal. * The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

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Professor Amy Cutter-Mackenzie

Editor-in- Chief, Southern Cross [email protected]

Stephanie Walsh

AssistantEditor,[email protected]


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AJEE Circulation 2015-‐17 (to date)

There were 6,797 institutions accessing AJEE via consortia or aid donation agreements in 2016. The Cambridge Consortia team continues to pursue sales opportunities globally and we are proud of our strong, international customer base of key research institutions from the developed world, plus involvement in aid donation and developing markets. Within Australasia, Europe, and North America our customer base is as strong as ever; our reputation as a quality not-‐for-‐profit academic press has, in recent years, become stronger in these established markets. The Middle East and Asia comprise a mixture of both developed and emerging research institutions and we hope to see continued growth and opportunity in these regions. We have been pleased to report real sales growth in the UK and Eastern Europe in particular for 2016 and expect to see continued growth, albeit more slow than in recent years, in terms of paid consortia sales.

The 2017 consortia subscriptions are approximations at this stage. The nature of consortia agreements means figures will be in flux until the end of the year when full revenue allocations are made for each journal in each package. Many of our larger deals in the Americas are still to be recorded and finally allocated so we would expect the number of institutions to increase before the end of the year. Please be assured that this is a feature of our reporting tools and does not have an impact on institutions’ ability to access content.

Traditional subscriptions, i.e. institutions paying the full subscription price to AJEE remain stable, declining by only one subscription in 2017 which is well below the industry average for attrition which we are seeing across many of our journals. The institutions with traditional subscriptions to AJEE are: University of South Australia, Erlangen University, Tokyo Noko University, Wageningen University and Research Centre in The Netherlands, EWHA Womans University-‐ Seoul, Ministry of Agriculture-‐ Spain, National Taiwan Normal University, University of Bath, Bodleian Library Oxford, University of Michigan and Stanford University, USA.

2015 2016 2017 (YTD)

Institutional subscriptions

Traditional subscriptions 16 12 11 § Print + online (bundle) 10 6 5 § Online only 5 6 6

Traditional subscriptions migrated to Consortia 11 11 11

Consortia subscriptions 4,641 6,774 6,372

Total institutional subscriptions 4,668 6,797 6,394

Deeply discounted print copies 1 1 1

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Full geographical breakdown of subscriptions to AJEE, 2016


ScholarOne Submissions

Since the beginning of 2016, there have been 120 submissions to AJEE via the peer review system ScholarOne. The breakdown of these submissions are shown in the below table into original submissions and revisions of articles, thesis synopses and communications.

2016 2017 (to end of Aug) Original Revision Total Original Revision Total Articles 27 33 60 24 31 55 Thesis Synopsis 2 1 3 0 1 1 Communication 0 0 0 1 0 1 Total 29 34 63 25 32 57

As in previous years, submissions from Australia and New Zealand make up 60% of the submissions to AJEE. However, there has been a small increase in the number of submissions from Africa, the Middle East and Europe which suggests that AJEE is gathering a more international reputation. It is also pleasing to see an increase in submissions from the USA and Canada.

Breakdown of submissions by region (2016-‐2017)

Peer Review Statistics

Journal Statistics Prior 12 months Avg. days from submission to first decision 67.7 Avg. Reviewer turnaround time (days) -‐ Original 25.6 Avg. Reviewer turnaround time (days) -‐ Revision 25.3 Avg. Time to Assign Reviewer (days) -‐ Original 14.2 Avg. Time to Assign Reviewer (days) -‐ Revision 6.3 Avg. days from submission to final decision 13.0 Acceptance Ratio 7:11 (63.6%)

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Cambridge Core: a new digital publishing platform Cambridge launched its new platform Cambridge Core in September. Cambridge Core brings together all of our academic content, including over 30,000 ebooks and 360 journals, replacing Cambridge Journals Online (CJO) and Cambridge Books Online (CBO). Informed by extensive market research, Cambridge Core is built for the researcher, providing fast and easy access to content on a powerful, fully responsive platform. Now Cambridge Core has fully launched, redirects are in place from content on CJO to the new locations on Cambridge Core. This will ensure seamless access for users and librarians.

The new AJEE homepage


Key elements of the new homepage: -‐ A featured content box for up to 8 articles, currently displaying the latest FirstView papers. -‐ A prominent search bar at the top of the page to make it easy for users to find the content they want -‐ Events and News feature boxes to highlight key events, calls for papers and other appropriate announcements. -‐ Cambridge Core has been built on the foundations of good SEO practice, and is fully optimised to ensure greater discoverability in Google and Google Scholar -‐ A much more intuitive and user-‐friendly design Functionality new to Cambridge Core Existing CJO functionality has been assessed and where appropriate, replicated on the Cambridge Core platform. New functions include: Cambridge Core Reader Cambridge Core Reader provides the distraction-‐free reading experience of PDF, whilst maintaining the benefits of HTML functionality. Cambridge Core Reader is available for all content with HTML (c. 2,500 books at launch) plus the majority of journal articles. Cambridge Core Reader features:

- Easy access to contextualised figures, tables and charts - Collapsible side panel for easy navigation - Clear and improved linking to supporting multimedia materials - Improved links to references

Facetted search The extensive facets on the left hand side of a search results page enable all users to refine their search to their exact criteria, through: content they have access to; format; subject area; author name; keywords; publication date; journal name; society and publisher; collections and series. Bulk content actions Users have the ability to select multiple items of content and perform an action, for example download all as a zipped PDF file, export citations, save to bookmarks, or view them in new tabs. Improved Accessibility Cambridge Core features improved accessibility options. Cambridge University Press is committed to providing a platform that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We endeavour to conform to level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) and Section 508 (in the US).

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Online Usage Statist ics

There have been 10,375 fulltext downloads of AJEE since the launch of Cambridge Core in September 2016 reflecting the improved SEO on the new platform. Another advantage to the new platform is that we are now able to more accurately report on usage and eliminate crawler activity and other automated data harvesting programs from our data.

The table and chart below show the number of downloads from Core by month since launch.

Core Overview since launch

Abstract Views TOC Views Fulltext Views Homepage Views

2016 21,754 237 3422 1633 2017 34,051 15,019 6953 3372


Top 20 most downloaded papers from AJEE, since launch of Core

Vol/Issue Article Title Author(s) Abstract Views

Fulltext views

32.2 Dwelling in the Anthropocene: Reimagining University Learning Environments in Response to Social and Ecological Change

David Rousell 754 514

33.1 Exploring the Relations Between Childhood Experiences in Nature and Young Adults’ Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours

Catherine Broom 1,430 269

27.2 Education for Sustainability and the Australian Curriculum Julie Kennelly, Neil Taylor, Pep Serow 389 198

29.2 Creative Arts-‐Based Pedagogies in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability (EfS): Challenges and Possibilities

Kumara S. Ward 515 187

32.1 Nature by Default in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability

Sue Elliott, Tracy Young, Allen Hill, Janet Dyment, Amy Cutter-‐Mackenzie

563 177

28.1 Drivers and Blockers: Embedding Education for Sustainability (EfS) in Primary Teacher Education

Sue Wilson 366 176

32.2 Investigating Early Childhood Teachers’ Understandings of and Practices in Education for Sustainability in Queensland: A Japan-‐Australia Research Collaboration

Michiko Inoue, Lyndal O'Gorman, Julie Davis 454 157

32.1 Transformations? Skilled Change Agents Influencing Organisational Sustainability Culture

Keith Davis, Mark Boulet, Allen Hill, Janet Dyment, Amy Cutter-‐Mackenzie

406 134

29.1 The Place of Experience and the Experience of Place: Intersections Between Sustainability Education and Outdoor Learning

Allen Hill 398 132

32.1 Reconsidering Children's Encounters With Nature and Place Using Posthumanism

Karen Malone, Allen Hill, Janet Dyment, Amy Cutter-‐Mackenzie

555 130

31.2 Sustainability: Principles and PracticeMargaret Robertson, Earthscan, London, 2014, 370 pp.

Debbie Prescott 666 130

32.3 Hopes and Prospects for the Sustainability Cross-‐Curriculum Priority: Provocations From a State-‐Wide Case Study

Allen Hill, Janet E. Dyment 337 128

31.1 The Force of Gardening: Investigating Children's Learning in a Food Garden

Monica Green, Iris Duhn, Deana Leahy, Emily Gray, Amy Cutter-‐Mackenzie, Chris Eames

362 123

31.2 Critical Curriculum Theory and Slow Ecopedagogical Activism

Phillip G. Payne 339 105

29.1 Education for Sustainability, Graduate Capabilities, Professional Employment: How They All Connect

Ian Thomas, Matthias Barth, Teresa Day

299 102

30.2

How Do Zoos ‘Talk’ to Their General Visitors? Do Visitors ‘Listen’? A Mixed Method Investigation of the Communication Between Modern Zoos and Their General Visitors

Katie Roe, Andrew McConney, Caroline F. Mansfield

613 98

32.1 Simply Good Teaching: Supporting Transformation and Change Through Education for Sustainability

Gitanjali Bedi, Susan Germein, Allen Hill, Janet Dyment, Amy Cutter-‐Mackenzie

290 95

32.1 Education for Sustainability in Universities: Challenges and Opportunities for Change

Blanche Higgins, Ian Thomas, Allen Hill, Janet

297 93

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Dyment, Amy Cutter-‐Mackenzie

31.1 Creating a Health and Sustainability Nexus in Food Education: Designing Third Spaces in Teacher Education

Jennifer Elsden-‐Clifton, Debi Futter-‐Puati, Deana Leahy, Emily Gray, Amy Cutter-‐Mackenzie, Chris Eames

330 90

27.1 Understanding Student Learning in Environmental Education in Aotearoa New Zealand Chris Eames, Miles Barker 264 89

Top 20 Institutions accessing AJEE, since launch of Core

Organisation Abstract Views

Fulltext views

Monash University 988 797

University of British Columbia 502 535 Macquarie University 425 441 Australian Catholic University 239 194 Deakin University 170 177 Swinburne University of Technology 226 175 McGill University 202 164

University of Waikato 147 141 University of Newcastle (Australia) 165 141 University of Melbourne 283 139 University College London 50 117 University of Queensland 128 113 La Trobe University 148 89

University of Edinburgh 139 82 Manchester Metropolitan University 75 76 University of Auckland 98 74 University of Saskatchewan 45 69 University of Sydney 128 58 James Cook University 96 58 University of New South Wales 56 57


Alternative Metrics

We use ‘Altmetrics’ to measure the impact of AJEE papers beyond traditional academic journals. Altmetrics tracks the sharing and discussion of research papers, taking into account social media sites, blogs, newspapers, Wikipedia and other sources. Below is a report from Altmetric detailing how many times articles in AJEE have attracted attention from these sources and what type of media attention they have gained:

Altmetric then uses this information to calculate a score. The scores and the ranking of articles are not in themselves important, but the information that this process provides us about how AJEE material is being received by the community is extremely valuable.

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The top scoring paper is the Catherine Broom article “Exploring the Relations Between Childhood Experiences in Nature and Young Adults’ Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours” with an exceptionally good Altmetric score of 267. This has been featured in 38 news outlets, featured on the PsyPost blog and Tweeted about 9 times.

Overall, there have been 25 articles from AJEE which have been tracked by Altmetric as having gained some attention from the above sources.

Annual Report - 2017 v1Australian Association for Environmental EducationIncorporated30 June 2017Prepared by Nick Law

Contents

Annual Report - 2017 v1 | Australian Association for Environmental Education Incorporated | 30 June 2017 Page 2 of 19

Directors' Statement 3

Directors' Declaration 7

Statement of Income & Expenditure 8

Schedule of Income & Expenditure 9

Statement of Movements in Equity 11

Statement of Assets & Liabilities 12

Schedule of Cash & Cash Equivalents 13

Notes to the Financial Statements 14

Auditor's Report 18

Directors' Statement


Australian Association for Environmental Education Incorporated For the year ended 30 June 2017

We have compiled the accompanying special purpose financial statements of Australian Association for Environmental EducationIncorporated, which comprise the balance sheet as at 30 June 2017, the profit and loss for the year then ended, a summary of significantaccounting policies and other explanatory notes. The specific purpose for which the special purpose financial statements have beenprepared is set out in Note 1.

1. Structure & Principal Activity

The undersigned directors of the association submit the following information and financial report for the Australian Association forEnvironmental Education Incorporated (AAEE) for the year ended 30 June 2017.

AAEE is an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporated Act 1991 (ACT).

Board of Directors Composition

Under the current governance structure, the board of directors is skills-based and is the association's governing body.

The board of directors consists of 10 members: President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, and other members.

The names of directors throughout the year are set out below.

POSITION NAME STATE PORTFOLIO

PRESIDENT Mr Mark Caddey NSW Advocacy &Governance

VICE PRESIDENT Mr CamMackenzie

QLD Chapter Chair

VICE PRESIDENT

Mr GraemeSawyer

NT Chapter Chair

SECRETARY Dr Peta White VIC Partnerships

TREASURER Ms Angela Colliver NSW Finance &Administration

COMMITTEE MEMBER Hilary Whitehouse QLD Society &Education

COMMITTEE MEMBER Ms JennyDudgeon

TAS Chapter Chair

COMMITTEE MEMBER Dr Snowy Evans QLD Chapter Chair

COMMITTEE MEMBER Kate Harriden ACT Chapter Chair

COMMITTEE MEMBER Mr David Butler SA ProfessionalDevelopment



LIAISON COMMITTEEMEMBERS

ACT Kate HarridenNSW Trish DonnellyNT Matt MarchesiQLD Hilary MacleodSA Megan SchartnerTAS Trish KnightVIC Cyrelle FieldWA Claire Dunn

CHAPTER CONVENORS

ACT Vanessa WhelanNSW Grahame CollierNT Graeme SawyerQLD Kylie MosesSA Hugh KneeboneTAS Jenny DudgeonVIC Renae WaltonWA Dr Jennifer Pearson

Principal Activity

The principal activity of the Australian Association for Environmental Education is to connect through education to advance understandingsand actions in relation to environmental and sustainability issues across all communities and education sectors.

Values• Fostering of social change on environmental issues;• Use of sustainability principles;• Excellence in education using reflective practice;• Inclusive, democratic, collaborative and empowering approaches;• Use of holistic, integrated and global perspectives;• High ethical standards;• High quality research and evaluation to underpin practice; and• Productive international, national, interstate and sector based partnerships.

Strategic Priorities for AAEE• Develop an active communication strategy to improve internal and external communication.• Define current and investigate future funding stream opportunities.• Strengthen our identity as a profession to project a shared narrative.• Investigate and secure ways to add value to Membership Benefits.• Identify and connect with others to create pathways for a sustainable future.

Brian Foreman Scholarship• The Brian Foreman Scholarship was created to assist a member of the association to travel and attend the biennial conference.• Brian Foreman was a founding member of the Association in 1980 and his work in South Australia is legendary.• This award is in recognition of Brian's contribution to Environmental Education in general and to AAEE in particular.

Brian Foreman Scholarship - 2016• The Brian Foreman Scholarship recipient for 2016 is Jorja McKinnon from Ocean Grove 3226. $1,000 had been paid on 19/08/2016.• Jorja McKinnon is embarking on a PhD, with an interest in Environmental Education and its effects in middle years education within

Victoria.• Attending the conference will provide richness to the recipient's professional development.



2. Significant Changes & Events Subsequent to Reporting Date

There were no significant changes in the nature of the activities of AAEE during the 2017, or subsequent the reporting date of 30 June 2017.This is similar to the previous financial years.

3. Operating Results

There is an operating profit of $38,482.11 on the 2017 Statement of Income & Expenditure.

Compared with previous years:

• 2016 Operating loss of $13,348• 2015 Operating profit of $13,588• 2014 Operating loss of $6,379• 2013 Operating loss of $15,930

4. Other Items

Employee or Contractor

When engaging a new worker, AAEE checks if they're an employee or contractor before entering into any agreement or contract. If AAEE haspreviously engaged a worker without checking our information about whether the arrangement is employment or contracting, theassociation review the earlier decision to make sure the association has got it right.

To correctly work out whether a worker is an employee or contractor, the association looks at the whole working arrangement including thespecific terms and conditions under which the work is performed.

AAEE considers six factors:

• ability to sub-contract/delegate• basis of payment• equipment, tools and other assets• commercial risks• control over work• independence

AAEE keeps records to support its decision on whether a worker is an employee or contractor and the factors the association relied on.

The the following were decided as contractors:

During the 2017 financial year

• Administration Services $32,245.67• Alison Jane Communications $3,352.50




• Administration Services $32,315.00• Alison Jane Communications $5,460.00


• Administration Services $34,320.00• General Manager Pay $3,589.29


• Administration Services $32,315.00• General Manager Pay $6,000.00

Benefits & Dividends

The constitution of the organisation does not permit the payment of dividends and no directors have received or are entitled to receive anycompensation as part of their duty to serve the Board and AAEE, with the exception of reasonable reimbursements for out-of-pocketexpenses incurred to attend meetings.

Insurance

• During the financial year, the Australian Association for Environmental Education paid a premium of $2,064.77 for Directors & Officers

Liability Insurance• It was $2,133.66 for 2016, $2,098.58 for 2015 and $1,704 for 2014• It covers Directors, Secretary and other Officers for losses arising from claims or allegations made against them for Wrongful Acts (as

defined in the Policy) committed or alleged to have been committed by them in their capacity as directors of the organisation.

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Mr Mark Caddey - President

Date ...........................................................................................................................Ms Angela Colliver - Treasurer

Date

Angela Colliver

7th October 2017

Directors' Declaration



The directors have determined that the association is not a reporting entity and that this special purpose financial report should beprepared in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in Note 1 to the financial statements.

The directors of the association declare that:

1. the financial statements and notes, as set out herein present fairly the association's financial position as at 30 June 2017 and itsperformance for the year ended on that date in accordance with the accounting policies described in Note 1 to the financial statements; and

2. in the directors' opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the association will be able to pay its debts as and when theybecome due and payable.

This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors:

...........................................................................................................................Mr Mark Caddey - President

Date

...........................................................................................................................Ms Angela Colliver - Treasurer

Date

Angela Colliver

7th October 2017

Statement of Income &Expenditure


Australian Association for Environmental Education Incorporated For the 12 months ended 30 June 2017

Jun-17 Jun-16

Income

Bank Interest 1,426 518

Donations 4,166 -

Events and Conferences 33,841 15,315

Memberships 53,994 48,075

Publications 3,925 7,110

Total Income 97,351 71,019

Less Cost of Sales

Chapter Member Payments 6,512 6,455

Total Cost of Sales 6,512 6,455

Gross Profit 90,838 64,563

Less Operating Expenses

Administration 39,659 40,159

Auditing 1,800 1,800

Conference Expenses - 5,000

Other Expenses 4,733 3,899

Publications & Publicity 6,165 27,053

Total Operating Expenses 52,356 77,911

Net Profit 38,482 (13,348)

Schedule of Income &Expenditure


Australian Association for Environmental Education Incorporated 01 July 2016 to 30 June 2017

30 Jun 2017

Income

Bank Interest

Interest Income 1,426

Total Bank Interest 1,426

Memberships

Concession Membership 4,513

Corporate Membership 7,954

Family Membership 455

Individual Membership 26,535

International Membership 360

Miscellaneous 639

PayPal Memberships 909

School / Small NGOMembership 10,018

VAEE joint membership 2,610

Total Memberships 53,994

Publications

Copyright Royalties 3,925

Total Publications 3,925

Less Cost of Sales

Chapter Member Payments

ACT Chapter Member Payments 342

NSW Chapter Member Payments 2,679

NT Chapter Member Payments 86

QLD Chapter Member Payments 1,083

SA Chapter Member Payments 727

TAS Chapter Member Payments 413

VIC Chapter member payments 413

WA Chapter Member Payments 770

Total Chapter Member Payments 6,512

Less Operating Expenses

Administration

Accounting - Bookkeeping Services 811

Administration Services 32,246

AESA Secretariat 2,056

Communications Manager 3,353

Phone, Fax, Internet 600

Postage 579

Stationary 14

Total Administration 39,659

Auditing

Accounting - Audit Services 1,800

Schedule of Income &Expenditure


30 Jun 2017Total Auditing 1,800

Other Expenses

Bank Fees 41

Insurance 2,065

Memberships & Subscriptions 300

Merchant Fees 887

Resource Material 440

Scholarships 1,000

Total Other Expenses 4,733

Publications & Publicity

Marketing 1,921

Newsletter 1,905

Video Communication 203

Website 2,136

Total Publications & Publicity 6,165

Statement of Movementsin Equity


Australian Association for Environmental Education Incorporated As at 30 June 2017

30 Jun 2017 30 Jun 2016

Equity Opening Balance 89,904 103,252

Current Year Earnings 38,482 (13,348)

Retained Earnings (105) -

Total Equity 128,281 89,904

Statement of Assets &Liabilities



30 Jun 2017 30 Jun 2016

Assets

Bank

Cash at Bank & at Hand 118,208 92,695

Total Bank 118,208 92,695

Current Assets

Other Receivables 16,134 1,266

Total Current Assets 16,134 1,266

Total Assets 134,342 93,961

Liabilities

Current Liabilities

GST 536 (1,054)

Other Payables 5,525 5,112

Total Current Liabilities 6,061 4,057

Total Liabilities 6,061 4,057

Net Assets 128,281 89,904

Equity Current Year Earnings 38,482 (13,348)

Retained Earnings 89,799 103,252

Total Equity 128,281 89,904

Schedule of Cash & CashEquivalents



30 Jun 2017

Assets

Bank

Cash at Bank & at Hand

BA...434 - Operating Account 12086434 50,006

BA...436 - Charitable Status 12086436 22,667

BA...545 - Term Deposit 138359545 41,030

PayPal Account 4,505

Total Cash at Bank & at Hand 118,208

Notes to the FinancialStatements



1. Statement of Significant Policies

Basis of Preparation

The directors' have prepared the financial statements on the basis that the association is a non-reporting entity. This financial report hasbeen prepared in order to meet the needs of members, and to satisfy the financial reporting requirements of the AssociationsIncorporations Act 1991 (ACT).

Accounting Policies

The financial report has been prepared in accordance with the significant accounting policies disclosed below, which the directors havedetermined as appropriate to meet the needs of members, and the needs of the organisation's financial reporting obligation.

Such accounting policies are consistent with the previous period unless stated otherwise.

The financial statements have been prepared on an accruals basis and are based on historical costs unless otherwise stated in the notes.

The accounting policies that have been adopted in the preparation of this report are as follows:

1.(a) Income Tax & RelatedMatters

Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Status

The association is a non-profit organisation, and is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) with ATO for a fund it operates:• AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION GIFT FUND from 26 Mar 2007.• Gifts to this fund may be deductible.

Generally speaking, most DGRs are endorsed by ATO.

The Australian Taxation Office provides that there are two types of DGR endorsement:• An entity that has DGR endorsement in its own right• An entity that is only a DGR in relation to a fund, authority or institution it operates. In this instance, only gifts to the fund, authority or

institution are tax deductible• To be entitled to ATO endorsement, an organisation must meet several requirements, including falling within one of the general DGR

categories described in the tax law. Examples are public hospitals, registered public benevolent institutions and school building funds.• In the case of AAEE, it is the AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION GIFT FUND.

Receiving Gifts

Not all payments donors make to AAEE are gifts.

A payment is a gift if it has all the following characteristics:• The donor transfers money or property.• The donor makes the transfer voluntarily.• The transfer arises by way of benefaction.• The donor does not materially benefit from the gift.



Gift Types

• To be tax deductible, AAEE donor's gift must be covered by a gift type as listed by ATO,• The most common one being a gift of money of $2 or more. • Here is more information on gift types https://www.ato.gov.au/Non-profit/gifts-and-fundraising/tax-deductible-gifts/gift-types/

Running Fundraising Events

• AAEE runs fundraising events (such as an auction)• AAEE supporters may make contributions that give them a minor benefit. As they get a benefit, they have not made a gift; however,

they may claim a portion of their contribution as a tax deduction if the contribution meets certain conditions.• More information on running fundraising events and tax related matters is available,

https://www.ato.gov.au/Non-profit/Gifts-and-fundraising/Running-fundraising-events/

Income Tax Exempt Status

• The organisations is not charities, hence can self-assess its income tax status.• AAEE self-assess its income tax status as income tax exempt. AAEE does not need to be endorsed by ATO or get confirmation of its

income tax status from ATO.• ATO recommends non profit organisations review their status on an annual basis and when there is a major change in an

organisation's structure or operations. The directors has kept documentation for this purpose, e.g. Income tax status review worksheetfor self-assessing non-profit organisations.

1.(b) Plant and Equipment

Plant and equipment are carried at cost, independent or directors' valuation. All assets are depreciated over their useful lives to theassociation.

The carrying amount of plant and equipment is reviewed annually by directors to ensure it is not in excess of the recoverable amount fromthese assets.

The recoverable amount is assessed on the basis of the expected net cash flows that will be received from the asset's employment andsubsequent disposal. The expected net cash flows have not been discounted in determining recoverable amounts.

1.(c) Employee Benefits

The constitution of the organisation does not permit the payment of dividends, no directors have received or are entitled to receive anycompensation as part of their duty to serve the Board and AAEE, with the exception of reasonable reimbursements for out-of-pocketexpenses incurred to attend meetings.

1.(d) Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the entity has a legal or constructive obligation, as a result of past events, for which it is probable that anoutflow of economic benefits will result and that outflow can be reliably measured.

Provisions recognised represent the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation at reporting date.

1.(e) Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments with originalmaturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.



1.(f) Trade Receivables and Other Receivables

Trade receivables and other receivables, including distributions receivable, are recognised at the nominal transaction value without takinginto account the time value of money. If required a provision for doubtful has been created.

1.(g) Trade Creditors and Other Payables

Trade creditors and other payables, including bank borrowings and distributions payable, are recognised at the nominal transaction valuewithout taking into account the time value of money.

1.(h) Revenue and Other Income

Revenue is measured at the value of the consideration received or receivable after taking into account any trade discounts and volumerebates allowed. For this purpose, deferred consideration is not discounted to present values when recognising revenue.

Interest Revenue

Interest revenue is recognised using the effective interest rate method, which, for floating rate financial assets, is the rate inherent in theinstrument. Dividend revenue is recognised when the right to receive a dividend has been established.

Grant and Donation Income

Grant and donation income is recognised when the entity obtains control over the funds, which is generally at the time of receipt.

If conditions are attached to the grant that must be satisfied before the association is eligible to receive the contribution, recognition of thegrant will be deferred until those conditions are satisfied.

All revenue is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax (GST).

GVESHOGrant

The Australian Government's Grants to Voluntary Environment, Sustainability and Heritage Organisations (GVESHO) programme isadministered by the Department of the Environment and provides funds to help eligible community-based, not-for-profit organisations tovalue, conserve and protect Australia's natural environment and historic heritage by assisting with their administrative costs.

Grants provided through the programmemay be used to assist with salaries and salary on-costs for executive and administrative staff; officeaccommodation rental; electricity, gas, phone and other similar charges; essential office supplies and equipment; staff and volunteertraining; photocopying and printing costs; and travel costs incurred on behalf of the organisation.

There was none for 2017, 2016 and 2015.

In June 2013, AAEE lodged an application for the financial year 2013 grant, $5,000 was received in the financial year 2014.

A total of $3,000 was received in the financial year 2012.

1.(i) Goods and Services Tax

The organisation is Goods and Services Tax (GST) registered from 01 Jul 2000, with ABN 80 047 534 235.

Information on its registration is available to the public in general at http://abr.business.gov.au.

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable fromthe Tax Office. In these circumstances the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of an item of the expense.Receivables and payables in the balance sheet are shown inclusive of GST.



2. Receivables30-Jun-17 30-Jun-16

Current

Loans - -

Less provision for impairment of receivables - -

Trade receivables 1,266 3,737

Total Current 1,266 3,737

Non Current

Loans - -

Total Non Current - -

Total Receivables 1,266 3,737

3. Inventories

The association incurred $27,053 on publications & publicity materials during the 2016 financial year. This $27,053 was all treated as anexpense and no closing inventory was considered.

Compared with previous years:• 2015 $13,268 • 2014 $6,405 • 2013 $18,976

4. Fixed Assets

No new purchase was made in 2017. Balance as at 30 June 2014, 2015, 2016 was nil. Office equipment at a total cost of $6,306 previouslywas fully written off during the 2013 financial year.

5. Investments

The organisation does not hold any investments other than cash that have already been fully disclosed in the Detailed Schedule of Cash andCash Equivalents.

6. Retained Earnings

30-Jun-17 30-Jun-16

Dividends paid - -

Current year earnings 38,482 (13,348)

Transfer to general reserve - -

Retained earnings at the beginning of the financial year 89,904 103,252

Total equity 128,281 89,904

7. Events After Balance Date

There were no significant changes in the nature of the activities of AAEE during the 2016-2017 year, or subsequent the reporting date of 30June 2017.

8. Registration & Contact Details

Australian Association for Environmental Education

PO Box 996 Cotton Tree QLD 4558 AustraliaPhone +61 7 5479 1424

ABN 80 047 534 235Association Number A01300

Auditor's Report



We have audited the accompanying financial report, being a special purpose financial report, of Australian Association for EnvironmentalEducation, which comprises the Statement of Assets & Liabilities as at 30 June 2017, the Statement of Income & Expenditure, Statement ofMovements in Equity for the year then ended, Notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation, and the directors declaration on the annual statements giving true and fair view of the financial position and performance ofthe association.

1. The Responsibility of the Directors for the Financial Report

The directors are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report and have determined that the accountingpolicies described in Note 1 to the financial statements, which form part of the financial report, are consistent with the financial reportingrequirements of the Association Incorporations Act 1991 (ACT) and are appropriate to meet the needs of the members, and the financialreporting obligation of the association. The directors' responsibilities also include establishing and maintaining internal control relevant toenable the preparation and fair presentation of the financial report that is free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error;selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

2. Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. No opinion is expressed as to whether the accountingpolicies used, as described in Note 1, are appropriate to meet the needs of the members. We conducted our audit in accordance withAustralian Auditing Standards. These Auditing Standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to auditengagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial report is free frommaterialmisstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial report. Theprocedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financialreport, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity'spreparation and fair presentation of the financial report in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, butnot for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating theappropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made, as well as evaluating the overallpresentation of the financial report.

Basis of Accounting and Restriction on Distribution

The financial report has been prepared for distribution to members for the purpose of fulfilling the directors' financial reporting under theassociation's constitution, and under the Associations Incorporated Act 1991 (ACT). We disclaim any assumption of responsibility for anyreliance on this report or on the financial report to which it relates to any person other than the members, or for any purpose other than thatfor which it was prepared.

Independence

In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Australian professional ethical pronouncements.

The financial report has been prepared for distribution to members for the purpose of fulfilling the directors' financial reporting under thecompany's constitution. We disclaim any assumption of responsibility for any reliance on this report or on the financial report to which itrelates to any person other than the members, or for any purpose other than that for which it was prepared.

3. Qualification

It is not possible to establish accounting control over income relating to membership receipts and donations received prior to their receiptsin the records of Australian Association for Environmental Education. Accordingly, for these types of revenue, it is not practical to extend ourexamination beyond the amounts recognised in the records.

Auditor's Report


4. Qualified Auditor's Opinion

In our opinion, except for the effects of the matter described in the qualification paragraph, the financial report presents fairly, in all materialrespects, the financial position of Australian Association for Environmental Education as at 30 June 2017, and its financial performance forthe year then ended in accordance with the Association Incorporations Act 1991 (ACT) and the Australian Accounting Standards.

...........................................................................................................................Nick Law - Chartered AccountantSydney [email protected]

Date 09.10.2017

Documents

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