2011 Winner: Tertiary Education
RMIT University
Melbourne-based RMIT University’s Bachelor of Arts (Textile Design) program has explored and re-examined textile design practice through the ‘Curriculum Change to Embed Sustainability’ project. The essence of the project was to look at sustainability and how to embed it throughout the whole program.
The project began in 2009, primarily to ensure learning outcomes enabled RMIT University graduates to leave the program with increased awareness and empowerment to implement sustainability change within their careers.
Placing sustainability as a core principle of the discipline ensures graduates of the program have the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to practice sustainably and to ensure the discipline of textile design is relevant in the 21st century.
