Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability

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Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability (ARIES) is an Australian not-for-profit research centre at Macquarie University in Macquarie Park, New South Wales that was commissioned in 2003 by the Australian Government to conduct research that supports change for sustainable lifestyles. [1] It was previously called Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability and the first director of the program was Daniella Tilbury. [2] [3]

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  1. http://www.environment.gov.au/education/aries/%5B%5D
  2. Campbell, Ian (19 August 2004). "Environmental education gets a $1.8 million boost". Parliament of Australia. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Environment and Heritage. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. Williams, Christine (April–May 2006). "Learning to change" (PDF). ECOS . No. 130. Canberra, Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2018.