ABOUT US
Director of Sustain SA, Phil is currently Executive Leader Bioregional Australia Foundation, co-leader Adelaide Design Link, The Australian Living Lab Innovation Network, and Green Cities Global. Phil has a Master in Environmental Management, Graduate Diploma in Outdoor Education, is a Green Star Accredited Professional, and One Planet Living Integrator and delivers Sustain SA's events online platform, Future Planet State of Mind
(see Forum's tab).
Phil is member of:
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Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) ,
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Bioregional Australia Foundation
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Australian Institute of Urban Studies SA, (AIUSSA)
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Trees for Life
Phil is on the Board of Trees for life and Vice President and Previously on EBL Disability Services and Board Ministerial Advisory committee for community and sustainability for the implementation of the new planning system in SA.
He has previously been Director of Sustainability in South Australia's Urban Renewal Authority, Sustainability Advisor in the Sustainability and Climate Change division of SA Government and Director of a Field Centre on the Murray River for 5 years and is experienced across policy development, project management, behaviour and corporate change, evaluation and assessment, team building and outdoor pursuits.
Phil Donaldson
DIRECTOR
2012-2020
Director of Sustain SA, Phil works collaboratively to bring project teams together to explore opportunities. He led the development of the Adelaide Living Laboratory with the CRC for Low Carbon Living, been an assessor for new living labs accredited under the European Network of Living Labs (ENOLL) and presented on learning labs days in Europe's living lab conference.
Phil has presented at the Low Carbon Earth Summit in Xian China , the Australia China week in Shanghai , the Global Sustainability and Technology Innovation Conference in Brussels and the Resilient Cities Austrade conference in Indonesia.
He was a leader of a successful group in the development of the Low Carbon Heritage Toolkit that became a finalist in the Adelaide Zero Carbon Entrepreneurs Challenge and a member of the Zero Carbon Apartment team which obtained a commendation.
He took part in the Liveable Cities conference in Adelaide and co-chaired a master class session on One Planet Living and ran a Green Cities Global - sustainable communities tour.