ABOUT US
Director of Sustain SA, Phil is currently working as ecological sustainability strategy advisor, leadership mentor and coach. Phil has a Master in Environmental Management, Graduate Diploma in Outdoor Education, is a Green Star Accredited Professional, and One Planet Living Integrator and developer.
Phil is member of:
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Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) ,
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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
2012-2025
Director of Sustain SA, Phil works collaboratively to bring project teams together to explore opportunities. Now working as leadership coach and mentor Phil is passionate about working with the next sustainability and climate change leaders to lead our future. Phil has previously been the executive leader of Bioregional Australia. He co-chaired a master class session on One Planet Living and has co led co-design strategies with the One Basin CRC and led the development of the Adelaide Living Laboratory with the CRC for Low Carbon Living. Phil is a green star professional and assessor with the green building council of Australia and 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 many events including 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.