Introduction

The Australian Student Environment Network is the national network of students active on environmental justice issues on their campuses and in their communities. As a network, we are made up of all the state environment networks, which are in turn made up of the campus environment collectives.

There are 37 campuses in Australia, and most of these have environment collectives, which are usually departments of the student association. ASEN in its biggest form meets at the annual Students of Sustainability (SOS) conference every July in the mid-semester break, which attracts around 800 students for a week of discussion, workshops, plenaries and actions around a variety of different environment, indigenous and social justice issues.

ASEN convenors and organisers also meet every January, usually at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra, to create a strategic plan for the year and to share skills and knowledge with new campus environment officers all around Australia.