Act now to create a better future for all
Sustainability Festival
Semester 242, Week 10 (16-18 July 2024)
Join us for a variety of events and activities designed to highlight how we can generate positive change as individuals. Let’s make a difference together and help build a sustainable future for every inhabitant on Earth.
Sustainability Festival events are open to Bond students and staff.
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
- Margaret Mead
Schedule
Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
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Before 9am
Activity - Birds @ Bond
- 11am to 12pm
- 12pm to 1pm
- 1pm to 2pm
- 5pm to 7:30pm
Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
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12pm to 1pm
Keynote event - Formal Address
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1pm to 3pm
Marketplace - Buy, sell, swap, learn
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5pm to 6:30pm
Activity - Bond After Dark
Thursday, 18 July, 2024
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Before 9am
Activity - The Sanctuary Project
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11am to 12pm
Workshop - Make Compost, Grow Food
- 12pm to 1pm
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1pm to 2pm
Seminar - Sustainable Cities and Communities
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2pm to 3pm
Seminar - Sustainability, Cultural Competency and the Lawyer of the Future
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5pm to 7:30pm
Movie - Racing Extinction
Chill Zone
Take some time out to chill, literally, with an ice cream. Pull up a bean bag, soak in the atmosphere, and check out the entertainment on the TV. Listen, learn and discuss with your friends.
Location - OLT Foyer (01C_3_71)
Competitions
Your chance to win a fabulous Frank Green water bottle or reusable coffee cup with lots of free coffee! Or you can donate the cost of your prize to something sustainable. Participate in some of our educational and exceptionally fun games that test your sustainability side. Are you a recycling guru or are you into ‘wish-cycling’? Do you like a good scavenger hunt? How well do you know your Sustainable Development Goals? Take a break from study or work and get a team of three together for brain-boosting challenges.
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
- Mark Twain
Competitions
Waste Sort Competition
Recycling confusion is common and many of us resort to wishcycling when, if we’re not sure, we pop that bit of plastic in the yellow bin and hope it won’t end up in landfill. Brush up on your rubbish knowledge with a competition to find the champion Bond recycling team.
How to enter: Show up with your team of three on the spine outside the Chill Zone – only four teams so be quick!
When: 1.30pm, Wednesday 17 July
Prizes: Frank Green 475ml coffee cup with coffee vouchers for the team with the most accurate waste sorting.
Scavenger Hunt
Embark on an exhilarating adventure! Solve clues, uncover secrets, and explore hidden gems in our thrilling scavenger hunt. Compete with friends, discover surprises, and win fantastic prizes. Join the excitement and make memories!
How to enter: Show up with your team of three at the Quad information table
When: 1pm, Thursday 18 July.
Prizes: Frank Green 1L water bottles for the team with the most completed clues and the team with the most information on sustainability at Bond – keep your eyes open!
SDGs Concentration Game
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of 17 global objectives established by the United Nations to address various social, economic, and environmental challenges and promote sustainable development worldwide. Think you know the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Test your memory and learn more with a fun and relaxing SDG memory challenge, and see how well you can match the goals. Take a break, have some fun, and discover something new!
How to enter: Play the game in the Chill Zone and enter to win a Frank Green water bottle.
Location: OLT Foyer (01C_3_71)
Program of events
Feature events
Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose - Lyndon B Johnson
Marketplace for practical solutions
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. - Albert Einstein
Activity for physical and mental wellbeing
Getting out into nature and being physically active is a great way to improve your mental health. Whether you’re feeling anxious about the climate crisis or overwhelmed by study, these events will slow you down, bring awareness to your beautiful environment on the Gold Coast and give you a sense of calm.
Looking after [Country] helps us to realise who we are, what we are and what we're supposed to be doing here in this place. - Dr Aunty Mary Graham
Workshop practical solutions for everyday living
The state of the world can be anxiety inducing. Climate change and the biodiversity crisis are big, complex problems. It’s hard sometimes to know what you can do as just one person, to make a difference. We’ve put together some workshops where you can learn simple practical skills in areas that will lower your footprint and improve planetary health. Oh, and they’ll save you money too.
If you think you're too small to make a difference, try spending a night with a mosquito - African proverb
Climate conversations to maximise your impact
These casual chats are a safe place to discuss fundamental problems facing our planet and to find out how you can be part of the solution. You’ll be uplifted by the new knowledge you can apply to your life knowing you are living your values.
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. - Mahatma Gandhi
Seminars to educate and inspire
Learning more about the problems facing the planet can help you understand where you fit in and inspire you to think about what you could do to contribute to positive future. Climate change affects every aspect of our life. This selection of presentations will give you a taste of some of those impacts. Each seminar will start with a presentation, followed by a generous amount of time for questions and discussion.
Without knowledge, action is useless, and knowledge without action is futile. - Abu Bakr
Movie and celebration
The small choices we make each day can lead to the kind of world that we all want for the future - Jane Goodall in Racing Extinction