Sustainability

Sustainability in Welcome Week

From providing water refill stations all around campus, to hosting fun & interactive sustainability events through our Green Ambassador Program (GAP), UQ Sustainability is all about promoting and celebrating sustainability on and off campus.

We have a number of sustainability themed events as part of this semester's Orientation Week & Connect Week. Make sure you register and don't miss out!

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UQ Sustainability

Bushcare Working Bee

30 July 2023 7:00am–10:00am
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Get outdoors and join us for a bushcare working bee. Help the environment, meet like-minded people, and enjoy fellowship afterwards!

Mushroom Growing Demonstration

28 July 2023 10:00am–11:00am
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join us down at the UQ St Lucia Community Garden to learn first-hand how to grow mushrooms!

Green Ambassador Program Welcome and Lunch

27 July 2023 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join us for a casual discussion to learn more about the UQ Green Ambassador Program (GAP) and how you can get involved. 

UQ Sustainability stall at Market Day

26 July 2023 10:00am–2:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Drop by our stall in the Forgan Smith Lawns to find out what's happening on campus and pick up your freebie to kick start, or continue, some sustainable and eco-friendly habits.

Forest food workshop

24 July 2023 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Come along and join us for a workshop where you will immerse yourself in the world of creating and maintaining a food forest garden.

Plogging with GAP, GEMS & SRC

21 February 2023 5:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Do you love the environment and staying fit? Then we have the event for you!

Propagation & Mushroom Growing Demonstration at Gatton Living Classroom

20 February 2023 10:00am–11:00am
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week

UQ Sustainability Stall at Market Day

15 February 2023 10:00am–2:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Visit us at St Lucia Market Day!
Image of the Reuse & Recycling Station

Reuse & Recycling Station

13 February 2023 8:00am–24 February 2023 5:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Swing by the Kingham Room Foyer (21C) and check out the Reuse & Recycling Station!
Image of two UQ students planting trees at a previous bushcare event

National Tree Day Working Bee with GAP

31 July 2022 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join the UQ Green Ambassador Program (GAP) for a Bushcare working bee on Sunday morning to kick off semester 2 and celebrate National Tree Day!
Image of Michael, Community Garden Coordinator, supervising working bee session.

UQ Community Garden Seed Sowing Demonstration (St Lucia)

28 July 2022 11:00am
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join us down at the UQ St Lucia Community Garden to learn how to sow seeds and how to keep them healthy!
Image of UQ students having a go at the Recycling Game

Waste Pop-Up & Recycling Game

26 July 2022 11:00am–2:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Com visit us in the Great Court at the Welcome BBQ and have a go at our Recycling Game to win a prize!
Image of crops in the Gatton community Garden

UQ Gatton Community Garden Working Bee

21 July 2022 11:00am–12:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join us down at the UQ Gatton Community Garden for a Working Bee!
Image of one of the garden beds at the St Lucia community garden

UQ Community Garden Working Bee (St Lucia)

21 July 2022 11:00am–1:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join us down at the UQ St Lucia Community Garden for a Working Bee!

Recycle Right at UQ Online Workshop

24 February 2022 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Learn how to Recycle Right and join this exciting and well needed online workshop.

GAP Online Watch Party: ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

23 February 2022 7:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join GAP from your very own couch for an online movie night featuring the film/documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’.

Plogging with UQ Sustainability, UQSRC x UQGEMS

22 February 2022 4:30pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
UQ Sustainability, UQSRC & UQGEMS will be hitting the pavement with trash bags and gloves in hand, picking up as much rubbish as we can find around UQ’s St Lucia campus.

Herb Garden Workshop

18 February 2022 10:00am–11:00am
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join us in the UQ Community Garden for a workshop on growing herbs!
GAP volunteers weeding

GAP National Tree Day Working Bee

1 August 2021 8:00am–11:00am
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join the UQ Green Ambassador Program (GAP) for a bushcare working bee on a Sunday morning to celebrate #NationalTreeDay. Help the environment, meet like-minded people, and enjoy fellowship afterwards!
Minimalism poster

GAP Online Watch Party: ‘Minimalism’

23 July 2021 7:00pm–9:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join the UQ Green Ambassador Program (GAP) from your very own couch for an online movie night featuring the documentary 'Minimalism'.

Pictionary games night - Hosted by GAP

24 February 2021 6:00pm–7:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
The Green Ambassador Program (GAP) are inviting you to play sustainability-themed online Pictionary!

Herb Garden Workshop

23 February 2021 12:00pm–1:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Learn how to make, grow, and care for your very own herb garden.

GAP Online Watch Party - 'Chasing Ice' Documentary

18 February 2021 7:00pm–8:30pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join the UQ Green Ambassador Program (GAP) from your very own couch for an online movie night featuring the documentary 'Chasing Ice'.
Australian eucalyptus tree.

Sustainability & Caring for Country - First Nations Webinar

16 February 2021 2:00pm–3:00pm
 
in Sustainability in Welcome Week
Join UQ Sustainability, the Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA), and Future Dreaming Australia for this fascinating webinar!