Events

Toss it away? Not today! Bring your overly loved items to UQ’s Repair Café and they will be fixed for free by our apprentice fixers.

Use your entrepreneurial skills to achieve Australia’s national target of halving food waste by 2030 with UQ Ventures! 

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!

Join UQ Sustainability for a Clean Up event in Welcome Weeks and help us protect the beautiful biodiversity on our St Lucia campus!

Come along to learn about the current state of plastic policy in Queensland, from Toby Hutcheon of Boomerang Alliance!

Join us down at the UQ St Lucia Community Garden to learn how to sow seeds and how to keep them healthy!

Visit us at the St Lucia campus Market Day!

Com visit us in the Great Court at the Welcome BBQ and have a go at our Recycling Game to win a prize!

This Plastic Free July, learn about the different types of plastic that pop up in our day to day lives and how to avoid the nasty ones.

Join us down at the UQ Gatton Community Garden for a Working Bee!

Join us down at the UQ St Lucia Community Garden for a Working Bee!

Swing by the Kingham Room Foyer (21C) and check out the Reuse & Recycling Station!

Ready to take the Plastic Free July challenge?

Across the globe, communities are inspired by the Plastic Free Morning Tea: a popular way of making and sharing food, fun and conversations about plastic free solutions. 

Are you interested in learning more about climate change and want to take action, but are not sure where to start? The UQ Carbon Literacy Program is for you! Join the next round, 20-23 June.

Learn how to make your very own beeswax food wrap, perfect for wrapping your lunch to take to the library during SWOTVAC! See ya later plastic cling wrap!

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have put together this quick 5-minute quiz to educate people about the climate crisis and empower them to take action.

The World Environment Day 2022 theme “Only One Earth" calls for collective, transformative action on a global scale to celebrate, protect and restore our planet.

Use the right bin when disposing of your study snack rubbish!

Maintaining your physical and mental health during busy and stressful periods of life is really important. We believe that whilst caring for the planet, we simultaneously nurture ourselves, supporting the synergetic relationship between the overall health of people and the environment. Check out these tips and resources for staying sustainable, healthy and productive this SWOTVAC and exam period.

We asked our very own Green Ambassador Program (GAP) Community how they cope during assessment time. Check out their best tips for environmentally friendly study!