Sustainability Week Banner

Toitū te Ao—Sustainability Week

Join us between 10–15 May for free events full of fresh thinking for a more sustainable world.

Toitū te Ao—Sustainability Week is a collaboration of student groups and clubs with a focus on sustainability.  The week offers an opportunity to come together, to learn something new, create change and get involved with sustainability and environmental issues at Te Herenga Waka.

Monday 10

A market full of wonderful local and sustainable companies to help make eco-friendly living a little easier.

11 am - 1 pm

Location:

The Atrium

Cost:

Free

Tired of pipes bursting, unaffordable housing and not enough climate action? Come help us build a better future for our city. Also free food!

2 pm - 3 pm

Location:

The Hub

Cost:

Free

Tuesday 11

Join Victoria Development Society and Society of Conservation Biology to help clean up the Kaiwharawhara Estuary (near the Ferry Terminal).

10 am - 12 pm

Location:

Kaiwharawhara Estuary (departing VUWSA, Kelburn)

Cost:

Free

A market full of wonderful local and sustainable companies to help make eco-friendly living a little easier.

11 am - 1 pm

Location:

Rutherford House Mezannine

Cost:

Free

If you are seeking to elevate your photography to create poignant images that tell a story about the sustainability of our environment, this workshop will help you take the next step.

3.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Location:

Old Kirk, OK524

Cost:

Free

Wednesday 12 May

Does the world of sustainable living all seem a bit overwhelming? We’ve invited local and sustainable clubs, organisations and businesses on campus to help you work towards a more climate-friendly future.

10 am - 2 pm

Location:

The Hub

Cost:

Free

Time to say hello to our new worm farms! We have installed a set of worm farms outside the Rankine Brown Building. If this trial is successful, we will continue to expand worm farming across the campus.

10.30 am - 11 am

Location:

Rankine Brown, Level 2 outside the Library

Cost:

Free

Ever wondered what's in all those vegan meats, or how you could make your own? Vegan butcher, Flip Grater, is here from Christchurch to give us a demonstration and a taste.

4.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Location:

Hunter Building, Hunter Common Room, HU202

Cost:

Free

Thursday 13 May

Bring down your clean plastic or glass bottles and aluminium cans/tins, and for every item Plastic Diet will give you 20 cents!

from 10 am -

Location:

The Hub

Cost:

Free

Are you keen to make less rubbish, but not sure how or where to start, and how to do this on a budget? Join Hannah and Liam of The Rubbish Trip, for an intro to the world of zero waste.

12.30 pm - 2 pm

Location:

Alan MacDiarmid Lecture Theater 105, AM LT105

Cost:

Free

Come to the common room to learn from presenters and Climate Clinic about sustainable flatting, sustainable fashion and more!

from 2.00 pm -

Location:

Law School Common Room

Cost:

Free

Friday 14 May

Learn about the regenerative, organic urban farm that is right here in Newtown witht this tour.

from 10 am -

Location:

Meeting at KaiCycle

Cost:

Free

Join us to celebrate the end of a week filled with sustainable goodness at our first low-waste ball.

from 7 pm -

Location:

Sustainability Trust, 2 Forresters Lane

Cost:

Free

Saturday 15 May

Get free access to one of Aotearoa's most precious cradles for nature, and learn more about the incredible birds that call it home.

from 10 am -

Location:

Zealandia

Cost:

Free