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
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A market full of wonderful local and sustainable companies to help make eco-friendly living a little easier.
Tired of pipes bursting, unaffordable housing and not enough climate action? Come help us build a better future for our city. Also free food!
- Tuesday 11
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Join Victoria Development Society and Society of Conservation Biology to help clean up the Kaiwharawhara Estuary (near the Ferry Terminal).
A market full of wonderful local and sustainable companies to help make eco-friendly living a little easier.
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.
- Wednesday 12 May
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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.
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.
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.
- Thursday 13 May
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Bring down your clean plastic or glass bottles and aluminium cans/tins, and for every item Plastic Diet will give you 20 cents!
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.
Come to the common room to learn from presenters and Climate Clinic about sustainable flatting, sustainable fashion and more!
- Friday 14 May
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Learn about the regenerative, organic urban farm that is right here in Newtown witht this tour.
Join us to celebrate the end of a week filled with sustainable goodness at our first low-waste ball.
- Saturday 15 May
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Get free access to one of Aotearoa's most precious cradles for nature, and learn more about the incredible birds that call it home.