SDG Activation week 2022

Activation week event organisers are encouraged to pursue emissions reduction strategies. Unavoidable emissions will be offset with biodiverse tree planting carbon credits to ensure the activation week is Carbon Neutral.

Encouraging students and staff to reduce, reuse and recycle by keeping their coffee cups and containers out of landfill by using keep cups and their own containers. 

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This workshop explores the importance of being an ethical bystander to create a safe and supportive UWA community. The practical 2.5-hour session will: Cover the reasons why we often don't intervene in problem situations to support others. Explore the pros and cons of helping. Explore the practical use of the Step Up Action Plan to safely help others or call out disrespectful behaviour.

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The Hello Initiative Social Innovation Hackathon will deliver an experiential learning opportunity for students and staff interested in the application of innovation methodologies to design social change projects. Using the Sandford University model of Human-Centred Design Thinking (HCDT), participants will be guided through a 5-stage process to understand a social challenge, ideate potential solutions, identify key assumptions and build a prototype ready for testing in the real world. No innovation or social design experience is required- just bring an open mind and a curiosity to uncover new solutions to wicked problems.

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Disability is part of human diversity, and effects individuals differently. It can be visible or hidden, permanent or temporary and may have a minimal or substantial impact on a person’s abilities. Increase awareness to create an inclusive and disability confident workplace to improve employment opportunities for people with disability.

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Explore ways to improve your sleep. Be proactive with self-care and your own wellbeing strategies – check in with yourself and how you’re feeling. How do you look after your wellbeing? Take a look at our daily wellbeing tips you can achieve every day! – 10 wellbeing tips from students displayed on our display screens for the week.

Visit the Health Promotion/Student Life Peer Educators and make a pledge to your wellbeing or visit the Goodnight, Poor Sleep stall to explore ways to improve your sleep

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UWA is on track to becoming an energy neutral campus. In this webinar Dr Geraldine Tan, UWA Manager Energy and Sustainability and Dr Jason Hamer, Founder, Darta, will outline progress to date on the Energy Smart Campus initiative and launch the UWA Sustainable Campus dashboard. Find out how you can get involved in this initiative which utilises the University as a ‘living laboratory’.

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Join Guild Volunteering for Monday Micro Volunteering and help support local non-profits and social impact initiatives by doing some easy volunteering for 2 hours.

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As part of UWA's SDG Activation wek 2022, we acknowledge our role as a CoP activating several of the Sustainable Development Goals including 10 - Reduced Inequalities and 4 - Quality Education. Ensuring inclusive and equitable education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Come down to the Hemsley Learning Suite at the Reid Library for our first F2F CoP meeting and learn how to leverage Echo360 to design summative assessments that are inclusive, accessible and equitable, hear from UniAccess about an exciting trial happening in the Science Labs, and have a go at participating in ‘Story Circles’ to meaningfully tap into diversity as part of formative assessment! Use ‘Story Circles’ in your professional spheres as icebreakers too.