Events

There are many sustainability events at UTS, both large and small, some regular and others one-off.

Annual events

  • O-Day – drop by the UTS Green stall during orientation week at the beginning of each academic session for loads of information, competitions and more.
  • Earth Hour is in March and at UTS we're run energy saving activities across the campus.
  • Green Week is our big sustainability event of the year, held in March. In 2024 it's 18 - 22 March. 
  • Global Goals Month in September is a great opportunity to find out about the great work being done across the university to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. 
  • Green Building Week organised by the Green Building Council of Australia in September. UTS participates with tours, talks, etc.  
  • UTS Walk and Ride Week in October is a combined event promoting walking and cycling. Lots of fun with competitions, prizes, and more.  
  • National Recycling Week focuses on current recycling initiatives.

There is no spoken word. 

The video shows visuals of the annual Walk to UTS Day event in 2017. 

Walkers arrive in small groups, sign-in at the reception desk in the foyer of building 1, help themselves to breakfast, and socialise in small groups. 

Up to date information on individual events is available on Facebook.

 

Other periodic events

  • Stalls are held on a regular basis, usually to promote specific issues such as car pooling, threatened species, e-waste, etc.
  • Clothes swaps are a great way to exchange something you’ve grown tired of. Organised periodically by the Students’ Association.  
  • Staff induction – we always have a stall and sustainability information available for new staff, sessions held each quarter.  

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Green Week

 

The people's choice award in the 2012 Green Week photo competition

Green Week is held in late May or early June each year. A full week of events, competitions, displays and more organised in collaboration with ActivateUTS, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute, with events across the Ultimo precinct. Regular annual events include:

Running your own event? See our guides for making your event sustainable. 

Green your event guide - smaller events

Green your event guide - bigger events

 

Stay in touch via UTS Sustainability News or Facebook.

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.