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Get actively involved in sustainability at Charles Sturt University by participating in our events.
This guide has been designed to enable application of sustainability principles across all university functions and events.
Planning a sustainable event does not need to mean additional effort, cost or requirements. This guide and supporting checklist provides you and your team with ideas and tools to enable more university events to be sustainable by design.
The guide can be used by event coordinators, on-campus food outlets, external providers and students organising events and social activities at Charles Sturt
What are the benefits of a sustainable event?
24 January - International Day of Education
2 February - World Wetlands Day
10 February - World Pulses Day
11 February - Day of Women & Girls in Science
2 March - Business Clean-up Day
3 March - World Wildlife Day
7 March - Clean-up Australia Day
8 March - International Women's Day
21 March - International Day of Forests
22 March - World Water Day
27 March - Earth Hour
7 April - World Health Day
18 April - World Heritage Day
21 April - World Creativity & Innovation Day
22 April - Earth Day
1-7 May - International Composting Awareness Week
16-22 May - National Vegetarian Week
17 May - International Day Against LGBTIQA+ Discrimination
20 May - World Bee Day
22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity
5 June - World Environment Day
7 June - World Food Safety Day
8 June - World Oceans Day
15 June - Global Wind Day
17 June - World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought
Plastic Free July
31 July - National Tree Day
31 July - World Ranger Day
16-22 August - Keep Australia Beautiful Week
August-December - Record Wombats in Your Local Area
National Biodiversity Month
Save the Koala Month
7 September - National Threatened Species Day
13 September - National Bilby Day
20-22 September - Henty Field Day
5 October - World Habitat Day
9 October - World Migratory Bird Day
15 October - International Day of Rural Women
16 October - World Food Day
18-24 October - National Water Week
20 October - National Ride2Work Day
18-24 October - Aussie Backyard Bird Count
21 November - World Fisheries Day
8-14 November - National Recycling Week
5 December - World Soil Day
10 December - Human Rights Day | United Nations
11 December - International Mountain Day