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Introducing the Sustainability Bootcamp and the SDGs

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Project description

In 2017 Western Sydney University embarked on an institutional 21st Century curriculum renewal and transformation program. A flagship initiative of this work was to develop and deliver a cross-disciplinary signature sustainability learning experience accessible for undergraduate students and at scale. The result was a new Global Sustainability sub-major approved late in 2018 and an interactive online �curiosity pod �called �Sustainability Bootcamp� SB developed as a �taster� for students.

Year 2017

Location Australia

Organization Western Sydney University

Project aims

The aim of this pod is to introduce the core concepts of sustainable development and the SDGs through worldviews, systems awareness and future thinking. The pod was also designed to be accessed as a resource for academics to incorporate into their current programs as well as a standalone extra curricula activity.

Project outcome

Throughout 2019 over 900 students from business, health, industrial design, architecture, nursing and education interacted with the SB. An extra curricula version with a campus activation event on urban heat was introduced in Spring 2019 with over 40 students graduating. In May 2020 the first cohort of 100 staff are engaged with the pod to pilot it�s value as a PD opportunity.