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Sustainability Challenge   

Do you have a fantastic sustainable idea that could be incorporated into every day life on campus? Then this is for you!

The Sustainability Challenge is:

• A chance to inspire and help Bournemouth University become more sustainable by creating an idea as an individual or as part of a team and presenting your idea to a panel of judges

• A chance to work across disciplines with students from other faculties or departments, and create an interdisciplinary and innovative idea

• An opportunity to win funding to make your idea a reality

• An experience that will give you new skills, new contacts and impress future employers 

You will need to research your idea and show how it could be incorporated into Bournemouth University life. Think outside the box! It can be based on any area of Bournemouth University from food to travel, to accomodation, retail outlets, your course and more!

Applications are now closed for the 2022 Sustainability Challenge.

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Book your free space to come along and watch the final on Friday 9th December 12pm

 

The Sustainability Challenge is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to come together and create an idea to make the university campuses more sustainable. For students considering taking part in this competition it is also: A chance to inspire and help Bournemouth University become more environmentally sustainable • A chance to work across disciplines with students from other faculties or departments, and create an interdisciplinary and innovative idea • An opportunity to win prizes • An experience that will give you new skills, new contacts and impress future employers

We encourage teams to have between 1 to 6 members.

Any BU student is eligible to be part of a team with members from anywhere across BU. You can join up with peers on your programme, in your accommodation or anywhere else!

If you want to sign up as an individual, please do! Or, when you sign up you can tell us what sustainable areas you are interested in and we will pair youup with another team interested in the same.

Go to this link and fill in the online form.

The SUBU and BU Sustainability Teams will be hosting information and Q&A sessions for any questions you may have. We encourage you to find a mentor if you feel it would benefit, as it is a great research and networking opportunity. We can help you with this, or we’ll certainly try!

The winning idea for 20-21 was a 'Sustainability Starter Pack' to be given to all BU students to help them live more sustainably whilst at BU. Other ideas were a plant based campus, a re-fill shop and a book swap. This about something you are passionate about, be as creative as you like!

The Challenge is a platform for students to come together and create an idea. The winning idea will be considered for funding/ sponsorship to help bring the diea to life however there is not an expectancy that you must fulfil the idea or that the university will accept it and/or fund its implementation

We can’t give that away! BUT they will consist of both internal BU staff and external experts within the Sustainability sector.

Sustainability Challenge - 21-22 Results

The 2021 Sustainability Challenge took place on December 3rd 2021 and saw 3 teams of BU students come together to present their ideas on how Bournemouth University could improve its sustainability for a chance to win £100 to kick start their idea from our challenge sponsor Gaia Card! to make their idea into a reality. 

The winning idea was 'Trashy Marketing'- an innovative campaign to increase recycling habits and engagement on campus. The idea was create by 2 Marketing Students- Natasha Hutt and Hannah Martin. The winners will go on to work with both SUBU and BU sustainability teams to implement fun and unique message across campus to encourage recycling amongst the student body.

 

Sustainability Challenge - 20-21 Results

The 20-21 Sustainability Challenge took place on February 24th 2021 and saw 7 teams of BU students come together to present their ideas on how Bournemouth University could improve its sustainability for a chance to win £500 to make their idea into a reality. The challenge was run in collaboration with BU Sustainability and the prize money was sponsored by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.

The 7 teams had 2 months to prepare for their presentation which was judged on the level of research and testing, innovation and creativity, practical ability and application and, finally, overall impact. We had some really innovative ideas presented to our judging panel including on campus refill shops, a wall of kindness, a plant based campus and much more! 

However, the winning idea was ‘The Sustainability Starter Pack’. This idea was created by 3 BU Masters students - Megan Leonard, June Vorraa and Lucy James. The Sustainability Starter Pack is an initiative that will give all BU students a simple guide on how to live a sustainable life whilst at BU by making small changes to their everyday life such as their diet, recycling and waste management, sustainable travel and much more!