Griffith University supports the Sustainable Development Goals
Late in 2022, Griffith University launched a new Containers for Change collection program across its Nathan and Gold Coast campuses. Each bottle donated through the Containers for Change collection bins will raise funds for Griffith’s Brighter Futures Scholarship Program.
The project aim is to design a commercially viable tabletop boardgame which engages and entertains players while educating them about the challenges and trade-offs involved in designing future resilient cities. The game can also be incorporated into co-design toolkits for use in community consultation processes. The project also explores the…
The Australia Awards Renewable Energy Short Course aimed to contribute to the shared ambition of Australia and Indonesia to cooperate more closely to enable transition to lower emission economies and understands that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a global challenge. Twenty-five participants from across Indonesia joined course leaders Associate Professor…
Griffith University Women in Engineering provides support and development for women in engineering and other STEM fields through networking, mentoring programs, school outreach workshops, professional development events and industry engagement, and social events.
The overall aim of the activities, “What’s on My Plate for Morning Tea,” “Reptile awareness Program”, “Healthy Lunch Box Week,” “Bucket Filling,” “8 Ways of Aboriginal Knowing,” and “Celebrating Cultural Days in Kindergarten,” was to introduce kindergarten children to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by nurturing five essential attributes/characters…
Over a 10 year history, this network arranges a range of events for sharing knowledge and experiences on developing flood resilient landscapes and communities. The workshops are interactive and cater for professionals from all roles in building physical and social resilience. Events are mostly face to face and occasionally…
Funded by the Australian Government’s Water for Women Fund, the research was undertaken from January to December 2022. This study aimed to provide regionally appropriate evidence about what kinds of processes and systems could be explored within different urban contexts in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. The…
In this project, Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU) will develop and deliver a new Masters of Integrated Water Resource Management (MIWRM) targeted at building the capabilities of water professionals from the Afghan Government. The MIWRM will provide those professionals with the whole-of-water-cycle, technical and inter-disciplinary skills and knowledge needed to design…
Refreshed and strengthened existing ICIMOD training. Delivered online to a cohort during covid then delivered face to face in Nepal for second cohort, with accompanying Nepalese and Australian field trips…
In this project, Kabul Polytechnic University (KPU) will develop and deliver a new Masters of Integrated Water Resource Management (MIWRM) targeted at building the capabilities of water professionals from the Afghan Government. The MIWRM will provide those professionals with the whole-of-water-cycle, technical and inter-disciplinary skills and knowledge needed to design…