Activities

Shaping a Sustainable Future

UWC Day stands as an annual global celebration, dedicated to honoring the core mission and values of the United World Colleges (UWC). This momentous occasion serves as a platform to… Teaching skills for the Future Goals UWC Changshu China

Students are very excited to work towards making the community more sustainable, and the student committee is currently in the process of recruiting DP1s interested in joining the students sustainability committee. In the spirit of the theme of UWC Day this year, we organized a cleanup day in Dilijan, in… Events, Initiatives & Activism Special Days & Events UWC Dilijan

UWC RBC Food Footprinting CAS

Food Footprinting – Finding out how much land your food needs

How big is your meal? Have you ever wondered how much land is required to produce a single meal? The Food Footprinting activity is about visualizing the amount of farmland… Nature & Biodiversity Growing food & school gardens UWC Robert Bosch College

UWC RBC Wild Bee Scientists

“Wild Bee Scientists” CAS at UWC RBC

Between 2018 and 2022, UWC RBC students were involved in a Citizen Science project with University of Freiburg’s Chair of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology. In a project supported by… Nature & Biodiversity Protecting Biodiversity UWC Robert Bosch College

Amphibian rescue at UWC RBC

In spring 2023, UWC RBC students helped a local biodiversity conservation NGO to protect amphibians – frogs, toads and newts – migrating from the forest where they live to the… Nature & Biodiversity Protecting Biodiversity UWC Robert Bosch College

UWC RBC Selina Leem

UWC RBC alumna Selina Leem

Selina Leem from the Marshal Islands was a student in UWC RBCs founding cohort of students, coming to Freiburg in 2014. Faced with the reality that even a relatively modest… People, Stories & Awards People UWC Robert Bosch College

RBC students participating in World CleanUp Day

This year some of our students joined the World Clean Up Day – a global initiative to help clean up our planet – one little step at a time. While… Reducing our Impacts Special Days & Events UWC Robert Bosch College

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The Systems Transformation Pathway at Atlantic College

At UWC Atlantic, we have developed and are piloting a bespoke academic pathway in a groundbreaking partnership with the International Baccalaureate, launched with a pioneer cohort of 24 students in… Teaching skills for the Future New Curricula UWC Atlantic

WC Atlantic The Valley organic farm

“The Valley” organic farm at Atlantic College

The Valley is UWC Atlantic’s organic farm here on campus run by SusCo (short for Sustainability Council), a student-led organisation promoting sustainability across all areas of college life. This activity… Nature & Biodiversity Growing food & school gardens UWC Atlantic

Pearson UWC Sustainability Squad at ISABC Environment Conference

Pearson UWC Students at ISABC Environmental Conference

Students from Pearson UWC visited the inaugural 2023 ISABC Environmental Student Conference at the University of British Columbia, where the school’s Climate Action Leadership Diploma cohort spoke. Events, Initiatives & Activism Special Days & Events Pearson College UWC

Pearson UWC - CAS Week 2023

Pearson UWC CAS Week

During the 2022 CAS week, Pearson UWC students engaged in local, sustainable activities with residents, including a local Habitat Acquisition Trust office where they learned to glean and package native… Events, Initiatives & Activism Special Days & Events Pearson College UWC

Photo of Faith Abiodun posing to the camera with a tree planted on UWC Costa Rica's future new campus

Faith Abiodun Mentioning UWC Costa Rica’s Sustainability Framework & New Campus

“Our Colleges find lots of ways to be authentic in their local environments. If you are a school in Costa Rica […] How do you lead authentically as a school… People, Stories & Awards Stories UWC Costa Rica

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