Shift Happens - Artful Action for Sustainability

🎭 Play, Create & Collaborate for a Thriving Future! 🌏✨

Castlemaine has long been a beacon of sustainability, activism, and bold ideas. From pioneering local climate action to leading student strikes and shaping a thriving conservation movement—you’ve been driving change for decades. 💚🌱

Now, as part of Castlemaine Fringe Festival, we invite you to bring your creativity, passion, and fresh ideas into a dynamic, collaborative game for the planet!

🌟 What is it?
An immersive, high-energy experience where we’ll explore the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a fast-paced simulation that sparks collaboration, systems thinking, and fresh insights. It’s part game, part strategy session, and part deep conversation—where art, activism, and action collide. 🎲💡

We’ll also dive into the Inner Development Goals (IDGs)—the mindset shifts and leadership skills needed to turn ideas into real change at the local and global levels.

💬 Why join?
✅ A playful, hands-on way to explore climate solutions 🎭
✅ A space to connect across generations & movements 🤝
✅ A chance to weave your creativity & activism into a bold vision for the future 🎨🌏
✅ Experience it for yourself—then consider how it could transform your team, community, or organization. 🚀

📅 Date: Monday 31st March
🕒 Time: 10:45am - 2.30pm
📍 Venue: Christ Church Castlemaine, 8 Mostyn Street
🎟️ Sliding Scale: $35 - $99 (Pay what you can—just come and play!)

🌀 Think Monopoly on steroids… for the planet! 🌏🔥 Are you in?

👉 Register now!

This is a fun, exciting and transformative approach that connects people across roles, gender, age and culture on the common ground of creating a peaceful, stainable future for all.

Here are some videos explaining the game: 

Griffith Uni 

Facilitated in Asia

University of Vienna 

Here's a short video about the Inner Development Goals A comment from a scientist attending a taster during Climate Action Week Sydney last week:

“I have to admit I was a little bit sceptical at the start but then I was really quite surprised by what I took out of it. I don’t generally do games, as such, but I can see how it might be a useful tool in some of my future projects to aid cooperative approaches and delivery of outcomes etc.”

Facilitators:

 Tanya Mottl – A passionate resilience advocate, facilitator of the 2030 SDGs Game, ecovillager and champion of experiential learning for climate action.

 Wendy Harper – A dedicated change-leader for developing the inner capacities essential to achieving real-world transformations. Founder: www.AgencyOfWomen.org; Building sustainability by empowering the social leadership development of under-served women.

Come see for yourself!