Sustainability Week: Harvest and Blend Smoothie Workshop

Join us for a tour through the Parkville Community Garden, where we'll pluck the finest fruits and produce and turn it into a delicious drink at the Student Kitchen!

Enjoy the seasonal taste of September, all whilst fostering a deeper connection to the environment.

Hosted by Shuning (Aurora) Wang, a third year Bachelor of Science student who has a passion for healthy eating and nutrition. Aurora leads the Health Promotion Program's Healthy Cooking workshops where she made over 1000+ dumplings with students. She was previously a Peer Health Advocate student volunteer and part of the Healthy Eating and Nutrition Society. Her recipes are a careful curation of her Chinese cultural background, her mother's secrets and the seasons.

Supported by the Health Promotion program who are a small team of staff and student volunteers who support student health and wellbeing by leading evidence-based and student-informed campaigns and activities at the university. They also help to raise awareness of the wellbeing support services and resources, and run events for wellbeing days such as R U OK? Day, Uni Mental Health Day and much more. Their mission centres around four pillars of health: Healthier Communities, Healthier Minds, Healthier Relationships and Healthier Bodies.

We will be meeting at the Community Garden (Monash Rd, Parkville) to collect our harvest before heading to the Student Kitchen.

Participating in Green Impact? Complete these toolkit actions by attending (teams/individuals):

• Sustainability Week 2025: You have attended an event as part of Sustainability Week (30 points!)

• UOM081/UOM-I25: You grow your own food or have participated in the Community Garden

• UOM039/UOM-I49: You have taken at least three steps to reduce food waste and food-related impacts.

• UOM067/UOM-I68: When catering or cooking, at least 80% of the food cooked is vegetarian or vegan

• UOM096/UOM-I35: Participate in Meat Free Mondays

• UOM016/UOM-I08: You have attended an event run by the Sustainability Team

• UOM011 & S019/UOM-I02 & UOM-I03: You have shared your involvement in Sustainability Week via social media and/or interacted with one of the Sustainability Delivery Team's communication channels

• UOM018/UOM-I07: You have written an article for the Green Impact newsletter based on your participation in Sustainability Week.