With a group of friends, identify a sustainability issue within your local community, come up with a solution that could change the status quo in the future! Create a poster/video showing this issue and how you plan to solve it. Remember, the word impossible does not exist - dream big!

Organise a brainstorm event using the 'Shaping a Sustainable Future' slogan as a theme for inspiration, and use it to help improve your national committee or short course in the future. How might you push forward UWC’s mission of making education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future? 

Organise an essay or poetry competition at your school or college based on this year’s theme  ‘Shaping a Sustainable Future'.

Participate in an open-mic event and share what this year’s theme ‘Shaping a Sustainable Future’ means to you through various artistic mediums! In the past we have had UWC national committees organising collaborative virtual open mic events, inviting participants to share music, dance, poetry, and photography that portrayed how UWC has impacted their lives!

Organise a panel discussion using 'Shaping a Sustainable Future' as inspiration. Pick a particular sustainability topic you are passionate about and organise a panel discussion on how to change things, how to mobilise more people to come up with impactful solutions for your chosen issue. You may even consider hosting a UWC Unlocked Talk for this purpose so that UWC International can help you attract an even bigger audience. 

Think about sustainability in terms of fundraising - how can you develop ideas for sustainable fundraising efforts to make sure you can you continue to sustainably raise donations for your favourite cause in the future? Check out the UWC Refugee Initiative or the UWCx initiatives as potential fundraiser options.

Organise a film screening online in-keeping with your interpretation of the UWC Day theme 'Shaping a Sustainable Future'- or launch a creative video competition asking your communities to create a video encapsulating the ‘Shaping a Sustainable Future’ theme. 

Organise and perform the South African gumboot dance - either with your UWC school or college community or become part of a global virtual gumboot dance. There was one organised by a member of the UWC Philippines National Committee via the UWC Hub under the UWC Gumboot group - get in touch there to see how you could get involved in a similar event.  

Organise a UWC Hackathon, in which our community can reflect on the theme 'Shaping a Sustainable Future' in the context of  local, regional, and international issues that you feel most passionate about. A hackathon is a competition that aims to use tech to solve real-world issues. Small teams with diverse skills develop a product during the hours of the event which is then judged by its quality and effectiveness in solving the defined issue. You can find some ideas on how to get started here.

Organise a letter-writing or petition-signing event. Put pen to paper to write letters and come together to inspire change! It’s low-budget, easy to organise, and can be attached to other events. Furthermore, you can do this while catching up online or in-person with some old UWC friends!

Organise a UWC alumni meet up at your University or city to connect with fellow UWCers in real life - you can spread the word about your event to other UWCers via the UWC Hub. 

Get a group together to do an outdoor activity (if possible given the current circumstances). Organise a bike ride, a walk in the park or a clean-up of a local ecosystem! Past examples include UWC Taiwan's National Committee which organised a clean-up of Taiwan’s beautiful coastline in three different locations to raise awareness about environmental conservation and responsibility in Taiwan. 

Put together an online, UWC-style “Dragon’s Den”! In 2018, UWC alums in Ottawa, Canada turned the famous “Dragon’s Den” format into an opportunity to collaborate on social causes and projects - alumni got to pitch their cause to a group of experienced mentors to seek their advice on a challenge they or their group is facing. This does not only allow for a structured knowledge-exchange between the alumni, but also allows the audience to learn about the great things alumni are up to and maybe join in on their efforts.