Ballarat Social Innovators 2021

May 2021

More than 140 young people from Ballarat demonstrated their brilliance at building support for bold and transformative ideas.

IDEAS FROM Ballarat Social Innovators 2021

Browse by: Ballarat Grammar Federation College Mount Rowan Secondary College St Patrick's College

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“They convey belief and hold the highest expectations such that students bravely engage in extraordinary thinking processes; processes that are at the heart of the future of work."
Adam Heath
Headmaster, Ballarat Grammar
Lizzy, Sophie, Lauren and Lucy, won Alfredton Rotary Club's inaugural Environmental Challenge for their idea, Paper Seed Bags.
Paper Seed Bags
2021

Plastic I.O.

by Henry, Eliza, Gisele & Kaitlin

“This machine trawls the ocean floor, collecting plastics which are then melted down to create glass frames. How clever is that! ”

#Environment

#MountRowan

Oxycar

by Tim and Nixon

“This team’s big idea is to create a car that sucks in CO2 as fuel and releases oxygen. ”

#Environment

#StPats

The Seed Gun

by Flynn, Alexander & Tom

“Deforestation is having an ever-increasing effect on the environment, including climate change and soil erosion. ”

#Environment

#FedCollege

Pocket Car

by Cody, Brody, Liam & Zac

“"What would a world look like if we all had working cars that could fit in our pockets?" ”

#Environment

#StPats

Virtual Therapist

by Bond, Archie, Ashton & Sam

“Responding to the issue of loneliness, which has been exacerbated by extended periods of isolation, this team developed Virtual Therapist. ”

#Health&Wellbeing

#StPats

AdrenoMill

by Archie, Sam, Jacob, Noah & Patrick

“"Too many people are stuck inside, most likely sitting on the couch. It's time to change that." ”

#Health&Wellbeing

#StPats

No Laughing Matter’

by Dylan, Bailey, Albert, Tom & Buzza

#Heath&Wellbeing

#FedCollege
It was a wonderful opportunity to make ideas that you never even considered that you would get to, and expand on something to make it into a real life solution.
Holly
Year 9, 2021
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