Groundswell

Jamie Durie’s Groundswell is a revolutionary content project that will change the way people connect with global environmental issues. Distributed across multiple digital platforms, it will celebrate the great people, ideas and innovations in Australia and around the world, and inspire viewers to make sustainable choices in their lives.

Groundswell is a direct response to the apathy and disinterest of traditional media outlets to the extensive work being done around the world to find better ways for humans to exist on planet earth. Jamie Durie’s Groundswell will also look at what corporations and industry are doing to change the planet for the better, including energy projects, architecture, agriculture and healthcare. 


These stories will help people realise that their desire for sustainable change is shared by people all over the world.

Groundswell Competition

ATOM Groundswell Schools Competition

The ATOM Groundswell Schools Competition offers Australian and New Zealand primary and secondary school students the opportunity to create a piece of work addressing environmental issues or sustainability, and win fantastic prizes in the process.

Entries may consist of one of the following formats:

  • Film
  • Website
  • Essay
  • Photo Essay

For more information about the competition, including the categories, rules & guidelines, and info on prizes and judging, please see Rules & Guidelines.

Please also read the competition Terms & Conditions.

We are also providing students with plenty of information on Copyright. Entries containing any unauthorised content will be disqualified. 

Key dates

  • Call for entries: 25 November 2019
  • Close of entries: Midday AEST, Friday 6 September 2020
  • Finalists announced: TBC
  • Winners announced and prizes presented: At the 2020 SAE ATOM Awards Student Awards Presentation – November 2020.