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What will sustainability at UBC look like in 2030? We're calling on individual students and student groups or clubs to submit ideas on the future of teaching, learning, research, operations, infrastructure, and community engagement at UBC.
UBC Sustainability Scholar lays groundwork for an anti-Black racism strategy in Vancouver
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Search for new Academic Director, UBC Sustainability Initiative
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
UBC Climate Emergency Engagement
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Climate Change & Energy
Since 2011, UBC’s energy conservation projects have reduced annual campus electrical use by 16 gigawatt hours (GWh). This is the equivalent to shutting down our campus for 3.5 weeks, and taking 1,500 cars off the road.
Production, Consumption & Waste
Built Environment & Mobility
Research & Teaching
Climate Change & Energy
The Bioenergy Research Demonstration Facility produces renewable energy for UBC’s campus using wood waste biomass. This helps reduce UBC’s GHG emissions and supports research projects on innovative clean energy systems.
Land and Food Systems | Science
Food, Nutrition and Health | Institute for...
Social Movements, Environment and Society, Dynamics of Social Transformations; food sovereignty, Sustainable agriculture, socio-ecological systems, agro-ecology