Thu, March 24, 2016 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM FOREST SCIENCES CENTRE. TRANSNATIONAL LEGALITY VERIFICATION INITIATIVES HELP PROMOTE DOMESTIC “GOOD (FOREST) GOVERNANCE”? Lessons from the United States, Indonesia, and China In the last generation international agencies, non-governmental agencies and business...
Interested in learning more about sustainability? Our events listing and featured events provides plenty of opportunities to get involved in sustainability, both on-and-off campus. If you are looking to highlight your sustainability event on campus, please visit UBC Events and tag your submission "sustainability" related.
UBC Vancouver faculty members are invited to join an information session to learn more about the Sustainability Education Fellows program with grants of up to $20,000 for interdisciplinary faculty teams developing sustainability-related curricula...
Climate Emergency Week
Climate Emergency week at UBC seeks to convene and energize communities of climate action at UBC. Join our events, workshops and activities, and take collective action for justice, people, and our planet.
UBC Reads Sustainability
Part book club, part lecture series, and part opportunity to learn beyond the classroom. UBC Reads Sustainability is a forum for students across disciplines to discuss sustainability issues.
SDG Week Canada
SDG Week Canada is a national collaboration featuring workshops, panels, and other interactive programming to increase awareness of and engagement with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on university and college campuses.
Climate Justice Series
In response to the focus on climate justice as part of UBC’s Declaration of a Climate Emergency and recommendations from its Climate Emergency Task Force (CETF) Report the UBC Sustainability Initiative launched the Climate Justice Series, featuring sessions that examine climate justice from various perspectives, locally and globally.
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Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 13:00
Wed, March 23, 2016 7:30 PM - Sun, April 3, 2016, 7:30 PM FREDERIC WOOD THEATRE. Students:$11.50, Adults: $24.50. Passionate, playful, provocative storytelling, The Arabian Nights by Tony Award winning playwright/director Mary Zimmerman and directed by Vancouver favourite Evan Frayne, tells the...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 19:30
Tue, March 22, 2016 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM See description. $10 plus annual $2 Vancity Theatre membership applied at time of booking. To purchase tickets, click on the link below: . Film: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, reception to follow Location: Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour St, Vancouver The celebrated...
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 19:00
Mon, March 21, 2016 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Today we live in an urban world, with more city dwellers than rural inhabitants. By 2050, 70 per cent of the world population is expected to live in cities, with the majority of this urban growth taking place in the Global South...
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Monday, March 21, 2016 - 16:00
Sat, March 19, 2016 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. FREE. From Airplanes to Water Striders: Everyday Fluid Dynamics Learn how airplanes fly and water striders keep afloat on water. See how fluid dynamics – how gases and liquids flow - figures in various natural phenomena and cutting-edge...
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Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 13:00
Fri, March 18, 2016 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM SCHOOL OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH. Speaker: Chris McLeod Assistant Professor SPPH Return-to-work after work injury can be a complex and graduated process. This presentation will summarize findings from newly developed calendar data on RTW for injured...
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Friday, March 18, 2016 - 12:30
Wed, March 16, 2016 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM BOOKSTORE. Join our Zero Waste Food Truck Festival at the UBC Bookstore Plaza, share great food with your friends and learn how to properly sort and reduce your waste. Hear from filmmaker Jenny Rustemeyer about her food waste documentary “Just Eat It” (12:00pm...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 11:30
Wed, March 16, 2016 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM STUDENT UNION BUILDING (SUB). Hosted by Common Energy, this lab will sort waste from the AMS building in real time.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 10:00
Tue, March 15, 2016 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM STUDENT UNION BUILDING (SUB). Hosted by the AMS Bike Co-op, this lab will show people a different side of sustainability in relation to cycling. A lot of people don't consider what happens to bikes when they can no longer be used for transportation or they...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 16:00
Tue, March 15, 2016 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM BOOKSTORE. Hosted by the Faculty of Land and Food Systems, this Ripple Lab will entice with unusual and delicious samples of chocolate cake made with a special, in season ingredient - beets! Grown at the UBC Farm. This lab is designed to increase interest in...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 11:30