Enjoy the fresh air and improve your health, all while lowering your carbon footprint. Whether you’re a regular cyclist or a novice, Go by Bike Week (formerly known as Bike to Work Week) is a great way to get healthy while reducing your carbon footprint. This event takes place twice every year,...
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.
Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Are you a UBC faculty or staff member interested in sustainability-related teaching and research? Whether you're new to UBC or looking to build deeper connections, the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) Open House is an...
xChange 2024: Engineering A Greener Tomorrow
Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Covering Climate on the Frontlines
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Insights from Organizing an Indigenous-Led Event: UBC’s Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day
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.
Events by Date
Past Events
When:
Monday, May 30, 2022 - 09:00 to Sunday, June 5, 2022 - 21:00
Location:
Vancouver
This free workshop will cover the rights and responsibilities of cyclists and looks at various traffic scenarios encountered in city cycling. Participants will learn how to share the road and communicate with other road users, how to take their bike on transit, types of biking gear available, and...
When:
Thursday, May 26, 2022 - 12:00 to 13:00
Location:
Webinar
Ethics in Environment & Democracy is the final installation of Ethics for UBC, a five-part speaker series that will explore the current landscape of ethics scholarship and education across the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses of our university. In attending this interactive 75-min panel...
When:
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - 16:00 to 17:15
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
This free virtual workshop is for participants who are new to maintaining their bike or who would like a refresher. In this workshop, you will develop a thorough understanding and vocabulary of the key components of your bike, as well as how to do a basic inspection to make sure your bike is in...
When:
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 - 12:00 to 13:00
Location:
Webinar
UBC Farm invites you to *Online* Spring Mushroom Foraging. This event is one of several food skills education workshops featured in the UBC Farm 2022 Community Workshop series. For a detailed event description and to register, please visit: https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/events/event/online-spring-mushroom...
When:
Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 18:00 to 19:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
We often talk about how the heart of the climate crisis is a disrepair of our relationships with each other and our more than human neighbours. How can the forest encourage us to pause, observe, and invite a new way of being together? You are invited to join kQwa'st'not (Charlene George), artist,...
When:
Thursday, May 5, 2022 - 09:30 to 11:30
Location:
Pacific Spirit Park Parking Lot (north side 16 Ave.)
UBC Farm invites you to *Online* Spring Foraging: Shoots, Leaves, and Edible Trees. This event is one of several food skills education workshops featured in the UBC Farm 2022 Community Workshop series. For a detailed event description and to register, please visit: https://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/events/...
When:
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 18:00 to 19:00
Location:
Online/Virtual Event
An Earth Week special on old growth forests and climate change featuring Mother Trees, climate litigation, and Indigenous knowledge. What lessons can we draw to advance climate justice? Join UBC Professor of Forest Ecology, Suzanne Simard, and the Executive Directors of Sierra Club BC and CPAWS-BC...
When:
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 16:00 to 17:30
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
Free public talk (online & in-person) Thursday, April 21, 2022 | 4pm - 5.30pm PDT Presented in partnership with CPAWS-BC and Sierra Club BC. An Earth Week special on old growth forests and climate change featuring Mother Trees, climate litigation, and Indigenous knowledge. What lessons can we...
When:
Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 16:00 to 17:30
Location:
Online / In-person
Join for a community-building fundraiser centered around the tradition of making Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs)! Wed. Apr. 20, 2-4pm Policy Lab, CIRS Details to RSVP below During this time, we’ll offer the following ways to participate: Traditional Pysanky, 2-4pm Learn the traditional wax-resist...
When:
Wednesday, April 20, 2022 - 14:00 to 16:00
Location:
Policy Lab, Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability