The Weddell seal is a fast-ice-obligate, mesopredator found around the Antarctic coastline. Traditional methods of understanding population abundance, including shipboard or aerial transects, are cost-prohibitive and risky, so we combined high-resolution satellite imagery (VHR) with the web...
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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Past Events
Many hands make light work: crowd-sourcing reveals population status for Weddell seals in Antarctica
When:
Friday, March 4, 2022 - 11:00 to 12:00
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Online/Virtual Event
UBC Farm invites you to *Online* Veggie Gardening 101. 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-veggie-gardening-...
When:
Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 18:00 to 20:00
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Online/Virtual Event
The ocean and biodiversity support our life, yet both are being degraded by direct (e.g. overexploitation, climate change) and indirect (e.g., unsustainable consumption) drivers. A key policy-related driver of ocean and terrestrial biodiversity degradation is harmful subsidies, i.e., government...
When:
Thursday, March 3, 2022 - 10:00 to 11:30
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Online/Virtual Event
**Organized by the UBC Sustainability Ambassadors ** SDG Week seeks to increase awareness of and engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from diverse perspectives. From science and technology to public health, business, and politics, we’ll discuss challenges and solutions to turn...
When:
Monday, February 28, 2022 - 09:00 to Friday, March 4, 2022 - 21:00
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Multiple Locations
UBC Farm invites you to *Online* Virtual Foraging for Survival. 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-virtual-...
When:
Thursday, February 24, 2022 - 18:00 to 19:00
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Online/Virtual Event
Meet non-profits tackling issues in the fashion industry based in Vancouver. Featuring presenters from Working Gear, Threading Change, Frameworq, followed by moderated panel discussion.
When:
Friday, February 11, 2022 - 12:00 to 13:30
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Online/Virtual Event
Meet non-profits tackling issues in the fashion industry based in Vancouver. Featuring presenters from Working Gear, Threading Change, and Frameworq, followed by moderated panel discussion. Register Now
When:
Friday, February 11, 2022 - 12:00
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Virtual
Meet youth who work in the fashion sector on amazing projects that aim towards a more sustainable future.
When:
Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 17:00 to 18:30
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Online/Virtual Event
Meet youth who work in the fashion sector on amazing projects that aim towards a more sustainable future. More details including speaker line-up coming soon. Register Now
When:
Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 17:00
Location:
Virtual
Drop-in at the Centre for Interactive Research for Sustainability with your old clothing to learn hands-on skills for repair and re-use. No RSVP required.
When:
Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 11:30 to 13:30
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)