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Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Fund Competition: Eight recipients share $500k in funding

The 2025 Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Fund Competition called for visionary approaches to help British Columbia and Canada respond and adapt to the pressing sustainability challenges. This year's competition drew faculty and staff from more...
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Angelique Pilon appointed Director, Sustainability Hub

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Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
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How UBC's Sustainability Hub is helping reduce embodied carbon in the construction industry

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New Sustainable Cities Certificate from UBC SCARP

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Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Sustainability Scholar maps ecosystems to inform adaptation strategies to preserve Maplewood Flats

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April 8, 2024

An equitable world can have sustainable fashion, art and wine

UBC Okanagan professor Professor Annamma Joy speaks about the issues facing consumer industries in the face of climate change and social consciousness. In the vibrant worlds of art, fashion and wine, sustainability is no longer a mere trend but a fundamental necessity for cultivating a globally...
April 8, 2024

UBC researchers investigate how traffic pollution impairs brains function

A new study by researchers at UBC and the University of Victoria has shown common levels of traffic pollution can impair human brain function in only a matter of hours. “For many decades, scientists thought the brain may be protected from the harmful effects of air pollution,” says Dr. Chris...
March 13, 2024

2024 Summer Work Learn Positions in Sustainability

Join the Sustainability Hub through UBC's Work Learn program . From addressing the climate emergency to supporting research and knowledge mobilization, we have plenty of opportunities for you to integrate sustainability into your work. Climate, Equity, Action and Resilience (CLEAR) PRoject WL S24...
February 20, 2024

Research-based software advances net zero egg farming

For Dr. Nathan Pelletier , Associate Professor of Biology, Faculty of Management at UBC Okanagan, this growing challenge is the focus of a renewed Canada Industrial Research Chair in Sustainability, supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Egg Farmers of...
January 26, 2024

Exploring the Public Acceptability of Direct Air Capture

The focus of new research is 'Solid Carbon' — an ambitious project funded by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, which aims to draw carbon from the atmosphere and inject it into sub-sea floor basalt, where it will 'mineralize' or turn to solid rock over time.
January 22, 2024

Embodied carbon: UBC Sustainability Hub facilitating collaborations between B.C. Government, municipalities, universities, to help achieve 2050 net zero targets

In October 2023, the University of British Columbia's Sustainability Hub was invited to hold a workshop at the annual CleanBC, "Climate Leadership Symposium: Public Sector and Local Government Action." The Symposium was organised by the B.C. Government , Ministry of Environment and Climate Change...
January 19, 2024

Climate Emergency Fund: Global and Campus Impact

The Climate Emergency Fund emerged through advocacy from the student-led UBC Climate Hub and close collaboration with elected AMS and GSS student leaders. Proposals were accepted over winter 2020-21, and in late spring 2021, a twelve-member Committee met to analyze the seven proposals that were...
January 15, 2024

Integrating a Collaborative Design Approach Into Community Forest Management

Located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Bamfield is a small coastal community originally inhabited by Huu-ay-aht First Nations, who remain an integral presence in the community.
January 9, 2024

Examining Post-Colonial Wildlife Conservation in South Africa

The field program , led by Dr. David Bunn , Professor, and Dr. Melissa McHale , Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management, offers a unique opportunity for students to experience firsthand a variety of decolonized conservation management models.
December 13, 2023

COP28: Hopes and reactions to the latest climate deal

Contrast the hopes and aspirations of our UBC colleagues below with the outcome from the ‘ UAE Consensus’ agreed at COP28 and the reaction to the deal by civil society. Words: Niki Afsharpour. Images: David Tindall.

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