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In January 2024 the UBC community was invited to engage with sustainability themes through photography. Learn more about the project and enjoy some of the resulting works.

2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled!

Climate Change & Energy
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Addressing the Impacts of Canadian Mining on Communities in Africa

Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Should the Fraser River Estuary have legal rights?

Ecological Systems
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Telling Stories: The Humanities in an Age of Planetary Agenda-Setting

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September 25, 2018 This week UBC's Sustainability Initiative invited students, faculty members and staff from across UBC to attend a Sustainability Welcome Event. The Centre of Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) was filled with energy as attendees from various student sustainability...
Robyn Wark, MRM MCIP, is the keynote speaker at our upcoming Research to Action: Advancing Urban Sustainability conference on September 27. Robyn is the Team Lead for the Sustainable Communities Program at BC Hydro, which runs the Community Energy Manager network in British Columbia. September 19,...
UBC used to hand out more than two million pieces of single-use plastic cutlery and straws every year. To protect our environment from the negative effects of single-use plastic consumption and waste, UBC Food Services has decided to limit the distribution of plastic cutlery and straws at all 30+...
On July 18, UBC President Santa J. Ono hosted nearly 50 climate action leaders and thinkers from business, government, utility and the non-profit sector, alongside UBC’s senior leaders and researchers, to explore resilient partnerships for climate action in the Metro Vancouver region. Led by...
This Wednesday, July 18 th , UBC President Santa J. Ono will host nearly 50 representatives from across UBC and the lower mainland for the UBC President’s Roundtable: Building Resilient Partnerships for Climate Action. The community-university Roundtable will convene senior leaders and climate...

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