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Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems

Cooling the Heart of the City

Climate Equity Action and Resilience (CLEAR) was created by the UBC Sustainability Hub and the UBC Learning Exchange, working with four DTES community organizations. The project will help the university to understand how to share its research while...
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2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled!

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Addressing the Impacts of Canadian Mining on Communities in Africa

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance
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Should the Fraser River Estuary have legal rights?

Ecological Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance
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Telling Stories: The Humanities in an Age of Planetary Agenda-Setting

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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"There’s so much we can do now:" UBC professors on meeting Paris carbon targets

Last month, Canada officially committed to slashing its carbon emissions to 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 as part of the landmark Paris Agreement. Now, the rubber hits the road. Four panelists tackled the question of making Canada’s climate commitments a reality at an event held by Liberal...

Metro Vancouver’s watering restrictions are part of a larger strategy of urban water sustainability

Metro Vancouver will introduce its seasonal water restrictions on May 15, earlier than previous summers. This comes after a record-breaking summer last year when the regional body implemented Stage 3 water restrictions for the first time since 2003. By July 2015, reservoir levels had dropped below...

Green oases in the city

Over a decade ago, Vancouver saw three residential alleyways transformed into “country lanes” – grassy, idyllic laneways hidden in different parts of the city. The project served multiple purposes. The grassy, permeable surfaces absorb rainwater, reducing the amount of runoff flowing into the city’...

#GETLOUD for the National Mental Health Week

Researchers, Vancouver Police Explore Sustainable Commuting Options for Employees

A graduate student in the UBC Sustainability Scholars program teamed up with the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) to find out how to get VPD employees who commute to work to ditch their cars and pedal instead. The study , developed in collaboration with UBC Sustainability, surveyed employees of a...

Greening cities with urban agriculture

The global food system is already witnessing the negative consequences of climate change and drought. According to the Food Price Report issued by the Food Institute at the University of Guelph, fruit and vegetable prices in Canada rose between nine and ten per cent last year. Urban agriculture has...

Controversial Leap Manifesto

Author Naomi Klein was at UBC this month to talk about climate change, sustainability and the Leap Manifesto, her latest project that has divided people across the country and especially within the NDP. The Leap Manifesto outlines steps Canada should take to reach a carbon-free economy by 2050,...

UBC Named One of Canada's Greenest Employers

UBC Sustainability Challenge Wraps Up, Drives Innovation in Campus Sustainability

“Our annual consumption of disposable containers is too big. To date, the Eco-to-Go Program has reduced our consumption by 20%, but that’s really not enough. We need to get to 100%.” Victoria Wakefield, Purchasing Manager; Student Housing and Hospitality Services explains. “It’s important to keep...

Optimizing Behaviour Change

Earth Day provides an annual reminder to reflect on the impact of our actions and to consider how we can lighten our footprint on Earth. Despite an increasing awareness of how our actions impact the environment and human wellbeing, adopting sustainable behaviours is not always easy. Jiaying Zhao,...

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