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Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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...

2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled!

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems

Addressing the Impacts of Canadian Mining on Communities in Africa

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance

Should the Fraser River Estuary have legal rights?

Ecological Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance

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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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,...
Q. What does an arboriculturalist at UBC do in terms of keeping our campus green and leafy? How did you get started in this field? I've been at UBC since 2004. Arboriculturalists at UBC take care of trees , pruning and performing overall arboricultural work. This includes observing trees,...
Q. What does a Senior Planning and Sustainability Engineer do? My focus is on developing sustainability plans like the Zero Waste Action Plan and the Climate Action Plan in collaboration with different units and stakeholders across UBC, and then working to facilitate implementation along with those...
Q. What does an Associate Director, Sustainability and Community Programs at the UBC Botanical Gardens do? I am fortunate to have a great job where I get to use UBC Botanical Garden to engage people of all ages in learning about plants from around the world and biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest...
Q. Can you briefly describe your research as it relates to Earth Day and this year’s theme of Trees for the Earth. My research looks at how to balance increasing residential density with a desire for more urban forest cover. Municipalities across our region (and across the world) are facing...
Winning the Gold Prize and taking the top spot, Sons of Sustainability won over the judges with Ignite the Rider Inside, a project aimed at increasing engagement in Bike to Work Week by targeting faculty members as agents of change. Q. You recently won the Sustainability Challenge. How did you get...
As a Senior Instructor in the Department of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Science, with a research background reconstructing past climate change, Tara connects Environmental Science students with the broader community through community service learning projects. Q. What is the current state of the...

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