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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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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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Sustainability Scholar maps ecosystems to inform adaptation strategies to preserve Maplewood Flats

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February 28, 2013

Clean Energy Engineering project studies campus water usage

Adriana Velazquez completed her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering in Mexico City but was always intrigued by sustainability and “green” power. After researching various master’s programs and universities — and running a marathon in Vancouver — she fell in love with the Master of Clean...
February 28, 2013

The Next Big Thing in Global Citizenship

UBC's Norman B. Keevil Institute is poised to advance best practices in mining in Mongolia and around the world. Mongolia, a country of roughly three million people, stands on the precipice of economic escalation. A landlocked country between China and Russia, its traditional agriculture-based,...
February 25, 2013

Introducing the UBC Sustainable Campus Food Guide

From fair-trade coffee to composting to the Farm, a new UBC Sustainable Campus Food Guide introduces students, faculty and staff to the campus food system, a pioneer in sustainable practices. “There are opportunities to support a more sustainable food system all across the UBC campus,” says Liska...
February 21, 2013

Why CFOs need not fear sustainability

On February 14 and 15, 2013, the University of British Columbia brought together some 65 sustainability thought leaders from Sweden, the United States and Canada to explore the aspirations, key principles and practical challenges of regenerative sustainability. Pierre Ouillet, UBC Vice President-...
February 15, 2013

Regenerative neighbourhoods

To what degree can human activities associated with the built environment lead to improvements in both ecological integrity and human quality of life? This is just one of the big questions some 65 sustainability thought leaders and practitioners from Sweden, Oregon, California, Massachusetts, New...
February 13, 2013

UBC Dentistry in Haida Gwaii

By Heather Conn Painted war canoes, hand-carved from red cedar. Cedar baskets and hats, intricately woven from long strips of bark. Tall, cedar totem poles: visual tales of family lore, mythic figures and beasts of power. For many centuries, the Haida people on the BC islands of Haida Gwaii have...
February 7, 2013

Idling on the job

By Salina Marshall Katie O’Callaghan never imagined that her graduate studies in community and regional planning would involve police car chases. “It was exciting,” she says of riding in a squad car alongside officers. But the University of British Columbia student wasn’t in it for the action...
January 24, 2013

Triple-O’s Leads Way to Zero Waste

Overheard at Triple O’s restaurant on Main Mall this fall, as lunch patrons cleared off their trays: “It didn’t take long to get the hang of it. It’s great the composting is expanding!” “It’s really cool. About time too!” “We often have to show new customers, but most people get it.” “I just looked...
January 23, 2013

Sustainability Pilot Program Targets Offices

Two UBC departments — Geography and Supply Management — have completed the first stage of the Sustainable Office Certification pilot program, which aims to improve green practices in offices across campus. “Some of it is as simple as turning off the lights when you leave a room,” says Vicky Baker,...
January 21, 2013

A UBC Community Committed to Advancing Sustainability Education

By Nicole Read In discussions on sustainability, it is often said that we “work, study and learn in silos,” meaning that we only work, learn and make decisions within our field of study, without consulting the other perspectives that could be equally important to achieving a sustainable future. The...

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