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Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy

UBC Receives Public Sector Leadership Award at the Second Annual BC Embodied Carbon Awards 2024

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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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CIVL 498C: North America’s largest building environmental impact study

Like the vibrant natural environment that surrounds UBC, each building on campus has a life cycle of its own, and a unique study is underway to understand the creation of University buildings and measure their environmental impact. Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (CIVL 498C) has been running...

Sustainable Purchasing: Buying into the Future Fair

Buying into the Future Fair Hosted by UBC Supply Management and the Campus Sustainability Office April 8, 2010, 12pm – 1:30pm Liu Institute for Global Issues, Multipurpose Room (6476 NW Marine Drive) A lunch time event and mini-trade show to promote the launch of the UBC Sustainable Purchasing...

UBC Sustainable Purchasing Guide Launch: “Buying into the Future Fair”

Buying into the Future Fair Hosted by UBC Supply Management and Campus Sustainability April 8, 2010, 12pm – 1:30pm Liu Institute for Global Issues, Multipurpose Room (6476 NW Marine Drive) A lunch time event and mini-trade show to promote the launch of the UBC Sustainable Purchasing Guide, 2nd...

Reducing campus greenhouse gas emissions

On March 24, 2010, UBC President Stephen Toope announced aggressive new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets for UBC’s Vancouver campus. Toope made the announcement to delegates at the GLOBE 2010 conference in Vancouver, one of the world’s largest environmental conferences. UBC has already met...

Earth Hour 2010

Earth Hour is set to happen March 27, 2010 from 8:30 – 9:30 p.m local time. Close to a billion people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour to demand action on climate change. Show your support for Earth Hour 2010 by helping UBC power down this weekend. You can participate by:...

Generating Clean Energy and New Knowledge

A first-of-its-kind bioenergy project at UBC will generate enough clean electricity to power 1,500 homes, reduce the university’s natural gas consumption by up to12 per cent and eliminate up to 4,500 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year – the equivalent of taking 1,100 cars off the road...

UBC Launches New Sustainability Initiative

UBC is breaking new ground in sustainability – both figuratively and literally. On January 27, President Stephen Toope announced the creation of an ambitious sustainability initiative at UBC’s Vancouver campus that will promote and unite sustainability efforts in teaching and learning, research and...

UBC Develops North America's Greenest Building

“Sustainability is about what kind of world we want to live in,” says UBC’s John Robinson. If so, then the ambitious project he’s leading – the development of the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) – should provide some valuable inspiration. The $37-million building will be...

UBC's Sustainable Sports Centre

There’s an air of excitement at UBC as the campus community prepares to welcome athletes and spectators during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and showcase its commitment to sustainability. As an Olympic competition venue, the UBC Thunderbird Arena (also known as the Doug...

Master's of Engineering in Clean Energy

Living in beautiful places like Boulder, Colorado and Vancouver has been a priority for Jeff Giffin. Helping to ensure the planet’s beautiful places via wise energy is a priority for his future. One of 25 students currently enrolled in the new Master of Clean Energy Engineering program at UBC,...

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