Creating a better future for food in the Central Okanagan

Wed, March 27, 2013 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM See description. WHERE: Summerhill Pyramid Winery -- 4870 Chute Lake Rd., Kelowna Open to the Public Join in a community-wide event focused on creating a better future for our food in the Central Okanagan...

The Orchard Garden Fizzy Fermentation Workshop

Wed, March 27, 2013 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. This workshop is an introduction to fermenting Kombucha, Water Kefir and Milk Kefir. Participants will learn the basics of working with these cultures, and samples will be available...

UBC IT Website Redesign Focus Group

Wed, March 27, 2013 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Help UBC IT redesign their website! UBC IT is working on a website redesign and we need your help! We have a large number of services we provide to the community and we want to know how we...

Life Cycle Assessment: A Practical Introduction to the Science of Sustainability

Mon, March 25, 2013 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM UBC Robson Square. $495. The need to decouple economic activities from environmental degradation has resulted in the rapid growth of the impact assessment market. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the leading...

Earth Hour

Sat, March 23, 2013 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM BUCHANAN BUILDING BLOCK D. FREE. ENERGY CONSERVATION. MUSIC. ART. FREE. FOOD. When will you hear that in one sentence? Join Common Energy UBC for Earth Hour 2013 for our 2nd annual open-mic event featuring...

An Evening in Guyana

Fri, March 22, 2013 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM FOREST SCIENCES CENTRE. Free. Location; CAWP Case Room, Forest Sciences Centre Join us for an evening of food, music, and presentations about Guyana! Guyana is a small tropical country in South America, one of...

Soil Science Graduate Seminar: Lis Thomas

Fri, March 22, 2013 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Speaker: Lis Thomas, MSc student, Soil Science (supervisor Les Lavkulich) Topic: Partitioning of trace metal contaminants in Chenopodium Quinoa: implications for phytoextraction and...

Sustainability Across the Curriculum Community of Practice (CoP) Annual Planning Meeting

Thu, March 14, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. FREE - Please Register. We want to hear from you. How can we support you? We would like to hear from you about your sustainability interests and goals for the next year. Join...

Professional Development Day "Local to Global: Weaving Your Own Web"

Sat, March 9, 2013 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM SIMON K.Y. LEE HKU-UBC HOUSE (GLOBAL LOUNGE) - BUILDING #1. Free - RSVP for tix. The Global Lounge will be holding another Professional Development Day entitled Local to Global: Weaving Your Own Web! This will be...

Celebrate Research Week event: The Plant Intelligence Project

Thu, March 7, 2013 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. WHERE: Lower foyer Open to the Public Second-year Creative Writing students from the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies take a novel approach to discovering their emerging voice as...

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