Welcome to the SEEDS (Social Ecological Economic Development Studies) Sustainability Program. SEEDS creates applied research and interdisciplinary partnerships between students, faculty, staff and community partners to advance sustainability ideas, policies, and practices and create societal impacts by using the Campus as a Living Laboratory.
About SEEDS
SEEDS is an internationally recognized and replicated program. Applied research projects advance social, ecological and economic sustainability through impactful community-based collaborations.
SEEDS Sustainability Students
The SEEDS Sustainability Program provides an applied learning experience through collaboration with faculty members, staff, and community partners.
Faculty
Are you a UBC faculty member who’d like to integrate sustainability curriculum and align applied research projects with learning outcomes? Join our extensive network of partners on campus.
Staff and Community Partners
Do you need applied research to help inform your sustainability strategy? The SEEDS Sustainability Program brings UBC faculty, staff, and community partners together.
Featured Projects
SEEDS projects address a broad range of social, ecological, and economic sustainability issues. Since the program began, over 1,000 projects have been completed through 12 different faculties and schools.
Food Security Initiative
The Food Security Initiative (FSI) is partnership between UBC Wellbeing, SEEDS Sustainability Program and Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
UBC Food System Project
The UBC Food System Project is a collaborative, cross-campus initiative that brings together partners from teaching and learning, operations, and research to improve food systems.
Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research & Demonstration (CBIRD)
The Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research and Demonstration (CBIRD) is the first campus-wide initiative of its kind at a Canadian university.
Climate Crisis in Urban Biodiversity
Inspiring the next generation of students to work on the interconnected global challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss by co-creating student-led, inclusive, and demand-driven research.
SEEDS Sustainability Library
The SEEDS Sustainability Library is a comprehensive repository of applied research and knowledge. It’s a key tool for decision makers. Open access applied research reports contribute to a body of knowledge, learning and action to ignite sustainability ideas, policies and practices, and enable the broader community to learn, apply and build on previous research.
Biodiversity
Buildings
Climate
Community
Energy
Finance
Food
Health
Land
Materials
Procurement
Transportation
Waste
Water
Wellbeing
Yekta Cemal Kaya, Mengyang Liu, Davis Philps, Daryl Roldan, Matthew Senior
Campus + Community Planning: Doug Doyle
CIVL 446
Land, Water
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2020-2021
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Jackson Bird, Andong Cao, Jiayi Du, Beatriz Barddal Fantini, Hanyuan Zhou
Student Housing and Hospitality Services: Paula McCready; Student Housing and Hospitality Services: Brad Vigue
PSYC 421
Biodiversity, Climate, Community, Food
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2020-2021
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Carson Berry, Lynes Chan, Mason Duan, Jayden Leong, Han Xu
Mechanical Engineering: Bernhard Nimmervoll
ELEC 491
Climate, Food, Procurement
Electrical and Computer Engineering: Paul Lusina
2020-2021
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Pooja Ramachandran, Baldeesh Dhillon, Jiayi Li, Samin Ghaemian, Jayoung Im
Alma Mater Society: Claire Ewing; Alma Mater Society: Jason Pang
PSYC 421
Community, Health, Wellbeing
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2020-2021
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Ariel Shatsky, Chanbin Lee, Jon Anna Coleen Tolentino, Melissa Li, Naomi Perkins-Zalik
Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research: Tara Moreau
PSYC 421
Climate, Food
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2020-2021
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Jason Lin, Cassi Sauer, Kyle Sum, Sean Tan, George Zeng
Alma Mater Society: Nanna Pedersen; Alma Mater Society: Aleena Sharma
LFS 450
Community, Finance, Food
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of: Liska Richer
2020-2021
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Rachel Chan, Yuhan Cui, Fang-Yu Hsu, Anna Kwasniak, Tongfei Meng, Kavisha Perera
UBC Wellbeing: Sara Kozicky
FNH 473
Finance, Food, Health
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of: Gail Hammond
2020-2021
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Abigail Droeger, Alexis Sams, Athina Leung, Kitty Cheung, Will Zich
UBC Wellbeing: Sara Kozicky
PSYC 421
Food, Health, Wellbeing
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2020-2021
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Ella Moreira Gerlach, Courtney Lau, Chiron Robinson, Nadia Mary Te
UBC Wellbeing: Sara Kozicky
LFS 450
Community, Food, Wellbeing
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of: Liska Richer
2020-2021
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Yunyani Li
Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research: Tara Moreau
FCOR 599
Biodiversity, Wellbeing
Forestry, Faculty of: Paul Pickell
2020-2021
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