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.
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.
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.
CBIRD
The Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research and Demonstration (CBIRD) is the first campus-wide initiative of its kind at a Canadian university.
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 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
Ramy Nassar
Campus + Community Planning: Ralph Wells; UBC Properties Trust: Sean Ang; E3 Eco Group: Jacquelyne Fitchell
APPP 506
Buildings, Climate, Energy
None
2018-2019
PDF
Jacob George
Campus + Community Planning: Bud Fraser; Campus + Community Planning: Rowan Waldron
APPP 506
Climate, Energy, Water
Chemical and Biological Engineering: S. Alireza Bagherzadeh
2018-2019
PDF
Manvir (Mina) Sidhu, Karan Mehrotra, Kaiwen Hu
Student Housing and Hospitality Services: Leith Blachford; Student Housing and Hospitality Services: Paula McCready; Student Housing and Hospitality Services: Colin Moore
ECON 492
Finance, Food, Waste
Economics, Department of: Joshua Gottlieb
2018-2019
PDF
Sarah Cooper, Anvesha Dwivedi, Thomas (Matthew) Araneta, Marcus Bockhold
: Adam Hyslop; Campus + Community Planning: Chris Fay
ECON 492
Finance, Food, Waste
Economics, Department of: Joshua Gottlieb
2018-2019
PDF
Fernando Jimenez, Olga Unigovska, Hok Hin Ng
Campus + Community Planning: Adam Hyslop; Campus + Community Planning: Chris Fay
ECON 492
Finance, Transportation
Economics, Department of: Joshua Gottlieb
2018-2019
PDF
Salome Sane, Salome Sane, Amanda Tran, Angela Bebek, Evan Yu
Campus + Community Planning: Bud Fraser
GEOG 371
Health, Water, Wellbeing
Geography, Department of: Geraldine Pratt
2018-2019
PDF
Sean Cameron, Eric Chung, Nahmo Mun, Isana Pilai, Brian Tan
Geography, Department of: Geraldine Pratt
GEOG 371
Health, Water, Wellbeing
Campus + Community Planning: Bud Fraser
2018-2019
PDF
Brjen Rito, Bentley Tse, Christa Yeung
Campus + Community Planning: Dean Gregory
GEOG 371
Community, Land
Geography, Department of: Geraldine Pratt
2018-2019
PDF
Thomas Black, Jenil Doshi, Pei-Ting (Alvin) Lin
Campus + Community Planning: Adam Hyslop; Campus + Community Planning: Chris Fay
ECON 492
Finance, Transportation
Economics, Department of: Joshua Gottlieb
2018-2019
PDF
Cheryl-lee Madden
Building Operations Vancouver Campus: Jeff Nulty
APBI 497B
Biodiversity, Food, Land
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of: Sumeet Gulati
2017-2018
PDF