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
Jahaan Sadarangani, Khushi Almoula, Fernanda Lyrio de Melo Moura P., Shadib Hossain
: Juliana Cambell; : Darren Clay; Campus + Community Planning: Rowan Waldron
PSYC 421
Climate, Food
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2021-2022
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Shannon Song, Janessa Toye, Alaine Chartrand, Kaitlyn Schlappner
Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Negin Riazi
2021-2022
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Alice Pham, Anderson Luan, Ishgun Matta, James Chi, Jessica Li, Shawn Liu
Sustainability and Engineering: Emma Luker
PSYC 421
Climate
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2021-2022
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Jong Yong Park, Sharon Chu, Lucia Ren, Devina Leonora, Salma Azzam, Taylor Zaidel
: Juliana Cambell; : Darren Clay; Campus + Community Planning: Rowan Waldron
PSYC 421
Climate, Food
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2021-2022
PDF
Aayush Sahai, Alissa Ranas, Annie Chen, Bradley Hoy, Michael Araki-Young, Terence Yee
: Jason Pang; : Anisha Sandhu
COMM 468
Climate
Sauder School of Business: Jenny Dickson
2021-2022
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Caitlyn Chan, Will Partridge, Anna Sawada, Doris Sun, Jeff Jiunn Teo, Taishi Yamada
Sustainability and Engineering: Emma Luker
PSYC 421
Climate
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2021-2022
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Harman Sandhu, Amarpreet Nijjar, Arshdeep Pandher, Pardeep Khattra, Tarndeep Grewal, Aman Natt
Campus + Community Planning: Krista Falkner
CIVL 445/446
Climate, Land, Transportation
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2021-2022
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Victoria Kim, Julian Kwan, Casey Nakada, Olivia Rosazza-Pela
Sauder School of Business: Anisha Sandhu
ECON 490
Climate, Finance, Food, Procurement
Economics, Department of: Jonathan Graves
2021-2022
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Qiyu Chen, Sciaca Fan, Ruochen Feng, Zhuoran Li, Darian Ngo, Yuxin Xu
Sustainability and Engineering: Emma Luker
PSYC 421
Climate
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2021-2022
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Thomas Blackburn, Holden Cromar, Jordan Fahey, Rohaan Qaiser, Noah Williams, Bruis Yu
Campus + Community Planning: Krista Falkner
CIVL 445/446
Climate, Land, Transportation
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2021-2022
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