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
Madi Gold, Tracy Hu, Avery MacKenzie, Eric Mah, Gary Minhas
Danni Zhang, Kinesiology, School of; Rachael Sullivan, Equity and Inclusion Office
KIN 465
Community, Health, Wellbeing
Bryna Kopelow, Kinesiology, School of
2019-2020
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Anam Elahi, Citali Cruz, Hadir Ali, Hannah Geiser, Israa Noureddine, Ravina Anand
Bud Fraser, Campus + Community Planning; Rowan Waldron, Campus + Community Planning
GPP 581
Climate, Community, Transportation
Jiaying Zhao, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
2019-2020
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Mica Pfeffer, Casandra Avanzado, Chelsea Bian, Mimi Wan
Angelica Poversky, UBC Arts & Culture District; Deb Pickman, Theatre and Film, Department of
VOL 400
Buildings, Climate, Community
Benjamin Cheung, Arts, Faculty of
2019-2020
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Thivya Viswanthan
Campus + Community Planning: Rowan Waldron; Energy and Water: Blair Antcliffe; Energy and Water: Joshua Wauthy
APPP 506
Buildings, Energy, Water
Chemical and Biological Engineering: Alireza Bagherzadeh
2019-2020
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Andrea Zavala Cessa, Alberije Leku, Jing Lu, Qiwen Chen
Tara Moreau, UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research
PSYC 421
Climate, Food, Procurement
Jiaying Zhao, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability; Geoffrey Kyle Gooderham, Arts, Faculty of
2019-2020
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Emily Enright, Rasmus Dilling-Hansen, Dinoba Kirupa, MacKenzie Walker
Bud Fraser, Campus + Community Planning; Rowan Waldron, Campus + Community Planning
GPP 581
Climate, Community, Transportation
Jiaying Zhao, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
2019-2020
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Ian Garvie, Atlas Kazemian, Erwin Sun
Bud Fraser, Campus + Community Planning
APSC 461
Climate, Community, Transportation
Paul Winkelman, Mechanical Engineering
2019-2020
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Charlotte Choi, Alicia Chow, Carol Hu, Amanda Kwan, Subinuer Paerhati
Sustainability and Engineering: Emma Luker
SOCI 380
Biodiversity, Land, Wellbeing
Anthropology, Department of: Kerry Greer
2019-2020
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Kyle Olsen, Sannah Stainsby, Claire Tkachuk, Sharlene Siwai Ng
Dustin Gray, Department of Geography; Gabriele Woolever, Department of Geography; Bud Fraser, Campus + Community Planning
GEOG 371
Procurement, Waste
Vanessa Banta, Department of Geography
2019-2020
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Melisha Charles, Cassandra Jeffery, Shivangi Khanna, Nyoman Wirawan Nikki Sugitha, Keyon Yang
Bud Fraser, Campus + Community Planning; Rowan Waldron, Campus + Community Planning
GPP 581
Climate, Community, Transportation
Jiaying Zhao, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
2019-2020
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