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
Christina Hu, Harry Sidhu, Jaime Wong, Courtney Woodward, Amanda Wright
Adam Hyslop, Campus + Community Planning
KIN 464
Community, Transportation, Wellbeing
Andrea Bundon, Kinesiology, School of
2019-2020
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Lyncee Dela Cruz, Miluska Bravo Vela, Ojinika Udeze, Hafsa Ahmed
Nelly Leo, Campus + Community Planning; Sara Kozicky, Office of the VPRI
LFS 450
Community, Food, Wellbeing
Liska Richer, Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
2019-2020
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Kyle Sum
Tawnee Milko, Campus + Community Planning
FNH 497
Climate, Community
Andrew Riseman, Applied Biology & Plant Breeding
2019-2020
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Adam Fitchett, Isiah McDonald, Austin Kong, Salemah Shidian, Ryan Tasker
Adam Hyslop, Campus + Community Planning
KIN 464
Community, Transportation, Wellbeing
Andrea Bundon, Kinesiology, School of
2019-2020
PDF
Stephanie Woo, Nathan Fong, Armaan Dhalla, John Becker
Christine Halonen, AMS Food Bank; Cali Schnarr, AMS Food Bank
LFS 450
Food, Health, Waste
Liska Richer, Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
2019-2020
PDF
Robin Watts, Srikanth Narayan
VOL 500
Climate, Energy, Finance
Vladan Prodanovic, Chemical and Biological Engineering
2019-2020
PDF
Benedict Cho, JC Abbott, Robert Ojaji, Samantha Leung, Sahejpal Nanua
Adam Hyslop, Campus + Community Planning
KIN 464
Community, Transportation, Wellbeing
Andrea Bundon, Kinesiology, School of
2019-2020
PDF
Niku Buchheister, Kristy Ip, Anita Koralewicz, Jasmine Bal, Aleksandra Stefankowski
Brad Vigue, Student Housing and Hospitality Services; Rowan Waldron, Campus + Community Planning
LFS 450
Climate, Food, Procurement
Liska Richer, Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
2019-2020
PDF
Jessica Maddox, Erica Cahill, Sarah Aminian, Tanya Schwab, Mikaela Kroeker
Sara Kozicky, Office of the VPRI; Melissa Baker, UBC Food Services
FNH 473
Community, Health, Wellbeing
Gail Hammond, Land and Food Systems, Faculty of
2019-2020
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Angela Liu
Jeff Nulty, Building Operations Vancouver Campus; Emma Luker, Sustainability and Engineering
GEOB 448A
Biodiversity, Climate, Wellbeing
Nina Hewitt, Department of Geography
2019-2020
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