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
John Collin Soriano, Soo Bin Seo, Troy Okazaki, Ece Bulut, Akash Deo
Campus + Community Planning: Tawnee Milko
PSYC 421
Climate, Health, Wellbeing
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2020-2021
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Emma Gillies, Georgia Green, Eun Hye Lee, Shanti Thurber
Sustainability and Engineering: Emma Luker
RES 510
Biodiversity, Climate, Community
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Leila Harris
2020-2021
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Siyu Mao
Campus + Community Planning: Maximilian Kniewasser; UBC Sustainability Initiative: Colton Kasteel; UBC Sustainability Initiative: Liam Orme
VOL 500
Climate, Energy
Arts, Faculty of: Jessica Dempsey
2020-2021
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Eugene Eweka
Energy and Water: Blair Antcliffe
APPP 506C
Climate
Chemical and Biological Engineering: Vladan Prodanovic
2020-2021
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Simone Rawal, Elizabeth Jackson, Taya Triffo, Lindah Ddamba, Diana Bedolla Lopez, Jie Sun, Lekha Tlhotlhalemaje
Arts and Culture District: Deb Pickman
RES 510
Climate, Community, Wellbeing
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Leila Harris
2020-2021
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Xuan Chen, Nishika Kulkarni, Xueying Liuxu, LuQi Liu, Wenqi Fan
Campus + Community Planning: Bud Fraser; Campus + Community Planning: Aubrey McIlwraith-Black
PSYC 421
Community, Waste
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2020-2021
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Nikolette Sidiropoulos, Josephine Pan, Montana Norberg, Pascale Pedersen-Arseneau, Amy Wilkie
Athletics & Recreation: Alyssa Reyes; Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Community, Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Andrea Bundon
2020-2021
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Bronwyn Neufeld
Risk Management Services: Danny Smutylo; UBC Climate Hub: Adriana Laurent
GRS 497E
Climate, Community, Food
Faculty of Land and Food Systems: Les Lavkulich
2020-2021
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Carly Hamdon, Justin Huynh, Atlanta-Marinna Grant, Kate Mussett
RES 510
Climate, Community, Health
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Leila Harris
2020-2021
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Amzy Vallenas Arévalo, Davi Monticelli, Julia Antoniw, Victoria French
Alma Mater Society: Claire Ewing; Alma Mater Society: Michael Kingsmill; Alma Mater Society: Jason Pang; Campus + Community Planning: Bud Fraser; Energy and Water: Julie West
CHBE 573
Climate, Energy
Chemical and Biological Engineering: Naoko Ellis
2020-2021
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