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
Rebecca Baron, Maya Bodnar, Nicola Bodnarchuk, Sandra Gurguis, Michelle Nifco
: Jenifer Lipka; : Victoria Wakefield; Campus + Community Planning: Rowan Waldron; Student Housing and Hospitality Services: Paula McCready; UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research: Tara Moreau; UBC Wellbeing: Sara Kozicky
LFS 450
Biodiversity, Climate, Wellbeing
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of: Liska Richer
2021-2022
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Manvi Bhalla
Campus + Community Planning: Bud Fraser
RES 505
Climate, Community, Health, Wellbeing
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Leila Harris
2021-2022
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Michelle Whiticar
Campus + Community Planning: Rowan Waldron
LARC 598
Climate, Community, Land
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture: Cynthia Girling
2021-2022
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Haley Kardash, Suet Ling Shirley Ting, Marriam Dia, Andy Ruochen Qin, Kiana Stark
: Jenifer Lipka; : Victoria Wakefield; Campus + Community Planning: Rowan Waldron; Student Housing and Hospitality Services: Paula McCready; UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research: Tara Moreau; UBC Wellbeing: Sara Kozicky
LFS 450
Biodiversity, Climate, Wellbeing
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of: Liska Richer
2021-2022
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Sarah Barghouthi, Elsa d'Anjou, Natascha Lam, Danae Madison Ong, Devon Taylor
Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Negin Riazi
2021-2022
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Brennen Gilbert, Charlotte White, Katya Zhukova, Lian Boltwood, Madison Pinder, Oliver Kodet
Campus + Community Planning: Georgia Stanley; UBC Wellbeing: Sara Kozicky
LFS 450
Climate
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of: Liska Richer
2021-2022
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Abhigyan Dasgupta, Pardis Ebadi, Aditi Kumar, Chloe Wing Hay Lam, Olga Padilla, Claire Hein-Salvi
: 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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Nicole Wrona, Adam Kornder, Huijing Liu, Arjun Hothi, Niusha Vakil
Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Negin Riazi
2021-2022
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Zahra Fazal, Damara Featherstone, Laurena Gerbrandt, Kristen McLester, Bonny Yu
UBC Wellbeing: Sara Kozicky
LFS 450
Climate
Campus + Community Planning: Liska Richer
2021-2022
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Ahmed Shaaban, Andre Policzer, Elisha Fu, Anirudh Kannan, Edris Wu, Luiza Amoroso Lima
: Juliana Cambell; : Darren Clay; Campus + Community Planning: Rowan Waldron
PSYC 421
Climate, Food
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability: Jiaying Zhao
2021-2022
PDF