Interested in learning more about sustainability? Our events listing and featured events provides plenty of opportunities to get involved in sustainability, both on-and-off campus. If you are looking to highlight your sustainability event on campus, please visit UBC Events and tag your submission "sustainability" related.

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Join us at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden for an open conversation circle about climate justice and the essential role of Indigenous rights and relations with the land in addressing climate change.

Climate Justice is a business responsibility

Climate Change & Energy
Production, Consumption & Waste

Climate+Water Research Symposium

Climate Change & Energy
Natural Resources

Solutions Summit: Working Towards Climate Solutions

Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance

Climate Emergency Week

Climate Emergency week at UBC seeks to convene and energize communities of climate action at UBC. Join our events, workshops and activities, and take collective action for justice, people, and our planet.

UBC Reads Sustainability

Part book club, part lecture series, and part opportunity to learn beyond the classroom. UBC Reads Sustainability is a forum for students across disciplines to discuss sustainability issues.

SDG Month Canada

SDG Month Canada is a national collaboration featuring workshops, panels, and other interactive programming to increase awareness of and engagement with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on university and college campuses.

Climate Justice Series

In response to the focus on climate justice as part of UBC’s Declaration of a Climate Emergency and recommendations from its Climate Emergency Task Force (CETF) Report the UBC Sustainability Initiative launched the Climate Justice Series, featuring sessions that examine climate justice from various perspectives, locally and globally.

Events by Date

Past Events

Sat, October 29, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM UBC FARM. Free. Curious about the UBC Farm? Want to learn about sustainable organic farming, educational opportunities, research, community organizations and Indigenous initiatives on the UBC Farm? Well then don’t miss our FREE public tours offered every...
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Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 11:00
Sat, October 29, 2016 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM UBC FARM. Free. What a season! This is it! The very end of our 2016 growing season is marked by the final Saturday farmers' market at the UBC Farm on 29th OCtober 2016. Familiar local business from around the region will be there as usual to say goodbye until...
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Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 09:00
Sat, October 29, 2016 1:30 AM - 3:30 AM UBC FARM. $39 ($32 for registered students -- valid student ID is required) + GST. How would you survive without a grocery store? This trip teaches you how to SAFELY identify wild mushrooms like porcini, chanterelle, honey, wild oysters and more edibles that...
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Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 01:30
Fri, October 28, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM UBC FARM. Free but registration required. Dr. Nancy Turner, Emeritus Professor at the University of Victoria on the topic of Indigenous plants foods and traditional plant management systems of British Columbia First People joins the UBC Future of Food Global...
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Friday, October 28, 2016 - 12:00
Fri, October 28, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Murdoch McAllister, Associate Professor, IOF; and Canada Research Chair in Fisheries Assessment Abstract: In B.C., large lakes (>10,000 hectares) support recreational fisheries for trophy-sized rainbow...
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Friday, October 28, 2016 - 11:00
Fri, October 28, 2016 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM MORRIS AND HELEN BELKIN ART GALLERY. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday-Sunday, noon-5pm; Closed Mondays and Holidays The Last Waves is a collaborative installation in which the viewer is immersed in a sequence of hallucinatory sets that...
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Friday, October 28, 2016 - 10:00
Thu, October 27, 2016 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Earth Sciences Building. Free, Eventbrite RSVP required.. “A rose by many other names”: Sharing and Adapting Ancient Knowledge in Northwestern North America In Northwestern North America, plants have supported the survival and well-being of First Peoples of...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 19:00
Thu, October 27, 2016 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Arts and Sciences Centre. Free . How can we move from measurement, models and projections to understand climate change? Join us on Thursday, October 27 for the launch of the CANSSI Distinguished Visitor Program, as Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Peter Guttorp...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 19:00
Thu, October 27, 2016 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM GREEN COLLEGE - GRAHAM HOUSE, GREEN COMMONS, COACH HOUSE. David Kroodsma, Research Program Manager, SkyTruth, USA Coach House, Green College, UBC Thursday, October 27, 5-6:30 in the series Adapting to Global Changes in Oceans and Fisheries Can we have eyes in...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 17:00
Thu, October 27, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM See description. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies: Info session on Master programs October 27, 12 pm 2424 Main Mall, Forest Sciences Centre CAWP Caseroom #2916 Refreshments served for the first 30 attendees All are welcome Admissions...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 12:00

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