Sat, May 18, 2013 12:00 AM - Fri, June 7, 2013, 12:00 AM UBC FARM. $950 - $1250. Permaculture Design Certification Course @ UBC Farm 2013 Locations: UBC Farm OUR Ecovillage, Vancouver Island and the City of Vancouver. Design Solutions for Sustainable Food, Building and Community Systems...
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.
Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Are you a UBC faculty or staff member interested in sustainability-related teaching and research? Whether you're new to UBC or looking to build deeper connections, the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) Open House is an...
Ecological grief, Messy Hope & Healing
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
The right to food? Conservation, access, and food security
Ecological Systems
Production, Consumption & Waste
Insights from Organizing an Indigenous-Led Event: UBC’s Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day
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 Week Canada
SDG Week 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.
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Past Events
Thu, May 16, 2013 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. The Drop-in Clinics are open for administrators of UBC weblogs or websites to get one-on-one support in WordPress for Teaching and Learning or Administrative purposes. Participants should come prepared...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 06:00
Sat, May 11, 2013 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free admission. A Growing Affair, the evolution of the Garden’s popular and long-running annual Perennial Plant Sale, as the name suggests, includes more than just plants for sale. Designed to inform and empower plant lovers of all ages...
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Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 03:00
Thu, May 9, 2013 12:00 AM - Sun, August 25, 2013, 12:00 AM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with admission or membership. In this visual art exhibition by Edith Krause, [a]drift presents human life-sized images of tiny marine creatures. Merging the worlds of art and science, Krause chose...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 00:00
Wed, May 8, 2013 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please Register. Have you just received your migrated Connect (formerly New LMS) course? Would you like to develop a better understanding of your migrated course and ensure that all the course contents and settings are...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 09:00
Sat, May 4, 2013 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. $60 (General Public), $50 (Garden Member). Are you an urban gardener? Join Linda Gilkeson for a class focussed on intensive food production in small spaces and community gardens. She will cover year-round planting schedules, the best...
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Saturday, May 4, 2013 - 02:30
Thu, April 25, 2013 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Serengeti National Park in Tanzania is the foremost World Heritage Site. Research over the past fifty years has shown why Serengeti is unique, what produces its vast numbers and biodiversity, how it became a protected area, and how...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 12:00
Thu, April 25, 2013 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY BUILDING. This is a session for Breath meditation plus a QA conducted by Chandima Gangodawila, Theravada Buddhist Chaplain to UBC. http://students.ubc.ca/livewell/spirituality/chaplains/theravada-buddhis... Place : ANSO Room 202 6303...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 09:30
Thu, April 25, 2013 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. "THE POACHING OF OUR WILDEST DREAMS: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, PREDATION AND THE LAW" Julian Aguon UBC is proud to host the live stream of Julian Aguon’s lecture, “The Poaching of Our Wildest Dreams: Indigenous Peoples and the Law.” This...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 09:00
Sat, April 20, 2013 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM See description. “Dig Your Neighbourhood” Launch Event Saturday, April 20, 1:00 – 4:00 PM Knox Mountain Park, Kelowna, BC http://ecoartincubator.com/project-welcomewagon.php A family- friendly outdoor event Ever wondered how your street got its name? What was...
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Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 06:00