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

Wed, January 16, 2013 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free - Please register. Throughout the 2012-2013 academic year the Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology is offering weekly Connect Walk-In Clinics in the CTLT Resource Room in the Ike Barber Learning Centre. The...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 06:00
Thu, January 10, 2013 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. FREE - Please Register. Connect Express workshops explore the 4 quadrants of Connect and provides extensive support as you revise or build your own course. Designed to provide maximum impact, each Connect Express session...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 06:00
Mon, January 7, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM IRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE. Free. A lecture followed by a QA session. This lecture is open to all students/Faculty from all backgrounds and religious traditions and interest on the Subject. Location : IK Barber Learning Centre-Public Study Rooms - Room...
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Monday, January 7, 2013 - 05:00
Fri, January 4, 2013 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Join John Ines, Dean, Faculty of Forestry and Forest Renewal BC Chair in Forest Management for a seminar entitled: "Are we managing the world’s forests sustainably?" Friday, January 4, 3:00 to 4:00 pm Room 154, MacMillan Building,...
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Friday, January 4, 2013 - 08:00
Wed, December 26, 2012 9:00 AM - January 9, 2013, 4:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Recycle your Christmas Tree December 26, 2012 – January 9, 2013 9:30 am – 4:30 pm $5 Suggested Donation Tree chipping fundraiser benefitting Thunderbird Elementary School Community members are encouraged to drop off...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 02:00
Sat, December 8, 2012 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM See description. Location: East Parking Lot of Nat Bailey Stadium - 30th & Ontario Street See website for more information: http://www.eatlocal.org/wfm_2012_13.html The Cycling Resource Centre of the AMS Bike Co-op is a gateway to all things relating to...
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Saturday, December 8, 2012 - 03:00
Mon, December 3, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. We are pleased to welcome Prof. Wildbard Kombe for a guest lecture on "Climate Change, Planning and Food Security in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania." Monday, December 3rd from 3 to 4 PM Location: MacMillian 350 About the speaker: Wildbard...
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Monday, December 3, 2012 - 08:00
Sat, December 1, 2012 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Come to the UBC Applied Biology / Soil Science mini-open house! Saturday December 1, 9:30 to noon MacMillan Building, Room 102A Topics include: -Urban agriculture -Oil sands reclamation -Green-house gases -Water & Food Find out...
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Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 02:30
Thu, November 29, 2012 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM UBC Robson Square. $150. Explore the basic LEED requirements, terminology and strategies for designing and documenting a Durable Building per the CSA S478 (R2007) guideline. Benefit from case studies and examples from completed projects to illustrate what...
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Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 11:30
Mon, November 26, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. . Title: Water and Energy Connection: Relevance to Developing Communities? Speaker: Dr. Madjid Mohseni, Professor of UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering & Scientific Director for RES’EAU-WaterNet Location: UBC Hugh Dempster...
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Monday, November 26, 2012 - 08:00

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