Thu, October 18, 2012 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. free. Forest Sciences Centre 1221, 1-2:30pm. Speakers: Carmen Emmel, Gesa Meyer and Andy Black - Everyone welcome! If you cannot make it in person, you can watch the presentation as a live webinar. Please log in 5 minutes early. The...
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.
Events by Date
Past Events
When:
Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 06:00
Fri, October 12, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Speaker: Bryanna Theil, Msc Student (Supervisor: Dr. Sean Smukler) Topic: Large scale beef cattle farming in Argentina Date & Location: Friday Oct. 12, 2012, 3pm, Room 154 MacMillan All are welcome!
When:
Friday, October 12, 2012 - 08:00
Thu, October 11, 2012 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM See description. 40.00. Join cheese-maker David Asher Rotsztain as we explore the fascinating realm of cheese. David will demonstrate and explain the techniques for making three basic styles of cheese: paneer, yogurt cheese and Camembert, an aged rennet...
When:
Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 11:00
Thu, October 11, 2012 6:30 AM - 9:30 AM UBC Robson Square. $300. Discounts of up to 45% are available when registering for more than one LEED in Practice course at the same time. . Learn what an architect’s role and responsibilities are on a LEED project in this six-hour course. Examine strategies...
When:
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 - 23:30
Tue, October 9, 2012 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Environment and Society Series Climate, Ecology and Politics: How Unconventional Natural Gas will Reshape BC Karena Shaw, Political Science, University of Victoria Room 212, Geography Building (1984 West Mall), UBC 5-6:30 pm, with...
When:
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 10:00
Fri, October 5, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Join Roger Beckie, Professor, Groundwater Hydrology with UBC Earth and Ocean Science, for a seminar on: "The mineralogical, hydrological and biogeochemical controls on drainage from waste rock at the Antamina Mine, Peru: An overview"...
When:
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 08:00
Thu, October 4, 2012 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM UBC Robson Square. $150. Discounts of up to 45% are available when registering for more than one LEED in Practice course at the same time. . Benefit from examples of design strategies and documentation to learn about buidling sites. This session covers erosion...
When:
Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 11:30
Wed, October 3, 2012 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM See description. no charge, but online registration required. WHERE: Kelowna Community Theatre -- 1375 Water St. Open to the Public Extinction or Survival: The Global Biodiversity Crisis Wade Davis is a well-published scholar and Explorer-in-Residence at the...
When:
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 12:00
Wed, October 3, 2012 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. The LFS Orchard Garden will be screening Isabella Rosselini's acclaimed series "Green Porno", a series of educational web videos about the mating habits of animals and insects. -7:00pm in the Garden -BYO Blankets & snacks -Cookies...
When:
Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 12:00
Tue, October 2, 2012 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Free. Principal's Series: Thinking at the Edge of Reason: Interdisciplinarity in Action Henry Yu, St John's College; Andrew Riseman, UBC's planned "Sustainability" College; Mark Vessey, Green College; Moderator: Patricia Vertinksy,...
When:
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 10:00