Interested in sustainable food but don’t know where to start? In this workshop, you’ll learn the basics of growing your own herbs! Discover yummy recipes, learn fun facts, and win prizes. All supplies provided for your herb garden kit! Organized by Campus + Community Planning. Part of Climate...
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...
xChange 2024: Engineering A Greener Tomorrow
Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
Covering Climate on the Frontlines
Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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
When:
Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
A dialogue on learning and unlearning guided by the following questions: In what ways can we learn and unlearn the lens and narratives we utilize towards addressing climate justice and climate solutions? And how can we reflect upon the existing colonial structures that exist in academia regarding...
When:
Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 11:00 to 14:00
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
A pop-up Let’s Choose to Reuse engagement booth! Bring your own mug for FREE hot chocolate, enter a raffle to win a reusable mug, and spin the wheel to test your sustainability knowledge! Stop by to learn more about creating a circular economy! Organized by Sustainability Ambassadors. Part of...
When:
Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 11:00 to 13:00
Location:
AMS Nest
Take part in an interactive game inspired by the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in late 2023. Created by COP28 UBC delegate, Muhammad Huzaifa, Master of Applied Science in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied...
When:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 17:30 to 18:30
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
UBC has saved an amazing $1,000,000 in furniture purchasing costs through its Furniture Reuse Program. A small-but-mighty idea to re-home furniture destined for disposal kick-started a sustainability success story right here on campus. By reusing what is already made (instead of buying new) we can...
When:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
UBC has saved an amazing $1,000,000 in furniture purchasing costs through its Furniture Reuse Program. A small-but-mighty idea to re-home furniture destined for disposal kick-started a sustainability success story right here on campus. By reusing what is already made (instead of buying new) we can...
When:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 15:00 to 16:00
Location:
CIRS BC Hydro Theatre
A dialogue session for students, staff and faculty interested in wellbeing and climate change topics in classroom settings. Join us for lunch and share your experiences and ideas on how climate change content and wellbeing practices can enhance teaching and learning experiences at UBC. This session...
When:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 12:30 to 14:00
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
The Centre for Law and the Environment’s four-part series , In Their Own Words: Plaintiffs and Their Lawyers Speak About Leading Youth Climate Cases , covers four leading cases from Canada and the US in which youth are demanding climate accountability and action from their government. Each session...
When:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 12:30 to 14:00
Photographers and photojournalists have kept us on the edge of our seats for decades as the climate emergency has evolved from “warming” to “crisis” to “boiling point”. In this visual guest lecture, award-winning photographer and documentary filmmaker Marina Dodis will talk us through some of the...
When:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 12:00 to 13:00
Location:
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
Join a team volunteers organized by AMS Sustainability to learn about what recycling, food waste, and landfill items fall into the sorting stations inside of the Nest. This waste audit provides a hands-on opportunity for students to help UBC progress towards a zero-waste community. Data collected...
When:
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 12:00 to 15:00
Location:
AMS Nest