Sat, April 6, 2019 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM UBC Botanical Garden. Adult $12, Child $8, Concession $10 (Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students | Staff | Faculty. Valid ID card required.). UBC Botanical Garden is a magical place in early spring, in large part because of...
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
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Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 09:00
Thu, April 4, 2019 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM See description. FREE. Register for and find more information about this workshop at: https://events.library.ubc.ca/dashboard/view/7921
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Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 12:00
Wed, April 3, 2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM UBC FARM. 60. Looking to add more Umami to your cooking? Join local Japanese food expert Kimiko Suzuki in preparing the authentic Japanese seasoning “Shio Koji” and “Shoyu Koji” in this hands-on class. Shio Koji is an ingredient in Japanese cooking with a...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 18:00
Tue, April 2, 2019 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CHAN CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. 0. Join this Phil Lind Initiative talk by Bill McKibben, noted environmental activist and author of the first book about global warming—1989’s The End of Nature, as part of the “America and the Climate Crisis” series. This...
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 18:00
Tue, April 2, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM See description. FREE. Register for and find more information about this workshop at: https://events.library.ubc.ca/dashboard/view/7821
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - 10:00
Mon, April 1, 2019 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM See description. Free. April 1, 2019 2:30-4:00pm ART 103 Christopher Carcaillet will review the similairites between Alpine and Rocky Mountain ecosystems, present the biological proxies selected for vegetation dynamics research and provide reconstructions to...
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Monday, April 1, 2019 - 14:30
Sat, March 30, 2019 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Engineering, Management and Education Building. Free. The Undergraduate Research Conference is an opportunity for Honours and Directed Studies students to present their projects to peers, professors and the campus community at large. Date: Saturday, March 30,...
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Saturday, March 30, 2019 - 10:00
Fri, March 29, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov Director and Professor, IOF Location: AERL Theatre (Rm. 120) Distributional range shift is a well-known species response to climate fluctuations leading to a poleward shift in their...
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Friday, March 29, 2019 - 11:00
Thu, March 28, 2019 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Recently, an expedition team, consisting of 21 researchers from Canada, the United States, Russia, Japan, and Korea – all Pacific salmon producing countries – set out on the Russian Vessel, the Professor...
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 12:00
Thu, March 28, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM UBC Botanical Garden. Adult $12, Child $8, Concession $10 (Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students | Staff | Faculty. Valid ID card required.). Bring your family outside to enjoy some fresh air and discover the beauty of UBC...
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Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 11:00