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

Wed, March 27, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM See description. free. The Anthropocene is a term increasingly entering public and policy discourses, including those of the humanities and social sciences, and it is understood as a force now altering the planet’s biosphere and implicating human-kind in mass...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 19:00
Tue, March 26, 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/7820
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 10:00
Tue, March 26, 2019 10:00 AM - 11:00 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.). Bring your family outside to enjoy some fresh air and discover the biodiversity...
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 10:00
Sat, March 23, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM UBC Botanical Garden. $125 General, $105 Concession (BCLNA members & their employees, Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students | Staff | Faculty. Valid ID card required.). Part of the Horticulture Training Professional...
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Saturday, March 23, 2019 - 10:00
Fri, March 22, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Katie Marshall Assistant Professor, UBC Zoology Location: AERL Theatre (Rm. 120) The rocky intertidal is a place of extremes: temperature, oxygen concentration, and salinity all shift with tide and...
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Friday, March 22, 2019 - 11:00
Thu, March 21, 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 biodiversity...
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Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 11:00
Wed, March 20, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM UBC Botanical Garden. $120 General, $105 Concession (Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students|Staff|Faculty. Valid ID card required.). Part of the Horticulture Training Professional Workshop Series Do you want to sharpen your...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 19:00
Tue, March 19, 2019 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM UBC Botanical Garden. $12 Adult, $8 Child, $10 Concession (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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Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 10:00
Join us for a provocative evening of discussion on the future of climate action as we gather some of UBC’s finest academics who are setting a precedent of climate leadership locally and internationally.
When:
Monday, March 18, 2019 - 17:30 to 19:30
Location:
Jack Poole Hall, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
Sat, March 16, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM UBC Botanical Garden. $125 General, $105 Concession (BCLNA members & their employees, Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students | Staff | Faculty) Valid ID required.. Part of the Horticulture Training Professional Workshop...
When:
Saturday, March 16, 2019 - 10:00

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