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, February 14, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 - 10:00
Sat, February 10, 2018 12:00 AM - Sun, February 18, 2018, 12:00 AM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with museum admission or membership. Join us for FestEVOLVE – the celebration of Charles Darwin and the evolution of life.
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Saturday, February 10, 2018 - 00:00
Thu, February 8, 2018 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). FREE. Join us for this week's IRES Seminar Series talks featuring RES graduate students Michaela Neuberger and Kiely McFarlane. Thursday, February 8 12:30pm - 1:30pm AERL Theatre (room 120), 2202 Main Mall...
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Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 12:30
Wed, February 7, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
When:
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 10:00
Sun, February 4, 2018 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with admission / Free for campus residents. Drop in between 10:30 am – 1:00 pm the first Sunday of the month to enjoy a special ecosystem activity for families plus all of our regular museum programming, Raising Big Blue...
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Sunday, February 4, 2018 - 10:30
Thu, February 1, 2018 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). FREE. Join us for Steve Conrad's talk on "Why people matter: including water user preferences in water policymaking." Thursday, February 1 12:30pm - 1:30pm AERL Theatre (room 120), 2202 Main Mall Water...
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Thursday, February 1, 2018 - 12:30
Wed, January 31, 2018 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Speaker: Gastón Gordillo, UBC Anthropology Topic: The Imperial Metropolis: the Infrastructure of the Soy Supply Chain in South America Location: Liu Multipurpose Room About Gastón Gordillo: In his current ethnographic...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 12:30
Wed, January 31, 2018 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Speaker: Gastón Gordillo, UBC Anthropology Topic: The Imperial Metropolis: the Infrastructure of the Soy Supply Chain in South America Location: Liu Multipurpose Room About Gastón Gordillo: In his current ethnographic...
When:
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 12:30
Wed, January 31, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
When:
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 10:00
Wed, January 31, 2018 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. In this session, we will discuss the various ways that community members and health professionals can access Xwi7xwa Library's collections, and other incredible collections for researching a variety of areas. Several resources will be...
When:
Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 10:00

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