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
Policy, Economics & Governance
Production, Consumption & Waste
Presented by the UBC Sustainability Scholars Program: A conference on urban sustainability research What happens when you give bright and engaged students real-world sustainability problems to solve? UBC Sustainability Scholars are helping to...

Sustainability Education Fellows Information Session

Sustainability Photo Pop-Up Exhibition

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems

Plug Yourself into UBC Research: a Series for Undergraduate Students

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

Mon, May 8, 2017 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE. Please refer to UBC BMB Website: http://biochem.ubc.ca/
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Monday, May 8, 2017 - 15:00
Sun, May 7, 2017 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with museum admission or membership. Get hands-on and learn about birds with our daily activity. Meet under the whale. Included with museum admission or membership. Join us Tuesday-Friday at 10:30 am for a bonus bird-themed...
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Sunday, May 7, 2017 - 15:30
Sat, May 6, 2017 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with museum admission or membership. Get hands-on and learn about birds with our daily activity. Meet under the whale. Included with museum admission or membership. Join us Tuesday-Friday at 10:30 am for a bonus bird-themed...
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Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 15:30
Sat, May 6, 2017 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM UBC FARM. $39 ($32 student pricing) + GST. Description Come learn the mystical magic ways of kombucha. Kombucha, a fermented tea, is all the rage for its ability to “detoxify the body and energize the mind.” It’s pretty refreshing and tasty too. This beginner...
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Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 14:00
Thu, May 4, 2017 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. UBC Learning Circle is please to welcome back Kat Norris for Part II of her story, “Without Reservation: A Survivor’s Story”. In this session, explore with Kat more of her story as an Indigenous woman and residential school survivor. She...
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Thursday, May 4, 2017 - 10:00
Tue, May 2, 2017 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM UBC FARM. Free farmer's market. The UBC Farm will be open for everyone to drop by and pick up some fabulous farm fresh organic eggs this coming Tuesday evening. There will be no limit on eggs per family ($7 per dozen). We may also have some other produce available...
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 16:30
Mon, May 1, 2017 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM LIFE SCIENCES CENTRE. Please refer to UBC BMB Website: http://biochem.ubc.ca/
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Monday, May 1, 2017 - 15:00
Sat, April 29, 2017 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Included with museum admission or membership. Drop in between 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. the last Saturday of the month to enjoy a special ecosystem activity for families plus all of our regular museum programming, including puppet shows...
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Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 10:30
Wed, April 26, 2017 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM LIU INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ISSUES. Free. Join us for this Policy@UBC talk by WWF's Alexis Morgan. Refreshments provided. In January 2017, the World Economic Forum once again listed water as one of its top global risks in the coming 10 years. The growth in...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2017 - 12:00
Tue, April 25, 2017 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. Please join UBC Learning Circle on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 for a special presentation by Dr. Rosalyn Ing. Speaking from her experiences as an mother, grandmother, student, educator, and residential school survivor, Dr. Ing will speak on...
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Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 10:00

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