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Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy
The UBC Sustainability Hub’s Megan Badri, Research Manager, explains the difference between “embodied” carbon and “operational” carbon, and describes the Canadian policy landscape around sustainable construction to Business in Vancouver.

Meet the 2024 Sustainability Education Fellows Grant recipients

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems

Sustainability Ambassadors take climate action outreach to Science World

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Policy, Economics & Governance

The Downtown Eastside Talks Climate with UBC’s CLEAR Project

Built Environment & Mobility
Human Well-being & Social Systems

Well-to-wake: decarbonizing BC’s maritime industry

Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance

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// Posted by UBC Sustainability on Wednesday, August 5, 2015 For PhD candidate Ivana Zelenika, sustainability is more than just a word or concept; it’s a fundamental tenet that guides her through both her academic career and day-to-day life. Ivana started her sustainability journey at Carleton...
Jesline Rahardjo’s passion for sustainability preceded the start of her studies at UBC. Her pathway through university has had twists and turns – taking her from studying engineering in her first year to food sciences in her fourth – but she has never diverged from her aspiration to help make the world more sustainable.
The International Sustainable Campus Network (ISCN) awarded the University of British Columbia and its Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) with the 2015 award for Excellence in Building . As a living laboratory, CIRS demonstrates UBC’s commitment to exploring net-positive,...
Delegates from the UBC's sustainability leadership are contributing to global discussions on the challenges of sustainable urban development in the 21st century and the role universities can play in addressing them. The 2015 International Sustainable Campus Network conference, Expanding the...

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