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Built Environment & Mobility
Climate Change & Energy

How this Vancouver heritage home is setting a benchmark for sustainable construction

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.
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Meet the 2024 Sustainability Education Fellows Grant recipients

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Sustainability Ambassadors take climate action outreach to Science World

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
Policy, Economics & Governance
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The Downtown Eastside Talks Climate with UBC’s CLEAR Project

Built Environment & Mobility
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Well-to-wake: decarbonizing BC’s maritime industry

Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance
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October 25, 2011

Where parking and sustainability cross paths

Typically at UBC, we talk about building over surface parking lots and discouraging vehicle traffic to and from campus while promoting sustainable alternatives like public transit. It’s rare for us to get an opportunity to talk about how parking on campus is helping UBC meet its commitment to...
September 29, 2011

An Evening With David Suzuki

Thursday, November 3 at 7:00 p.m. The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts Tickets are $5 and available at the Chan Centre Box Office or www.ticketmaster.ca Dr. David Suzuki, distinguished Canadian environmentalist and UBC Professor Emeritus, presents a public lecture entitled “The Global Eco-crisis...
September 12, 2011

Totem Park Residence expansion sets new standards in sustainability

This September, 567 students will be moving into brand-new rooms in two new buildings at Totem Park Residence. The innovative structures will use 30% less energy than comparable buildings elsewhere—and turn a few hundred commuters into UBC residents. September sees the unveiling of a major...
September 8, 2011

UBC Professor and Alumna Receive Fulbright Awards

A UBC professor and alumna have received Fulbright awards to conduct research in the U.S. The Fulbright program is an educational movement based on the principle of scholarly exchange between the United States and various countries from around the world. Associate Profressor Kai M. A. Chan from the...
August 19, 2011

UBC rated 'gold' for sustainability

Pioneering clean energy projects, an aggressive carbon-reduction strategy and North America’s greenest building have helped the University of British Columbia to garner Canada’s first gold rating in a new international program that assesses sustainability achievements in higher education. A gold...
June 9, 2011

UBC energy conversion saves $4 million a year, cuts GHGs

A new $85-million University of British Columbia district energy system will dramatically reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption while advancing clean energy research and development opportunities at UBC. Approved yesterday by UBC’s Board of Governors , the five-year project...
June 9, 2011

Recycling with a heart: UBC student's efforts help Cambodian university

A UBC student’s call to help a university in Cambodia resulted in a flood of donations from departments all over campus, via the university’s new reuse-it! program. The second-hand items were enough to fill a container, which is now on a ship bound for Southeast Asia. Sarah Youngblutt, a graduate...
May 17, 2011

Bike to Work Week, May 27 - June 2, 2013

Bike to Work Week (B2WW) is fast approaching and UBC Transportation Planning encourages all UBC faculty, staff, students and residents to get involved. There is a skills training workshop, activities across Vancouver, and a commuter station at UBC where you can get a free bike tune-up, snacks, and...
May 13, 2011

Vibrant Sustainable Communities: Towards a Smart Future

Visit UBC's Vancouver campus on Saturday, May 28th when UBC Campus and Community Planning will host a panel on sustainability with Mike Harcourt , the former Mayor of Vancouver and Premier of British Columbia. Titled “ Vibrant Sustainable Communities: Towards a Smart Future ”, the panel will bring...
May 5, 2011

UBC Named Canada's First Fair Trade Campus

The University of British Columbia has been named Canada’s first “Fair Trade Campus” – and will get its very own blend of ethically sourced coffee – as a result of its national leadership on Fair Trade purchasing. The designation, the result of a collaboration with UBC’s Engineers Without Borders...

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