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Reflecting on Sustainability through Photography

In January 2024 the UBC community was invited to engage with sustainability themes through photography. Learn more about the project and enjoy some of the resulting works.
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2023 Climate and Wellbeing Education Grants Unveiled!

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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Addressing the Impacts of Canadian Mining on Communities in Africa

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance
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Should the Fraser River Estuary have legal rights?

Ecological Systems
Natural Resources
Policy, Economics & Governance
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Telling Stories: The Humanities in an Age of Planetary Agenda-Setting

Climate Change & Energy
Ecological Systems
Human Well-being & Social Systems
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PODCAST: F IS FOR FACULTY

A podcast series on sustainability and climate action brought to you by the Sustainability Hub. In each episode, we’ll introduce you to what a UBC faculty member is doing to advance sustainability and climate action through research and teaching, and they’ll tell you what they want you to DO with all this new knowledge.
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Okanagan Charter a call to action on health and wellbeing

Originally published by UBC Okanagan News. Republished with permission. Universities and colleges put priority on health promotion locally and globally. A new international charter, an outcome of the 2015 International Conference on Health Promoting Universities and Colleges / VII International...

UBC named top Canadian university in sustainability

Recognizing creative advancements in sustainability

Only four per cent of the ocean is protected: UBC research

UBC named top Canadian university in sustainability

Originally published by UBC Public Affairs. Republished with permission. A forward-thinking sustainability strategy, ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets and innovative clean energy projects have helped the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus earn the highest rating among...

4,000 staff lunch, one small bag of garbage

Jeffrey Preiss Once the barbeques were put away, tables cleared, chairs folded and 4,000 staff went back to their offices, only one small, desk bin-sized bag of garbage was left. The rest of the waste from UBC’s annual Welcome Back Staff BBQ—200 kg—was sorted into compost and recycling. The BBQ is...

Sustainability challenge empowers students to advance campus sustainability

Pathways to Sustainability: Dr. Loch Brown

// Posted by UBC Sustainability on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 For some, a mention of a PhD student may evoke thoughts of dusty books, digital reports and long nights of research and writing. For Loch Brown, the PhD process involved motorcycling across the Sahara through an active minefield to...

Integrate Sustainability into Your UBC Learning Experience

Pathways to Sustainability: Tanis

// Posted by UBC Sustainability on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Tanis King didn’t arrive at UBC with a passion for sustainability: throughout high school and her first years at UBC, Tanis’ academic interests were reserved for the hard sciences. Last year, however, Tanis enrolled in BIOL 448 – a capstone...

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