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.

Climate Change & Energy
Human Well-being & Social Systems
This event is part of the Climate Justice Series , hosted by the UBC Sustainability Hub. The 2024-25 series focuses on the question 'What is Climate Justice?', which explores how climate justice intersects with multiple disciplinary perspectives and...

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

Mon, September 24, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM UBC Point Grey Campus. Title: Reducing the ‘Energy-at-Risk’ as a means of achieving sustainability Speaker: Markus Zeller, PEng, CEM, CMVP,Manager, Industrial Sector, Technology & Innovation, BC Hydro Power Smart Location: 310-6245 Agronomy Road,...
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Monday, September 24, 2012 - 08:00
Mon, September 24, 2012 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS). Free. Come to the 2012 Program Completion Workshop to hear firsthand from the program participants and city representatives. The Greenest City Scholars summer internship program sponsors 10 UBC...
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Monday, September 24, 2012 - 07:00
Sat, September 22, 2012 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM See description. The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm is now accepting applications for the 2013 season. Interested applicants are encouraged to come out to the open house to meet UBC Farm staff, and join a farm tour with our current...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012 - 08:00
Fri, September 21, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Join LFS Assistant Professor Sean Smukler on Friday for a seminar on “Managing soil and associated ecosystem services in landscapes of poor, small-holder farmers”. Date, location: Friday Sept 21, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, room 154 MacMillan...
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Friday, September 21, 2012 - 08:00
Thu, September 20, 2012 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM UBC Robson Square. $990. Gain a conceptual understanding of green building strategies and a practical understanding of how to implement them for LEED certification. Benefit from hands-on experience in preparing the proper documentation for LEED credits...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 11:30
Thu, September 20, 2012 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM UBC Robson Square. $300.. Learn what to expect when you are planning for LEED certification in this six-hour course. Using practical examples, gain a detailed overview of the process including: project milestones and when they should occur; typical roles...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 11:30
Thu, September 20, 2012 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM See description. Free. You have an issue you’re passionate about – and you know all the information to back it up – but how do you convey that message to an audience that will promote action? You might need different goals and messages for government...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 - 11:30
Mon, September 17, 2012 6:00 AM - 7:30 AM UBC Point Grey Campus. Find out more about Common Energy UBC at one of our Welcome Events. Choose your team, meet the execs, and get to know CE UBC! We will be hosting three Welcome Events throughout September: Monday, Sept. 17 6-7:30pm Tuesday, Sept. 18 6-...
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Sunday, September 16, 2012 - 23:00
Fri, September 14, 2012 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM H. R. MACMILLAN BUILDING. Join Dr. Marcello Veiga, Professor with the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at UBC for a seminar on "Artisanal Gold Mining: Pollution and Poverty Trap" Location: Friday Sept. 14, 3:00 - 4:00 pm, MacMillan 154 All...
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Friday, September 14, 2012 - 08:00
Fri, September 14, 2012 3:00 PM - 8:00 PM See description. Come on out to this free-admission, all-ages event to celebrate celebrate food, music and community at Vancouver's unique urban farm! Please stay tuned for updates on our 10th annual event. This year, we're excited to feature: - Family-...
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Friday, September 14, 2012 - 08:00

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