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.

Human Well-being & Social Systems
Natural Resources
Join us at the xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Garden for an open conversation circle about climate justice and the essential role of Indigenous rights and relations with the land in addressing climate change.

Climate Justice is a business responsibility

Climate Change & Energy
Production, Consumption & Waste

Climate+Water Research Symposium

Climate Change & Energy
Natural Resources

Solutions Summit: Working Towards Climate Solutions

Climate Change & Energy
Policy, Economics & Governance

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 Month Canada

SDG Month 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

Sat, March 23, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM UBC Botanical Garden. $125 General, $105 Concession (BCLNA members & their employees, Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students | Staff | Faculty. Valid ID card required.). Part of the Horticulture Training Professional...
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Saturday, March 23, 2019 - 10:00
Fri, March 22, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Katie Marshall Assistant Professor, UBC Zoology Location: AERL Theatre (Rm. 120) The rocky intertidal is a place of extremes: temperature, oxygen concentration, and salinity all shift with tide and...
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Friday, March 22, 2019 - 11:00
Thu, March 21, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM UBC Botanical Garden. Adult $12, Child $8, Concession $10 (Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students | Staff | Faculty. Valid ID card required.). Bring your family outside to enjoy some fresh air and discover the biodiversity...
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Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 11:00
Wed, March 20, 2019 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM UBC Botanical Garden. $120 General, $105 Concession (Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students|Staff|Faculty. Valid ID card required.). Part of the Horticulture Training Professional Workshop Series Do you want to sharpen your...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 - 19:00
Tue, March 19, 2019 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM UBC Botanical Garden. $12 Adult, $8 Child, $10 Concession (Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students|Staff|Faculty. Valid ID card required.). Bring your family outside to enjoy some fresh air and discover the beauty of UBC...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 10:00
Join us for a provocative evening of discussion on the future of climate action as we gather some of UBC’s finest academics who are setting a precedent of climate leadership locally and internationally.
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Monday, March 18, 2019 - 17:30 to 19:30
Location:
Jack Poole Hall, Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre
Sat, March 16, 2019 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM UBC Botanical Garden. $125 General, $105 Concession (BCLNA members & their employees, Garden Members, UNA Residents, Youth (13-17), Seniors (65+), UBC Students | Staff | Faculty) Valid ID required.. Part of the Horticulture Training Professional Workshop...
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Saturday, March 16, 2019 - 10:00
Fri, March 15, 2019 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Dr. Camilla Speller Assistant Professor, Anthropological Archaeology, University of British Columbia Location: AERL Theatre (Rm. 120) Over the last centuries, marine ecosystems have witnessed dramatic...
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Friday, March 15, 2019 - 11:00
Fri, March 15, 2019 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES BUILDING. Thesis title: Post-dive gas recovery and the transition between metabolic states as physiological limits to diving in Steller sea lions (eumetopias jubatus) Supervisor: David Rosen Departmental Examiner: Trish Schulte Committee...
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Friday, March 15, 2019 - 09:00
Thu, March 14, 2019 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM UBC Botanical Garden. Free. Do you love plants? Are you interested in a career in horticulture? Are you currently a horticulture professional and want to take the next step in your career? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then check out UBC...
When:
Thursday, March 14, 2019 - 18:30

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