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.

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Past Events

Fri, September 7, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Speaker: Nigel Haggan Location: AERL Theatre (120), 2202 Main Mall, UBC
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Friday, September 7, 2018 - 11:00
Wed, September 5, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 10:00
Wed, September 5, 2018 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). This will be the first official IOF Orientation session! Learn about: * IOF's history * IOF Student Society * Life at IOF * IOF's potential graduate program * Life at UBC * much, much more... ALL IOF students (...
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 09:00
Fri, August 31, 2018 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Decades ago, prospects seemed strong for significantly expanded global coal consumption. Studies of energy futures depicted the full geologic extent of coal as a virtually unlimited backstop energy supply that...
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Friday, August 31, 2018 - 14:00
Wed, August 29, 2018 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM University Centre. Free . In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science, Qiang Li will defend the thesis entitled: THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF FOREST DISTURBANCE ON STREAMFLOW COMPONENTS AND THEIR...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 14:00
Wed, August 29, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 - 10:00
Wed, August 22, 2018 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. FREE. Have you always wanted to learn how to maintain your bike but are intimidated by bike shops? Check out LGBTQ2I night on the 4th Wednesday of every month. LGBTQ2I Night provides a safe and positive space for anyone in LGBTQ2I...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 18:00
Wed, August 22, 2018 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Science Building. Free . Master's Thesis Oral Examination Announcement In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biology, Joshua Michael Smith will defend the thesis entitled: INTERESTING AND UNUSUAL FLUX PATTERNS OF...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 14:00
Wed, August 22, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. The Bike Kitchen is open for volunteering on Wednesdays from 11am - 5pm with a midday mechanical workshop from 1pm - 2pm only for volunteers! Volunteers can drop-in at any point during the day without prior sign-up and are assigned...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018 - 10:00
Thu, August 16, 2018 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM BEATY BIODIVERSITY CENTRE. Come by for a night at the museum! Every month, the museum will stay open late with admission by donation between 5:00-8:30 pm, offering family-friendly activities, including Raising Big Blue showing at 5:30 pm Guided Museum Tour at...
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Thursday, August 16, 2018 - 17:00

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