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

Thu, September 13, 2018 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM University Centre. Free . The Annual Biology Graduate Symposium (BGS) brings together a diverse breadth of exciting research taking place in the Department of Biology. The BGS provides an opportunity for graduate and post-doctoral trainees from the natural...
When:
Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 13:00
Wed, September 12, 2018 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM BROCK HALL - WEST WING. FREE. Learn how to tune up your bike in a positive space for trans women, cis women, queer and genderqueer folks in a relaxed environment led by female and/or LGBTQ2I identified mechanics and volunteers. This is a great way to...
When:
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 18:00
Wed, September 12, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM See description. Free . Biodiversity Seminar Series Presents: River Genetics: From river networks to paleodrainages as drivers of divergence in Neotropical freshwater fishes Presenter: Dr. Andrea Thomaz, University of British Columbia Date: Wednesday,...
When:
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 12:00
Wed, September 12, 2018 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM WALTER C. KOERNER LIBRARY. Free. Are you a graduate student and new to UBC? Would you like to know more about what the library has to offer? This basic workshop will provide you with an overview of some of the key services and resources available to you...
When:
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 11:00
Wed, September 12, 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...
When:
Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 10:00
Fri, September 7, 2018 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM Science Building. Free . 2018 Biology Seminar Series Guest speaker: Robert Serrouya, ABMI, University of Alberta Title: Is adaptive management alive and well? Date: September 7, 2018 Time: 12:30 p.m. Location: SCI 333
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Friday, September 7, 2018 - 12:30
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
When:
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...
When:
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 (...
When:
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...
When:
Friday, August 31, 2018 - 14:00

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