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New Sustainable Cities Certificate from UBC SCARP

How can we balance ecological preservation with social equity in our cities? A new proposed undergraduate certificate in urban sustainability aims to tackle that question head-on. Dr. James Connolly, Assistant Professor at UBC School of Community...
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How UBC's Sustainability Hub is helping reduce embodied carbon in the construction industry

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Sustainability Ambassadors take climate action outreach to Science World

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The Downtown Eastside Talks Climate with UBC’s CLEAR Project

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Sustainability Scholar maps ecosystems to inform adaptation strategies to preserve Maplewood Flats

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June 22, 2016

The buzz about bees

By now, you've heard the story. Honeybees are dying off at alarming rates. In Canada, about 30 per cent of bees are disappearing every winter. And to date, nobody's entirely sure why. The plight of the honeybee is a humbling reminder that despite our technological ingenuity, our agricultural system...
June 22, 2016

Tracking climate change’s impact on B.C. winemakers

For B.C. winemakers, it’s an exciting, if worrying, prospect: climate change pushing the continent’s best grape-growing regions north. According to some studies, B.C.’s wine-producing regions stand to benefit from earlier harvests brought on by a warming planet. “Grapes no longer viable in...
June 22, 2016

What Vancouver can learn from Osnabrück’s clean energy transition

Energiewende is the word. Literally, it means “energy turn,” and the term has entered the international lexicon to denote Germany’s shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Germany has made large strides in its energy transition. 27 per cent of the country’s electricity now comes from renewable...
June 20, 2016

Annual Event Recognizes Campus Sustainability Champions

Since 2004, the annual Sustainability Appreciation Luncheon recognizes staff, faculty, and students who help advance sustainability at UBC through their participation in the SEEDS Sustainability Program and the Sustainability Coordinator (SC) Program in offices and labs. On May 26th, over 130...
June 17, 2016

Transit Funding and the Future of Urban Design

The connection between public transit and urban sustainability is significant; public transportation has been shown to reduce air pollution and GHG emissions, positively enhance urban densification, and drive economic growth in communities. In light of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier...
June 15, 2016

Chilling Up to Save Over 7,000 kWh a Year

One hundred and twelve participants, forming 18 teams, from 11 buildings across two campuses competing in one challenge: to make their research labs more energy efficient. Laboratory spaces use 10 times more energy than other types of spaces on campus as a result of high ventilation rates and...
June 9, 2016

Millennials break ideological boundaries when combatting climate change

Voter turnout for the 2015 federal election was at its highest since 1993. This was also the year Canadians, especially millennials under 30, voted strategically in record-breaking numbers: not along party lines but along policy initiatives. One of the most galvanizing issues was climate change...
June 9, 2016

To fight climate change, B.C. should get smart with manure, UBC researcher says

When it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, any talk of cars is usually followed closely by talk of cows. While the Canadian beef industry accounts for just 3.6 per cent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions , thanks to the methane-heavy flatulence of cows fed forage diets, many believe...
June 8, 2016

Fishing in a changing climate

June 6, 2016

UBC, City of Vancouver Celebrate 100th Greenest City Scholar

This summer, the City of Vancouver and the University of British Columbia celebrate a milestone in their Greenest City Scholars Program . A 100 th Greenest City Scholar will be applying their research to the City’s policies related to the Greenest City Action Plan and the Renewable City Strategy. “...

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