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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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January 22, 2024

Embodied carbon: UBC Sustainability Hub facilitating collaborations between B.C. Government, municipalities, universities, to help achieve 2050 net zero targets

In October 2023, the University of British Columbia's Sustainability Hub was invited to hold a workshop at the annual CleanBC, "Climate Leadership Symposium: Public Sector and Local Government Action." The Symposium was organised by the B.C. Government , Ministry of Environment and Climate Change...
January 19, 2024

Climate Emergency Fund: Global and Campus Impact

The Climate Emergency Fund emerged through advocacy from the student-led UBC Climate Hub and close collaboration with elected AMS and GSS student leaders. Proposals were accepted over winter 2020-21, and in late spring 2021, a twelve-member Committee met to analyze the seven proposals that were...
January 15, 2024

Integrating a Collaborative Design Approach Into Community Forest Management

Located on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Bamfield is a small coastal community originally inhabited by Huu-ay-aht First Nations, who remain an integral presence in the community.
January 9, 2024

Examining Post-Colonial Wildlife Conservation in South Africa

The field program , led by Dr. David Bunn , Professor, and Dr. Melissa McHale , Associate Professor, Department of Forest Resources Management, offers a unique opportunity for students to experience firsthand a variety of decolonized conservation management models.
December 13, 2023

COP28: Hopes and reactions to the latest climate deal

Contrast the hopes and aspirations of our UBC colleagues below with the outcome from the ‘ UAE Consensus’ agreed at COP28 and the reaction to the deal by civil society. Words: Niki Afsharpour. Images: David Tindall.
December 5, 2023

Zoology Professor Awarded Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' Crafoord Prize

The three-spine sticklebacks exhibit remarkable diversity due to their evolution from marine fish to freshwater species after the last ice age, making them among the youngest species on Earth.
November 30, 2023

#WiRELab Investigating White-Tailed Deer Population Affects on Caribou

White-tailed deer are expanding deeper into caribou range where they were previously less abundant, and now act as a food source that strengthens the population of caribou predators including wolves.
October 31, 2023

UBC Sociology Environment and Community Research Stream

Members of the Environment & Community cluster contribute to an understanding of the relationships between built and human communities within natural environments.
October 25, 2023

Overfishing Research Wins 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Photo credit: Kim Bellavance Dr. Pauly and Dr. Sumaila are University Killam Professors and longtime colleagues at the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries . Winning this prize, they say, gives them an opportunity to spread an urgent and evidence-based message: all fishing on the high seas...
October 20, 2023

Climate Emergency Fund: Public Scholar Maya Daurio

The resilience of a wet meadow contrasted with a severely burned forest three years after the Cameron Peak Fire. Photo by Maya Daurio. In the late summer of 2020, Colorado witnessed the largest wildfire in its history – the Cameron Peak Fire. This wildfire, which persisted for 112 days, burned over...

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