Welcome to the SEEDS (Social Ecological Economic Development Studies) Sustainability Program. SEEDS creates applied research and interdisciplinary partnerships between students, faculty, staff and community partners to advance sustainability ideas, policies, and practices and create societal impacts by using the Campus as a Living Laboratory.
About SEEDS
SEEDS is an internationally recognized and replicated program. Applied research projects advance social, ecological and economic sustainability through impactful community-based collaborations.
SEEDS Sustainability Students
The SEEDS Sustainability Program provides an applied learning experience through collaboration with faculty members, staff, and community partners.
Faculty
Are you a UBC faculty member who’d like to integrate sustainability curriculum and align applied research projects with learning outcomes? Join our extensive network of partners on campus.
Staff and Community Partners
Do you need applied research to help inform your sustainability strategy? The SEEDS Sustainability Program brings UBC faculty, staff, and community partners together.
Featured Projects
SEEDS projects address a broad range of social, ecological, and economic sustainability issues. Since the program began, over 1,000 projects have been completed through 12 different faculties and schools.
Food Security Initiative
The Food Security Initiative (FSI) is partnership between UBC Wellbeing, SEEDS Sustainability Program and Faculty of Land and Food Systems.
UBC Food System Project
The UBC Food System Project is a collaborative, cross-campus initiative that brings together partners from teaching and learning, operations, and research to improve food systems.
Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research & Demonstration (CBIRD)
The Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research and Demonstration (CBIRD) is the first campus-wide initiative of its kind at a Canadian university.
Climate Crisis in Urban Biodiversity
Inspiring the next generation of students to work on the interconnected global challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss by co-creating student-led, inclusive, and demand-driven research.
SEEDS Sustainability Library
The SEEDS Sustainability Library is a comprehensive repository of applied research and knowledge. It’s a key tool for decision makers. Open access applied research reports contribute to a body of knowledge, learning and action to ignite sustainability ideas, policies and practices, and enable the broader community to learn, apply and build on previous research.
Biodiversity
Buildings
Climate
Community
Energy
Finance
Food
Health
Land
Materials
Procurement
Transportation
Waste
Water
Wellbeing
Grace Kyle, Mary Stockdale
: Rowan Waldron; Campus + Community Planning: Maximilian Kniewasser; Payment & Procurement Services: Judith Fograscher; University of British Columbia Okanagan: Leanne Bilodeau
GEOG 498T
Climate
Geography, Department of: Grace Kyle, Mary Stockdale,
2021-2022
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Yu Le Chen, Allan Fan, Lilian Vuong, Shiqi Wang, Wing Yue Yuen, Shiyi Zhang
Campus + Community Planning: Krista Falkner
CIVL 446
Climate, Community, Transportation
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2020-2021
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Madison Brown, Mu-Yun Lai, Stefan Lehto-Borich, Nicholas Starink, Anisha Sandhu
Campus + Community Planning: Bud Fraser; Student Housing and Hospitality Services: Paula McCready
LFS 450
Food, Procurement, Waste
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of: Liska Richer
2020-2021
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Briana Chan, Jonah Escarcha, Jason Liu, Tanya Lui, Maarja von Schulmann
Athletics & Recreation: Alyssa Reyes; Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Community, Health
Kinesiology, School of: Andrea Bundon
2020-2021
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Gabriella Monagan, Breno Chan, Karimat Okunlola, Jasmin Jhaj, Lauren Lee, Theresa Leung
Campus + Community Planning: Doug Doyle
CIVL 446
Land, Water
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2020-2021
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Chike Okwara, Oluwadamilola Somoye, Parisa Eshraghi, Catalina Ospina Lozano
Campus + Community Planning: Maximilian Kniewasser; Payment & Procurement Services: Judith Fograscher
CHBE 573
Climate, Energy, Transportation
Chemical and Biological Engineering: Naoko Ellis
2020-2021
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Anthony Legaspi, Hin To Chan, Idris Mohammed, Shivani Jiandani, Malaaika Balasubramaniam
Athletics & Recreation: Alyssa Reyes; Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Community, Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Andrea Bundon
2020-2021
PDF
Kaede Durrant, Andrew Nickel, Andrew Miller, Natalie Jane McRae, Anha Nubaira, Xiaoying Qin
Campus + Community Planning: Doug Doyle
CIVL 446
Land, Water
Civil Engineering: Yahya Nazhat
2020-2021
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Sophie Galloway, Micayla Keiver, August Meyer
Alma Mater Society: Saad Shoaib
GEOG 371
Community, Wellbeing
Arts, Faculty of: Bonnie Kaserman
2020-2021
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Allison Chun, Anne Romaizzane Ignacio, Christina Stewart, Miselta Ihekwoaba
Athletics & Recreation: Alyssa Reyes; Student Recreation Centre: Emily Jarvis
KIN 464
Community, Health, Wellbeing
Kinesiology, School of: Andrea Bundon
2020-2021
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