CHBE Sustainability Club

Time & Location: Friday, March 30th, 3:00-4:00 pm in GEOG 100.

A lecture by Kenneth M. Golden discussing how mathematical models of composite materials and statistical physics are being used to study key sea ice processes such as melt pond evolution, snow-ice formation, and nutrient replenishment for algal communities. These processes must be better understood to improve projections of the fate of sea ice, and the response of polar ecosystems. Video from recent Antarctic expeditions where we measured sea ice properties will be shown.

Time & Location: March 28th, 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Location TBD.

Jenny Liu, from Common Energy UBC, will help participants find fun and innovative ways to bring new life to their old t-shirts.

Looking for something fun to do this summer. Check out the ISCI 361 Course, PDF with information below:

ISCI361 (Iceland) 2012

Date & Location: March 21st, 12-2pm IKE Barber Learning Center room 182

UBC Reads Sustainability Presents a talk by Alanna Mitchell, a Canadian journalist and author of “Sea Sick: the global ocean crisis”.

Register here: http://alannamitchell.eventbrite.com/

Find out about this soon-to-be released book in a free Vancouver public lecture
by climate scientist and Nobel Laureate Michael E. Mann – author of the IPCC’s
“Hockey Stick” Report that sparked a bitter controversy between scientists and
science deniers.
Hear the real story of the science and politics behind this controversy – and
of the campaign to deny the reality of global climate change, one of the central
scientifi c and policy issues of our time.

When: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 19, 2012
Where: Fletcher Challenge Theatre, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St
How: Register at www.michaelmanntalk.eventbrite.com or just turn up.
Live webcast: www.pics.uvic.ca/events.php

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Understanding Controversy, Opportunity and Inaction
Scientists worldwide agree about the main causes of climate change, so why can’t the international community come to consensus on workable solutions? Hulme’s talk argues for the need to look beyond science and to connect with “people’s worldviews, beliefs and values” in the search for policy and societal solutions.

When: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Where: Fletcher Challenge Theatre, SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings St
How: Register at www.profmikehulme.eventbrite.com  or just turn up.
Live webcast: www.pics.uvic.ca/events.php
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Date and Location: Tue, February 21, 2012 7:00 PM – 9:30, at the Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), Modern Green Development Auditorium

Free. An exciting evening of conversation on leadership and the development of a sustainable future, with perspectives from Sweden and Canada. Three inspirational thought leaders will present and participate in an open discussion about one of the greatest challenges—and opportunities—of our time: the creation of a sustainable future. Please join Goran Carstedt and John Holmberg from Gothenburg, Sweden, and John Robinson from Vancouver, Canada, on February 21, 2012 in the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability. To register: http://sustainabilityleadership.eventbrite.com