Conference | RESEARCH TO ACTION: ADVANCING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY
When: Wednesday, September 27, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Where: UBC Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), 2260 West Mall, UBC
Registration: Free to all. Registration closes September 25.
What happens when you give bright and engaged students a real-world sustainability problem to solve?
UBC Sustainability and Greenest City Scholars are helping to make real change in the world. Join us on Wednesday September 27 to learn more about what our local governments and institutions are doing to future-proof our people, our cities, and our urban spaces.
You will enjoy an afternoon of engaged discussion on a diverse range of applied sustainability projects produced by UBC graduate students under the mentorship of community partners including the City of Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, BC Hydro, Fraser Health, and UBC Wellbeing.
Scholars will present their projects in concurrent themed panel sessions throughout the afternoon. Panels will be moderated by experts from UBC and Sustainability Scholars Program partners.
Keynote Address:
“Driving energy conservation and carbon reduction on a community scale: Building partnerships to make great things happen” by Robyn Wark, Sustainable Communities Program, BC Hydro
Panel Themes:
Waste Streams| Urban Landscape: Climate Resilience | Zero Waste / Recycling| Green Buildings | Doing It [Sustainability] Better & Smarter| Climate & Energy| Green Operations & Infrastructure| Mobility: EVs, Investment & Infrastructure| Social Sustainability: Campus Wellbeing | Social Sustainability: People & Places | Social Sustainability: Informing Best Practices
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Karen Taylor
Program Manager | UBC Sustainability Initiative
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Room 2343, 2260 West Mall Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Phone 604 822-9362 | karen.taylor@ubc.ca | www.sustain.ubc.ca
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