You might have heard that things are changing. Yes, the UBC Sustainability Initiative is now the Sustainability Hub!

Our new name reflects a stronger emphasis on engagement, and reflects a vision to catalyze change for a just and sustainable world. Our new five-year strategic plan outlines how we will activate a mission of, “Inspiring people to act upon the planet’s most urgent challenges through UBC’s academic and operational sustainability leadership”.

We believe that sustainability and justice go hand in hand.

In 2021 British Columbia experienced a deadly heat dome, devastating forest fires, and destructive floods. The most vulnerable were Indigenous peoples, elderly people, people with disabilities, immigrants, precariously housed and low-income people, a searing illustration of climate injustice. Nature suffered too. More than a billion sea creatures perished due to the heat. The need to prepare for unstoppable climate impacts and mobilize to limit global warming is clear.

The Sustainability Hub is ready to tackle environmental problems as well as their intersection with inequality and injustice. We invite you to learn more about the relaunch and download our new strategic plan here: http://sustain.ubc.ca/hub.

As a hub for action, facilitating collaboration is essential. The team – including Senior Director, Linda Nowlan, and Academic Director Tara Ivanochko, would love to hear your feedback and talk about new opportunities to work together.

Natalie Hawryshkewich (She, Her, Hers)
Communication and Engagement Specialist
Sustainability Hub
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability 2260 West Mall, 2nd Floor | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4
Phone 604 827 2606
natalie.haw@ubc.ca
https://sustain.ubc.ca/hub | http://climateemergency.ubc.ca/

The UBC Vancouver campus is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam).

 

Learn more about our vision for a just and sustainable world, and our 5-year plan to bring it to life. sustain.ubc.ca/hub