The Sustainability Hub is launching UBC’s second annual Climate Emergency Week, with over 26 events and 50+ schools, departments, faculties and organizations represented, with students, professors, staff and community members showcasing their hard work and commitment to addressing the climate emergency.
FEATURING
Tue Feb 7 – Climate Just Futurities
Explore the paradigms, stories, and language(s) needed to create an alternative climate reality with Dr. Sharon Stein, Dr. Bernard Perley, and Dr. Dallas Hunt.
RSVP https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-just-futurities-tickets-523219392287
Tue Feb 7 – Can TikTok help solve the climate crisis?
Ask Ian Gill, Global Sustainability Lead at TikTok, about business, the climate emergency, and your dance moves.
RSVP https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/can-tiktok-help-solve-the-climate-crisis-tickets-526072114857
Thu Feb 9 – Sue Big Oil: A Made-In-BC Climate Campaign
In July 2022, Vancouver city councillors voted 6-5 in support of a motion to set aside about $700,000 to fund litigation against Canada’s biggest producers of oil and gas. Join leaders from UBC, West Coast Environmental Law, and Vancouver City Council to find out what this means.
RSVP https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sue-big-oil-a-made-in-bc-climate-campaign-tickets-506858987877
Mon Feb 13 – How Local Governments Create Climate Policy and How You Can Help
Join Matt Horne, Climate Policy Manager at the City of Vancouver, to find out how students can play a role in critical climate policy development in the Vancouver area.
Thu Feb 16 – Imagining Climate Futures Through Verbatim Theatre
Drawing from interviews with UBC students, staff and faculty, join for a reading of this verbatim theatre project to advance conversation about the climate emergency.
RSVP https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/imagining-climate-futures-through-verbatim-theatre-tickets-523235029057
Full schedule at https://climateemergency.ubc.ca/
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
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