{"id":6285,"date":"2016-10-11T15:49:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T22:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/?p=6285"},"modified":"2016-10-11T15:49:24","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T22:49:24","slug":"feeding-9-billion-challenge-lfsus-engineers-without-borders-deadline-nov-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2016\/10\/11\/feeding-9-billion-challenge-lfsus-engineers-without-borders-deadline-nov-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeding 9 Billion Challenge LFS|US &#038; Engineers without Borders &#8211; deadline Nov 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By 2050, the world will have to feed 9 billion people \u2013 and the ways to achieve this begin with you!<br \/>\nThe <strong>Feeding 9 Billion Challenge<\/strong>, hosted by LFS|US and Engineers Without Borders, is back! This is a fantastic event to collaborate with students from all disciplines at UBC, as you work in teams to create sustainable solutions to food security issues. Participants have 18 hours to brainstorm and plan their proposals before presenting their projects to the judges\u2019 panel. During that time, your team will be mentored by UBC professors to help develop your ideas.<\/p>\n<p>The winning teams will receive cash prizes to bring their proposals to life!<br \/>\nFirst Place: $750<br \/>\nSecond Place: $500<br \/>\nThird Place: $250<\/p>\n<p>The Feeding 9 Billion Challenge is running from <strong>12:00 PM November 11th to 12:00 PM November 12th, at the Engineering Student Centre<\/strong>. Tier 1 tickets are only $5.00 \u2013 which includes 3 awesome meals and plenty of snacks and coffee!<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/342074302798756\/?__mref=message_bubble\"> Facebook Page<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/lfsusubc.wixsite.com\/main\/feeding-9-billion\">LFS|US website<\/a>.<br \/>\nYou can also email the coordinators Lily and Brenna with any questions at <a href=\"mailto:f9bubc@gmail.com\">f9bubc@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline to register is <strong>November 3, 2016<\/strong>.\u00a0Make sure to sign up before spots run out!<\/p>\n<p>Register <a href=\"http:\/\/rezgo.me\/1p800\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 2050, the world will have to feed 9 billion people \u2013 and the ways to achieve this begin with you! The Feeding 9 Billion Challenge, hosted by LFS|US and Engineers Without Borders, is back! This is a fantastic event &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2016\/10\/11\/feeding-9-billion-challenge-lfsus-engineers-without-borders-deadline-nov-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23776,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69305,1726632],"tags":[1726903,1231218,7527,9085,722088,289020,113925],"class_list":["post-6285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upcoming-events","category-opportunities-get-involved","tag-engineers-without-borders","tag-feeding-9-billion-challenge","tag-food-security","tag-lfs","tag-lfsus","tag-solutions","tag-sustainable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23776"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6286,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6285\/revisions\/6286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}