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Winterize Your Home Seminar @ SPEC
Date: December 11, 2010
Time: 10:30am – 12:30pm
Register for this free session online
The Society Promoting Environmental Conservation presents:
This free workshop with teach you how to increase your home’s energy efficiency, reduce energy bills and GHG emissions all the while keeping your home warmer during the winter months.
9 of the latest and scariest facts about climate change
Fisher Scientific Fund
GOT AN IDEA OF HOW TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF YOUR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES? WANT SOME $6500?
Deadline for proposals: January 14, 2011, 4pm
For more information: http://www.hse.ubc.ca/environment/green-research/fisher-scientific-fund
If you’re looking for financial support to reduce the environmental impact of your research activities, then this is the fund for you.
The Department of Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), the Sustainability Office and Supply Management are looking for creative solutions to UBC-specific sustainability concerns and challenges at the university.
Submit the application form and you could be the lucky recipient of up to $6,500. Send HSE your innovative plans by January 14, 2011 (4 pm).
UBC staff, faculty and students are all eligible to apply. The fund is sponsored by Fisher Scientific.
Recipients of 2009 Funding
Two departments looking to reduce the environmental impact of their research activities were awarded the Fisher Scientific Fund last January. The $8,000 prize was awarded for creative solutions to UBC-specific sustainability concerns.
Ivan Leversage from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering received $2,850 to create a chemical and equipment inventory database for the department’s laboratories. Once the program is developed, his plan is to share the software with other UBC research labs.
Dr. Patricia Horrillo Martinez, from the Department of Chemistry, received $5,472 for the replacement of mercury-containing bubblers with a non-hazardous alternative. This innovation reduces both the risk of mercury exposure to lab personnel and accidental release to the environment.
All members of the UBC research community are encouraged to adapt greener lab operations to reduce our research footprint on the environment. HSE encourages you to apply for the Fisher Scientific Fund next fall.
UBC Earns an A- on the 2011 Green College Report Card
The Green College Report Card provides sustainability profiles for colleges and universities in all 50 US states as well as in 8 Canadian provinces. Click here to see report.
Lecture: Jurassic Glass Sponge Reefs by Dr. Manfred Krautter
SPECIAL SEMINAR ON JURASSIC GLASS SPONGE REEFS DATING BACK 9000 YEARS brought to you by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPWS)
Featuring Dr. Manfred Krautter from the Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie – University of Stuttgart, Germany
When: Wednesday December 8, 4-5PM
Where: Beaty Biodiversity Museum Auditorium
About:
Jurassic Glass Sponge Reefs Dating back 9000 years, the glass sponge reefs found in British Columbia waters are unique in the world. Thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs in the Jurassic era, these living reefs were discovered by Canadian scientists in the late 1980s. Covering approximately 1000 sq km of seafloor in 4 distinct reef complexes, the northern BC reefs can reach the height of an 8-storey building. More recently, smaller reefs have been discovered in the Strait of Georgia.
PLEASE CONTACT: Sally Otto otto@zoology.ubc.ca or Sabine Jessen <sabine@cpawsbc.org>