FREE PIZZA and Sustainability Speakers

Another Free Speakers Series brought to you by Kathryn Harrison, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean of Arts:
SUSTAINABILITY: TOUGH QUESTIONS, ARTS ANSWERS

Thursday, January 27th, 2011
12:30pm-1:30pm
Does the US really want Canada’s Water?
Karen Bakker, Associate Professor of Geography and and Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
12:30pm-1:30pm
Buchanan Building B315
Canada’s Failure to Address Climate Change.  Who’s Really to Blame?
Kathryn Harrison, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
12:30pm-1:30pm
Buchanan Building B315
Modern Environmentalism: Progressive or Reactionary?
Tina Loo, Professor of History and Canada Research Chair in Environmental History

GET INVOLVED! Waste and Water Planning @ UBC

UBC will be developing both a Water Action Plan and a Waste Action Plan in 2011 and the first step is to draw together UBC community members, like you, to help us create a vision and actions for water and waste management on campus.

 

Water Action Plan

Waste Action Plan

Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011

9am – 3pm

GSS Ballroom (6371 Crescent Road)

Snacks and lunch will be provided

Date: Thursday, February 10, 2011

9am – 3pm

GSS Ballroom (6371 Crescent Road)

Snacks and lunch will be provided

Please RSVP to stefani.lu@ubc.ca by February 1, 2011 and indicate if you would like to attend one or both of these sessions. If you are unable to attend these events, but would still like to have input into the action planning process, please contact stefani.lu@ubc.ca and inform her that you would like to be put on a mailing list for updates on the waste and water action planning processes.

UBC's First GREEN DRINKS

Where: Mahony’s (5990 University Boulevard, UBC)

When: January 18th, 2011, 5:45 pm -until the conversation ends 

What: Green Drinks is an informal networking opportunity for people who are interested in sustainability and are looking to learn more about the field and sharing knowledge. It’s a great way of catching up with people you know and also for making new contacts. Everyone invites someone else along, so there’s always a different crowd, making Green Drinks an organic, self-organising network.

These events are very simple and unstructured, but many people have found employment, made friends, developed new ideas, done deals and had moments of serendipity. It’s a force for the good and we’d like to help it spread to other cities. Contact your local node to get the latest info about coming along.