http://trek.ubc.ca/2010/09/13/make-getting-to-work-more-fun/

BE A STUDENT LEADER IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND CREATE YOUR OWN TEAM!

10 Reasons to register and bike to UBC:

1. Get healthy. Your commute can save you time and money at the gym.

2. See your CO2 savings; using the VACC website tallies your personal GHG savings.

3. Breathe fresh air, enjoy our beautiful city and campus.

4. Enjoy a faster commute thanks to fewer traffic lights and less congestion.

5. Be energized for work. Exercise naturally releases endorphins that give you a boost.

6. Win prizes!

7. Be a roll model. Cycling lets your co-workers know that it’s possible and fun!

8. The more that register the stronger our voice when calling for cycling improvements.

9. Strengthen your workplace community. Share your routes with teammates and ride together.

10. Beat the competition! UBC won top honours in the last Bike to Work Week, lets do it again!

How to sign up for Bike to Work Week:

1. Go to www.biketoworkmetrovan.ca click “sign up here”, and fill out the required information

2.  Once signed up, go to “Team Setup”

3.  Under organization: University of British Columbia (write it out in full!)

4.  Under workplace location: Your Office or Department (If nobody from your department is signed up yet, start a new one!)

5.  Under team: Your team name

Vanier will be having a ~100 mile dinner on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST @ 6:30pm as one of its first events of the new school year!  Tickets go on sale this week starting tonight in the commonsblock!  Here’s the ticket sale schedule coming up –

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010 – 5:30-7pm
Thursday, October 21st, 2010  – 5:30-7pm
Friday, October 22nd, 2010 – 5-7pm

Tickets are $10 and includes an appetizer (lentil soup), main course (salmon, beets, potatoes, greens) and dessert (pumpkin pie). YUMMM!!!

HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT ENERGY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY?

WANT TO WIN UP TO $15,000 IN PRIZES?

ENTER THE INVENT THE FUTURE CONTEST!!

BC Hydro Power Smart’s Invent the Future is an online contest for BC residents between the ages of 16 and 24 with big ideas about energy conservation and sustainability. What kind of ideas? Ideas that inspire, engage, educate and raise public awareness about the importance of energy conservation.

For more information and to enter:
http://www.inventthefuture.ca/

The TREK Program Centre has spaces available in the lunchtime cycling skills workshop.  The course is designed to provide novice cyclists with the skills needed to feel comfortable riding in the city.  Classes are held over lunch hour on Wednesday and Thursday this week (October 20 & 21: Noon – 1pm).  Signup online at

www.trek.ubc.ca

Join in this live webcast and learn about strategies and tools for social change that you can apply to carbon reduction activities on your campus and in your community. This event is a part of Campus Sustainability Day 8, the eighth annual event celebrated on hundreds of university and college campuses across North America.

Date: October 20, 2010

Time: 10:00am – 11:30am, door open at 9:45am

Location: Liu Institute for Global Issues

Cost: FREE

For more info: http://www.ires.ubc.ca/files/2010/10/you-are-invited.pdf

Limited space!

Please register at: http://ubccampussustainabilityday.eventbrite.com/

Are you curious about sustainability? Do you wish to integrate sustainability into your curricular and co-curricular learning at UBC?

 

If so, come and interact with the “Celebrate Sustainability Learning” panel to gain perspective and ideas on how to advance your sustainability learning.

CELEBRATE SUSTAINABILITY LEARNING AT UBC
Date: October 26, 2010
Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Lilloet Room (Room 301)
Cost: FREE

For more info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156202447747051Limited seats.

Please register at:http://www.eventbrite.com/event/899377061

HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR SCHOOL YEAR GREEN RESOLUTIONS? WANT TO WIN AN IPAD? SIGN UP FOR THIS CONTEST!

DEADLINE – OCTOBER 18TH!!

More info:

We know it’s not New Years yet, however, it is a New ‘School’ Year… so we want to hear your New ‘School’ Year’s Green Resolutions! But no, we don’t want those huge long lists that usually form on December 31st because how many of those are ever really followed anyway? We are only interested in your SINGLE BEST GREEN RESOLUTION (more points awarded for creativity) and how you plan to carry it out this coming school year in 300 words or less. Our judges panel, consisting of three professors and three college students, will pick the comment that they like best and award the winner with fame and fortune! The contest will close on OCTOBER 18th and the winner will be announced in our Newsletter on November 1st, so sign up!

How to sign up:
1) BECOME A FAN OF THINKGREENLIVECLEAN ON FACEBOOK.
http://www.facebook.com/ThinkGreenLiveClean

2) SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER, so you can find out the winner of course! This is simple too. Just go to our newsletter page and fill in the quick info!
http://www.thinkgreenliveclean.com/newsletter/

3) ENTER YOUR ACTIVE COLLEGE EMAIL IN THE EMAIL BOX at the bottom of this link
http://www.thinkgreenliveclean.com/2010/09/green-your-study-habits-with-a-new-ipad-and-matching-ipad-case/

4) LEAVE YOUR GREENEST RESOLUTION COMMENT IN THE COMMENT BOX at the bottom of this link. Comments must be 300 words or less and will be screened for relevance so may take up to 72 hours to appear.
http://www.thinkgreenliveclean.com/2010/09/green-your-study-habits-with-a-new-ipad-and-matching-ipad-case/