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Community Building Grants $$ for student residents!
All neighbourhoods can be vibrant and safe places to live. One way to strengthen neighbourhoods is to build on the interests of residents. The UTown@UBC Community Grants program, a pilot community building initiative, offers grants of up to $1,000 to students living in Acadia Park and other student residences for proposals that contribute to building community on campus and support the vision of UTown@UBC – an integrated, sustainable community where people live, work and learn.
The funding deadline is February 25, 2011 – the funding team is still waiting to receive applications and hope that residence students apply soon with their ideas!
For complete funding criteria and to download an application visit: http://www.planning.ubc.ca/communitybuilding/articles424.php
Sustainable Campuses NOW! Conference
Want to learn about environmental and social justice issues that are affecting western Canada? Do you have a desire to develop skills to help you make a difference on your campus? Interested in taking part in a greater vision to transform the campuses and communities you’re apart of?
This March 3-6, 2011 at the University of British Columbia, goBEYOND campus climate network, the Sierra Youth Coalition and UBC wants to invite you to attend the 4th annual BC Sustainable Campuses Conference, Sustainable Campuses NOW!
Conference highlights include:
- Learn best practices for campus sustainability
- Over 28 workshops to choose from
- Develop skills and learn about issues
- Building synergies with like-minded youth
- Share successes and troubleshoot challenges
- And of course, great food, fun and hands on learning!
Save $15 if you register before February 21, so sign up today!
To learn more or to register, go to http://www.sustainablecampuses.ca
And if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact melissa@campusclimatenetwork.org.
Commit to Sustain 2011- January 22 12:30-4:30pm
Network, Learn and Develop as a leader in sustainable commerce and policy!
January 22, 2011 – 12:30-4:30pm
@ The UBC Global Lounge
Growing Just or Just Growing? Symposium
Join the School of Community and Regional Planning in their symposium on Feb. 4th, 2011
‘Growing Just or Just Growing?’
@ Thea’s Lounge, Faculty of Graduate Studies building, 8:30am-4:30pm
Register and check out the event website HERE
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
Buchanan Building B315 (map – http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=121-2)
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.
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. |
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UBC's First GREEN DRINKS
Where: Mahony’s (5990 University Boulevard, UBC)
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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.
