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Biodiversity Connects Us: A Student-Led Research Showcase
Curious about how biodiversity connects us all? Please join us on Thursday, May 2 from 2:30 to 4:00 in the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), BC Hydro Theatre to learn about student-lead research on campus! read more
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Biodiversity Days
Join SEEDS and the UBC Botanical Garden this May 2024, for Biodiversity Days. These are a series of engagement opportunities to celebrate and raise awareness about fragile species, genes and ecosystems. read more
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SEEDS Project Highlight: Exploring Wildlife-Inclusive Environments & Coexistence with Bats on UBC Campus
Written by: Timothy Wong, An Hoang, Hannah Griebling and Georgia Stanley Pictured: The new free-standing bat box recently installed in front of the UBC Opera House. The dual box design allows for different temperature conditions throughout the different chambers, which bats can move between depending on their preferences. Photo Credit: An Hoang. Hanging with Bats… read more
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Campus Bat Walk
Getting to Know Our Nocturnal Neighbours Come learn about our nocturnal neighbours – bats! This walk is co-hosted by the Mitchell Multifunctional Landscape Lab (M2L2 Lab) and SEEDS Sustainability Program and will provide an introduction to bat biology and behaviour, the different bat species that live in and around Vancouver, and their importance to ecosystems… read more
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Research Spotlight: Tree Inventory
Along Main Mall, within building courtyards, and everywhere in between, trees play an important part in providing essential ecosystem services, such as carbon sequestration and mitigating the urban heat island effect. In order to conduct meaningful research and analysis of trees on campus, baseline data neeeds to be collected and available to researchers and planners.… read more
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Walking Among Giants
Rediscovering the hidden treasure in our backyard! The Tree Walk The Tree Walk & Talk was led by fourth-year Urban Forestry student, Finn Köepf, and took place on a sunny day filled with fascinating facts, theories and stories about the urban forest on the UBC Vancouver campus. “Whereas previous years’ tree walks have been organized… read more
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Celebrating Urban Biodiversity Research Successes
In celebration of the UN International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22nd), UBC Botanical Garden hosted a series of events in collaboration with the SEEDS Sustainability Program, UBC Farm, and Climate Crisis in Urban Biodiversity (CCUB) initiative in celebration of local and global biodiversity through the month of May. As part of this series, the… read more
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The Value of Research in Creating Bird-Friendly Campuses
Cross-posted from FLAP Canada, originally written by Dr. Krista De Groot — a Landbird Biologist and the BC Breeding Bird Survey Coordinator with Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada. High collision mortality was documented during winter and migration spurs conservation action at the University of British Columbia. We recorded 152 collision deaths at… read more
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Biodiversity for Climate Action: Upcoming CCUB Report
Although biodiversity loss and climate change are priority issues on both local and national government agendas, they are sometimes perceived as separate challenges with significant trade-offs in resource allocation. However, more often than not, they are interconnected issues that can both impact or resolve one another. As part of the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience… read more
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David Suzuki Foundation’s Butterflyway Project: A SEEDS Citizen Science Collaboration
Cross-posted from the UBC Botanical Garden’s Sustainability Blog UBC biology student Alex Wong shares his insights from working with the citizen science project, the Butterflyway Project, and the importance of citizen science in nurturing people’s love for nature and involvement in conservation. In late 2020, a collaborative effort between UBC Botanical Garden, the David Suzuki Foundation (DSF),… read more