Are you curious to see what a SEEDS project looks like in real life? Discover how students, faculty, staff and community partners are using the SEEDS Sustainability Program to address sustainability issues across a broad range of themes.
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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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UBC Sending Delegation of Eight to COP26
Following an open competition for all students, faculty, and staff, UBC is sending a delegation of eight to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow this November. The following announcement was made by Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor, UBC, on October 5, 2021. 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
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Recovered Food Buffet
Students from an LFS 450 class helped Daniel Chiang, Executive Sous-Chef from UBC Food Services select edible food from three residence kitchens, Sage Restaurant, the Point Grill, and four retail outlets. With this, they created UBC’s first ever buffet meal created entirely from recovered food. This SEEDS project also led to the first ever partnership […] read more
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Campus Botanica
For this project, Creative Writing student, Saskia Wolsak, created 120 botanical signs for plant species across campus. Each sign features the name of the plant in Latin, English, and the species’ local language, as well as an unusual fact about that plant. The project combines perspectives from the sciences, history, anthropology, poetry and literature to create this engaging […] read more
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Home/Away
Student, Chris Evans, explores the concepts of “refuge”, “home”, and “identity” in this art installation that combines species-specific bird houses with narratives from UBC students who came to Canada as political refugees. Chris hopes that his work encourages the UBC community to, “think about their own connections to the natural environment, and to engage with […] read more