Professor John Robinson, UBC Associate Provost, Sustainability, will be speaking at the Peter Wall Institute’s free lunch & talk, co-sponsored by the Pacific Institute for Climate solutions. Here’s the deets:
Date: Thursday, October 4, 2012
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Place: Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS)
RSVP: RSVP@pwias.ubc.ca
Time & Location: March 21st at 5:00 pm in the CIRS Auditorium
Playing ‘The Clean Bin Project‘, followed by free food and discussion. Free admission.
Date & Location: March 19th, 12pm – 2pm in WOOD 1
UBC Reads Sustainability is an exciting program that brings well-known sustainability authors to our campus to engage in a campus-wide discussion. It’s part book club, part lecture series, and part opportunity to learn beyond the classroom. UBC Reads Sustainability presents Morris Berman: “The Way We Live Today” based on his recent book, “Why America Failed”.
Register here: http://morrisberman.eventbrite.com/
Part of the Biodiversity Lecture Series
Monday December 5th 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Woodward Library
FREE. The history of civilization has seen the growth of humankind at the expense of other species, especially in recent centuries. Yet our civilization depends on the health and diversity of eco-systems and of the Earth itself. Ronald Wright will discuss this predicament, our sorry record, and prospects for reform.
Ronald Wright is a Canadian novelist, essayist, and historian. His nine books include the bestseller Stolen Continents, winner of the Gordon Montador Award and chosen as a book of the year by the Independent and the Sunday Times. His first novel, A Scientific Romance, won the 1997 David Higham Prize for Fiction and was chosen a book of the year by the Globe and Mail, the Sunday Times, and the New York Times.
Wednesday November 30th 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm at University Center building Room 106
Free & Open to the public
Sponsored by the Office of Research Services, the Research Tea Break Speaker Series is a showcase of the many types of research occurring on campus. Speakers in this series provide a half-hour presentation of their research, followed by an interactive discussion between the speaker and the audience.
This series continues in November with a talk by Bernard Momer, associate professor of geography, giving his talk Sustainable cities: a question of culture? This talk will begin with a brief journey through the evolution of cities in the Western World followed by a discussion examining the links between planning, sustainability and culture.
The CIRS (Center for Interactive Research on Sustainability) building is the most innovative and high performance building in North America. The CIRS building goes beyond LEEDS platinum, is a net producer of energy, processes all waste water on site and will sequester more carbon over it’s lifetime than was produced during construction.
Date: Thursday, November 3, 2011
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Address: 2260 West Mall, Vancouver, B.C.
The road to Fuel Cell Vehicle production by 2015
Significant growth and developments have been taking place in the fuel cell automotive world. Today there are 8 major automotive OEMs that have announced the production of fuel cell vehicles some as early as 2015.
Date: October 17th, 2011
Time: 3:00 PM
Place: CHBE rm. 101
To get ready for the upcoming Winter Bike to Work Week, Transportation Planning is offering a workshop on winter riding in Raincity.
This intermediate-level workshop is perfect for those who ride to work in the summer and are thinking of trying it in the fall or winter. You’ll learn more advanced tips and tricks about biking to work in Vancouver’s winter riding conditions, including:
• Dressing for the weather (staying warm and dry)
• More advanced cycling safety
• Advanced use of your gears
• Cold-weather care for your bike
• Lights and visibility
• Information on UBC specific resources: bike cages, lockers, etc.
• Bike maps and other resources will also be provided
Date: October 19, 2011
Time: 12 noon – 1pm
Location: I. K. Barber Learning Centre, Room 182
Sign Up: www.transportation.ubc.ca
Celebrate Learning is a week-long initiative to honour and celebrate teaching and learning across UBC Vancouver, and to highlight and promote student learning and development opportunities.
Here is an event related to sustainability:
Sustainability Learning 101 Advising Session: Monday, October 31st 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM at the Sustainablity Education Resource Center (room 1131) CIRS (2260 West Mall)
The Sustainability Education Resource Centre is a place to learn how to incorporate sustainability through leadership and volunteer opportunities. UBC offers numerous sustainability-oriented courses and programs to both undergraduate and graduate students. A Student Advisor helps and guides students to construct their own sustainability pathways by providing curricular and co-curricular opportunities available at UBC. This event is open to the public. Please register online at http://learnsustainability.eventbrite.com/
Sustainability Learning 101 Drop-in Advising: Wednesday, Nov 2, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm. In the Sustainability Education Resource Center (Rm 1131), CIRS (2260 West Mall)
For more information, visit http://sustain.ubc.ca/teaching-learning/sustainability-education-resource-centre
When: Saturday, October 29 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: UBC Farm Market
Need to know where the bike routes are? Or how to cheaply fix a particular problem with your trusty steed? Or where to buy good used bikes? Or how to make your bike more comfortable? Or just need your brakes adjusted, tires pumped and shifting tuned up? Come on down and get your questions about cycling answered! Bicycles tuned up for free! Cycling information, maps and brochures provided!
More information: ubc.bikecoop@gmail.com
