CHBE Room 202, Thursday, November 14th. Hosted by CHBE Sustainability Club. Popcorn Provided
Colin Beavan and his family embark on a year-long project to reduce their net carbon footprint by using no electricity, producing no trash and giving back to the world. No Impact Man presents the severe lifestyle changes that come with altering their entire existence.
Wed, November 20, 2013 6:00 PM – 8:15 PM MACLEOD BUILDING. Suggested donation $5. Join UBC’s Engineers Without Borders chapter in taking a fresh look at sustainable development issues: food security, environmental protection, poverty and war. Dirt! The Movie will be screened with a panel of key experts available for comment afterwards.
Panelists include:
-Elena Feditchkina-Tracy, Political Science professor and environmental journalist
-Mina Shahid, Director of Business Development, Kulemela Investments, which integrates philanthropy and profit by channeling foreign investor capital toward small and medium sized African agribusinesses.
-Avery Godfried, President of Fair Trade Vancouver
-a member of Vancouver’s sustainability and educational organization Environmental Youth Alliance
-a professor from the faculty of Land and Food Systems
Entrance by suggested donation of $5. Fair Trade tea, coffee, and baked goods (gluten free and vegan options as well) will be available for purchase. Come with your friends, make new ones and gain a new perspective on sustainable development!
RSVP at the Eventbrite page. http://www.eventbrite.ca/contact-organizer?eid=9069285477
Take a sneak-peek at the trailer of the movie at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKPcuwOOGqY
Fri, November 15, 2013 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Free. At the stormwater feature, near the Bookstore.
It’s not just the pretty water feature you walk by on your way to class. Doug Doyle invites you into his theatre to hear the story about the amazing new stormwater feature and how UBC is using stormwater as a resource on campus.
Wed, November 13, 2013 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Clean Energy Research Centre, 2360 East Mall
Get behind the scenes of UBC’s research into clean energy. Join us for a short lecture and a tour of the facility including the Fuel Cell & Engine Combustion Lab. Limited to only 10 spots. Registration essential: https://www.eventbrite.ca/event/8880960191
Tue, November 12, 2013 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS). Free.
He’s a Canadian Geographic Environmental Scientist of the Year and mastermind of the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability. Join John Robinson, Associate Provost, Sustainability for an inside view on UBC’s first LEED Platinum building.
Register now to reserve your spot: https://www.eventbrite.ca/event/8761541005
Don’t miss your opportunity to get involved in the ever-growing US biodiesel industry. With strong policy, strong markets and strong technical and environmental positions, the industry is again poised to see record production in 2014, potentially nearing 2 billion gallons of production. National Biodiesel Board celebrates the strong, united front of its membership and the successes of its efforts to continue to grow the US market.
This conference has grown from a small gathering at our first event in Palm Springs, Calif. in 2004, to a powerful platform that drives biodiesel business all year long. Demographics show most of our attendees are high-level decision makers in their fields. Those who reach them first will be two steps ahead of their competitors. This conference is the only event that gathers biodiesel decision makers from throughout the United States and the world.
Learn more here: http://www.biodieselconference.org/2014/
When & Where: November 5th 5-7pm in Buchanan A201
UBCC350 is a social justice group that is dedicated to fighting climate change, and choses to do so through specific action campaigns. Divestment is an extremely important movement that has spread to over 300 campuses in North America. The point of the campaign is to get UBC’s investments out of Fossil Fuel companies, as we believe that we cannot be a sustainable campus while still profiting off of companies that are destroying our environment.The event will be a fantastic night filled with renowned environmental and economic speakers, music, and networking.
For more information, visit the Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/
Gary has a background in commerce as well as three degrees in Forestry, specializing in economics and policy. He has an interest in global forestry policy issues and is currently studying forest and timber markets in Asia and ecosystem services markets in Afghanistan, Canada, China, India, Mozambique and Uganda.
Date: Monday, 30 September 2013
Time: 9:30am to 11:00am Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
Location: Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC
This event will be available via live webcast.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a UN Body, is releasing the first of three major reports on climate change on September 27th, it’s first comprehensive reports since 2007. The first report, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, is the culmination of work of 259 authors from 39 countries. Leading BC climate scientists and senior contributors to the report will make sense of the IPCC assessment process, what is new in climate science and the implications for BC.
Join us to learn the state of climate science—why and how the climate has changed and how it could change in the future—and what it all means for BC. There will be plenty of time for questions from the audience; the public and media are welcome.
The event is sponsored by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions and the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium.
This FREE public lecture is the first of a PICS Research Lecture Series. Join Dr.John Robinson, UBC and Dr. Alissa Antle, SFU and their research team members as they share results of the Greenest City Conversations.
When: September 18th 5-6:30 @ Morris J Wosk Center for Dialogue, SFU (580 West Hastings Street)
More info and to register: www.greenestcityconversations.eventbrite.ca
