Limit Climate Change and Stay Healthy – Kirsten Zickfeld and Erica Frank

  • When: January 25th, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
  • Where: Rm C130, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street
  • Organizer: Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
  • Details: Join us for a discussion on the effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on climate, how long these effects will persist, and what needs to be done to limit global warming to safe levels. Learn how to reduce climate change and become healthier by doing so, and hear about the world’s first (cost, barrier, advertisement, and carbon) free university (NextGenU.org), and its training on climate change and health.
  • Register: www.limitclimatechange.eventbrite.ca (Free of charge and open to public)

Movie Night: Who Killed the Electric Car?

Wednesday, January 11th, at 4:30pm  in CHBE 202

FREE

“In 1996, electric  cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline. Ten years later, these cars were destroyed. ”

Come on out Wednesday night to watch this fascinating and award- winning documentary exploring the creation and subsequent destruction of electric vehicles as well as the role of sustainable living in the future.

A follow-up to “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

The Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association is presenting the
Vancouver premier of “Revenge of the Electric Car”. Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.

WHERE
International Village Cinemas
(Tinseltown)
88 West Pender
Vancouver BC

WHEN
Thursday, Jan.12th, 2012 (the day after sustainability club’s showing of “Who killed the electric car”)
6:30pm

The movie begins at 6:30, to be followed by a 30min speaker panel. Some
electric vehicles will also be on display.

Tickets are $12. Purchase in advance here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/216294

Sustainability Focused International Volunteer Placements

GO GLOBAL
Did you know that UBC offers opportunities for students to gain experience in creating a sustainable future? International Service Learning, offered through Go Global, is a unique program that combines volunteering and hands-on learning in global issues like food security, ecology, and HIV/AIDS prevention. The application deadline for Reading Week and Summer placements is November 20, 2012. Funding is available. For more information visit the Go Global website.

Art With Energy Exibition

A one-night-only group exhibition exploring energy through art of many different disiplines; paintings, performance sculpture, photography, and digital sound installations.

Date: December 15th, 2011
Time: 7-11PM
Location: Great Northern Way Campus (577  G.N.W., Vancouver)
Cost: Entrance by Donation

Harnessing Technological Innovation for a Carbon-free Future

Free Public Lecture #3

Dr. David Wilkinson from UBC and Dr. Elicia Maine of SFU will share their thoughts on “Harnessing Technological Innovation for a Carbon-free Future.” Join us for this climate-solutions discussion on the role new innovative technology can play in a sustainable carbon-free future, and some of the challenges to its commercialization. In some cases, innovative technology can go a long way to addressing political, social, economic, policy and interconnected issues. This event will be moderated by Dr. Paul Evans, Director, Institute for Asian Research, UBC and Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, (PICS) program committee member.

When: Thursday, November 24, 2011 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Where:
Rm 1300-1500, Segal Graduate School of Business, SFU, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC
Register:
www.picspubliclecture3.eventbrite.com (free of charge and open to the public)

Live Web Stream: www.pics.uvic.ca/events.php
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The Clean Bin Project Documentary Screening

The Clean Bin Project is a popular sustainability documentary about two people who took the initiative to successfully live a waste free year!

Want to learn about YOUR environmental impact on Earth (and how to reduce it)? Do you like movies, snacks and prizes? Then come out to the documentary screening of The Clean Bin Project hosted by CUS Sustainability for FREE!
Time: Thursday, November 17 6:00pm- 9:00pm
Location: HA 491 Henry Angus (Sauder Building), UBC

Register now at http://bit.ly/vVqmpB

The Terry Global Speaker Series Presents Bill McKibben

Wednesday, November 16th at 12:30 at the Chan Center

Bill McKibben is an environmentalist, author, and activist. Hailed “the world’s best green journalist” by Time magazine, McKibben has re-framed the climate change debate. He is the author of a dozen books about the environment, including his seminal The End of Nature (1989), widely regarded as the first book on climate change for a general audience.
Bill McKibben will be speaking at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia. Tickets will be available in the Chan Centre box office and free to all UBC students, staff, and faculty. Stay tuned to terry.ubc.ca for updates.
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Bike to Work Week starts Hallowe’en!

Join us with tricks and treats this Oct 31-Nov 6 to celebrate cycling-and inspire your co-workers too!
Bike to Work Week is the event that motivates cyclists new and old to ride to work.  Almost 12,000 people joined us last year. Come be a part of it this fall!
By joining, you enter a fun competition between workplaces-and you’ll be part of creating healthy cycling change for our cities, and for ourselves.   Use our online Tracker to log your commutes, greenhouses gases saved, and calories burned.
Start by getting your team together, and register here. To join the “Chemical and Biological Engineering” team under “UBC”.
BTWW comes with road-side benefits too!
·    Commuter Stations along popular bike routes, with free hot coffee and snacks (UBC commuter station on University Blvd. for 7:30-10:00 on Wednesday)
·    Free bike mechanic services
·    Chances to win daily prizes

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