On April 22, 2008, the world celebrates Earth Day to promote environmental citizenship and a healthy, sustainable planet.
The following UBC sustainability and climate change experts are available for Earth Day media commentary.
Urban Sustainability, Energy Systems
Prof. John Robinson
The Centre for Integrated Research in Sustainability
The Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Phone: 604.822.9188
Cell: 604.307.7374
E-mail: johnr@ires.ubc.ca
Climate Policy, Energy Systems, Public Health
Prof. Hadi Dowlatabadi
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)
Co-founder of Offsetters.ca
Phone: 604.822.0008
Cell: 604.727.8103
E-mail: hadi.d@ubc.ca
Climate Modeling and Predictions
Prof. Philip Austin
Earth and Ocean Science/Geography
Phone: 604.822.2175
E-mail: paustin@eos.ubc.ca
Carbon Markets and Green Business
Prof. James Tansey
Sauder School of Business
W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
Co-founder of Offsetters.ca
Cell: 604.562.4546
Prof. Peter Nemetz
MBA Program in Sustainability
Sauder School of Business
Phone: 604.822.8443
E-mail: peter.nemetz@sauder.ubc.ca
Ecosystems and Biodiversity Conservation
Prof. Rashid Sumalia
UBC Fisheries Centre
Phone: 604.822.0224
E-mail: r.sumaila@fisheries.ubc.ca
Prof. Kai Chan
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Phone: 604.822.0400
Cell: 778.838.9820.
E-mail: kaichan@ires.ubc.ca
Campus Sustainability
Charlene Easton
Director, UBC Sustainability Office
Phone: 604.827.5641
Cell: 604.789.3161
E-mail: charlene.easton@ubc.ca
To find more UBC experts, visit www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/experts.
Backgrounder
- Prof. William Rees of UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning, co-authored of the “ecological footprint” measurement tool.
- Prof. John Robinson, listed above, is a member of an international group of sustainability researchers that shared the 2007 Nobel Peach Prize with Al Gore.
- UBC Fisheries Centre director Daniel Pauly appeared in Vanity Fair’s 2008 Green Issue.
- UBC is also the only Canadian university to receive Green Campus Recognition from the U.S.-based National Wildlife Federation.
- ECOTrek, the largest energy retrofit of its kind in Canada, saves UBC $4-million in energy costs and 8,000 tonnes in greenhouse gas emissions in 277 campus buildings each year.
- UBC offers some 300 undergraduate and graduate courses that deal with sustainability across all faculties. More than 300 faculty members are engaged in sustainability related research.
- UBC Renew, a $120-million partnership with the Province of B.C, is extending the life of university buildings using sustainability practices.
- Grist Magazine has named UBC number seven in its global list of top 15 green colleges and universities list, ahead of Stanford and California State University.
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