UBC opens North America’s greenest building
Living laboratory will advance sustainability research and innovation
Engineering a greener future
UBC Master of Clean Energy Engineering students learn in UBC neighborhoods
Build it and they will stay
The signs of a growing residential community on UBC's Vancouver campus are everywhere, but numbers speak even louder to the sustainability aspirations of UTown@UBC.
UBC's roadmap to zero emissions
UBC—essentially, a city of 70,000 people—is taking steps to completely eliminate institutional greenhouse gases in Vancouver by 2050.
Turning global problems into solutions
Harnessing sunlight to convert carbon dioxide into cleaner fuels
Growing social sustainability at UBC Farm
The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm hosts a number of indigenous food security initiatives that are seeding social sustainability through the elements of water, earth and community.
Public health professor pursues tuition-free online university
As UBC and other universities strive to reduce their greenhouse emissions over the coming decades, one faculty member is determined to hit a far more ambitious goal – creating a completely carbon-free university, now.
Harnessing nature’s energy to heat an entire campus
Geothermal technology expands to academic buildings on the Okanagan Campus
outtakes
Reflections on academic life. A UBC expert participates in Al Gore’s 24-hour climate reality project
In the news
Highlights of UBC 's work on sustainability—environmental, social, financial—in the media