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Shouldn’t every day be Earth Day?

Shouldn’t every day be Earth Day?

Earth Day takes place on April 22, marking 45 years of efforts to get people talking about what they can do to protect the environment.

Apr 20, 2015

Ripple of excitement

Ripple of excitement

The #RippleEffectUBC campaign shines the spotlight on sustainability at UBC.

Nov 4, 2013 - by Heather Amos

Building a net-positive future: Dialogues at UBC Robson Square examines regenerative sustainability

John Robinson, Executive Director of the UBC Sustainability Initiative, thinks much of the green movement misses the point. The traditional thinking on sustainability focuses on the need to reduce human activity in order to save the environment from ruin. But what if human activity could actually heal the environment? What if the commercial and residential buildings popping up around the world could improve the well-being of their inhabitants while making positive contributions to the environment?

Robinson and collaborator, UBC architecture professor Raymond Cole, will share their unique vision in regenerative sustainability Feb. 1 at the Canada Foundation for Innovation Dialogues at UBC Robson Square lecture series.

Feb 1, 2012

UBC and China’s Modern Green Development partner to advance green building research

The University of British Columbia and Modern Green Development Co. Ltd. – one of China’s largest property developers – have entered into a strategic partnership to advance green building research […]

Feb 4, 2011

Meet the UBC creator of North America’s Greenest Building

Media are invited to a press briefing by UBC Prof. John Robinson, who is creating the greenest building in North America at the University of British Columbia.

Feb 25, 2010

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