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UBC Sustainability Initiative

UBC students stitch up for slow fashion

Stitch Up, organized by the UBC Sustainability Initiative, is a clothing swap, repair and alteration workshop that will provide participants with sewing machines, tools and expert tips to convert pre-owned threads into unique new garments.

Oct 29, 2019

Earth Day: Convenience, real-time feedback makes us more environmentally aware

Earth Day: Convenience, real-time feedback makes us more environmentally aware

Earth Day is April 22, an annual reminder to reflect on the impact of our actions and to consider how we can lighten our footprint on our earth.

Apr 21, 2016

Vancouver campus deploys new $5.1M ‘smart grid’ energy storage system

UBC President Stephen Toope today unveiled a new energy storage system, or prototype smart grid, created in partnership with Alpha Technologies Ltd. and Corvus Energy.

Apr 19, 2013

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