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SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Presented by: Brenda Sawada and Liska Richer, SEEDS Coordinators UBC Campus Sustainability Office May 31,

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1 SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDIES Presented by: Brenda Sawada and Liska Richer, SEEDS Coordinators UBC Campus Sustainability Office May 31, 2010

2 How Did UBC Get Involved? 1990: Talloires Declaration signed 1997: Sustainable Development Policy implemented 1998: UBC Campus Sustainability Office (CSO) opened 2006-2010: Inspirations and Aspirations 2009: Place and Promise: The UBC Plan

3 Place & Promise: The UBC Plan “As one of the world’s leading universities, UBC creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada and the world.” UBC is committed to exploring and exemplifying sustainability in campus operations.

4 UBC’s Sustainability Initiatives

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8 SEEDS Sustainability is fundamentally about change management -Changing decision making and behaviours of individuals and organizations Coordinates Applied Sustainability Projects: involve collaboration between students, faculty and staff contribute to academic credit for students involve real-life sustainability issues in campus operations

9 SEEDS Projects Business Plans for UBC’s Research Forest Stormwater Management for Fairview Square UBC Food System Project Applied Science Sustainability Project

10 SEEDS Impacts on Sustainability 20% of UBC plant operations vehicles use biodiesel Pesticide-free campus Campus gardens Sustainable food service operations & More!

11 SEEDS and YOU “Rather than being takers of knowledge, we were allowed the opportunity to be givers of knowledge” You will: Integrate real-world projects into your classrooms Contribute to UBC’s leadership in sustainability! Your students’ efforts will be: Published on our website Shared with staff stakeholders and ideally implemented and/or affect decision-making

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13 Activity: Objectives To provide you with the opportunity to: 1 ) Develop and share practical ideas regarding how classrooms can provide solutions to challenges of incorporating sustainability best practices into campus operations 2) Provide valuable real-world student learning opportunities By the end of the session you will be : Know how to to integrate real-world campus sustainability projects (such as SEEDS) into curriculum.

14 Activity: Instructions Tasks: 1) Group Brainstorming Activity (15 mins) Each group member suggests 1 class project idea to address a sustainability issue in 1-2 of the following campus operations areas 2) Groups Report to Plenary (10 minutes) Climate & Atmosphere Energy Water Transportation Food Systems Materials & Waste Community Financial


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