SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

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SOCIALECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

• Presented by
• Brenda Sawada and Liska Richer, SEEDS
  Coordinators
• UBC Campus Sustainability Office
• May 31, 2010

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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
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Place Promise The UBC Plan
As one of the worlds 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.
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UBCs Sustainability Initiatives
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UBCs Sustainability Initiatives
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UBCs Sustainability Initiatives
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UBCs Sustainability Initiatives
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SEEDS

• 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

• Sustainability is fundamentally about change
  management
• Changing decision making and behaviours
• of individuals and organizations

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SEEDS Projects

• Business Plans for UBCs Research Forest
• Stormwater Management for Fairview Square
• UBC Food System Project
• Applied Science Sustainability Project

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SEEDS Impacts on Sustainability

• 20 of UBC plant operations vehicles use
  biodiesel
• Pesticide-free campus
• Campus gardens
• Sustainable food service operations
• More!

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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 UBCs 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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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.

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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