Sustainability Hub
By Sustainability Hub
Sustainability HubNov 04, 2022
F is For Faculty: Dr. Jiaying Zhao
In this episode, our conversation with Dr. Zhao explored the experience of teaching behavioural sustainability at UBC and navigating the lessons from COVID-19 and the urgency of the Climate Emergency.
F is for Faculty: Dr. Tara Ivanochko
An episode of a new podcast series from the Sustainability Hub called: F is for Faculty. This is where we introduce you to what UBC faculty are doing to advance sustainability and climate action through research and teaching.
This week we spoke with Dr. Tara Ivanochko, Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, and Academic Director at the Sustainability Hub.
F is for Faculty: Dr. Aaron Boley
Brand new from the Sustainability Hub - F is for Faculty is a podcast series where we introduce you to what UBC faculty are doing to advance sustainability and climate action through research and teaching.
In our very first episode, I talked to Dr. Aaron Boley, Canada Research Chair in planetary astronomy, Associate Professor in the department of Physics and Astronomy, and – as we’re about to find out – the Co-Director of the fantastically named – Outer Space Institute.
Mobilizing Youth for the Sustainable Development Goals with the ReImagine 17 Toolkit
Following the Together|Ensemble 2020 Conference, a group of UBC students and their peers from campuses across Canada wondered how to promote intersectional and interdisciplinary collaboration towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) between Canadian post-secondary institutions. The result was ReImagine 17 (RE17), a national community of youth working to amplify youth action towards the SDGs by creating spaces for knowledge-sharing, program development, and advocacy.
A year in the making, the group has since launched the RE17 Toolkit – an online, interactive resource create by youth, for youth – to guide post-secondary students looking to grow or start a Sustainable Development Goals Alliance (SDGA)* on their campus.
Co-founder and UBC student Vicky Kim shared a little more about her experience with ReImagine 17 and what students can expect from the Toolkit.
*SDG Alliances are student-run, community centered organizations which provide programming and support for campus communities in order to raise awareness around the Sustainable Development Goals. SDG Alliances are diverse in operational models and may serve a distinct set of functions at their respective universities. However, they are brought together by a shared mission to promote SDG engagement throughout their institutions. (ReImagine 17)