What does

NEXT GENERATION

SUSTAINABILITY

look like at UBC?

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Workshop Agenda

1. Welcome and settling in

2. Presentation

3. Activity orientation

4. Small group discussions

5. Wrap-up

15

10

5

45

5

TIME

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The Next Generation

Sustainability

A 20-year Sustainability Strategy for UBC

Vancouver

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Dr. John Robinson

Associate Provost, Sustainability

Regenerative Sustainability

Goal: To simultaneously increase human and

environmental well-being

Questions: For what processes? At what scale?

Role of university . . .

Campus as Sustainability Test-Bed

Universities uniquely suited for this role:

• Single (owner-) occupiers

• Public mandate

• Teaching

• Research

Develop integrated campus-scale systems:

• Demonstration and research

• Engage and train students; develop new curricula and

programs

Operational

Academic

UBC Sustainability Initiative

Operational

Academic Campus as

Living

Laboratory

Agent of

Change

Campus as

Living Lab

Environmental Wellbeing

• District Energy Centre

• Neighbourhood DE system

• Zero Waste Action Plan

• Campus Sustainability Engagement Strategy

• Lens and gradient

Human Wellbeing

• Social sustainability program

• Commons projects

• UTown and UNA partnership

Agent of Change

• Strategic alliance partnerships

• CLL partnerships

• Regional Sustainability Council think-

tank

Sustainability Learning:

Pathways and Student Attributes

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NEXT GENERATION

SUSTAINABILITY

look like at UBC?

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Marko Pajalic

Engagement Specialist

UBC Sustainability Initiative

Our Journey

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VISION

Teaching, Learning

and Research

Operations &

Infrastructure

UBC Community

Descriptions of Success

Strategic Goals

Our Strategy

Partnerships

Campus as a Living Lab

Agent of Change

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Our Vision

UBC as a(n):

• Regenerative campus

• Vibrant community

• Test bed for sustainability

• Agent of change

• Global leader

• Research and teaching choice

Survey Feedback

Vision statement sets the right overall direction for

sustainability at UBC

Overall, vision is well-supported; however, needs some

refinement

Constructs and concepts are well-supported generally;

certain points need additional details

Strategic Goals

Teaching, Learning and Research

• Sustainability embedded in TLR

• Transformative scholarship of T+L in sustainability

• Spectrum of fundamental and applied research

• Pathway

• Preferred destination

• Centres of excellence

• Recruitment and retention

Operations and Infrastructure

• Planning and implementation imperative

• Human and environmental wellbeing

• Adaptive approach

• Living lab

• Sustainability lens

• Integration of systems: regenerative design

• Strategic partnerships

• Stakeholder engagement and partnerships

UBC Community

• Model sustainable community: living lab showcase

• Diverse housing options

• Resilient and engaged community

• Social sustainability: wellbeing

• Sense of place

• Auto-restrained community; live-work-learn

community

• Sustainable and integrated food systems