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EXPLORE/CONNECT
Ecology and sustainability in your daily life
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Food, transportation, recreation and other daily choices
Practical tips and resources to exploreRevisiting the Ecological Footprint and
ecology principles/concepts to date
What is happening at UBC, in the local community and beyond to help us make informed decisions and/or get involved?
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Start with your list
At UBC
Local community
In Canada
In the world
• Generally, or more specific to something in your life:
• 1 example for each ‘level’
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My example:
At UBC
Local community
In Canada
In the world
• Bike kitchen
• Volunteer for Green Thumb Theatre
• Learn more about the Green Party
• Coral reefs of the world - enjoying while reducing impact
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Fleming Beach, Maui
• Rated America’s ‘best beach’ in a recent top ten poll (June 2006)
• According to Stephen Leatherman, director of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research
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After you have made your list…
• Add one more item to each level and add resources or actions based on the knowledge in the room and material we will look at in slides and handouts
• You may add a comment, question or criticism to one resource or proposed action
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In an upcoming class….
Recent announcements at the civic, provincial and federal govt. levels about programs to address sustainability, climate change and related ecological issues:
Good, bad, other? Why? How?
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UBC in relation to the world…..
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Sustainable Endowments Institute
• Compiled the College Sustainability Report Card (January 2007)
• UBC rated B- for ‘greenness’• A in administration, climate change and
energy, food and recycling and green buildings
• F in endowment transparency and shareholder management
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How could we have done better?
• Used UBC’s endowments to change corporate governance practices
• Made public statements about investigating or investing in renewable energy funds or community development loans
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But the good news…
• UBC was described as a ‘campus sustainability leader’, along with 26 schools in the US, including Harvard and MIT
Endowmentinstitute.org
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What is happening at UBC?
ECOTrek: water and energy retrofit(cost $35 million, will save $2.6 million in energy
costs each year)
Low-flush toiletsUpgraded lights and heating systemsSteam plant burner replacement (reduced
greenhouse gases by 80%)
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Local examples?
1. Green Cities Project: $40 million fund from province to advance municipal projects….such as:
Bike paths, greenways, disabled access, children’s parks and playgrounds
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Local examples?
2. 100-mile diet: Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon
For 365 days, eat only foods/beverages produced within a 100-mile radius of their Kits apt.
www.thetyee.ca www.100milediet.org
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Local examples?
Recycling on several fronts:
Computers for SchoolsProduct Care - paint + other hazardousRechargeable Battery Recycling Corp.GVRD: ‘101 things to do with all your
old stuff’
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Look at your phone book
• Super Pages
• Home pages section includes ‘Choices for Wiser Living’
• Many examples here of ‘ecology in your daily life’
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Wackernagel, M. and W. Rees. 1996. Our ecological footprint. Reducing human impact on Earth. New
Society Publishers. Gabriola Island.
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Ecological Footprint defined:
Accounts for the flow of energy and matter from/to a defined ‘economy’ (e.g. your life) and converts it to land/water area required from nature to support these flows
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Examples from other parts of Canada
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1. Cross-Canada studies:
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
• Measured EF of 20 major urban regions (Dec., 2005)
• Avg. Canadian was 7.25 ha/person
• 1.9 ha/person of productive land/sea is available (on the planet)
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• Energy demands = 55%
(38% by industry)
• Transportation = 35%
(12% commercial,business)
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Solutions?
• Drive less; increase walking/cycling/carpooling/using public transit
• Eat locally grown food• Retrofit buildings to save energy• Use renewable energy and energy-efficient
vehicles
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2. Other organizations
Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers
• Presents at an annual trade show
• Examples include Ethical Bean Coffee Company - to expand into mainstream supermarkets
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3. Local groups in specific areas
Sunshine Coast Conservation Association
• Brochure on living toxin free
www.thescca.ca
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4. Canada-wide initiatives
Bird Studies Canada, in partnership with
Bird Life International
Christmas Bird Count, Breeding Bird Survey, etc.
10,000 volunteers in Canada each year
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Around the world
1. Global Footprint Network http://www.footprintnetwork.org/
Mission: to support a sustainable economy by advancing the EF, that makes the reality of planetary limits relevant to decision-makers throughout the world
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Around the world
2. Imaginative Travelers’ Volunteer Programwww.trekescapes.com
Work with local people on various projects, such as Habitat for Humanity, improving schools or protecting local water supply with composting toilets
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3rd World Urban Forum (established by the UN)
• Held in Vancouver June, 2006
• Addressed rapid urbanization and its impacts on communities, cities, economics and policies
http://www.unhabitat.org/wuf/2006/default.asp