Centre for Sustainability Upcoming Fall 2016 Events!

The Centre for Sustainability has been hard at work preparing for this year’s upcoming events! They kicked off the academic year with a brand new logo designed by our talented Marketing and Communications department! Sustainable UFV took part in the New Student Orientation (NSO) at both the Abbotsford and Chilliwack Campus and had some fun … Read more

Meet the New Sustainability Coordinator Assistant, Travis Gingerich!

The Centre for Sustainability along with the Faculty of Science is pleased to announce that Travis Gingerich has taken over the reigns as the Sustainability Coordinator Assistant. Travis has been attending UFV since 2013. His love of maps, mountains, and all things outside led him to pursue a BSc in Physical Geography. While at UFV … Read more

Canada-Wide Science Rally (2013)

MONDAY, Sept 16 – Meet on the Green at the Abbotsford Campus at noon! CBC News Article: Researchers stand up for science, plan rallies coast to coast September 12, 2013 3:05 PM –By Quirks & Quarks evidencefordemocracy.ca Bob McDonald, Quirks & Quarks Once again, scientists and supporters across the country will rally on Monday, Sept. … Read more

Students for Sustainability (2013)

Archived from UFV Science News, February 26 2013. Join Students for Sustainability at Aftermath and come watch “Tapped” – a documentary that “looks into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity:  our water”

UFV greenSPEAK lecture series focuses on environmental issues (2013)

Archived from UFV Today, January 30 2013.  Original post by Marketing Communications. When looking at the UFV website, passing by its signage or simply picking up a brochure around campus, the university is overwhelmingly associated with the colour green. This verdant colour is inviting and creates a certain level of expectation around environmental issues such … Read more