News and Events
Centre for Sustainability greenSPEAK Seminar Series in conjunction with the Department of Geography and the Environment Discovery Series present: Jorge Macias’ presentation on Exotic Invaders and forest resources of the world: a chemical ecology perspective Jorge has accrued more than 30 years in the field of forest health, forest pest management and chemical ecology, which has taken … Read more
“The Winter that Never Was” – What’s up with this warm winter weather? We’re celebrating the World Wildlife Fund’s annual sweater week by handing out ice cream and talking climate change. We will have a booth at the Abbotsford campus on the green Thursday February 4th from 10 – 1. We will having a draw … Read more
It time for the Centre for Sustainability’s Winter 2015 Green Team meeting. On the agenda: Planning and promotion of Sweater Week (February 2-5) Planning for more carpooling Updates on our Computers need Sleep campaign and other energy saving initiatives The new garden club Results of the student survey from Fall 2014 (done by Ashleigh, reported … Read more
Time: 1 pm Date: Thurs, Dec. 18th Place: Abbotsford Campus, A203b (near Criminology) BRING YOUR LUNCH Interested to learn about sustainable living in the Western Canadian Arctic? Curious about composting in -40, how a town survives running out of natural gas or what it’s like to ride a skidoo to work over a frozen Arctic … Read more
Tamsin Lyle: Dikes aren’t all they are cracked up to be. Time: 1:00pm Date: Thursday, November 27, 2014 Place: Abbotsford Campus, A203b BRING YOUR LUNCH Dikes aren’t all they are cracked up to be: Increased risk and decreased ecological values on the Fraser River. Tamsin Lyle is principal and founding engineer with Ebbwater Consulting, a … Read more
Roderick Haig-Brown: Canada’s Green Prophet Time: 1:00pm Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014 Place: Abbotsford Campus, A203b ————————————————————- Ron Dart has taught in the department of political science/philosophy/religious studies at University of the Fraser Valley since 1990. He was on staff with Amnesty International in the 1980s before joining UFV. Ron teaches a course on “Religion, … Read more
Watersheds, Ecosystems, and Ecological Anthropology Time: 1:00pm Date: Thursday, November 13, 2014 Place: Abbotsford Campus, A203b ————————————————————- Dr. Douglas Hudson teaches anthropology at UFV, including a course on Environment and Society. He will be speaking on the topic “Watersheds, Ecosystems, and Ecological Anthropology”. The talk will look at the ways in which ecological concepts became … Read more
Time: 1:00pm (Bring your lunch) Date: Thursday, Sept 25th, 2014 Place: Abbotsford Campus, A225/226 ————————————————————- Sylvia Grace Borda She is an artist working within and around the media of photography and film, exploring and merging their social, technical, and conceptual possibilities. Borda is a pioneer known for creating unconventional or multi-dimensional portraits of her subjects … Read more
Profile of an outdoor activist: Pat Harrison – by Dave King Pat Harrison never intended to become an environmental advocate. He was born in Los Angeles and subsequently lived in Wisconsin and Montana. He attended high school and university in Montana. After university, he entered the US Army in 1968 and served as a helicopter … Read more
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 – 7pm Where: Stó:lō Resource Centre, Building 10 – 7201 Vedder Road – Chilliwack BC Join BCGEU President Darryl Walker, Caitlyn Vernon of the Sierra Club, and speakers from GreenJobs BC and the local community to hear about possibilities for creating green jobs, and to share local visions for a cleaner, stronger … Read more