Supporting a sustainable and equitable future for all.
LDDI’s Climate Justice and Sustainability Initiative aims to enhance awareness of and engagement with principles of sustainability in education to address multi-dimensional environmental challenges. Our aim is to develop skills and capacities to create and share resources and professional development opportunities to inspire impactful change in learning and course design.
A monthly campaign to ignite climate justice action.
Our monthly campaign is designed to deepen our understanding of climate justice and engage in meaningful and collective action to lessen the causes and impacts of climate change.
May 2024: Fly Less
Why? Air travel contributes significantly to GHG emissions and is the fastest growing cause of climate change (Econation, 2024). During conference season, it is crucial to understand the environmental footprint of travel and consider that most students and staff do not fly at all.
To compare UBC’s annual per capita GHG emissions to a range of flights, Maxi Kniewasser from the Sustainability & Engineering unit at UBC created the graph above. Of note, a single round-trip flight from Vancouver to Paris emits as much CO2e as 8.5 years’ worth of UBC’s average per capita emissions.
How? To reduce UBCs institutional carbon density one solution is to convert conferences into virtual or hybrid experiences using tools such as Zoom/ MS teams / Google to enable academics to share their research sans jet-setting. You can learn more about online conference tools by watching, Hybrid classrooms and meetings and Zoom facilitation masterclass or visit, Live Event Recording & Webcasting for more tips and strategies.
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Events and Initiatives
Indigenous Art & Sustainability: Hands-on Beaded Earring Workshop
Tuesday, May 28 | 12pm – 2:00pm
The intention behind this hands-on workshop is to repurpose salmon vertebrae into beads in a unique and authentic way to gain a greater awareness of Indigenous people’s connections. Presenter Cheyenne Cunningham began this work in 2022 as part of a composting pedagogies project for an environmental literacy class.
An Inter-Institutional Action on Climate Change: A Spotlight on Public Health
Tuesday, April 16 | 12pm – 1:00pm
This interactive Viewpoint session is an extension of our collaborative podcast series titled, An Inter-Institutional Action on Climate Change, where thought leaders in social institutions engage in dialogue to discover transformative learning opportunities to address climate change.
From Print to Pixels: Working, Collaborating and Sharing Sustainably
Wednesday, April 10 | 12pm – 1:00pm
Join LDDIs workshop, From Print to Pixels to identify wasteful paper-based practices and learn how to adopt digital solutions to reduce your environmental impact and improve efficiency. LDDI will showcase how digitization can support how you work, read, annotate, share, collaborate, and present, sustainably.
An Inter-Institutional Action on Climate Change: Where Church and Military Leadership Meet
Wednesday, February 21 | 12pm – 1:00pm
This interactive Viewpoint session is an extension of our collaborative podcast series titled, An Inter-Institutional Action on Climate Change, where thought leaders in social institutions engage in dialogue to discover transformative learning opportunities to address climate change.
The Intersection of Climate Justice and Digital Innovation: Raising Awareness of Technologies Environmental Footprint
Wednesday, February 28 | 12pm – 1:30pm
Join panelists, Dr. Keri Ewart, Dr. Sandra Scott, Dr. Derek Gladwin, and Dr. Kshamta Hunter for a conversation about the intersections and implications of climate justice and digital innovation. Panelists will share their research and perspectives on the nexus between technology and the environment and discuss strategies and limitations across these intersections.
Stories Rooted in Healing the Planet
Friday, March 1 | 12pm – 1:30pm
In this interactive Viewpoint session, Stories Rooted in Healing the Planet, our panelists Dr. Elin Kelsey, Dr. Sara Florence Davidson and Dr. Bonny Norton with Dr. Liam Dohorty share their unique perspectives and approaches to children’s books that weave in themes of climate justice, the environment, animals, and more.
Resources
Climate Justice Resources
In this section you can access and download Climate Justice resources such as lesson plans, class presentations, and other relevant materials.