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		<title>UBC is developing a Sustainability Academic Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[UBC launched the Sustainability Academic Strategy (SAS) by hosting two Town Hall meetings at UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan in early April. The SAS aims to provide a unifying framework to help guide the UBC community in ongoing planning, decision making, resource allocation, and community building. The SAS Town Halls attracted students, faculty, staff and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubcsustain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7436846&amp;post=16&amp;subd=ubcsustain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UBC&#8217;s Climate Action Plan</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UBC Sustainability Office is developing a comprehensive Climate Acton Plan for UBC. The Plan will document measurable and achievable climate action strategies in seven areas that are the key sources of UBC’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). In the past weeks we have received invaluable input into the plan from the UBC community in workshops [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubcsustain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7436846&amp;post=12&amp;subd=ubcsustain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UBC Supply Management launches Sustainable Purchasing Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supply Management has established a new purchasing policy to increase sustainable practices on campus. Victoria Wakefield, Manager Logistics/Sustainability in Supply Management states: “We are excited about the launch of this new policy. We are working with various campus units such as Food Services and Plant Operations to adopt the principles of leadership, social inclusivity, environmental [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubcsustain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7436846&amp;post=32&amp;subd=ubcsustain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ReThink Award: Inspiring Students to Think Differently about Climate Change</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ReThink award sponsored by the UBC student group Common Energy recognizes instructors across our campus for incorporating elements of sustainability into their courses and programs. The first, and March recipient of the ReThink award is Anneliese Schultz, an “eco-Italian” professor. Anneliese incorporates eco-Italian into all of her classes. As an example, she uses “green” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubcsustain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7436846&amp;post=25&amp;subd=ubcsustain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>goBeyond Program recieves Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[goBEYOND, the BC student-led climate action project, received additional $50 000 in sponsorship from BC Hydro over the next two years, and $5 000 from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. This funding will allow goBEYOND to continue its climate action programming on 9 post secondary campuses across the province. For more information on visit: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubcsustain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7436846&amp;post=7&amp;subd=ubcsustain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Earth Day Everyday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The earth revolved around the sun once since the last time you received our newsletter. As we pause to recognize Earth Day, we are committed to keeping in touch more often going forward. Enjoy reading about a selection of the exciting sustainability related activities that are going on at UBC! Celebrated every April 22, Earth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubcsustain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7436846&amp;post=3&amp;subd=ubcsustain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Make Sense of Energy Consumption</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered how much energy your appliances consume? Now you can easily find out. The UBC Library and the Sustainability Office have partnered to bring you the Kill-A-Watt meter. The Kill-a-Watt is a small hand-held device that plugs into an electricity socket, upon plugging your appliance into the meter the real-time energy consumption [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ubcsustain.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7436846&amp;post=34&amp;subd=ubcsustain&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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