IRES Newsletter: October 1, 2024

News, Events and Updates

Interested in decarbonization strategies that focus on the nexus between socio-economic behaviors and technological advancement? Dr. Tu will discuss his work on developing just this and more in his seminar! 

More info and Zoom link

For RES 505, led by Dr. Leila Harris, graduate students produced 3 knowledge mobilization projects that explore how to implement more sustainability and well-being at UBC.

A Food Recovery Strategy for Catered Events on the UBC Campus

Project by: Ka Lai Or, Rizki Septiani 

Barriers to UBC Staff Climate Action Engagement

Jasmine Lambert, Kate Reynolds, Marie Boulinaud, Mahjoba Shariq

Break it up: Exploring the Experiences of Implementers of the Wellbeing Break Initiative Pilot at the University of British Columbia

Lindsay Goodridge, Sveinar Lunde Soldal

Join our two IRES students, Alberto Alves Campos and Ming Cao as they explain their projects on the importance of enhancing life within the biosphere. đŸŒ±

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Recent IRES Publications

Rosanna Carver, Erika Gavenus, J.J. Manson,Stealing the seabed. The Canadian State and the question of Rights and Title over submerged lands, Geoforum. November, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104108.

F Noak, D Engist, J Gantois, V Gaur, BF Hyjazie, A Larsen, LK M’Gonigle, A Missirian, M Qaim, RD Sargent, E Souza-Rodrigues, C Kremen. Environmental impacts of genetically modified crops. Science. Aug 30, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado9340

A. Cohen & , L. M. Harris (2025). Governing Nature: Political Ecology and the Knotty Tangle of Environmental Governance. In Doing Political Ecology (pp. 46-61). Routledge. Link.

 

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