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Next Generation Sustainability: Beyond Harm Reduction toward Social and Ecological Well-being
- 1. Regenerative Sustainability at UBC: Beyond Harm Reduction Kelowna James Tansey 24th June 2015
- 2. Limits Storyline • Harm reduction • Damage limitation • Mitigation • Cutting back • Sacrifice The Sustainability Discourse Problems • Not motivating • Doesn’t go far enough • Mostly environmental • Scientistic
- 3. Goal Simultaneously increase human & environmental well-being Questions What processes? At what scale? Role of universities… Regenerative Sustainability • From less bad to more good • From reducing damage to creating benefits • From sacrifice to contribution • From net zero to net positive
- 4. Campus as Sustainability Test-Bed Universities uniquely suited for this role: • Single (owner-) occupiers • Public mandate • Teaching • Research Develop integrated campus- scale systems: • Demonstration and research • Engage and train students; develop new curricula and programs
- 6. Two Cross-cutting Themes Campus as Living Lab Agent of Change
- 7. 1996 2002 2008 2014 Opens C.K Choi Building, setting new green building benchmarks worldwide Integrates sustainability as a core pillar in UBC’s highest level strategic plan Meets Kyoto Protocol GHG reduction targets for academic buildings 5 years early Canada`s first university to adopt a sustainable development policy Approval of 20 Year Sustainability Strategy Opens Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) Sets bold targets to reduce GHG emissions 33% by 2015 67% by 2020 100% by 2050 SUSTAINABILITY MILESTONES
- 8. UBC Campus as Living Lab
- 9. UBC’s Climate Change goals (Mar, 2010) • achieved Kyoto targets (-6%) for core academic buildings in 2007 (with 35% growth in floorspace) • New targets: - 33% by 2015 - 67% by 2020 -100% by 2050 UBC Academic District Energy System Size of energy challenge: • eliminate fossil fuels • no new electricity transmission lines to campus • ~35% growth in research and residential floorspace by 2030 0 20 40 60 80 100 2007 2015 2020 2050
- 10. Current Signature Projects Continuous Optimization of Campus Buildings Demand-Side Supply-Side Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) Steam to Hot Water Conversion of Campus District Energy System Bioenergy Research and Demonstration Project $150 million of capital investment
- 11. Regenerative in Environmental and Human Terms Net positive on: • Energy • Operational carbon • Water quality • Structural carbon Net positive on: • Health • Productivity • Happiness
- 12. Social Sustainability UBC Wellbeing Initiative • Access & diversity • Intercultural understanding • First Nations • Sport & Sustainability • Healthy Campus initiative • Community Engagement initiative • Community Service Learning Initial Priorities • Mental health • Physical activity • Inclusion & connection • Food & nutrition • Transportation • Natural & built environments Human Wellbeing
- 13. UBC Neighbourhoods From commuter campus to sustainable community More affordable housing for students & families to live on campus Enhance academic engagement, campus life and the environment
- 14. At UBC's Vancouver campus, sustainability means simultaneous improvements in human and environmental wellbeing, not just reductions in damage or harm. By 2035, such regenerative sustainability is embedded across the University throughout teaching, learning, research, partnerships, operations and infrastructure, and the UBC community. Vision UBC is a vibrant, healthy and resilient community, deeply engaged with its neighbours, surrounding region, partners around the world, and in a supportive and mutually respectful relationship with the Musqueam people.
Editor's Notes
- We were the first Canadian university to develop a sustainable development policy, open a sustainability office in 1997, and meet our Kyoto targets, 5 years early. We were also the first Canadian university to earn a Gold rating in STARS. But beyond operational achievements, our students and faculty are responsible for impactful inititiaves such as the establishment of, know globally know company used to offset emissions from the Vancouver Olympics, creating the ecological footprint concept, and opening of UBC’s first LEED Platinum CIRS building – our first living lab project.
- From a transportation perspective, UBC’s Point Grey campus is one of the largest ‘destinations’ in the Lower Mainland with over 45,000 students, 12,000 faculty and staff, and facilities such as the UBC Hospital. We are separated from the rest of the region by about 1800 acres of forest – Pacific Spirit Regional Park – an area nearly twice the size of our campus. What this means is that we have been a commuter campus for much of our history, something which has generated negative impacts – environmentally, socially and economically – and, our students, faculty and staff have had to travel further to find affordable housing and communities to live in. On average, our students spend 40 minutes a day more commuting to and from school than their counterparts at other Canadian universities. It is probably similar for faculty and staff. This means there is less opportunity to be engaged in academic and campus life. This presents a challenge while recruiting the best and brightest to the University and is a major issue that we need to address. Housing initiatives however, are helping transform UBC Vancouver from a commuter campus into a vibrant, sustainable community where people can live, work and learn. Being able to live close to places of work and study is also widely recognized as a key ingredient of a sustainable community. This effort to build more housing and community amenities on campus, to become more sustainable, was a conscious decision by the University to be a responsible partner in all of our efforts to become a more sustainable society. And while it is not the only thing we are doing, it is definitely a significant component. [Click] for NEXT slide.