With each year RCW hosts more and more events, and this year is certainly no exception!  New this year are RCW in Residence with the Residence Sustainability Coordinators, the “Hunt for Sustainability” Photo Scavenger Hunt (with big prizes to be won!), and a Tupperware Lottery.  Read on to find out more!

 

 

THURSDAY March 13

>> RCW in Residence: "Energy Café 2:  double the energy, double the fun!", 7pm in Place Vanier Commonsblock - Shrum Lounge. 

An open mic for musical or poetic talent.  There will be info, free drinks, and prizes!  To sign up e-mail robyn.hooper@gmail.com.

 

SUNDAY March 16

>> RCW in Residence: "Totem Movie Night".  Totem Park Commonsblock.  Short films by UBC students @ 6pm, “An Inconvenient Truth” @ 8pm.

Get educated on how a little change can make a big difference.

MONDAY March 17

>> RCW in Residence: “Swap it Like it’s Hot” Stuff Swap in all Totem and Vanier house lounges. 

This event runs all week: drop off any unwanted clothing, magazines, and other items OR pick up some free things that they might need to AVOID CONSUMERISM.  That’s right…swap it likes it’s hot.


>> Tupperware Lottery, Monday to Wednesday from 12 - 1:30pm at select AMS food outlets

What’s that?  A FREE lunch?  Try your chances with the Tupperware Lottery!  The AMS Food and Beverage Services is offering two free meals per day to a lucky holder of Tupperware!  To think, you don’t just get the usual $0.25 off for bringing your own container (if you didn’t know, the current policy is that AMS outlets offer a $0.25 discount to all who bring their own mugs or food containers).

So bring your container between 12 and 1:30pm to these AMS food outlets - The Moon, The Pendulum, The Honour Roll, Bernoulli’s Bagels, The Gallery, and Blue Chip - and try your luck while helping change how food take-out is done on campus.


>> UBC Improv Show: “Sustainability!  A show for laughter and thinly-veiled moralizing”, the Norm Theatre @ 12pm

In classic UBC Improv "long form" style, the team will get sustainability-centered centered suggestions from the audience and subtly (or not-so-subtly) poke fun at all sides of the ongoing struggle to consume responsibly.  They’ll use comedy as a vehicle to promote critical thinking about sustainability and responsible consumption.


>> Keynote Address: “Two solitudes: Exploring the Interface Between Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability”, 1:30pm at location BUCH A204
Speaker: Dr. Nola-Kate Seymoar, UBC faculty member and President and CEO of International Centre for Sustainable Cities.

Dr. Seymoar brings her extensive background in sustainable development at the local and international levels to discuss the opportunities and challenges of moving from commitment to action on sustainable consumption.  She will also be speaking about the One Earth initiative, a Vancouver research and advocacy group that seeks to transform unsustainable consumption patterns locally, nationally, and internationally.


>> RCW in Residence: "BIKE 101 workshop".  4 - 6pm on the front lawn of Totem Park. 

Bring your bike and decorate it and learn repair tips, safety information, and how to get out on Vancouver's best bike routes.  Get ready for prizes and FUN!

TUESDAY March 18

>> Workshop: “Co-operative Economics: understanding economic democracy”.  11am in SUB 207

 

Come and learn about co-operatives: how they differ from traditional capitalist enterprises, domestic and international examples of different types of co-operatives, and the challenges and advantages they face in a predominately capitalist system.


>> Panel Discussion “The Role of Institutions in Shaping a Sustainable World”, 1 - 3pm at location Wood 5

Institution such as the university and corporations have the most influence and largest impact on the future of the environment due to the scale of their decisions.  So, what are some ways in which they can reduce their ecological footprint?  In this panel, we hope to gain some insight into this issue from representatives of different types of institutions, ranging from the corporate to the non-profit sections, who will share with us their experiences and ideas.


>> “Return of the Scorchers” Movie Night.  In the Bike Co-op @ 7:30pm. 

Before automobiles ruled the roads, bicyclists were referred to as "Scorchers" because of their blazing speed.  A century later, in a world filled with car-related environmental and social problems, Return of the Scorcher discovers an inspired and evolving bicycling renaissance.  It questions our obsession with "progress" and status and presents a diverse cross-section of cycling visionaries who see the bicycle as a life-affirming vehicle for change.

 

WEDNESDAY March 19

>> Vote With Your Dollar Fair SUB Main Concourse, 9am - 4pm


>> “Hunt for Sustainability” Photo Scavenger Hunt, 10am - 4pm around UBC campus. 

Enter with two or three of your friends to compete for fabulous prizes from MEC and others!!  For more information on the event, email rcw.scavenger.hunt@gmail.com or search the event on Facebook.

>> Sprouts and Friends of the Farm: Farmers Market.  11am - 4pm, in front of Bernoulli’s Bagels. 

Come pick up affordable organic produce from the UBC Farm and other local farms, as well as bulk products and snack foods.  Friends of the Farm will be there to showcase how the UBC Farm plays a critical role in your health and sustainable food systems.


>> Oxfam “No Sweat” Fashion Show, 11:30am in the SUB South Foyer (old AMS tutoring space)

 

This mock fashion show put on each year by Oxfam UBC raises awareness about what goes into the making of many popular brand names by contrasting fashionable clothes with the unethical treatment of the workers who made them.  Come out and help make this fashion show a success!!

>> Common Energy “Get Evolved” Film and Art Festival.  11am - 3pm in front of Bernoulli's Bagels

Common Energy will be promoting the "Get Evolved" Art and Film Festival, which will be taking place in April (exact date TBA). Everyone within the UBC community is invited to display their artistic ingenuity and sustainability consciousness in the Get Evolved film and art festival! Films submitted must be shorter than 15 min, art pieces must be able to fit through a doorway and created with recycled materials. Also, you must include a short paragraph describing how you incorporated sustainability into your piece. The grand prize for both film and art categories is $500 each!

>> Compost basketball with UBC Waste Management, SUB South Plaza, 1 - 2pm. 

Come join us in a little game of Compost basketball where you've got your choice of three hoops, compost, recycling and waste different products in these categories.  Put your athletic skills to the test and your thinking caps on!  Look out, here comes flying a banana!


>> Free Bike Checkups and Smoothies.  Outside of Bike Co-op, 1 - 4pm. 

Bring your bike by for a free check on oil, air, and general advice from the Bike Co-op.  Then make yourself a pedal-powered smoothie! 


>> Workshop: Sustainability Ambassadors “Commodity-chain”.  1:30pm in SUB 207.

THURSDAY March 20

>>Vote With Your Dollar Fair SUB Main Concourse, 9am - 4pm


>> Show-and-tell recycled art display by the Sustainability Ambassadors.  9am - 4pm in front of Bernoulli’s Bagels.

Come and check out art submissions made out of things that would otherwise go to a landfill, as well as description of how you too can make them!  The idea is that part of responsible consumption is simply consuming less and this is a great way of reducing consumption at all points on the commodity chain!
>> Workshop: “Connecting local consumer actions with overseas impacts on extreme poverty”, by UBC Engineers Without Borders.  At 11am in SUB 207.

This workshop will look at the overseas impact of ethical consumption and will particularly focus on Fair Trade.


>> Sprouts and Friends of the Farm: Farmers Market.  11am - 4pm, in front of Bernoulli’s Bagels. 


>> Green Building Tour:  Life Sciences Centre at 3pm.

Join in on this one-hour tour behind-the-scenes tour of one of nine of UBC’s green buildings, the LEED Gold Life Sciences Centre.  Put on by the UBC Sustainability Office.


>> Wrap Up Party!  4 - 6pm in Sprouts.

Even if you missed the other RCW events, be sure to stop by Sprouts for some good locally sourced food, conversation, and tunes!  Then head to the…