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The Campus as a Living Lab 'Grand Challenge' called for visionary approaches to how British Columbia and Canada can effectively respond and adapt to the climate emergency. 

This year's competition, attracted faculty and staff from more than 22 academic departments and operational units across UBC Vancouver and Okanagan, resulting in three projects moving forward with a total of $600k in funding.

The Sustainability Hub is excited to announce the return – and scaling up – of the Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) Competition for 23-24.

We sat down with Dr. Mark Johnson, Professor at IRES and EAOS about his CLL project that aims to understand water use in the UBC farm cropping system, including water inputs from rainfall, municipal water, and water used for washing produce and cleaning equipment.

We sat with Eduardo Jovel, Margaret Moss, and Tabitha Robin to discuss their CLL-funded project. Eduardo Jovel is a Professor in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at UBC, Margaret Moss is the Director of the First Nations House of Learning at UBC, and Tabitha Robin is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems.

We’re a research team funded by UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab initiative and we’re inviting all current and former residents of UBC’s Acadia Park Student Family Housing to join us for a series of three workshops where we’ll be investigating what design elements of housing contribute to wellbeing.