Sustainability
2020 Sustainability Report
View our progress in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and our Institutional Sustainability Strategy.
2021 Sustainability Award Winners
Celebrate the outstanding sustainability contributions of UCalgary students, faculty and staff.
Institutional Sustainability Strategy
We are committed to creating opportunities for entrepreneurial thinking, applied practice and project-based learning in sustainability. The Institutional Sustainability Strategy is a roadmap for continuous improvement in our pursuit of excellence and leadership in sustainability. How we get there is laid out in our supporting and interdependent frameworks: Advancing Sustainability Education and Research, Engagement for Sustainability and Sustainability in Administration and Operations.
Certificate in Sustainability Studies
Make sustainability a part of your academic experience, explore new ways of thinking and enhance your future career. Interested in taking the Certificate in Sustainability Studies next year? Declare your interest by Feb. 1, 2020.
Campus as a Learning Lab
The Campus as a Learning Lab (CLL) program brings together students, faculty and staff to work on projects that make UCalgary more sustainable and bring our Institutional Sustainability Strategy to life.
Research
At the University of Calgary, we are advancing sustainability education and research by integrating sustainability across disciplines to respond to, and partner with, our community. Sustainability is a core component of our 2018-23 Academic and Research Plans.
FutureU
FutureU is an Innovation@UCalgary initiative that invites students to discover the world of innovation through hands-on learning and community-based activities. The goal is to help students build a sustainable life working on challenges they care about.
Campus Energy & Emissions Dashboard
At UCalgary, we value accurate and transparent sustainability reporting. We are working to share our progress as we transform our campus into a living laboratory for climate and energy leadership. Discover our Campus Energy & Emissions Dashboard below.
Get Involved
Whether you're a student, faculty or staff member, there are sustainability initiatives waiting for you.
Data visualization and sustainability
Intersections between data visualization and sustainability offer innovative student research experiences. From wayfinding to building energy use, projects use our campus as a learning lab for experiential learning and applied sustainability research
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There's something in the air
UCalgary researchers study air quality across Calgary and its effects on health...
UCalgary Certificate in Sustainability Studies
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