EarthWorks at Capilano University brings environmental education to campus through lectures and initiatives. Since 2012, it has connected the campus and local communities on key environmental issues, supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
EarthWorks: Our Mission
Educate and inspire students as well as members of the campus and the local community to understand complex environmental issues from a multi-disciplinary perspective, enabling all to take action for positive change.
Students participating in three lectures and one environmental restoration event per term receive an EarthWorks notation on their transcript. Co-curricular credits can also be earned for volunteer work.
EarthWorks 2024/25: ‘Planetary Resilience’
The focus of EarthWorks this year is to explore actions that we can take now to adapt to our rapidly changing world, mitigate damage and construct ways of living that are in balance with our environment. A series of workshops, lectures, film screenings, field experiences, networking and knowledge mobilization events intended to engage the CapU community in conversations and action about our role in promoting sustainable and resilient planetary futures will be held through the 24/25 academic year.
We see student leadership and engagement as critical to the success of EarthWorks. We are committed to ensuring students have autonomy, influence, and choice in the future of the collective. Through funding from CapU’s emergent Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Sustainability (funded by a $1.6 million Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Mobilize Grant) EarthWorks receives faculty teaching releases and employs two student Research Assistants to support sustainability knowledge mobilization event planning and implementation, and contribute to the creation of a student engagement plan.
Fall 2024 series
Each term, EarthWorks hosts several events highlighting climate action and sustainability initiatives in the public and private sectors within the CapU community and broader region. If you have an idea for an event, or would like to collaborate with EarthWorks in your classes please get in touch. We want to know about the issues that matter to you!
We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Nous remercions le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada (CRSNG) de son soutien.
