• The Ancient Forest: an inland rainforest just east of Prince George.

  • UNBC shares an electric car with Northern Health, the City of Prince George and the Fraser-Fort George Regional District.

  • UNBC's Creates Specialty Paper

    The University of Northern British Columbia has created a specialty paper stock that combines pulp from northern BC with post-consumer recycled fibre.

  • University Farmer's Market

    The University Farmer's Market is organized by students and happens on campus every Tuesday in the Northern University Student Centre.

  • UNBC's energy monitor provides real-time data for energy usage across campus.

Green Fund

In 2009, a Green Fund was created to fund a sustainability manager position at UNBC and to provide Green Grants for sustainability initiatives. The money comes from a levy on parking fees – itself an attempt to encourage the use of alternative (non-automobile) transportation to and from the campus.  All members of the UNBC community - students, faculty, and staff – can submit project proposals to the green fund.

Between May 2010 and August 2012, there have been seven Green Fund proposal intakes; three every year since the first intake in May 2010.  In all, 39 proposals have been submitted to date, with 11 being successful and receiving funds for their implementation.