• 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 Teaching

Environmental and sustainability education is at the core of our mission. Coursework with environmental content is present in almost every academic program at UNBC. The proportion of students enrolled in one of the 21 academic programs which have a focus on sustainability at UNBC is about 20 times that of the national average. The Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS) lists 202 courses with sustainability content at UNBC. 

Environmental Programming at UNBC

Some Green Teaching Projects:

"Green Teaching" Workshops
  • A "green teaching" workshop was held during the UNBC Teaching and Learning conference (September 2010).
  • UNBC faculty, staff and students attended training at Sustainability Education Across the Province (SEAP) workshops in May 2010 and 2011. 
  • UNBC held a SEAP transforamative education workshop October 2012. 
Assessing Green Teaching at UNBC
  • In order to better assess sustainability related teaching at UNBC, a Green Teaching Sub-Committee was created in May 2011. This sub-committee compiled a list of sustainability focused and related courses, primarily for the Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System report. 
Climate Change
  • 31 faculty participate in the goBeyond climate change teaching program, in which faculty dedicate a portion of their class time to talk about climate change.