Slides2 lfs advisory 2012nov09

START AN EVOLUTION Our start an evolution campaign has two ambitious goals—to raise $1.5 billion and to double the number of alumni engaged in the life of the University.

PhD student Alannah Young Leon and Associate Professor Eduardo Jovel

DEAN’S MESSAGE Professor Murray B. Isman

YOU ARE NOT A GADGET. You are not a green building, a solar panel, or an electric car.

Because you are the greatest natural resource the world has produced, the future of global sustainability needs you.

Each of us has more to offer than the incremental efforts of recycling, composting, and clever engineering.

People drive the core of the sustainability movement, and within us grows the potential to connect the lives of those we love, to those we have yet to meet, back to the land and resources that nourish us all.

Whether through our work in nutrition, farming, animal welfare, dairy production, or wine, we at the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems know the core purpose of sustainable living is to nurture you 窶馬ot only to live long, but to live well.

We are the faculty for people.

We want to work with you to sustain the land and water upon which all life depends.

To do this, we need to come together and commit to this journey: To recognize our deep connection to one another, and to combine our imagination, talent, and passion to engage with the challenges of sustainability.

We each have an important part to play.

The success of global sustainability requires all of us combining our resources and working together.

Together, we can achieve a deeper understanding of the issues.

We can create opportunities for new options to emerge.

We can transform our purpose and see ourselves both as local stewards and as living links in a global interdisciplinary network.

The following stories show how collaborative efforts inspire breakthroughs, provoke deeper understanding, and ignite practical solutions.

We invite you to join us in this transformative process.

Your support of our people and projects—through your time, your talent, and your resources—will expand that quality of excellence, academic rigour, and depth of engagement which will ensure the resilience of our communities.

By working together we can accomplish great things and build a future worthy of the generations that will come after us.

UBC FARM CENTRE

Cristina King, Naty King, and Jamie King (alumna, BSc’03)

$20M

UBC DAIRY CENTRE — CONNECTION HOSTEL Kiyomi Ito, alumna (MSc’09, BSc’06)

$2.5M

ANIMAL WELFARE PROGRAM — COMPANION ANIMALS Cathy Schuppli, alumna (PhD’04), and Fergus

$3M

FOOD, NUTRITION, AND HEALTH — LAB RENOVATIONS Assistant Professor Kevin Allen

$3M

UBC WINE RESEARCH CENTRE Professor Hennie van Vuuren, Director

$10M

STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

Jared Singh, student with the UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture

$6M

We have the fundamental expertise.

We have the projects.

We have the energy and vision.

And with your help, we can now move forward.

What one thing in this case statement resonates with you?

How could you help champion it?

Whom should we talk to?

How should we best position LFS and our projects?

What kind of response should we anticipate and how can we prepare for it?