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 2025/26: ‘Sustaining Sustainability'
The focus of EarthWorks this year is "Sustaining Sustainability" – exploring how we can maintain, strengthen and expand our commitment to environmental stewardship for the long term. As we move beyond initial awareness and action, this year examines the deeper work of embedding and sustaining sustainable practices into our communities, institutions and daily lives in ways that endure and evolve with our changing world.
Through a dynamic series of workshops, lectures, film screenings, field experiences, networking and knowledge mobilization events, EarthWorks will engage the CapU community in conversations about building lasting environmental solutions and fostering resilient systems that can adapt and thrive over time. We'll explore how to sustain momentum in environmental movements, maintain hope in the face of ongoing challenges and create structures that support continuous learning and growth in our sustainability efforts.
Student leadership remains at the heart of EarthWorks. We are committed to ensuring students have autonomy, influence and choice in shaping both the immediate programming and the long-term vision of our collective. Through continued funding from CapU's Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Sustainability (supported by a $1.7 million Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Mobilize Grant), EarthWorks provides faculty teaching releases and employs two student Research Assistants to support sustainability knowledge mobilization event planning, implementation and the ongoing development of our student engagement initiatives.
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.
