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Check out this lively conversation with Eli Enns, IRES adjunct prof, which tackles the fine balance between rights, laws, and responsibilities when undertaking ethical stewardship of traditional lands and waters everywhere.

Hosted by IRES's prof Kai Chan!
www.cosphere.net/podcast
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
IRES’s Kate Reynolds situates Palestinian identity within relationships to plants, place and food:

“Food is a kind of imagination. It reflects a hope for the future and of return,” said Reynolds.

Read our full piece here: ires.ubc.ca/kate-reynolds-on-tasting-memory/!
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
From a relatively isolated, “tech-less” childhood in small-town Ontario to the unglamorous frontlines of community-based environmental organizing, Teika Newton shows us the undeniable value of showing up.

Season 2 from Dr. Kai Chan's podcast is out now!
www.cosphere.net/podcast
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Want to hear realistic, uplifting takes on how we can collectively overcome the climate and nature crisis?

Check out Season 2 of Small Planet Heroes, a podcast hosted by IRES's Dr. Kai Chan!
www.cosphere.net/podcast
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Season 2 of Small Planet Heroes, a podcast hosted by IRES's Dr. Kai Chan, has launched!

Weekly episodes have been released...featuring Alexandra Morton, Suzanne Simard, Teika Newton and Eli Enns:
www.cosphere.net/podcast
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A new publication on water systems from IRES alumni & Dr. @leilaharris.bsky.social encourages more specificity in the use of the terms 'centralization' and 'decentralization'.

Their suggestion, shown below, clarifies different water system configurations and their impacts.

doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
October 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🎙️ This small snippet offers a glimpse into Nicole's comprehensive Seminar in our Series, addressing the intangible, or harder-to-measure impacts, that really matter to people after resource extraction. youtu.be/LEiI7ow35us

Join our next seminar! ires.ubc.ca/news-and-events/
September 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM