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Tickets$2 for students or free with a Blue Crew pass. =HOTO COURTED JASON ROBINSOK Jason Robinson founded Sustainability Television in 2007 HEALTH » ffijffi TheVagina Monologues: 7 p.m. @ Frederic Wood TV for a greener world Tennis 1.0 Beginners Clinic: Theatre 9:30-11:30 a.m. @ UBC Ten­ The annual production ofthe Arno Rosenfeld rather than participate in The new partnership between nis Centre award-winning play is back on Features Editor a more traditional type of the Faculty of Land and Food You know that it's a slow time campus. Come witness the show Jason Robinson wants to show environmental activism. Systems and Robinson's for-profit of year when we publish tennis, based upon 200+ interviews what people are doing to help Robinson said Sustainability organization will include various so here you go. If you're looking conducted by playwright Eve En- the environment — and he has Television content has been types of content, Robinson said. for an (expensive) way to spend sler. Tickets $16, available online been working with UBC to picked up by television chan­ "There may be students from your break, pick up the classic and at the Outpost. do so. nels, but most ofthe content LFS who want to share what racquet sport! Tickets$207.90. "We're just not hear­ goes onto Sustainability Tele­ they're doing," he said. "The ing about all the amaz­ vision's website. faculty itself — I know they're ing stuff that's going on," One piece of content that doing different research initia­ said Robinson, founder of helped establish the strong tives that are very innovative Sustainability Television. relationship between Sustaina­ and would be really good for Reading Week Founded in 2007, the Rich­ bility Television and UBC was people to know about." The Ubyssey is going on vaca­ mond-based Sustainability a 2009 documentary about the Growing up, Robinson tion, too. Expect our award-win­ Television produces content fight to save the UBC Farm. actually watched very little ning web and print content highlighting environmental The video highlighted student television, he said. beginning again on Sunday, activism and innovation from activists at UBC who wanted to "I wasn't allowed to watch Feb. 25. Ifyou need some news around the world. But it has stop planned development from television for eight hours a sustenance, we recommend also established strong ties being built on the farm. day," Robinson explained. "I taking a look back through the with UBC, including a recent Robinson said the documen­ was given half an hour in the ages of The Ubyssey, courtesy of deal with the Faculty of Land tary was an example of what evening to watch television if I the UBC Library archives. and Food Systems to produce his organization tries to do, wanted to do it." content on the environment­ and that the attention on the But the television he did Got an event you'd like to see on this page? Send your event al impact of food around UBC Farm has led the Univer­ watch as a child has shaped the the world. sity of Victoria and Kwantlen work he is doing today. and your best pitch to [email protected]. A Richmond native, Robin­ University to begin explor­ "I usually [watched] PBS son said he worked in finance ing the creation of their own or David Suzuki's The Nature research farms. Personal Training and Boxing Lessons prior to starting Sustainability of Things or Wild Kingdom or Professional and affordable Television. He said he spent Sustainability Television has something that was valuable; I (Western and Chinese) seven years planning the or­ also made other documentar­ think there's far too much junk editing for students. 16 years experience. Built myself from 53 kg. to 70 kg. ganization before its launch. ies focused on UBC, including on TV," Robinson said. competed in kick-boxing in Canada and Hong "I didn't see anything a recent one entitled Eating And with the help of Kong. No contact needed. innovative enough," Robin­ Carbon Smart that focuses on like-minded folks at UBC, Call Doug Setter, BScat: 778-837-3528 son said of why he decided how food production affects Robinson is well on his way to to start a media organization the earth. changing that. tJ 'JjTHE UBYSSEY = EBRUARY 14,2013 | VOLUMEXCIV| ISSUEXL Senior Lifestyle Writer STAFF Justin Fleming 3ryce Warnes, Josh Curran, Coordinating Editor Editorial Office: SUB 24 ]flerning@u byssey.ca ^eter Wojnar, Anthony Business Manager Jonny Wakefield Poon,VeronikaBondarenko, Fernie Pereira 604.822.2301 coordinating®", byssey.ca Features Editor Yara Van Kessel.Lu Zhang, fpereira@ubysseyca Business Office: SUB 23 Amo Rosenfeld Catherine Guan,Ginny Managing Editor, Print Wonaco,Arno Rosenfeld. 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