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Healthy Settings: Barriers and Facilitators to a Healthy Campus Community

  • McMaster University (ON)
  • St. Francis Xavier University (NS)
  • University of Texas at Austin (TX)

This paper provides a synopsis of findings from the first two phases of a larger campus-based participatory action research study, which examines the factors that contribute to health within a …

A hybrid approach to sustainable development competencies: the role of formal, informal and non-formal learning experiences

  • University of São Paulo

This paper aims to explore whether formal, non-formal, and informal learning experiences contribute to developing sustainable development competencies (SDCs) among students in a Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) signatory …

Applying SDGs as a systematic approach for incorporating sustainability in higher education

  • University of Melbourne

The achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) for all communities and jurisdictions require a comprehensive roadmap that encompasses all dimensions of data infrastructure, social, economic, environmental and governance ecosystems. …

Social Learning of Sustainability in a Pandemic—Changes to Sustainability Understandings, Attitudes, and Behaviors during the Global Pandemic in a Higher Education Setting

  • University of Klagenfurt
  • University of Queensland

When people learn from each other and change their behavior accordingly, this is called social learning. COVID-19 not only taught us new habits to limit contagion, imposed restrictions also limited …

Exploring Student Engagement in Sustainability Education and Study Abroad

  • Fulbright University Vietnam
  • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
  • University of Georgia (GA)
  • University of Technology Sydney

This paper specifically outlines an investigation of the influence of sustainability education and study abroad coursework on levels of a key component of academic success, student engagement. A quasi-experimental design …

Analysis of sustainability insertion in materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes

  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • State University of Campinas
  • Universidad Católica del Norte
  • Universidade Federal Fluminense

This study aims to analyse how the materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes can be better aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Multiple case-study analysis of service-learning as a means to foster sustainability competencies amongst pre-service educators

  • Rovira i Virgili University
  • Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

The aim of this multiple case-study analysis was to find out the influence that service-learning methodology has on the development of sustainability competences amongst university students (Preschool, Primary and Social …

Expectations and Interests of University Students in COVID-19 Times about Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru

  • Escuela Nacional de Marina Mercante “Almirante Miguel Grau”
  • Ontario Tech University (ON)
  • Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga
  • Universidad de Lima
  • Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchi

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the world, creating the need for new actions from society, including universities and companies. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are …

Sustainable Product Design Education: Current Practice

  • 3Drivers
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • Technical University of Denmark
  • Technische Universiteit Delft
  • University of Sheffield
  • UNSW Sydney

Current production and consumption patterns are unsustainable, causing irreversible damage to the environment and human health and well-being. Designers play a vital role in resolving this problem—their decisions affect product …

Teaching What Society Needs: “Hacking” an Introductory Marketing Course With Sustainability and Macromarketing

  • Instituto de Empresa SL
  • Middle East Technical University
  • Ollscoil na Gaillimhe - University of Galway
  • Pennsylvania State University (PA)
  • Simon Fraser University (BC)
  • University of London

Marketing classes are often focused on the micro level, failing to account for wider societal issues. In this article, we argue for the inclusion of a wider macro-sustainability focus, one …

The influence of group-level factors on individual energy-saving behaviors in a shared space: The case of shared residences

  • Shenzhen University
  • Swinburne University of Technology

In business and service buildings, shared spaces constitute large areas where occupants share energy resources and manage them. Changing people's behaviors toward conscious and efficient energy use within shared spaces …

Online learning and teaching for the SDGs – exploring emerging university strategies

  • RMIT University

The purpose of this paper is to explore emerging synergies and tensions between the twin moves to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and online learning and teaching …

Towards a European framework for community engagement in higher education – a case study analysis of European universities

  • Ghent University
  • Institute for the Development of Education
  • Technological University Dublin
  • University of Rijeka
  • University of Twente

This paper aims to examine the development and piloting of a novel European framework for community engagement (CE) in higher education, which has been purposefully designed to progress the CE …

Pandemic shift: Meeting the challenges of moving post-secondary environmental education online

  • Florida Atlantic University (FL)
  • Pennsylvania State University (PA)
  • University of Montevallo (AL)
  • University of Nebraska - Lincoln (NE)
  • University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (WI)

As the COVID-19 pandemic surged and resurged across the world, members of a higher education professional group associated with the North American Association of Environmental Education met regularly online to …

Measuring the Transformation of University Students’ Self-Construal for Greater Environmental Sustainability

  • Arizona State University (AZ)
  • Kyoto University
  • National Taiwan University

University campus sustainability projects frequently aim to promote ecological behavior of their community members. However, these projects rarely consider the level of students’ self-construal, the view of self held by …

The Perceived Importance and Intended Purchasing Patterns of Sustainable Foods in Australian University Students

  • University of Tasmania
  • Western Sydney University

Although there has been considerable research on consumers’ opinions about sustainable foods and purchasing behaviors, the experience of university students remains unclear. This study aims to characterize university students’ perceptions …

Reflections on developing a collaborative multi-disciplinary approach to embedding education for sustainable development into higher education curricula

  • Robert Gordon University
  • University of Strathclyde

As higher education institutions (HEIs) have increasingly turned to consider sustainability over the last decade, education for sustainable development (ESD) has emerged as a way of imbuing students with the …

Transforming science and society? Methodological lessons from and for transformation research

  • Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
  • Ecologic Institute
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER)

Transformation research has in the past years emerged as a shared lens to study and support radical societal change towards sustainability. Given the nascent and exploratory—yet highly normative and ambitious—character …

Measuring professional action competence in education for sustainable development (PACesd)

  • KU Leuven
  • University of Antwerp

Based on the concept of action competence, the current study introduces an integrated framework of Professional Action Competence in Education for Sustainable Development (PACesd) described by three defining features: willingness, …

Towards Carbon Neutrality in Higher Education Institutions: Case of Two Private Universities in Colombia

  • Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Universidad EAN
  • Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

This paper addresses the path followed by two private higher education institutions (HEI) in Colombia towards achieving carbon neutrality. The methodology followed by these universities to achieve a carbon-neutral certification, …

Differentiated Impact of Politics- and Science-Oriented Education on Pro-Environmental Behavior: A Case Study of Chinese University Students

  • China University of Geosciences

The purpose of this study is to understand the differentiated impact of politics- and science-oriented education on pro-environmental behavior among university students. A questionnaire was designed and sent to more …

Teaching and learning for change: analysis of a post-graduate One Health program

  • Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d'Ivoire
  • Université Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi
  • Université de Liège
  • Université de Montpellier
  • Université de Namur
  • Universite Libre de Bruxelles

As problematized through the One Health concept, global health issues are defeating conventional disciplinary approaches since they unfold across various scientific domains and across all levels of society. Calling for …

Supporting the role of universities in leading individual and societal transformation through education for sustainable development

  • Advance HE
  • Cardiff Metropolitan University
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Quality Assurance Agency For Higher Education
  • University of Bristol
  • University of St Andrews
  • University of the West of England, Bristol

There is growing recognition of the value of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) for all learners, and of the unique role that universities play in the transformation of individuals, institutions …

Trends in scientific publishing on sustainability in higher education

  • Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
  • Universidade Positivo
  • University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz
  • University of Chester
  • University of Malta
  • University of Passo Fundo

It is widely acknowledged that research and publications in peer reviewed journals offer important metrics in describing the academic outputs of higher education institutions on one hand, and their societal …

Sustainability as an Emerging Paradigm in Universities

  • Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz
  • Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores
  • Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado
  • Universidad Nacional Experimental Politécnica Antonio José de Sucre
  • Universitat Carlemany
  • University of Valladolid

This article aims to review the perspective of sustainability adoption in universities through two dimensions: firstly, from the educational and research process, and second, from their global positioning in terms …

Preparing engineering students for the challenges of the SDGs: what competences are required?

  • Aalborg Universitet
  • ENSTA Bretagne
  • Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
  • Technological University Dublin

Despite the emerging discussions about the growing role of engineers in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a lack of agreement on which competences should be prioritised to …

Green Campus Initiatives as sustainable development dissemination at higher education institutions: Students’ perceptions

  • Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
  • Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Université de l'État de Santa Catarina
  • University of Vale do Itajaí
  • Unoesc Joaçaba

Students are future leaders who will be expected to make decisions aimed at achieving sustainability as they take up key roles in education in the area of sustainable development. In …

Potential for urban agriculture to support accessible and impactful undergraduate biology education

  • Rollins College (FL)
  • Salish Kootenai College (MT)
  • Tulane University (LA)
  • University of San Diego (CA)
  • University of St. Thomas (MN)

Active learning in STEM education is essential for engaging the diverse pool of scholars needed to address pressing environmental and social challenges. However, active learning formats are difficult to scale …

Which are the best practices for MSc programmes in sustainable agriculture?

  • Agricultural University of Athens
  • Universidade de Évora
  • Universidade do Porto
  • Università degli Studi della Basilicata

Programmes of education for sustainable development are important to reformulate and revise educational programmes in Sustainable Agriculture. Higher education institutes emerge as learning places to integrate sustainable development into the …

Nursing students' attitudes towards climate change and sustainability: A cross-sectional multisite study

  • Dalarna University
  • Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart/University of Applied Sciences (HFT)
  • Queensland University of Technology
  • Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
  • University of Brighton
  • University of Jaén
  • University of Plymouth

This study aimed to: i) investigate nursing students' attitudes towards and awareness of climate change and sustainability issues and its inclusion in nurse education, ii) explore differences across a range …

The six dimensions of collective leadership that advance sustainability objectives: rethinking what it means to be an academic leader

  • Colorado State University (CO)
  • Iowa State University (IA)
  • McGill University (QC)
  • National Geographic Society
  • Northeastern University (MA)
  • Northern Arizona University (AZ)
  • Salisbury University (MD)
  • Stanford University (CA)
  • TREE Foundation
  • University of British Columbia Okanagan (BC)
  • University of Maryland, College Park (MD)

Solutions to our most pressing environmental problems demand the development and application of leadership skills that are not typically fostered in traditional academic programs: skills that advance new transdisciplinary approaches …

Assessment of the Ecological Footprint of Eskisehir Technical University–Iki Eylul Campus

  • Eskişehir Technical University
  • Kastamonu Universitesi

Sustainable development is a concept that has started gaining importance in recent years. It helps reduce the environmental impacts of cities with dense human populations. On a smaller scale, social …

Ecologized Collaborative Online International Learning: Tackling Wicked Sustainability Problems Through Education for Sustainable Development

  • Coventry University
  • Keele University
  • Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg
  • Robert Gordon University
  • Università degli Studi di Torino

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is increasingly embedded in higher education(HE) due to the current emphasis on tackling the environmental crisis. Similarly, CivicSociety Organisations are expanding their mobilization and practical …

Mapping sustainability initiatives in higher education institutions in Latin America

  • Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
  • Universidad de Sonora
  • Universidad EAFIT
  • Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Universidade federal de Santa Maria
  • Universidad Galileo
  • University of Passo Fundo

Many higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world are involved in a variety of sustainability initiatives. These are acknowledged to be important elements in fostering the cause of sustainability in …

Greening of the syllabus in faculties of education sciences through sustainable development goals: the case of public Andalusian universities (Spain)

  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Universidad de Granada
  • Universidad de Sevilla
  • University of Cadiz
  • University of Malaga

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the presence of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) proposed by the UN (2015) in university degrees within the fields of education, humanities …

Introducing the Nitrogen Footprint in SIMAP: A Review of Improvements in Nitrogen Footprint Methodology for Institutions

  • Brown University (RI)
  • Colorado State University (CO)
  • Eastern Mennonite University (VA)
  • Marine Biological Laboratory
  • University of California, Davis (CA)
  • University of New Hampshire (NH)
  • University of Virginia (VA)

Nitrogen (N) footprint assessments have served as tools for sustainability, research, and education at institutions of higher learning by connecting institutional activities and resource consumption with environmental impacts through the …

Walking the Walk: Democratizing Change in Teacher Education

  • University of Tasmania

In this essay, as a group of teacher educators, we discuss our experience of “walking the walk” of teacher education transformation at a time of urgent change. We reflect upon …

Sustainability practices at higher education institutions in Asia

  • Beaconhouse National University
  • Hiroshima University
  • Khulna University of Engineering & Technology
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Universidade Fernando Pessoa
  • Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)
  • Universiti Utara Malaysia
  • University of Passo Fundo
  • University of Waterloo (ON)

It is still unclear how Asian universities incorporate the theory or practice of sustainable development (SD) in their research and education programmes. To address this gap, the purpose of this …

Research on low-carbon campus based on ecological footprint evaluation and machine learning: A case study in China

  • Harvard University (MA)
  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology
  • Northumbria University
  • University of Perugia

Universities, the important locations for scientific research and education, have the responsibility to lead ecological civilization and low carbon transition. Ecological footprint evaluation (EFE) is usually used to measure sustainability …

A framework for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in university programmes

  • Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
  • Universidade federal de Santa Maria
  • Universidade Positivo
  • University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz
  • University of Aveiro
  • University of Belgrade
  • University of Coimbra
  • University of Malta
  • University of Milano-Bicocca
  • University of Passo Fundo
  • University of Wroclaw/Uniwersytet Wrocławski

There is a perceived need to develop approaches, methods and tools that may help higher education institutions to systematically introduce the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into research and teaching as …

Training wicked scientists for a world of wicked problems

  • Dickinson College (PA)
  • The Ohio State University (OH)

Humanity faces a number of wicked problems, from global climate change and the coronavirus pandemic to systemic racism and widening economic inequality. Since such complex and dynamic problems are plagued …

The Planetary Wellbeing Initiative: Pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education

  • Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
  • Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)
  • École d'économie de Paris
  • Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
  • Pompeu Fabra University
  • UNESCO
  • University of Essex
  • University of Washington, Seattle (WA)

We live in a time of pressing planetary challenges, many of which threaten catastrophic change to the natural environment and require massive and novel coordinated scientific and societal efforts on …

Adopting sustainability competence-based education in academic disciplines: Insights from 13 higher education institutions

  • Central University of Technology
  • European University of Lefke
  • Gävle University College
  • Griffith University
  • Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
  • Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales
  • Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • Universidade Aberta
  • Università degli Studi di Parma
  • University of A Coruña
  • University of Belgrade
  • University of Helsinki
  • University of Nyíregyháza
  • University of Zaragoza
  • Warsaw University of Technology

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have been incorporating sustainability into education and curricula, where recent research has focussed on sustainability competences, pedagogical approaches, and how to connect them, generally on a …

COVID-19: the impact of a global crisis on sustainable development teaching

  • Bournemouth University
  • College of Charleston (SC)
  • Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • North-West University
  • Universidade Aberta
  • Universidade Federal da Paraíba
  • Universidade federal de Santa Maria
  • Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
  • University of Aveiro
  • University of Chester
  • University of Malta
  • University of Milano-Bicocca
  • University of Passo Fundo

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global crisis, one which also influences the ways sustainability is being taught at universities. This paper undertakes an analysis of the extent to which …

Handling climate change education at universities: an overview

  • Hiroshima University
  • Indian Institute of Management
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Kwara State University
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • Romanian Academy
  • State University of Campinas
  • Universidad Católica del Norte
  • Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Universidade Fernando Pessoa
  • University of Belgrade
  • University of Colombo
  • University of Education, Winneba
  • University of Fort Hare
  • University of Latvia
  • University of Malta
  • University of Passo Fundo
  • University of the Sunshine Coast
  • UNSW Sydney

This paper reports on a study which aimed at identifying the extent to which matters related to climate change are addressed within the teaching and research practices at universities, with …

Students’ knowledge and expectations about sustainable food systems in higher education

  • Eesti Maaülikool, EMÜ
  • FH Münster
  • ISARA Agro School for Life
  • Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego (Warsaw)
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • University of Copenhagen
  • University of Gastronomic Sciences
  • University of Kassel

To clarify needs and requests of the young generation to the contemporary and future education on food systems, this paper aims to examine the following issues: students’ background knowledge, students’ …

Correlation between electric energy use and CO2 emissions in a university campus in Brazil

  • Universidade Federal Fluminense

The purpose of this article is to examine the correlations between greenhouse gas (GHG) by CO2eq emissions and the use of electricity on the Praia Vermelha campus of the Universidade …

Transforming sustainability education through transdisciplinary practice

  • University of Technology Sydney

Addressing urban sustainability challenges through transformative learning requires learners to be receptive to alternative viewpoints and to critically analyse their own assumptions and worldviews. Higher education institutions have an important …

Beyond Western and Indigenous Perspectives on Sustainability: Politicizing Sustainability With the Zapatista Rebellious Education

  • University of Stavanger

This article discusses the contributions of different worldviews to the debates on what a transformative sustainability education could be. It focuses on mainstream and alternative strands of thought present in …

Junkyard Planet: Using Stories to Teach Managerial Accounting with a Sustainability Theme

  • University of St. Thomas (MN)

The purpose of this article is to share my experience teaching managerial accounting as a sustainability-themed course using stories. Theme-based learning suggests a relatable theme can make course content more …

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