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Webinar: Innovations in Teaching Sustainable Consumption in Higher Education
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- AASHE (MA)
- Wageningen University
- University of Leeds (West Yorkshire)
- University of East Anglia
- University of Geneva
The goal of sustainability will not be achievable without changes in our consumption. In consumption, sustainability challenges appear like in a burning glass; here, it can be exemplarily shown how ...
- Posted Sept. 22, 2022
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The Culture and Personal Disposal Practices of University Students: A Qualitative Study in Brazil and Germany
- Universidade Federal do Ceará
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between cultural components and municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal individual practices in the context of Brazilian and German university students. To achieve this ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Promoting sustainable consumption in Higher Education Institutions through integrative co-creative processes involving relevant stakeholders
- University of Zaragoza
- Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez
The United Nations proposes to ensure a sustainable future for all through the Sustainable Development Goals, assigning a new role to each individual in all sectors of society. Higher Education ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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A proposal of personal competencies for sustainable consumption
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Despite advances in Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE) scholarship and practice, ESE has not yet contributed to mitigate the sustainability-related problems it is meant to remedy. As part of an ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Contraception and Consumption in the Age of Extinction
- Center for Biological Diversity (AZ)
Over the past 50 years, as human populations have doubled, wildlife populations have plummeted by half. Humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and industrial agriculture, persecution of wildlife, massive habitat ...
- Posted Jan. 21, 2022
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What's in Your Paper? Organizational Fiber Consumption and the Purchasing Decisions that Drive it
- Pennsylvania State University (PA)
Institutions of higher education (HEI) today often pursue sustainability in a holistic manner, integrating sustainability into their day to day operations as well as their long-term strategic plans. One challenge ...
- Posted May 25, 2021
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SOSTAUGA project: reduction of water consumption and evaluation of potential uses for endogenous resources
- University of A Coruña (a Coruña)
The University of A Coruña (UDC) elaborated the SOSTAUGA project, aiming to reach a higher sustainable level of its water management. SOSTAUGA defined four priority points of action: the restoration ...
- Posted May 4, 2021
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Teaching about sustainable consumption with sustainable tools
- Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
This paper focuses on the topic of sustainable consumption in order to support teacher trainers and future primary teachers in planning and integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) competencies within ...
- Posted April 8, 2021
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Predicting college students’ intention to purchase local food using the theory of consumption values
- University of Alabama (AL)
While extensive research has been conducted on local food and consumer behavior, there is little research investigating college students’ intention regarding purchasing local food. The purpose of this study is ...
- Posted April 8, 2021
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U.S. Sustainable Food Market Generation Z Consumer Segments
- Iowa State University (IA)
This study explores the interaction between environmental consciousness and sustainable food attributes as predictors in the market segmentation process for sustainable foods with respect to United States (U.S.) Generation ...
- Posted May 19, 2020
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The relationship between moral competences and sustainable consumption among higher education students
- NEOMA Business School (Rouen)
- Comillas Universidad Pontificia (Madrid)
Despite claims of the importance of students developing moral competences in the context of Education for Sustainable Consumption, the literature lacks a systematic perspective that empirically assesses the association between ...
- Posted May 13, 2020
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How mindfulness training cultivates introspection and competence development for sustainable consumption
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between introspection and key competencies for sustainable consumption (KCSCs). It investigates whether mindfulness training can cultivate the ability to introspect and stimulate ...
- Posted May 11, 2020
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‘Doing good science’: The impact of invisible energy policies on laboratory energy demand in higher education
- Cardiff University
- Lancaster University
Education is the second largest consumer of energy in the service sector, however, little research to date has focused on the link between education policy and energy demand. Using a ...
- Posted April 17, 2020
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Breaking the Cycle of Convenience Culture: Inspiring Accountability Through Ownership
- KeepCup (CA)
College and university campuses are not closed systems. The population changes day to day, depending on class, staff, and vendor schedules and activities. With an ever-changing population with diverse needs ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Connecting Consumption with Finance/Business Office to Advance Sustainability
- National Association of College & University Business Officers (NACUBO) (DC)
Many sustainability minded campus folks directly understand consumption issues and relationship to sustainability. That is not true with everyone at the campus, and this presentation will show graphics and projects ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Reuse Economy in Action: Planning Campus Events to Cultivate a Circular Consumption Culture
- Carleton College (MN)
- Post-Landfill Action Network (NH)
This workshop will focus on organizing campus events that foster a circular economy of consumption. At Carleton College, we hold two events each year to promote this. The Repair Fair ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Complexity in Education for Sustainable Consumption—An Educational Data Mining Approach using Mysteries
- University of Kiel
- University of Hamburg
Systems thinking is one of the skills necessary for sustainable behavior, especially regarding sustainable consumption. Students are faced with complexity and uncertainty while taking part in it and other daily ...
- Posted May 10, 2019
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A sustainable consumption teaching review: From building competencies to transformative learning
- University of East Anglia
Sustainable consumption (SC) is a growing area of research, practice and policy-making that has been gaining momentum in teaching programs among higher education institutions. Understanding how, in what way, and ...
- Posted March 15, 2019
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