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Introduction
AASHE’s publications library is the leading repository of reports, journal articles, books, and student research on sustainability in higher education. Certain publication types are entered in the annual AASHE Awards Program.
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Bibliometric Analysis and Benchmarking of Life Cycle Assessment of Higher Education Institutions
- University of Coimbra
Higher Education Institutions (HEI), such as Universities and Institutes worldwide, are making efforts and setting goals to assess and minimise their environmental impacts, and to become more sustainable. Life Cycle …
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Connection to nature of university students in the environmental field — An empirical study in 41 countries
- Goethe University Frankfurt
People's personal relationships with nature are seen as essential factors influencing environmental behavior. Although human-nature relationships have been a recurring research topic in a wide range of disciplines, there has …
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Sustainable management education and an empirical five-pillar model of sustainability
- Charles Darwin University
Management academics, as the primary researchers of business practices and the educators of future managers, play critical roles shaping corporate behaviour and industry response to global sustainability challenges. However, the …
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At the moment of disposal: how messaging techniques at university public outdoor waste receptacles can improve the solid waste stream
- University of Florida (FL)
Purpose: This study aims to test how waste disposal behaviors can be changed such as higher recycling diversion and lower contamination rates using signage and messaging techniques at public outdoor …
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Understanding the roles of universities for sustainable development transformations: A framing analysis of university models
- Monash University (VIC)
Scholars have proposed university models for creating a sustainable future in response to mounting calls for universities to rethink their roles in society. These university models include the Human Development …
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Reducing students’ ecological footprints through self-developed interventions
- Nelson Mandela University (Eastern Cape)
- University of Pretoria
An increasing emphasis on taking personal responsibility for making changes to address climate change and support sustainable development is hindered by the limited tools and guidance available that enable the …
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The importance of the Sustainable Development Goals to students of environmental and sustainability studies—a global survey in 41 countries
- Goethe University Frankfurt
To fight the global problems of humanity, the United Nations has adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To achieve these goals, it is necessary that future decision-makers and stakeholders in …
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Teaching students to collaborate with communities: expanding engineering education to create a sustainable future
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
Engineers are crucial to solving the world’s most pressing challenges, but they cannot do it alone. Creating new and more just systems that support people and planet requires that engineers …
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Teaching, learning and assessment methods for sustainability education on the land–sea interface
- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
The Land–Sea Interface (LSI) is where land and sea meet, not only in physical terms, but also with regards to a large variety of ecological and societal aspects. The United …
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Development of teachers’ practices in the field of education for sustainable development (ESD): a discursive community of interdisciplinary practices focusing on the theme of chocolate
- Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg
The aim of this article is to present a case study in the field of ESD for in-service teachers training conducted in a Swiss primary school. A Discursive Community of …
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Campus sustainability plans: past, present and future
- Texas State University, San Marcos (TX)
Purpose: This study aims to describe the different elements included in campus sustainability plans (CSPs) in colleges and universities across the USA.
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Environmental and Climate Impact Perceptions in University Students: Sustainability Motivations and Perceptions Correspond with Lower Red Meat Intake
- Merrimack College (MA)
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- University of Michigan (MI)
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (MD)
Background: Red meat production is a leading contributor to food-related greenhouse gas emissions. Decreasing red meat intake can mitigate climate change and lower risk of diet-related diseases. Objective: The goal …
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Active methodologies and curricular sustainability in teacher training
- University of Jaén
- Universidad de Granada
Purpose: Changes in society, the economy and health require a response from higher education regarding the training of professionals, specifically, future teachers. In this sense, active methodologies constitute, in line …
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Students’ attitudes towards campus sustainability: a comparison among three universities in Sweden
- Jönköping University
- Diponegoro University
The role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in promoting and supporting sustainability has outstretched over the past decades as a result of various declarations and commitments related to the need …
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Does Green Image Influence Student Loyalty: A Conceptual Framework
- University of Technology Sarawak
As the application of green image to predict student loyalty is still limited in the literature, this study's primary purpose is to propose a conceptual framework to examine student loyalty …
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A self-Identity-development approach to higher business education for sustainability
- University of Manitoba (MB)
This study is focused on reorienting conventional educational approaches in higher education, particularly in higher business education, that tend to link unsustainable inner values with economic and analytical skills. Higher …
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Integrating the United Nations sustainable development goals into higher education globally: a scoping review
- Karolinska Institutet
Background: In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Higher education institutions have a role in raising awareness and …
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A case study of sustainable hospitality education relating to food waste from the perspective of transformative learning theory
- Shih Chien University
This study applies a critical tourism approach and transformative learning theory to examine the factors influencing students to take a food design course and the relationships among students' learning intentions …
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Perceptions and concerns about sustainable healthcare of nursing students trained in sustainability and health: A cohort study
- University of Jaén
Aim: To describe nursing students' perceptions of sustainable health education in the nursing curriculum and their concerns about sustainable healthcare and the impact of climate change on nursing. Background: Sustainable …
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Science|Environment|Health, One Health, Planetary Health, Sustainability, and Education for Sustainable Development: How Do They Connect in Health Teaching?
- Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern
In this paper, we explore Science|Environment|Health, One Health, Planetary Health, and Sustainability/Education for Sustainable Development in the context of the 2030 Agenda as four major frameworks that take a step …
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Alignment among environmental programs in higher education: What Food-Energy-Water Nexus concepts are covered in introductory courses?
- California Polytechnic State University (CA)
- Rider University (NJ)
- University of South Dakota (SD)
- University of Northern Colorado (CO)
- Whitman College (WA)
- United States Department of Energy (DC)
Interdisciplinary environmental and sustainability (IES) programs are different from other fields because they focus on a complex integration of humanities, social, and natural sciences concepts centered on the interactions of …
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An assessment of attitudes and perceptions of international university students on climate change
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- Bournemouth University (Dorset)
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- University of Beira Interior
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Addis Ababa University
Universities have an unrivaled potential to educate students on climate change issues and to actively engage them in climate affairs, both as citizens and influencers of future professions. Despite this …
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Reducing air travel emissions in academia: an exploration of universities’ manoeuvring room
- University of Graz
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the manoeuvring room of higher education institutions to take action to reduce emissions from academic flying. In particular, this study investigates how university staff …
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Grappling with Climate Change and the Internationalization of the Higher Education: An Eco-Socialist Perspective
- University of Melbourne (Victoria)
Universities worldwide have come to embrace the rhetoric of environmental sustainability and a commitment to climate action while simultaneously seeking to internationalize themselves within the context of the global economy. …
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The Principles for (Ir)Responsible Management Education: An exploration of the dynamics of paradox, the hidden curriculum, competencies and symbolization
- De Montfort University
- Oxford Brookes University
This article discusses whether, as academics, we are behaving irresponsibly in the manner in which we deliver the much-vaunted Principles for Responsible Management Education. The Principles for Responsible Management Education …
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The college campus as a living laboratory for meaningful food system transformation
- University at Albany (NY)
- Johnson & Wales University, Providence (RI)
As has become abundantly clear to the social scientists, agriculturalists, policymakers, and food justice advocates who have taken up the fight, progress toward more resilient, fair, and effective food systems …
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Being bird and sensory learning activities: Multimodal and arts-based pedagogies in the ‘Anthropocene’
- University of Gothenburg
There is little room left for doubt or even debate at the severity of the ecological, indeed planetary crises that we find ourselves in during this period coined the Anthropocene. …
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Emergentist education and the opportunities of radical futurity
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Uppsala University
- University of the Sunshine Coast
Higher education has been criticised for its instrumental character, which constrains possibilities for meaningful change towards sustainability. Drawing on the concept of radical futurity, we develop a conception of education …
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Understanding urban sustainability from Mode 2 Science and transdisciplinary education: how Master Thesis Ateliers of the Ghent Stadsacademie tackle wicked issues
- Ghent University
The wicked sustainability problems that we are increasingly facing not only require new ways of knowledge production, but also challenge our traditional educational system. More and more importance is attached …
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Changing the world one engineer at a time – unmaking the traditional engineering education when introducing sustainability subjects
- Linkoping University
Purpose: The information technology (IT) sector has been seen as central to society's transformation to a more just and sustainable society, which underlines teachers’ responsibility to foster engineers who can …
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The role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in educating future leaders with social impact contributing to the sustainable development goals
- University of Derby
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand how higher education institutions (HEIs) educate future leaders with social impact contributing to the sustainable development goals (SDGs). HEIs have an …
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When students write comedy scripts: humor as an experiential learning method in environmental education
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
Humor has received increasing attention in environmental educational research in recent years as it can have a variety of positive effects on learning atmosphere, outcomes, and student-educator relationships. In most …
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Life purposes: Comparing higher education students in four institutions in the Netherlands and Finland
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences
- Hanze University of Applied Sciences
- Universiteit voor Humanistiek
Universities worldwide are beginning to counter the prevailing neo-liberal ideology by paying renewed attention to the moral development of students and fostering their life purposes. This mixed methods study investigates …
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Development of education for sustainable fashion design using a challenge-based learning approach
- Hongik University
This study proposes a model for sustainable education in fashion design through the development, implementation, and assessment of a specific curriculum. It employed the challenge-based learning (CBL) approach to facilitate …
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A Cross-Cultural Genre Analysis of Leadership Statements in Italian and American University Sustainability Reports
- Beijing Foreign Studies University
Background: Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important issue in higher education (HE). Leadership statements in university sustainability reports (LSUSR) represent a unique genre for university leaders to communicate sustainability. This …
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Sustainability as a purpose in life among Dutch higher education students
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences
- Hanze University of Applied Sciences
Given the prominence of sustainability in current global crises and the commitment of societies to the Sustainable Development Goals, this mixed methods study ascertains how Dutch higher education students (N …
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Education for sustainable development through research-based learning in an online environment
- Universität Bremen
Purpose: The society faces growing global challenges in terms of sustainable development. A key factor in preparing society for these challenges is education for sustainable development (ESD). This study aims …
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Benchmarking Sustainable Mobility in Higher Education
- University of Bari Aldo Moro
- Università di Foggia
Sustainable mobility is an increasingly significant issue that both public and private organizations consider in order to reduce emissions by their members. In this paper, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) …
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Governance in the implementation of the UN sustainable development goals in higher education: global trends
- Winona State University (MN)
- Universidade Federal de Vicosa
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Eastern)
- Universidade Fernando Pessoa
Governance is a key component for implementing sustainable development (SD) initiatives in university teaching, research, and projects. This line of thinking also applies to implementing the United Nations (UN) sustainable …
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Nature as Mentor: Catalyzing First-Year Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Transition Through a Biomimicry First-Year Seminar
- College of Charleston (SC)
- University of Minnesota System Office (MN)
University students crave immersive, collaborative, interdisciplinary, applied learning contextualized to real world sustainability challenges. Liberal arts and sciences institutions are particularly well positioned to respond. Here we report on our …
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Sustainable Living Edu
- California Polytechnic State University (CA)
For my senior project, I created a virtual sustainability training program called ‘Sustainable Living Edu’ for students and employees at Cal Poly SLO. There is a lack of environmental literacy …
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From food access to food sovereignty: Striving to meet university student needs
- Western Washington University (WA)
The ongoing neoliberalization of higher education has meant that college and university students at state institutions face declining state support for their education, increasing debt, precarious post-graduation job opportunities, and …
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Low carbon futures: assessing the status of decarbonisation efforts at universities within a 2050 perspective
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Coimbra
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- Open University of the Netherlands
- Universidade Fernando Pessoa
- Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Background: The implementation of sustainability at universities means that they can also play a key role in the transition to a low carbon economy, and in assisting global efforts towards …
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Teaching critical hope with creative pedagogies of possibilities
- University of Sussex (Sussex)
How can we teach critical hope, amidst contemporary challenges that seem intractable, within neoliberal educational institutions that work to foreclose transformative pedagogies and through academic critique that can result in …
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The Ecological Root Metaphor for Higher Education: Searching for Evidence of Conceptual Emergence within University Education Strategies
- University of Surrey
Recent research has suggested that Higher Education would benefit from the adoption of institutional models that relinquish ties to industrial thinking and associated metaphors. This long-established, market-led managerial perspective has …
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Planetary health pedagogy: Preparing health promoters for 21st-century environmental challenges
- Deakin University
Issue addressed: Multiple interconnected drivers threaten the health and wellbeing of humans and the environment, including biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution, rapid urbanisation and displacement. This requires enhanced literacy on …
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An analysis of students’ attitudes and behaviors toward on-campus sustainable dining initiatives
- University of North Carolina, Wilmington (NC)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine students’ attitudes toward sustainable dining. It aims to identify the level of importance that students place on specific on-campus sustainable dining …
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Alternatives to the Mainstream Economic Growth Paradigm in Business Administration Curricula at Dutch Research Universities.
- University of Twente
This Master’s thesis sheds light on the reasons for including or excluding alternatives to the mainstream economic growth paradigm in/from the Bachelor curricula of Business Administration (BA) programmes offered at …
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The Green Passport Program: Proposing A Study Abroad Program to Encourage Sustainable Behavior and Offset Emissions
- University of Richmond (VA)
The University of Richmond has a goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, and in order to do this, carbon offsets are likely a necessary component to implement in lieu …
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Justice in climate change education: a systematic review
- Colorado State University (CO)
- University of Cincinnati (OH)
Growing recognition of the multi-faceted injustices of climate change has resulted in shifting public and policy discourse around how to understand and address climate change, yet justice considerations are rarely …
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