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Learning and Teaching Interdisciplinary Skills in Sustainable Urban Development—The Case of Tampere University, Finland

• Tampere University of Applied Sciences

Developing the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of urban environments is challenging due to the complex and interconnected nature of the context and objectives. In order to be successful in ...

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Earth Science Education as a Key Component of Education for Sustainability

• Universidade do Porto
• Weizmann Institute of Science

Environmental insight has emerged as a new scientific concept which incorporates the understanding that the Earth is made up of interworking subsystems and the acceptance that humans must act in ...

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Defining social change as social action: higher education’s role in addressing social change

• University of Greenwich

Social issues that need addressing have never been in short supply and, despite regular calls for action, some of them recur with unfortunate regularity. Higher education institutions have a key ...

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A generic model for integrating ESD in a university course – complementing a textbook with contemporary material

• Umeå University

A large number of stakeholders are demanding more education for sustainable development (ESD) at Swedish universities, among them students who are expecting to find ESD in their courses. The aim ...

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Education for Advancing the Implementation of the Bioeconomy Goals: An Analysis of Master Study Programmes in Bioeconomy

• Technical University of Crete
• Riga Technical University

Bioeconomy in Europe has become one of the leading courses for sustainable and resource-efficient development. Main aspects of bioeconomy: development of new technologies and processes, development of markets and competitiveness ...

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University campuses can contribute to wildlife conservation in urbanizing regions: a case study from Nigeria

• American University of Nigeria (Adamawa,)

Globally, colleges and universities are increasingly mandating sustainability and environmental protection into their practices. To date, such institutions have focused their efforts on recycling and energy-use reduction and less on ...

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Dealing with global environmental change: the design and validation of the GEC attitude scale

• Monash University (VIC)
• University of Vigo
• University of A Coruña (a Coruña)

Global Environmental Change (GEC) refers to alterations in the structure and functioning of Earth Systems arising from the detrimental effects of human activities in the biophysical and socioeconomic spheres. This ...

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The Challenge of Global Environmental Change: Attitudinal Trends in Teachers-In-Training

• University of Vigo
• University of A Coruña (a Coruña)

The aim of our research was to study attitudinal trends in Spanish trainee teachers regarding Global Environmental Change (GEC), in order to identify elements that should be enhanced in their ...

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Implementing social projects with undergraduate students: an analysis of essential characteristics

• Université de Sherbrooke (QC)
• University of Campinas
• Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
• University of Passo Fundo
• Universidade Federal Fluminense

This study aims to analyse the essential characteristics for the success of social projects developed with undergraduate students of higher education institutions (HEIs).

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Community needs and interests in university–community partnerships for sustainable development

• University of Northern British Columbia (BC)

This paper aims to examine the broad concept of university–community partnerships as it applies to creating sustainability initiatives. The benefits of university–community partnerships are increasingly recognized, and this ...

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Students’ attitude toward sustainability and humanitarian engineering education using project-based and international field learning pedagogies

• University of San Diego (CA)

Environmental sustainability and social contexts are becoming increasingly important concepts. The infusion of sustainability and humanitarian engineering (HE) into the academic core curriculum is often challenging. This study aims to ...

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Mathematics Applied to the Economy and Sustainable Development Goals: A Necessary Relationship of Dependence

• Universidad de Murcia (Murcia)

Higher education must include training in sustainability to make all actors aware of the serious problems our planet is facing. Mathematics plays an important role in the achievement of the ...

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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 ...

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Organizational Happiness Dimensions as a Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals: A Prospective Study in Higher Education Institutions in Chile, Colombia and Spain

• Universidad de Alicante
• Universidad Tecnológica De Bolívar
• Universidad de Atacama

The aim of this study is to reveal the perception of current and future organizational happiness in the context of higher education institutions (HEIs) in a cross-national study, to reveal ...

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A Holistic Approach to Integrate and Evaluate Sustainable Development in Higher Education. The Case Study of the University of the Basque Country

• University of the Basque Country

Since the United Nations (UN) approved the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development in 2015, higher education institutions have increasingly demonstrated their commitment by supporting several initiatives. Although a great deal ...

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Infusing the UN Sustainable Development Goals into a global learning initiative

• Pennsylvania State University (PA)
• University of North Texas (TX)
• University of South Florida (FL)

The Global Citizens Project (GCP) is a university-wide global learning initiative at the University of South Florida, aimed at enhancing undergraduate students’ global competencies through curricular and co-curricular experiences. The ...

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The incoherence of sustainability literacy assessed with the Sulitest

• Elon University (NC)
• Northern Illinois University (IL)
• University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)

Improving sustainability knowledge has long been central to international efforts to achieve sustainable development. In response to these efforts, which are formalized in Target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development ...

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Sustainability practices at private universities: a state-of-the-art assessment

• University of Passo Fundo
• Universidade Federal de Vicosa
• College of Charleston (SC)
• Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
• University of A Coruña (a Coruña)
• University of Worcester
• University of Minho
• Pompeu Fabra University
• Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Private universities also play a key role in the sustainability debate. But despite their importance, there a shortage of research on how sustainability is being implemented at private universities. Based ...

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Guilty by Association: Addressing Sustainability in Architecture Education

• Universidad ORT Uruguay

Despite the growing interest in sustainability, negative associations of this term with naïve discourses, green-washing, or low-quality design are still common within some areas in the discipline of architecture. Through ...

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‘Challenge to the South’ Revisited: A Case Study Worldwide of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

• Yorkville University (NB)

Three decades ago Julius Nyerere (1990) wrote Challenge to the South. In response to the legacy of colonialism, Nyerere challenged the nations of the Global South to advance their development ...

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A matter of connection: The 4 Cs of learning in pre-service teacher education for sustainability

• Arizona State University (AZ)
• Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Teacher education for sustainability (TEfS) aims to prepare future educators for their role as societal change agents by developing in them specific sustainability competencies. Whereas previous literature has dealt extensively ...

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The Buzz about Bee Campuses: Student Thoughts Regarding Pollinator Conservation

• Louisiana State University (LA)
• The Ohio State University (OH)
• University of Kentucky (KY)
• USDA (IL)

The decline of insect pollinators in North America is alarming because it may have broad effects on multiple industries and ecosystem health (Gallai et al. 2009, Potts et al. 2010 ...

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Addressing the Relationship between Economics and Climate Change: A Discussion of Principles

• Northeastern University (MA)

The majority of US colleges and universities have a degree requirement related to the principles of economics. As a result, nearly all college students have some exposure to economics during ...

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Teaching Sustainability Practice through Service Learning: A Case Study of Reducing Food Waste

• University of Southern Maine (ME)
• University of Wyoming (WY)

This case report details the collaboration and integration of three distinct courses using a service-learning approach for a grant-based environmental project at the University of Southern Maine (USM). The focus ...

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Enhancing sustainability education through experiential learning of sustainability reporting

• University of Arkansas (AR)
• Babson College (MA)
• EQS International
• Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego (Warsaw)

While progress has been made in the realm of teaching about sustainability to business students, integrating sustainability into experiential learning with a systemic mindset has been identified by leading scholars ...

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Transformative education: towards a relational, justice-oriented approach to sustainability

• Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• Lund University
• One Project (CA)
• Courage of Care Coalition (CA)

This paper aims to increase related knowledge across personal, social and ecological dimensions of sustainability and how it can be applied to support transformative learning.

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Transdisciplinary sustainability research in real-world labs: success factors and methods for change

• ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research (Darmstadt)
• Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• TELEINTERNETCAFE
• Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
• Universität Ulm
• University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
• Concordia University (QC)
• Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer
• Wuppertal Institut
• Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
• Hochschule Heilbronn
• Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

The transdisciplinary research mode has gained prominence in the research on and for sustainability transformations. Yet, solution-oriented research addressing complex sustainability problems has become complex itself, with new transdisciplinary research ...

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Evaluation and Lessons Learned from a Campus as a Living Lab Program to Promote Sustainable Practices

• University of British Columbia (BC)
• University of Victoria (BC)
• Yaşar University

Any group that creates challenging goals also requires a strategy to achieve them and a process to review and improve this strategy over time. The University of British Columbia (UBC ...

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Education to transform the world: limits and possibilities in and against the SDGs and ESD

• Oslo Metropolitan University

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a significant marker in global efforts to universalise a conception of ecologically sustainable human development. SDG 4’s expanded vision of quality ...

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Campuses as living labs for integrated sustainability research, education, and practice

• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)

Campuses as living labs for integrated sustainability research, education, and practice

Ximing Cai, Morgan White#, Evan Delucia, Madhu Khanna Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and ...

• Posted March 15, 2021
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Anti-Racism in Higher Education: A Model for Change

• Azusa Pacific University (CA)

Racism continues to persist in higher education and traditional diversity initiatives that focus only on support resources and tolerance training continue to fall short in making lasting change on college ...

• Posted Feb. 22, 2021
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Trends in research on the carbon footprint of higher education: A bibliometric analysis (2010–2019)

• National Sun Yat-sen University
• South China Normal University

Reducing carbon footprints is an important part of sustainable development. Although there has been increasing research attention to this topic, little is known about the status of research on the ...

• Posted Feb. 19, 2021
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Strengthening local economy – an example of higher education institutions’ engagement in “co-creation for sustainability”

• Hochschule Niederrhein, University of Applied Sciences

Major societal challenges like energy efficiency, climate change and resource scarcity trigger and influence continuous change processes worldwide, nationwide, but also on all regional levels. They force regions to think ...

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Impact of higher education imparted by Indian universities on the pro-sustainability orientation of students

• Symbiosis International University (Maharashtra)

The purpose of this study is to test a model on pro-sustainability orientation (PSO) among the students and comparison of the levels of PSO among the first-year and the second-year ...

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The carbon footprint of a UK University during the COVID-19 lockdown

• Bournemouth University (Dorset)

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to compare the carbon intensity of higher education delivered on- and off-campus. This is attributed to governmental lockdown orders that have forced ...

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Future Directions—Engaged Scholarship and the Climate Crisis

• University of California, Davis (CA)

Climate change has the potential to disrupt ecosystem services and further exacerbate the effects of human activities on natural resources. This has significant implications for educational institutions and the populations ...

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How many chickens does it take to make an egg? Animal welfare and environmental benefits of replacing eggs with plant foods at the University of California, and beyond

• University of California, Santa Barbara (CA)

Our question “How many chickens does it take to make an egg?” was inspired by the successful replacement of egg-based mayonnaise with plant-based mayonnaise in general dining at the University ...

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Democracy and the (missing) politics in environmental education

• Oberlin College (OH)

Our work as educators does not match the scope, scale, and urgency of the challenges we presently face and that our descendants will confront through the centuries of the “long ...

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An exploratory study of students’ perceptions of environmental issues as social work practice and their understanding of environmental justice

• Boise State University (ID)
• Indiana University

As environmental crises continue to rise, the profession of social work in the US is being called to incorporate environmental justice content in the training and education of social workers ...

• Posted Feb. 19, 2021
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Higher education and food waste: assessing current trends

• Allegheny College (PA)
• University of Passo Fundo
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz
• Università di Verona

Food waste is a considerable sustainability challenge, and many universities around the world are engaged in food waste prevention. University canteens offer opportunities for prevention of food waste by steering ...

• Posted Feb. 19, 2021
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Learning processes for interpersonal competence development in project-based sustainability courses – insights from a comparative international study

• Arizona State University (AZ)
• Leuphana University of Lüneburg

For professional sustainability work, graduates need to be able to work in teams and collaborate with stakeholders; in other words, they need to have developed interpersonal competence. There is growing ...

• Posted Feb. 19, 2021
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A futuring approach to teaching wicked problems

• Utrecht University

This paper investigates how the teaching and learning about “wicked” environmental problems may be fostered through an educational approach premised on futuring – the active imagination of the future. The growing ...

• Posted Feb. 19, 2021
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Decoupling responsible management education: Do business schools walk their talk?

• Seattle University (WA)
• Western Michigan University (MI)
• Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
• University of Mississippi (MS)
• Berry College (GA)
• Kennesaw State University (GA)

Corporate scandals in recent decades have prompted business schools to advance programs to better develop the next generation of responsible business leaders. Despite these efforts, some scholars have raised concerns ...

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Higher education for times of climate crisis – critical awareness, purpose and community

• The University of Newcastle (NSW)

Climate change impacts cascade across scales and sectors, and present specific threats to education institutions and systems, including reduced educational access, participation and attainment by students. In this paper, we ...

• Posted Feb. 19, 2021
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Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG): What Is Wrong with ESDGs, and What Can We Do Better?

• The Hague University of Applied Science

This article will discuss social, environmental, and ecological justice in education for sustainable development (ESD) and Education for Sustainable Development Goals (ESDG). The concept of sustainable development and, by extension ...

• Posted Feb. 17, 2021
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Unthinking knowledge production: from post-Covid to post-carbon futures

• Durham University

The past years have witnessed a growing awareness of the role of institutions of knowledge production in reproducing the global climate crisis, from research funded by fossil fuel companies to ...

• Posted Feb. 17, 2021
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Integrating Multiple Perspectives in an Urban Ecology Course

• Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)

New approaches are needed to educate university students about urban sustainability challenges. In particular, students need opportunities to learn the importance of integrating not just biophysical issues (e.g. climate ...

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Translating green economy concepts into practice: ideas pitches as learning tools for sustainability education

• Universität Trier

The urgency of the current climate crisis emphasizes the need for university graduates equipped with relevant knowledge and skills to tackle environmental and social problems such as material consumption, environmental ...

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Are distance higher education institutions sustainable enough? – A comparison between two distance learning universities

• Universidade Aberta
• University of Beira Interior
• Universidad de Granada
• Madrid Open University

Universities are continually transforming its structure and governance in response to the new social, environmental and economic challenges. Particularly, there has recently been a growing academic interest for measuring sustainable ...

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Green University and academic performance: An empirical study on UI GreenMetric and World University Rankings

• University of Huddersfield
• Hacettepe Üniversitesi

The role of higher education institutions in promoting environmental sustainability is not limited to research activities but also covers improving their campus infrastructure into a more environment-friendly setting as well ...

• Posted Feb. 17, 2021
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