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Green Chemistry in Higher Education: State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Trends

• King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
• Universitat de València
• Gdańsk University of Technology
• Polish Naval Academy

Nowadays, there is increasing interest in global sustainability, and thus, university students would like to know how human actions affect the health status of our planet. This is mainly due ...

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Parking demand management in a relatively uncongested university setting

• McMaster University (ON)
• Ryerson University (ON)

Although travel demand management (TDM) has featured more prominently in transportation planning and programs, its role in a university context is still emerging. University TDM efforts hold much potential, but ...

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Business School Professors’ Perception of Ethics in Education in Europe

• Rovira i Virgili University

This qualitative study aims to investigate business school professors’ perception of ethics in business education, and their possible role in achieving ethical awareness in these schools. Data were collected through ...

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Ireland’s Transition towards a Low Carbon Society: The Leadership Role of Higher Education Institutions in Solar Photovoltaic Niche Development

• University of Limerick

Ireland is currently considered a laggard within Europe in relation to decarbonisation of its society, with future projections estimating increases in greenhouse gas emissions up to and beyond 2030. To ...

• Posted April 29, 2019
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Learning to Navigate (in) the Anthropocene

• KU Leuven

Over the last decades, the extent of human impact on Earth and the atmosphere has been the subject of large-scale scientific investigations. It is increasingly argued that this impact is ...

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Towards a social sustainability in higher education: Enhancing students’ solidarity and togetherness through collaborative projects in racially diverse learning environments

• University of the Free State

One key goal in the mission and vision statement of the University of the Free State is to recruit the best and most diverse students who work in solidarity and ...

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Leadership of Heart and Mind: Examining the Mind and Skill Sets of Student Sustainability Leadership

• University of New England (ME)
• University of Southern Maine (ME)

The purpose of this comparative case study was to deepen the understanding of post-secondary student sustainability leaders’ motivations and identify the skills they have employed in order to inform the ...

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Measuring development of environmental awareness and moral reasoning: A case-study of a civil engineering course

• Virginia Tech (VA)
• University of Queensland (QLD)
• Swinburne University of Technology

Environmental awareness and ethical moral reasoning are important aspects of the engineering profession. Yet, engineering programmes have been struggling to teach these topics and measure the effectiveness of these educational ...

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Biophilic campus: An emerging planning approach for a sustainable innovation-conducive university

• The University of Adelaide (SA)

Universities worldwide are competing to offer attractive learning and research environments to a new generation of skilled and talented students. Governments of the developed world urge universities to foster innovation ...

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Disruptive innovation and operationalization in local and sustainable food systems: Examining the University of Toronto-Local Food Plus partnership

• University of Toronto (ON)

This paper traces the partnership between the University of Toronto and the non-profit Local Food Plus (LFP) to bring local sustainable food to its St. George campus. At its launch ...

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University of Miami Mobility Plan

• University of Miami (FL)

Executive Summary The University of Miami is committed to programs and strategies that reduce single-occupant vehicle trips and maximize efficiency for moving to, from, within, and around its Coral Gables ...

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Training Secondary Education Teachers through the Prism of Sustainability: The Case of the Universitat de València

• Universitat de València

Designing the training of future teachers through holistic and interdisciplinary visions is vital to developing coherent contents, epistemologies, and methodologies that put Education for Sustainability into action. The research presented ...

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Examining the Relationships between Factors Influencing Environmental Behaviour among University Students

• University of Eastern Finland

Education for sustainability may be seen as consisting of four dimensions: sensitivity and attitudes toward the environment, awareness and knowledge of the environment, environmentally friendly actions and participation. A questionnaire ...

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Building an Industry-Oriented Business Sustainability Curriculum in Higher Education

• National Taiwan Normal University
• Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science
• National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology

In the past, research addressing the issues reflecting industrial needs for sustainability-related curriculum design in higher education has been limited. To narrow this gap and to provide students with better ...

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International perspectives on the pedagogy of climate change

• Purchase College - State University of New York (NY)
• University of Massachusetts Lowell (MA)
• Prince Sultan University (Riyadh)
• Universidad de Sonora (Sonora)
• University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz

Education is key to the advancement of environmental sustainability. Climate change education is a complex topic where a number of factors play key roles. One such factor, namely the ongoing ...

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Education for Sustainable Development: Emerging Themes from Adopters of a Declaration

• Auburn University (AL)
• Deakin University

Universities that sign the Talloires Declaration signify their commitment to education for sustainable development. This research explores whether the signification is a strategic desire to be seen to be doing ...

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Integrated Teaching and Practice: Green Infrastructure Planning and Green Roof Performance in a Semi-Arid Campus Environment, USA

• University of Arizona (AZ)
• Utah State University (UT)

This paper presents an integrated education and research program that involves extensive participation from stakeholders on campus and beyond. The resultant water conscious design proposal promotes efficient stormwater management on ...

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Connecting Social and Natural Ecologies Through a Curriculum of Giving for Student Wellbeing and Engagement

• Australian National University
• University of Canberra

Using hermeneutic phenomenology to aid the reader ‘experience’ the data collected, this study reports on 18 college students, 4 staff members and the author's trip to a remote island ...

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Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Roofs and Pavements: A Case Study at Sapienza University Campus

• University of Rome Tor Vergata

The progressively emerging concept of urban resilience to climate change highlights the importance of mitigation and adaptation measures, and the need to integrate urban climatology in the design process, in ...

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On how business students’ personal values and sustainability conceptions impact their sustainability management orientation: Evidence from Germany, Indonesia and the USA

• University of St. Gallen
• National University of Singapore
• Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• University of Sussex (Sussex)

This paper aims to develop and empirically test a framework on how personal values and sustainability conceptions affect students’ sustainability management orientation (SMO). An understanding of this connection gives insight ...

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Sustainability Governance at Universities: Using a Governance Equalizer as a Research Heuristic

• University of Vechta
• Freie Universität Berlin

Universities play a crucial role in promoting sustainable development. Accordingly, the project “Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions: develop — network — report (HOCHN)” (2016–2018) aims to facilitate sustainable development at universities ...

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The 5E Model of Environmental Engagement: Bringing Sustainability Change to Higher Education through Positive Psychology

• Tel Aviv University
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel

What is the role of universities in advancing sustainability? This paper delineates a unique program for promoting sustainability that was applied in Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB). The unique characteristics of ...

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Factors influencing students’ corporate social responsibility orientation in higher education

• University of Beira Interior
• Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Given that the future of corporate social responsibility depends on upcoming generations' attitudes, a better understanding of the relationship between corporate social responsibility orientation and its predictors has significant implications ...

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Learning Sustainable Cultural Safety in a Crowded, Warming World

• University of Northern British Columbia (BC)

Among all the pressing needs for educational innovations that we face today, arguably the most imperative is the need to elicit learners’ active collaboration towards a ‘Great Transition’ into a ...

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Mainstreaming Education for Sustainable Development at a Swiss University: Navigating the Traps of Institutionalization

• University of Bern

How far have higher education institutions progressed towards integrating sustainable development at an institutional level and are they responding to the societal need for transformation? Can the pace of transformation ...

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Sustainability assessment of the service operations at seven higher education institutions in Brazil

• Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

The objective of this paper is to test a procedure for assessing the adoption of sustainable practices in higher education technological institutions services, known as institutes of technology and polytechnic ...

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Piloting Sustainability in UVA Research Labs

• University of Virginia (VA)

A one-year, comprehensive study in three campus research labs illustrates the benefits of small-scale infrastructural improvements paired with occupant engagement techniques . Lighting upgrades, equipment timers, and freezer set-points were targeted ...

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The contemporary definition of university social responsibility with quantifiable sustainability

• Lebanese American University

The university social responsibility (USR) is still in embryonic stage compared to corporate social responsibility (CSR) which is still debatable by researchers. The purpose of this paper is to propose ...

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Conditions for transformative learning for sustainable development: a theoretical review and approach

• Örebro University
• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Continued unsustainability and surpassed planetary boundaries require not only scientific and technological advances, but deep and enduring social and cultural changes. The purpose of this article is to contribute a ...

• Posted April 5, 2019
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The university's role in sustainable development: Activating entrepreneurial scholars as agents of change

• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• Inholland Hogeschool and University of Applied Sciences
• LM Thapar School of Management

The role of (entrepreneurial) universities as change agents in regional economic development has been highlighted previously, but how they can drive regional sustainable development in developing countries has been largely ...

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Comprehensive sustainability reporting in higher education institutions

• Tarbiat Modares University
• American University in Dubai

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the comprehensiveness of sustainability reporting in higher education institutions.

This study adopts a university sustainability rating framework and uses it to evaluate ...

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The sustainability report as an essential tool for the holistic and strategic vision of higher education institutions

• Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Institutions of higher education have a significant role in promoting change to sustainable development models as centers of knowledge and innovation. In addition, they are currently facing their own change ...

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Creating Sustainable Universities: Organizational Pathways of Transformation

• Dalian University of Technology

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including the SDGs, is being integrated into sustainability strategies, research, teaching, pedagogy, and campus practices, and to position higher education institutions as key drivers ...

• Posted April 4, 2019
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Commitment to the Sustainability of Students Within a Responsible Management Education

• Częstochowa Politechnika

Higher education has always responded to the social needs. Universities can play a critical role in the process of social change that relies on educating new generations of leaders and ...

• Posted April 4, 2019
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Marching Into the Future

• Carleton University (ON)
• University of Ottawa (ON)
• AASHE (PA)
• Mount Allison University (NB)

Youth activism is influencing university policies on sustainability and climate change. Institutions can measure impact by using AASHE's STARS program.

• Posted April 4, 2019
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Lafayette becomes first Lehigh Valley college to pledge 'carbon neutrality'

• Lafayette College (PA)
• AASHE (PA)

Lafayette College pledges to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035 — a first among colleges in the Lehigh Valley.

• Posted April 4, 2019
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Aggregating Higher Education Demand for Renewables

• APPA: Leadership in Educational Facilities (VA)
• AASHE (PA)
• CustomerFirst Renewables (MD)

Cohorts of colleges and universities are aggregating energy loads to achieve economies of scale when sourcing renewable energy. This article highlights the benefits of this aggregated approach by examining several ...

• Posted April 4, 2019
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Field Guide for Urban University-Community Partnerships

• University of Virginia (VA)

Over the past three decades, American universities and colleges have witnessed a surge in activities oriented around their civic and social purposes. From the signing of the first Campus Compact ...

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Pro-Environmental Behavior of University Students: Influence of Cultural Differences

• Istanbul Technical University
• İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi

Responsible Consumption and Production, among the Sustainable Development Goals, indicates that humans should be aware of environmental problems which are to some extent, direct or indirect consequences of their behaviors ...

• Posted April 4, 2019
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Education for sustainable development through business simulation games: An exploratory study of sustainability gamification and its effects on students' learning outcomes

• Università della Svizzera Italiana
• UCS Ulrich Creative Simulations

Education for sustainable development (ESD) is gaining increased attention in tertiary education. According to the literature, ESD affects not only the content of education, but also its process and outcomes ...

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Developing a sustainability reporting assessment tool for higher education institutions: The University of California

• Tarbiat Modares University
• South East European University

Businesses have integrated sustainability reporting into their corporate responsibility efforts. However, universities, as the hubs of sustainability awareness, have been struggling with reporting their sustainability practices. The purpose of this ...

• Posted March 31, 2019
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Parametric analysis for cost-optimal renewable energy integration into residential buildings: Techno-economic model

• Illinois State University (IL)
• Hanyang University

Determining the optimum penetration of renewable energy systems and their associated aggregated technical and economic benefits is a growing concern for both researchers and policy makers. The purpose of this ...

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Impact of environmental knowledge and product quality on student attitude toward products with recycled/remanufactured content: Implications for environmental education and green manufacturing

• City University of Hong Kong
• University of Sheffield
• Monash University Malaysia

This study investigates the impact of environmental knowledge and perceived product quality on purchasing intention and purchasing behavior of recycled products: A4 paper, mobile phones and printers. The intent is ...

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Facilitating work performance of sustainability-driven entrepreneurs through higher education: The relevance of competencies, values, worldviews and opportunities

• University of Vechta
• Vienna University of Economics and Business
• Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
• Terra Institute

This article explores the work performance of sustainability-driven entrepreneurs in order to be able to provide better learning settings in higher education for sustainability-driven entrepreneurship (SDE). Sustainability-driven entrepreneurs are actors ...

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Colleges That Funded Scooter Startups Don’t Love Them on Campus

• Michigan State University (MI)
• University of Texas at Austin (TX)
• AASHE (PA)
• Bloomberg (NY)
• Bird (CA)

This article examines why campus safety offices and the endowment managers may feel differently about scooter startups.

• Posted March 30, 2019
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Examining the effect of an environmental social marketing intervention among university employees

• University of Birmingham
• Queen Mary University of London
• University of Sheffield
• Global Action Plan

This paper examines the impact of an environmental social marketing intervention on employees’ energy saving intentions in a higher education institution (HEI) in the UK. The study examines the influence ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (CSRS) Initiatives among European and Asian Business Schools: A Web-based Content Analysis

• GIFT University
• University of Rome Tor Vergata

The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which MBA programmes offered by top European and Asian B-schools have a corporate social responsibility and sustainability (CSRS) orientation ...

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Potential of integrating power generation with solar thermal cooling to improve the energy efficiency in a university campus in Saudi Arabia

• King Abdulaziz University

Along with the rapid ongoing developments and expansions of the King Abdulaziz University campus, it is sensible to rethink the way electrical and cooling energy is generated and to explore ...

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How Water Bottle Refill Stations Contribute to Campus Sustainability: A Case Study in Japan

• Ritsumeikan University

The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of installing Water bottle Refill Stations (WRSs) and their contributions to campus sustainability by means of encouraging pro-environmental behavior in ...

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The challenge of sustainability and integrated reporting at universities: A case study

• University of Cadiz
• University of Zaragoza

This study contributes to research on integrated and sustainability reporting at higher-education institutions in the context of voluntary reporting by focusing on an innovative Spanish university. It examines the developments ...

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