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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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Multiple case-study analysis of service-learning as a means to foster sustainability competencies amongst pre-service educators
- Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Madrid)
- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
- Rovira i Virgili University
- Universitat Internacional 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 …
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Let’s read green! A comparison between approaches in different disciplines to enhance preservice teachers’ environmental attitudes
- Universitat de València
This article examines the effect of different educational approaches to environmental education (EE) in the environmental attitudes of 507 preservice teachers. In one experimental group EE was addressed in a …
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An empirical study on discussion and evaluation of green university
- Minghsin University of Science and Technology
Sustainable development has become an important criterion for human beings to pursue happiness in their daily lives. In order to ensure the sustainable development of the earth, the first step …
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If It Is Life We Want: A Prayer for the Future (of the) University
- Antioch University, New England (NH)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA)
- University of York
Universities are one potentially important place – albeit not the only one – to initiate the next generation into becoming the adult humans needed to navigate the difficult future of …
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CSR Implication and Disclosure in Higher Education: Uncovered Points. Results from a Systematic Literature Review and Agenda for Future Research
- Università di Bologna
- Coventry University
- University of the West of Scotland (Scotland)
This research reviews and analyzes prior corporate social responsibility (CSR) studies centered on its implications and disclosure in higher education institutions (HEIs). Nine major databases were analyzed to review research …
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Making open educational resource videos on sustainable development: students’ attitudes, rationales, and approaches
- National Chengchi University
The aim of this study was to investigate students’ attitudes, rationales, and approaches to making open educational resource (OER) videos (a form of OERs) on sustainable development (SD) in order …
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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 …
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A review of responsible management education: practices, outcomes and challenges
- Estonian Business School (Harjumaa)
Research on management education (ME) over the past 2 decades signals a growing level of concern in response to increasing societal demands for ethical, responsible and sustainable considerations in management …
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Sustainable Product Design Education: Current Practice
- UNSW Sydney (NSW)
- Technische Universiteit Delft
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Sheffield
- Technical University of Denmark
- 3Drivers
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 …
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The implementation of the Principles for Responsible Management Education within tourism higher education institutions: A comparative analysis of European Union countries
- Auckland University of Technology
- University of Winchester
- Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria
Despite the growing body of literature on tourism higher education, there is a notable absence regarding the Principles for Responsible Management Education and the tourism higher education and sustainability nexus. …
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Boosting the sustainable development goals in a civil engineering bachelor degree program
- Universitat Politècnica de València (Valencia)
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the potential for implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the civil engineering bachelor degree in the School of Civil Engineering at Universitat …
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Climate change concern among youth: Examining the role of civics and institutional trust across 22 countries
- Columbia University (NY)
Although scholars have long documented perceptions of climate change and the public’s evolving response to the perceived risk it poses, only more recently have these analyses begun to examine youth …
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Handling climate change education at universities: an overview
- UNSW Sydney (NSW)
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Campinas
- University of Passo Fundo
- Universidade Federal Fluminense
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- University of Belgrade
- University of Latvia
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Indian Institute of Management (Jharkhand)
- Hiroshima University
- University of Colombo
- University of Fort Hare
- Universidade Fernando Pessoa
- University of Education, Winneba
- Kwara State University
- Romanian Academy
- Universidad Católica del Norte
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 …
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One Year Real Data Rooftop PV System Performance Analysis of a University Academic Campus
- Philadelphia University (Jordan)
This paper presents the details of 13 rooftop PV systems installed at Philadelphia University (PU) in Amman-Jordan and gives an assessment of these PV systems in terms of the design …
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Green Campus Initiatives as sustainable development dissemination at higher education institutions: Students’ perceptions
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina)
- Université de l'État de Santa Catarina
- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul
- Universidade do Sul 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 …
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Stimulating student’s pro-environmental behavior in higher education institutions: an ability–motivation–opportunity perspective
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology
- Women University Swabi
- Hefei University of Technology
The slow and inadequate environmental performance of higher education institutions is attracting the consideration of researchers toward a behavioral change of teachers and students rather than just concentrating on learning …
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Evaluation of Scientific Research in Universities Based on the Idea of Education for Sustainable Development
- Nanyang Technological University
- Tsinghua University
- Hubei University
- Wuhan University
Our research aims to establish an evaluation framework and evaluate the sustainability of scientific research in universities. Based on the concept of Education for Sustainable Development and the function of …
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Potential for urban agriculture to support accessible and impactful undergraduate biology education
- Rollins College (FL)
- Salish Kootenai College (MT)
- Tulane University (LA)
- University of St. Thomas (MN)
- University of San Diego (CA)
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 …
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The factors impacting the incorporation of the Sustainable Development Goals into Raw Materials Engineering Curricula
- National Technical University of Athens
It is widely recognised and acknowledged that the mining industry, if properly operating and managed, has the potential to positively contribute to “The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. In this …
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Toward a sustainability assessment framework of research impacts: Contributions of a business school
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
Business schools have the potential to become an important driver for sustainable development (SD) by broadening their research assessments beyond scientific performance. Assessment frameworks that expand the scope from academic …
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Enabling Sustainable Development by Embedding Tongan Knowledge into University Science Curricula
- University of Auckland
Sustainable development requires the valuing of Indigenous knowledges. The complex and intertwined processes of coloniality and globalisation have contributed to spreading a dominant set of Western knowledge, values, and practices …
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A comprehensive approach for the feasibility assessment of on-campus food waste composting
- American University of Sharjah
- German Jordanian University
Food waste management is increasingly emphasized globally due to its economic and environmental impacts and the strategic transformation towards sustainability. This can be observed from the increasing number of Zero …
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Universitas: how do students perceive university social responsibility in three European higher education institutions?
- Universidade do Porto
The social dimension of Higher Education has gained relevance on the political and strategic discourses that urge Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to put University Social Responsibility (USR) into action and …
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The impact of peer learning on student performance in an architectural sustainability course
- University of Texas at San Antonio (TX)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (CA)
- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
The importance of sustainability in architecture currently necessitates the integration of innovative teaching strategies on the subject into architecture programs. This study aims to introduce and examine peer learning pedagogy …
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Organizational Change Management for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Quantitative Literature Review
- University of Surrey
Higher education institutions (HEIs) have been urged to integrate sustainability across all their structural and organizational dimensions. A promising area of research and practice that can help to deliver this …
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The influence of group-level factors on individual energy-saving behaviors in a shared space: The case of shared residences
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Shenzhen University
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 …
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Transforming science and society? Methodological lessons from and for transformation research
- Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
- Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Ecologic Institute
- 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 …
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A scale for assessing student understandings of marine resource conservation and sustainability: psychometric verification and the latent mean difference between genders
- Tzu Chi University
- National Taiwan Ocean University
This study developed a scale for evaluating how well students understand marine-resource conservation and sustainability; it evaluated the scale’s psychometric properties and investigated the gender difference in the scale’s score. …
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Identifying Assessment Opportunities in Postgraduate Learning for Sustainability
- London South Bank University
- University of the West Indies (Kingston 7)
- University of Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire)
This paper offers a rationale for how ESD related learning at postgraduate level can beassessed. It proposes a framework for evaluating whether assessments in Masterís levelprogrammes align with the pedagogical …
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Sustainable geography in theory or in practice? Reflections from a participant at NGM 2019
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Academic conferences have a large carbon footprint due to long-distance travel by participants and contribute to increased consumption in other ways. With reference to Stephen Sterling’s distinction between education about …
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Toward a Green and Sustainable Chemistry Education Road Map
- University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- University of Oregon (OR)
- American Chemical Society (DC)
Although principles and practices of green and sustainable chemistry have been articulated for more than 20 years, they have yet to become systemically infused into the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. The …
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Making Change Visible – An Explorative Case Study of Dealing With Climate Change Deniers in Forest Education
- School Administration of Lower Saxony
This case study addresses the issue of climate change denial among students in their firstyear of vocational education. It was possible to shake the belief that man-made climatechange was not …
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Can student managed investment funds (SMIFs) narrow the environmental, social and governance (ESG) skills gap?
- Queen's University
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (NL)
The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it endeavors to document the current state of environmental, social and governance (ESG) pedagogy within undergraduate finance courses of business schools, and …
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Sustainability challenges in architectural education: assessment of an architectural technology course on the bioclimatic redesign of existing buildings in Greece
- National Technical University of Athens
During the last decades, the sustainable redesign of existing buildings has been gaining importance in both architectural practice and education. While based on the knowledge of the basic principles of …
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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 …
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Self-construal types and organizational citizenship behavior for the environment of employees in a university
- Adekunle Ajasin University
In researching into workplace pro-environmental behaviors, there is sparse evidence on self-construals with dimensions of organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE), particularly among university employees. To fill this gap, …
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Expectations and Interests of University Students in COVID-19 Times about Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru
- Ontario Tech University (ON)
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (Nuevo Leon)
- Universidad Politécnica Estatal del Carchi
- Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga
- Escuela Nacional de Marina Mercante “Almirante Miguel Grau”
- Universidad de Lima
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 …
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Education for Sustainable Development in Spanish Engineering Degrees. Case study
- Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
- University of Cadiz
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide
The purpose of this work is to present a methodology for analyzing the perception of engineering students about the sustainability learning they have achieved during their university studies. This study …
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Social marketing and higher education: partnering to achieve sustainable development goals
- University of Twente
- HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration
Accomplishing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is imperative for societies to meet their grand challenges. Achieving these goals by 2030 requires sustainability change agents with a can-do-attitude. This …
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Perceived factors affecting student-teachers’ learning about social urban sustainability
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Kentriki Makedonia)
- University of Western Macedonia
The present study aims to explore the perceived factors affecting student-teachers’ (STs) learning about social urban sustainability. Participants were 63 STs enrolled in a Department of Primary Education located in …
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A comparison on the evaluation standards of sustainable campus between China and America
- Zhejiang University
This paper aims to make a comparative study on the latest version of green campus evaluation standard between China and America: Green Campus Evaluation Standard (GB/T51356-2019) and the sustainability tracking, …
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Education for sustainable development with transdisciplinary-oriented courses - experiences and recommendations for future collaborations in higher education teaching
- Wuppertal Institut
The paper investigates how teacher trainees in higher education geography and external, non-scientific partners perceive and experience collaborations in an active teaching and learning approach. Such formats are recommended in …
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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 …
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The patterns of curriculum change processes that embed sustainability in higher education institutions
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Implementing education for sustainable development (ESD) in higher education institutions (HEIs) is critical to facilitating a transition toward sustainable development. However, little is known about the specific implementation processes that …
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A literature review on the strategies implemented by higher education institutions from 2010 to 2020 to foster pro-environmental behavior of students
- Università degli Studi di Udine
Changing the present behavior of individuals toward a more sustainable lifestyle is a complex task requiring a well-established strategy and institutional commitment. The purpose of this paper is to understand …
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Investigating critical community engaged pedagogies for transformative environmental justice education
- University of Utah (UT)
Effective environmental justice education poses unique challenges to both educators and students. For students, this pursuit is cognitively challenging at best and emotionally paralyzing at worst. It requires deconstruction of …
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Students’ learning sustainability – implicit, explicit or non-existent: a case study approach on students’ key competencies addressing the SDGs in HEI program
- Kristianstad University
This study aims to understand better the student awareness and knowledge on how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are used in higher education institutions (HEIs) to motivate students’ learning on …
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Towards an eco-literate tertiary music education: Notes from a South African context
- University of the Witwatersrand
On 20 September 2019 in Cape Town, as part of the global protests on inaction on climate change, the African Climate Alliance submitted a memorandum of demands to South African …
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Strategies for Energy and Climate Management at the British Columbia Institute of Technology
- British Columbia Institute of Technology (BC)
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is Canada's premier polytechnic. In 2008, BCIT partnered with its local electricity utility to hire a full-time energy manager. The following year, BCIT's …
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Innovations and challenges in SDG integration and reporting in higher education: a case study from the University of South Florida
- University of South Florida (FL)
As the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been widely adopted since 2015, higher education institutions (HEIs) are experimenting with ways they can be measured, reported and incorporated into all …
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