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Livia Somerville; Matthias Stucki; Regula Keller – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the environmental footprint of a university of applied sciences in 2019 and 2020, including the effects of the lockdown periods. The study identified the main sources of emissions and assessed the pandemic-related effects. Design/methodology/approach: Using the life cycle assessment methodology,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Fatima Betül Demir; Emirhan Kaya; Nedim Derman – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2023
A large part of the environmental problem, which is defined as the ecological footprint, is the carbon footprint. As a matter of fact, the consumption activities of the individual have many destructive and permanent effects on nature. In this research, it is aimed to determine the size of the carbon footprint, which is an important component of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Ecology, Sustainability
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David R. Cole; Yeganeh Baghi – Journal of Environmental Education, 2024
Capital and property have been combined since Karl Marx wrote "Das Kapital" in 1867. Indeed, capitalism and the housing market are interlinked because property is an asset whose indexed value upholds global markets. On the other side of property as real estate is the environmental damage and augmentation of climate change that housing…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries
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Ben Goldman – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024
It is now widely understood that societies must rapidly decarbonize to avoid the worst impacts of future climate change. To contribute to this urgent effort, academic libraries should develop an understanding of the carbon footprint resulting from their activities. This article shares the results of an effort at the Penn State University Libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Climate, Influence of Technology, Conservation (Environment)
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Kemmis, Stephen – Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
This essay uses the theory of practice architectures to demonstrate the kinds of transitions underway as people change their practices to address the current climate emergency, with particular reference to Australia. The individualistic attitude-behavior model of behavioral change is inadequate for understanding these transitions, since they also…
Descriptors: Climate, Behavior Change, Ecology, Pollution
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Dölek, Büsra Seyma; Akyol, Gülsüm – Turkish Journal of Education, 2023
This study aimed at (i) identifying primary school students' attitudes toward environmental issues based on the perspectives of ecocentrism and anthropocentrism and (ii) inspecting students' attitudes (i.e., ecocentric and anthropocentric) toward environmental issues in relation to gender and grade level. Data were gathered from 40 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, World Views, Ecology, Natural Resources
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Arora, Anchal; Jain, Jinesh; Gupta, Sanjay; Sharma, Ajay – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2021
Purpose: In today's competitive environment, sustainability is talked out in every sphere of life. Sustainability is a key to stability and for that roots are being focused by incorporating sustainability in higher education. The basic purpose of this paper is to prioritize the sustainability drivers in the higher education system. This research…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Tonietto, Rebecca; O'Brien, Lara; Van Haitsma, Cyrus; Su, Chenyang; Blankertz, Nicole; Mosiniak, Hannah Grace Shaheen; Short, Caleb; Dawson, Heather Ann – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The University of Michigan (U-M) is planning its course toward carbon neutrality. A key component in U-M carbon accounting is the calculation of carbon sinks via estimation of carbon storage and biosequestration on U-M landholdings. Here, this paper aims to compare multiple remote sensing methods across U-M natural lands and urban…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Energy Conservation, Urban Universities, Ecology
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Hopkins, Erin A. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2022
With the United States higher education sector representing over five billion square feet and expending over six billion dollars annually on energy costs, the higher education institution has an opportunity to flourish as a thought leader in integrating exemplary approaches to sustainable development throughout the campus. This manuscript puts…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Housing, College Students, Sustainable Development
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Ferrari, Enzo; Reyes-Carrasco, Paula Mariel; Barrón Ruíz, Angela; Ruíz, Camilo – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to introduce a new instrument to assess the perception of the university community after the Climate Emergency Declaration (CED) and its application at the Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) in Spain. This CED includes a comprehensive program to reduce the carbon footprint and the introduction of the education for sustainable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Sustainable Development, College Students
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Busch, Hauke – Physics Teacher, 2022
Although teaching of environmental physics and energy-related topics has increased in the last several years, only a small portion of that has been for non-science majors. Environmental physical science can be used to teach physics to non-science majors by applying learned physics concepts to current issues of interest such as climate change,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Climate, Energy
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Wennersten, Lena; Wanselin, Hanna; Wikman, Susanne; Lindahl, Mats – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
UNESCO has identified education for sustainable development (ESD) as a key factor in the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs). Education is important in developing awareness of how to preserve natural ecosystems and promote the uptake of renewable energy sources. Ecology education in primary school aims to give students a scientific…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Science Instruction, Conservation (Environment), Ecology
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Hudha, Muhammad Nur; Hamidah, Ida; Permanasari, Anna; Abdullah, Ade Gafar; Rachman, Indriyani; Matsumoto, Toru – European Journal of Educational Research, 2020
The concept of low carbon education is one solution to provide knowledge to students related to low carbon behavior. The purpose of this paper is providing an extensive bibliometric literature review on 'low carbon education'. Articles found by Publishing or Perish (PoP) software with the Google Scholar database. There were 55 out of 97 articles…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Pollution, Educational Research, Climate
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Lindsay, Georgia; Cole, Laura B.; Akturk, Aysegul; Akin, Heather – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2021
When museums commission green buildings, those buildings are often covered in the press. To understand the educational potential of green building press coverage, we qualitatively analyzed 96 articles about eight U.S. green science museums. We found that journalists who cover green buildings highlight green roofs, material choices,…
Descriptors: Museums, Sustainable Development, Buildings, Building Design
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Booth, Annie L.; Aben, Kyle; Otter, Barbara; Corrigall, Todd; Ray, Christie; Earley, Sinead – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2020
We discuss an innovative action-learning course co-developed by the University of Northern British Columbia, the Prince George Chamber of Commerce (Canada) and local businesses. The Carbon and Energy Management course is an undergraduate/graduate course initiated by the Chamber to address an interest in climate change amongst local…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Problem Solving, Climate, Change
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