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Download full textPrasart Nuangchalerm; Titiworada Polyiem; Veena Prachagool – Higher Education Studies, 2024
This study aims to investigate environmentally responsible and sustainable development of 56 pre-service teachers which relevant to framework of sustainable development goals. The qualitative data were collected and analyzed by summarizing general perspectives. The 9 concepts were found and reported. The ways to sustain environments and education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Conservation (Environment), Sustainable Development, Responsibility
Direct linkTawanda Jimu; Britta Rennkamp – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to present insights on the governance of sustainability transitions in higher education in Africa. The authors interrogate the research literatures on the governance of socio-technical transitions in water, electricity, transport and waste management, and identify barriers and enabling factors that enhance transformative…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Networks, Governance, Universities
Karin Farag; Can Baran Aktas – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the most prevalent initiatives undertaken by leading universities in sustainability and offer a roadmap for other institutions seeking to undertake similar actions and contribute to more effective implementation of sustainability practices. Design/methodology/approach: By using a quantitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Sustainability, Sustainable Development
Abdeljebbar, Najat; Haddaoui, Abdelwahab – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2021
The preservation of natural water and electricity resources is essential for the development of smart cities. Indeed, water and electricity are highly dependent and must be analyzed together to improve the energy efficiency. This article is about the study of the integration of renewable energy and smart solutions in a water heating system. The…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Water, Heat, Natural Resources
Herth, Annika; Blok, Kornelis – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive analysis of the carbon footprint of the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), including direct and indirect emissions from utilities, logistics and purchases, as well as a discussion about the commonly used method. Emissions are presented in three scopes (scope 1 reports direct…
Descriptors: Universities, Climate, Pollution, Real Estate
Bueno, David Cababaro – Online Submission, 2019
There are currently a number of increasingly significant environmental concerns and threats to the future of society, and by being more energy efficient, schools can help prevent greenhouse gas emissions and improve the students' learning environment. School districts can and have used the savings from improved energy performance to help pay for…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Water, Conservation (Environment), Sustainability
Genta, Chiara; Favaro, Silvia; Sonetti, Giulia; Barioglio, Caterina; Lombardi, Patrizia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to report strategies towards a green campus project at Politecnico di Torino University, a 33,000-students Italian higher education institution (HEI), and estimate the avoided ecological footprint (EF) of different scenarios accounted for open spaces. Design/methodology/approach: A consumption-based study has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), College Environment, Energy Conservation
Aguirre, Patricia; Villota, Freddy Hernán; Mera, Silvia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: According to the importance of higher education institutions (HEIs) in meeting sustainable development goals (SDGs), the purpose of this study is to analyze how sustainability was implemented in Ecuadorian higher education. The case study of the Universidad Técnica del Norte (UTN) process was analyzed to show the advantages of…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies
Barros, Murillo Vetroni; Puglieri, Fabio Neves; Tesser, Daniel Poletto; Kuczynski, Oksana; Piekarski, Cassiano Moro – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020
Purpose: Some universities have a commitment to both academic education and sustainable development, and the sustainable development goals can support several sustainable actions that universities may take as principles and attitudes. From this perspective, the purpose of this study is to present environmentally sustainable practices at a federal…
Descriptors: Sanitation, Conservation (Environment), Plastics, Energy Conservation
Feldman, Jonathan Michael – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2021
This paper investigates how one could envision a discursive mobilization process to transform protest movements into agents that help reconstruct the universities as agents supporting material mobilizations leading to ecological reconstruction. After reviewing universities' ecological footprints, the author shows how theories of mobilization and…
Descriptors: Universities, Conservation (Environment), Political Influences, Activism
Nguyen, Phan Anh; Bokel, Regina; van den Dobbelsteen, Andy – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2020
Green Architecture for Sustainable Communities (GASC) was a joint event organised by Dutch and Vietnamese universities with the aim of boosting sustainable development in the built environment of Vietnam. As a key activity of the event, the international student design workshop focused on renovation of typical Vietnamese row houses -- aiming…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Architectural Education, Design, Workshops
Ares-Pernas, Ana; Carvajal, Carmen Coronado; Gomis Rodríguez, Alfonso; Fernández Ibáñez, María Isabel; Díaz Casás, Vicente; Zaragoza Fernández, María Sonia; Bouza Fernández, María Sonia; Santos Pita, Manuela del Pilar; García Allut, Antonio Domingo; Comesaña Pérez, María Pilar; Caínzos López, María Jesús; Feal Cabezón, Belén; Torres Miño, Araceli – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020
Purpose: This paper aims to present and describe the main actions carried out in six different faculties and common areas such as cultural and research centres and administrative buildings in the Ferrol campus at the University of A Coruña to achieve the second green flag on a Galician University. Design/methodology/approach: A case study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Conservation (Environment), Sustainable Development
Bayraktar, Sule – International Education Studies, 2020
The purpose of this research is to determine ecological footprint awareness level of pre-service teachers who are majoring in three different programs of Teacher Education Department. The study also investigated whether there is a difference in ecological footprint awareness level based on gender, parents' education, program of study, and longest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Ecology
Oliveira, Joana; Neves, Luísa; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu – Education Sciences, 2021
Increasing the scientific knowledge of the population through education is a development strategy towards a sustainable future. However, there is no equity in the access to science education and scientific knowledge. The aim of this paper is to present and analyse a science kit named "Energy, Environment and Sustainability" (KEAS). Based…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Science Education
Abu Qdais, Hani; Saadeh, Osama; Al-Widyan, Mohamad; Al-tal, Raed; Abu-Dalo, Muna – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the efforts undertaken to convert the large university campus of Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) into a green, resource-efficient and low-carbon campus by following an action-oriented strategy. Sustainability features of the campus were discussed and benchmarked. Challenges were…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Campuses, Universities
