International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 21 Issue 7

Towards energy transition at the Faculty of Education of Bilbao (UPV/EHU): diagnosing community and building

Unai Ortega Lasuen, Maria Arritokieta Ortuzar Iragorri, Jose Ramon Diez

This paper aims to present the results of a study aimed at performing a first diagnosis of energy literacy and energy use in a Faculty of Education, by means of identifying energy…

A-CITEEC: a strategic research consortium for R&D&I and transfer of results in civil engineering and building

Manuel Regueiro-Picallo, Gemma Rojo-López, Jerónimo Puertas

The purpose of this paper is to present the Strategic Research Consortium Centre for Technological Innovation in Building and Civil Engineering (A-CITEEC) and its scientific…

Smart and learning campus as living lab to foster education for sustainable development: an experience with air quality monitoring

Janaina Mazutti, Luciana Londero Brandli, Amanda Lange Salvia, Bárbara Maria Fritzen Gomes, Luana Inês Damke, Vanessa Tibola da Rocha, Roberto dos Santos Rabello

Higher education institutions are widely known both for their promotion to education for sustainable development (ESD) and for their contribution as living labs to urban…

Using photovoice to explore the impact on a student community after including cross-sectional content on environmental sustainability in a university subject: a case study

Carmen Coronado, Carla Freijomil-Vázquez, Sara Fernández-Basanta, Elena Andina-Díaz, María-Jesús Movilla-Fernández

Higher education institutions have a significant impact in preparing future generations for the creation of a sustainable society. By formulating appropriate curricula, the…

Circular economy, sustainability and teacher training in a higher education institution

Anxela Bugallo-Rodríguez, Pedro Vega-Marcote

Higher education institutions have a valuable dual role in disseminating the circular economy (CE) as a new sustainability paradigm. First, the university teaches students about…

Towards a sustainable campus: working together to achieve the green campus flag on the UDC peripheral campus of Ferrol

Ana Ares-Pernas, Carmen Coronado Carvajal, Alfonso Gomis Rodríguez, María Isabel Fernández Ibáñez, Vicente Díaz Casás, María Sonia Zaragoza Fernández, María Sonia Bouza Fernández, Manuela del Pilar Santos Pita, Antonio Domingo García Allut, María Pilar Comesaña Pérez, María Jesús Caínzos López, Belén Feal Cabezón, Araceli Torres Miño

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…

SOSTAUGA project: reduction of water consumption and evaluation of potential uses for endogenous resources

Verónica Torrijos, Manuel Soto, Domingo Calvo Dopico

The University of A Coruña (UDC) elaborated the SOSTAUGA project, aiming to reach a higher sustainable level of its water management. SOSTAUGA defined four priority points of…

Back and forth to the campus: Tackling invasions through service-learning activities in higher education

María J. Servia, Anxo Cao, Yaiza R. Lueje

Invasive species are under the spotlight because of their detrimental effects on biodiversity. However, management of invasions presents multiple dimensions frequently difficult…

The promotion of sustainable development in higher education institutions: top-down bottom-up or neither?

Gisele Mazon, João Marcelo Pereira Ribeiro, Carlos Rogerio Montenegro de Lima, Brenda Caroline Geraldo Castro, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra

This paper aims to analyze the sustainability approach within higher education institutions. Universities, as institutions of knowledge, play an important and strategic role in…

Enhancing the effects of university education for sustainable development on social sustainability: the role of social capital and real-world learning

Marta Rey-Garcia, Vanessa Mato-Santiso

The purpose of this paper is to understand the roles that social capital and real-world learning may play in enhancing the effects of university education for sustainable…

Promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions: the use of the balanced scorecard as a strategic management system in support of green marketing

Paulo Fuchs, Carlos Raulino, Diogo Conceição, Samara Neiva, Wellyngton Silva de Amorim, Thiago Coelho Soares, Maurício Andrade de Lima, Carlos Rogerio Montenegro De Lima, João Coelho Soares, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Andrade Guerra

Sustainability is understood as a complex and integrating area, involving the most diverse areas and fields of knowledge. Because of the innumerable socio-environmental challenges…

Self-counciousness competence as driver of innovation and environmental commitment in higher education students

Marian Buil Fabregá, Núria Masferrer, Josep Patau, Albert-P. Miró Pérez

The purpose of this research is to analyse the relationship between entrepreneurial skills and innovation commitment and entrepreneurial skills and environmental commitment as…

Do sustainability practices influence university quality? A Colombian case study

Paula M. Hernandez-Diaz, Jorge-Andrés Polanco, Sandra Milena Castaño

This paper aims to know how university’s strategic managers, from botacademic and administrative systems, perceive the relationship between sustainability and accreditation as…

Campus greening from social sciences: emerging formulas on social responsibility and teaching innovation

Raquel Martinez-Buján, Elvira Santiago-Gómez, Carlos Diz, Jose A. Cortes-Vazquez, Montserrat Golías

This paper aims to show how the Green Campus Program has been implemented at the Faculty of Sociology of the University of A Coruña (Spain). It describes the criteria used to…

Agile social learning – capacity-building for sustainable development in higher education

Johan Bolmsten, Momoko Kitada

The purpose of this paper is to understand the usefulness of an agile social learning method in higher education to build capacity for sustainable development at the community…

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

Zack Walsh, Jessica Böhme, Brooke D. Lavelle, Christine Wamsler

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.

Energy sustainability in teaching and outreach initiatives and the contribution to the 2030 Agenda

Amanda Lange Salvia, Luciana Londero Brandli, Walter Leal Filho, Bianca Gasparetto Rebelatto, Giovana Reginatto

Considering the different roles universities can perform to contribute to sustainable development, it is through teaching and outreach that they might be able to connect to the…

Identifying and addressing reverse salients in infrastructural change. The case of a small zero emission campus in Southern Norway

Thomas Berker, Ruth Woods

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relevance and use of the concept “reverse salient” in ambitious infrastructural change. Thomas Hughes, in his seminal study of…