International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 23 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Stephen Scoffham, Nicola Kemp, Adriana Consorte-McCrea

The paradox model: towards a conceptual framework for engaging with sustainability in higher education

Nicola Kemp, Stephen Scoffham

The growing awareness of climate change, biodiversity loss and the wider global environmental emergency has led to calls for decisive and immediate action from all sections of…

The fierce urgency to create safe spaces for the heart in relation to sustainability

Louise Livingstone

The paper aims to rediscover the subtle heart and discuss its importance in relation to conversations regarding sustainability.

The fierce urgency of now and forever and unto ages of ages: study and the restoration of paradise on Earth

Simon Wilson

The purpose of this paper is to explore and evoke an old educational concept called “study”. This is learning which leads to love and love which leads to learning. It is a dynamic…

Plant blindness and sustainability

Howard Thomas, Helen Ougham, Dawn Sanders

The present paper aims to examine the concept of “plant blindness” in the context of current sustainability debates. “Plant blindness” was the term introduced in 1999 by the…

Greening the past: putting history in its place at the ecological university

Karen Jones

The purpose of this paper is to think through the value of History as a way of interrogating ideas around environmental change as well as bridging the gap between definitions of…

Sustainability in the mission and vision statements of Colombian Universities

Cristian Bedoya-Dorado, Guillermo Murillo-Vargas, Carlos Hernan Gonzalez-Campo

This paper aims to analyze how Colombian Universities have incorporated the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development goals (SDGs) into their missions and visions.

Campus sustainability in the Australian higher education sector: divergence and convergence in planning, reporting and tactics

Gavin Melles, Stefan Lodewyckx, Thangatur Sukumar Hariharan

This study provides a country-specific and sector-wide study of campus sustainability. Campus sustainability is a key consideration for the higher education (HEI) sector, and…

The nexus between stakeholders’ materiality and sustainable development goals: evidence from higher education institutions

Guler Aras, Ozlem Kutlu Furtuna, Evrim Hacioglu Kazak

The purpose of this study is to shed light on the association between stakeholders’ materiality and the sustainable development goals (SDGs), highlighting how higher education…

Exploring the usage of social media in extant campus sustainability assessment frameworks for sustainable campus development

Yusuf A. Adenle, Mohammed Abdul-Rahman, Oluwole A. Soyinka

As one of the buzzwords in the present age with considerable impacts in tertiary institutions, social media use in online teaching, learning and information dissemination have…

The impact of peer learning on student performance in an architectural sustainability course

M. Amparo Núñez-Andrés, Antonio Martinez-Molina, Núria Casquero-Modrego, Jae Yong Suk

The importance of sustainability in architecture currently necessitates the integration of innovative teaching strategies on the subject into architecture programs. This study…

Addressing the higher education for sustainable development agenda at the College of Open and Distance Learning, St. Mary’s University, Ethiopia: opportunities and challenges

Wondwosen Tamrat

This study aims to assess the extent to which sustainable development practices are prevalent at the College of Open and Distance Learning (CODL), St. Mary’s University, Ethiopia…

Sustainable development in higher education in Nordic countries: exploring E-Learning mechanisms and SDG coverage in MOOCs

Anne-Karen Hueske, Caroline Aggestam Pontoppidan, Lavinia-Cristina Iosif-Lazar

This study aims to explore the extent and types of E-Learning used, as method and tool, to support education for sustainable development (ESD); and to understand the coverage of…