International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 20 Issue 3

An overview of campus greening initiatives at universities in Romania

Mihaela Sima, Ines Grigorescu, Dan Bălteanu

This paper aims to identify campus greening initiatives on a sample of universities in Romania reflected in the university curricula, the behavioral patterns of students and…

Envisioning green solutions for reducing the ecological footprint of a university campus

Chiara Genta, Silvia Favaro, Giulia Sonetti, Caterina Barioglio, Patrizia Lombardi

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 maturation process of incorporating sustainability in universities

Luis Vargas, Claudia Mac-Lean, Jean Huge

In the past few decades, sustainability in higher education has become ever more prevalent, although the diversity in pace of adoption and the wide range of interpretations and…

INSPIRE sustainability internships : Promoting campus greening initiatives through student participation

Carolyn Susan Hayles

This paper aims to explore the outputs of an internship programme, one of a number of campus-based sustainability activities that have been introduced at the University of Wales…

Putting sustainable campuses into force: Empowering students, staff and academics by the self-efficacy Green Office Model

Maik Adomßent, Anselm Grahl, Felix Spira

The lack of change structures can be seen as an important reason why sustainability continues to suffer a niche existence in most higher education organisations. This is a problem…

Challenges and benefits of student sustainability research projects in view of education for sustainability

Griet Ceulemans, Nathal Severijns

This paper aims to investigate the educational benefits and challenges of introducing natural science students to on-campus and off-campus sustainability research projects as an…

Governing the university in the perspective of the United Nations 2030 Agenda: The case of the University of Bologna

Angelo Paletta, Alessandra Bonoli

Starting from the experience of the University of Bologna, this paper provides an innovative framework to analyse how universities are rethinking courses and curricula, teaching…

How can ecological fairs increase sustainability in a university campus?

Luciana Londero Brandli, Amanda Lange Salvia, Leila Dal Moro, Vanessa Tibola da Rocha, Janaina Mazutti, Giovana Reginatto

This paper aims to highlight the contribution of ecological fairs to the promotion of sustainability in university campuses, based on a case study carried out at the University of…

Creating a context for campus sustainability through teaching and learning: The case of open, distance and e-learning

Rudi Wessel Pretorius, Ryan Anderson, Anisa Khotoo, Richelle Pienaar

This paper aims to reflect on approaches through which open, distance and e-learning (ODeL) students can use their local environments for assessments and explores how this shapes…

Bridging the gap between theory and design: A proposal for regenerative campus development at the Swedish university of agricultural sciences

Daniel Bergquist, Christine A. Hempel, John Lööf Green

This paper aims to describe an exploratory research and design process that uses illustrative techniques to bridge the gap between theoretical principles of systems ecology…