International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 16 Issue 4

Gaps in sustainability education: The impact of higher education coursework on perceptions of sustainability

P. Brian Fisher, Erin McAdams

This paper aims to examine how both the amount and type of coursework impact students’ conceptualizations of sustainability. Previous research demonstrates that academic…

Sustainability and action research in universities: Towards knowledge for organisational transformation

Sandra Wooltorton, Anne Wilkinson, Pierre Horwitz, Sue Bahn, Janice Redmond, Julian Dooley

Academic approaches to the challenge of enhancing sustainability in research in university contexts illustrate that universities are affected by the very same values and…

Environmental management and sustainability in higher education: The case of Spanish Universities

Yolanda León-Fernández, Eugenio Domínguez-Vilches

This paper aims to analyse trends in implementing the main initiatives in the field of environmental management and sustainability in Spanish universities, taking as a reference…

Developing students’ energy literacy in higher education

Debby R E Cotton, Wendy Miller, Jennie Winter, Ian Bailey, Stephen Sterling

This paper aims to investigate students’ energy literacy at a UK university, and recommends ways in which it can be enhanced using a behaviour change model. Developing students’…

Campus sustainability initiatives and performance: do they correlate?

Tim Lang

The purpose of this paper is to test the hypothesis that there are correlations between campus sustainability initiatives and environmental performance, as measured by resource…

Green university initiatives in China: a case of Tsinghua University

Wanxia Zhao, Yonghua Zou

The purpose of this paper is to examine green university initiatives in the context of China, using Tsinghua University, which is China’s green university pioneer, as a case…

Measuring education for sustainable development: Experiences from the University of Bristol

Aisling Tierney, Hannah Tweddell, Chris Willmore

The purpose of this paper is to explore how education for sustainable development (ESD) was measured in the taught curriculum at the University of Bristol (UoB), providing…

Using sustainability themes and multidisciplinary approaches to enhance STEM education

Michael Rogers, Thomas Pfaff, Jason Hamilton, Ali Erkan

The purpose of this paper is to report on the Multidisciplinary Sustainability Education Project (MSEP) as a framework using sustainability-themed education modules to introduce…

Variation in sustainability competency development according to age, gender, and disciplinary affiliation: Implications for teaching practice and overall program structure

Sonya Remington-Doucette, Sheryl Musgrove

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of a classroom assessment aimed at determining the extent to which five key sustainability competencies develop in students…

Management strategies for sustainability education, planning, design, energy conservation in California higher education

Panagiotis Petratos, Evangelia Damaskou

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the effects of campus sustainability planning to annual campus energy inflows and outflows in California higher education. The…

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