International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 18 Issue 7
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Ecological regional analysis applied to campus sustainability performance
Shana Weber, Julie Newman, Adam HillSustainability performance in higher education is often evaluated at a generalized large scale. It remains unknown to what extent campus efforts address regional…
Higher education institutions: a strategy towards sustainability
Fabricio Casarejos, Mauricio Nogueira Frota, Laura Morten GustavsonThe purpose of this paper is to guide higher education institutions (HEIs) in accomplishing sustainability goals while strengthening their associated systems and…
Strategies to promote sustainability in higher education institutions: A case study of a federal institute of higher education in Brazil
Issa Ibrahim Berchin, Vanessa dos Santos Grando, Gabriela Almeida Marcon, Louise Corseuil, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade GuerraThis paper aims to analyze strategies that promote sustainability in higher education institutions (HEIs), focusing on the case study of a federal institute of higher…
Comparing pedagogies for plastic waste management at university level
Siu-Kit Yeung, Wing-Mui Winnie So, Nga-Yee Irene Cheng, Tsz-Yan Cheung, Cheuk-Fai ChowThis paper aims to compare the learning outcomes of gaming simulation and guided inquiry in sustainability education on plastic waste management. The current study targets…
Assessing the role of college as a sustainability communication channel
Alisa P. Lertpratchya, John C. Besley, Adam Zwickle, Bruno Takahashi, Cameron Thomas WhitleyThe purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of higher education institution as a sustainability communication channel. The theory of planned behavior was used…
Defining sustainability in higher education: a rhetorical analysis
Christian R. WeisserThe purpose of this paper is to examine the diverse definitions of sustainability in higher education, focusing on the rhetorical uses of the term among various…
Sustainability consciousness of pre-service teachers in Pakistan
Qudsia Kalsoom, Afifa Khanam, Uzma QuraishiThe purpose of this paper is to draw attention towards sustainability consciousness (SC) of pre-service teachers (student teachers) as their role is central in teaching…
Experiential learning for engaging nutrition undergraduates with sustainability
Judith Maher, Sarah BurkhartThe purpose of this paper is to describe students’ self-reported learning from engaging in an experiential learning task designed to develop their understanding of…
Effective strategies for enhancing waste management at university campuses
Kianoosh Ebrahimi, Leslie A. NorthThe purpose of this study is to identify and assess the waste management strategies that should be priorities for higher education institutions. The role of policy…
How low can you go?: Understanding ecological footprint reduction in university students, faculty and staff
Matthew Lambert, Katherine Kao CushingThe purpose of this paper is to describe the impacts of an ecological footprint (EF) reduction campaign on the pro-environmental behavior of university students, faculty…
Low factual understanding and high anxiety about climate warming impedes university students to become sustainability stewards: An Australian case study
Sebastian Pfautsch, Tonia GrayThis study, from Western Sydney University, aims to assess the disposition of students towards climate warming (CW) – a key component of sustainability. CW is a global…
Promoting sustainable development implementation in higher education: Universities in South Africa
Bankole Awuzie, Fidelis EmuzeThis study aims to review the zeal exhibited by universities in South Africa towards aligning institutional mandates of teaching, learning, research and community…
Comparing faculty perceptions of sustainability teaching at two US universities
Ashlee Tziganuk, Travis GliedtThis study aims to examine and compare faculty perceptions of the process of institutionalizing sustainability, developing sustainability pedagogy and activating key…
Developing pro-environmental behaviour: ecotourism fieldtrip and experiences
Ding Hooi Ting, Charles Fang Chin ChengThis study aims to assess the effectiveness of a student participatory approach and assessment to achieve an environmentally friendly behaviour and change strategy.
Mapping sustainability efforts at the Claremont colleges
Tanja Srebotnjak, Lee Michelle NorgaardThe purpose of this study is to map and analyze sustainability activities and relationships at the seven Claremont Colleges and graduate institutions using social network…
Students’ attitudes to solid waste management in a Nigerian university: Implications for campus-based sustainability education
Ayodeji Peter Ifegbesan, Biodun Ogunyemi, Isaac T. RampediWaste management is a critical element of the campus sustainability movement in which Nigerian universities are yet to actively participate. The purpose of this study was…
Assessing sustainability curriculum: from transmissive to transformative approaches
Greta C. Gaard, Jarod Blades, Mary WrightThis paper aims to describe a two-stage sustainability curriculum assessment, providing tools and strategies for other faculty to use in implementing their own…
Promoting sustainability in a college café by opposite-sex cashiers
Sigal Tifferet, Niv Rosenblit, Maya ShalevPeople engage in green consumption for many reasons, both conscious and unconscious. This paper aims to draw on evolutionary psychology to propose that hard-wired mating…
A study of goal frames shaping pro-environmental behaviour in university students
Arpita Chakraborty, Manvendra Pratap Singh, Mousumi RoyThe purpose of this paper is to examine the role of university in shaping pro-environmental behaviour in students.
An empirical assessment of administration and planning activity and their impact on the realization of sustainability-related initiatives and programs in higher education
Elizabeth Semeraro, Neil M. BoydAdministrators in higher-education settings routinely create planning documents that help steer the organization in mission-centric ways. In the area of sustainability…
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