Development of the Green-Campus Programme in Ireland: Ensuring Continuity of Environmental Education and Action for Sustainable Development Throughout the Irish Education System

The role of planning in implementing sustainable development in a higher education context

“…Additionally, to foster a change to a new approach of sustainability at universities, community engagement must be considered (Roseland, 2000;Yanez et al, 2018). At this point it is relevant to stress the importance of actively involving the student community as the main change agents in any serious attempt at implementing sustainable development across higher education institutions (Ryan-Fogarty et al, 2016).…”

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

“…Comparing non-green campuses and schools to our campus should also yield additional information about the experiment described in this paper (Dagiliüte et al , 2018; Ryan-Fogarty et al , 2016).…”

“…A study by Zen et al (2016) discusses the potential of a waste minimization approach for campus sustainability and shows the first-hand experience of the sustainability science approach implemented in campus sustainability. Regarding the Green Campus Flag, Ryan-Fogarty et al (2016) describe the evolution and development of the Green Campus programme in Ireland, presenting a flexible, dynamic framework that international policymakers and NGOs can emulate to promote lasting ESD programmes that are responsive, as well as responsible. Kirrane et al (2016) focus on University College Cork, the first university awarded the Green flag, describing its experience, tools and recommendations in the process of obtaining a STARS Gold rating.…”

Evaluating the Use of Intervarsity Bioblitz as an Engagement and Reporting Tool for Biodiversity in Green and Blue Spaces on Urban Campuses: A Case Study of Irish Universities

“…The Green Campus Programme is an environmental education programme and award system based on the Eco-Schools Programme coordinated in Ireland by An Taisce and internationally by The Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) (Ryan-Fogarty et al 2016). FEE is the world's largest environmental education organisation, recognised by UNESCO and UNEP as a global leader in Education for Sustainable Development (Foundation for Environmental Education 2019b).…”