Driving the Energy Transition at Maastricht University? Analysing the Transformative Potential of the Student-Driven and Staff-Supported Maastricht University Green Office

Spira, Felix; Baker-Shelley, Alexander

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08837-2_15

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“…The Green Office Model cuts across these divisions of student community and the university, and of policy and execution, to create a sustainability platform that empowers students and staff to embed sustainability in the curriculum, research, operations, community and governance. It creates a bridge between the student community and the university in policy execution, through its team of students and staff jointly implementing projects (Spira and Baker-Shelley, 2015). It may also be active in policy-making by writing policies or reports itself or in collaboration with a sustainability committee.…”

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The role of green and Sustainability Offices in fostering sustainability efforts at higher education institutions

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: The Green Office Model and The Sustainability Office Modelmentioning

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The role of green and Sustainability Offices in fostering sustainability efforts at higher education institutions

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“…Students are an important agent for sustainable development [12] and the time has come to harness their potential as a change agent without hesitation [13]. One of the institutions capable of promoting awareness of solid waste management in the community is the university.…”

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Student’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception (KAP) to Solid Waste Management: A Survey towards a More Circular Economy from a Rural-Based Tertiary Institution in South Africa

2022

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Students of Higher Educational institutions (HEIs) are regarded as major stakeholders of an institution and key agents of transformation in society. Thus, the environmental knowledge of students in academic institutions is instrumental in providing a solution to the solid waste menace and other environmental problems in the community. However, there exists a wide rural–urban gap in transitioning towards sustainable development across HEIs. This informed the current study examining the knowledge, attitude, and perception (KAP) of students at a rural-based educational institution on solid waste management. It also aimed to learn about the institution’s current practices regarding solid waste management and identify steps that can be taken to move the institution closer to a circular economy goal. This study presents the KAP results from a survey of 376 students from nine schools at the University of Venda for the conceptualization of a circular economy (CE) vision for the university. The results show that the knowledge of the students on solid waste management was low and inadequate. However, students are willing to partake in recycling projects to improve the current environmental state of the institution. This study also revealed that some of the students (41%) require motivation to participate in recycling schemes through economic incentives. Increasing awareness of environmental education and initiating participatory environmental programs and strengthening 3 of the key sustainability competencies is recommended as an effective tool to transition to a circular economy in the institution. Further studies are recommended in areas of gamified learning for CE and capital generation from waste for capacity building.

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“…Spira [51] mentions students are agents of change and are part of sustainable development's effects and it is time to transform the student's potential into action. Levin [52] mentions that universities must put students at the center of their activities for environmental education because students are producers of universities outcomes and their involvement is fundamental to all improvement [48][49][50][51][52].…”

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Environmental Education and Student’s Perception, for Sustainability

2019

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Environmental education and education for the environment today play an important role toward sustainability. Environmental education provided by higher education institutions has an important impact on training and preparing the future generation for a green society. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship among perception, attitude, and environmental behavior of the university students enrolled in different specialization fields (engineering electrical, mechanical, and economic). A total of 358 students participated in this survey conducted at the North Center University of Baia Mare. To collect data to measure students’ environmental education, perception, students’ attitudes, and behavior a Likert scale was used. In this study, it was revealed that students receiving academic education are involved in activities regarding environmental protection (volunteer, warning, participation, recycling of materials) using the new product and “greener” alternative energy. As a result of the t-test performed, it was put forward that there was no difference in their level of perception regarding the importance of environmental education. As a result of the correlation analysis, a positive relation was identified between the perception, attitude, and behavior variables.

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Driving the Energy Transition at Maastricht University? Analysing the Transformative Potential of the Student-Driven and Staff-Supported Maastricht University Green Office

Cited by 7 publications

References 26 publications

The role of green and Sustainability Offices in fostering sustainability efforts at higher education institutions

The role of green and Sustainability Offices in fostering sustainability efforts at higher education institutions

Student’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception (KAP) to Solid Waste Management: A Survey towards a More Circular Economy from a Rural-Based Tertiary Institution in South Africa

Environmental Education and Student’s Perception, for Sustainability

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