Sustainable Campuses as Living Labs for Sustainable Development: An Overview of a Brazilian Community University

Berchin, Issa Ibrahim; Amorim, Wellyngton Silva de; Valduga, Isabela Blasi; Heerdt, Mauri Luiz; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade

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“…Indo ao encontro dos postulados de Leal Filho et al (2021b), Berchin et al (2020), Gomez e Derr (2021), Kilkiş (2017), e outros autores, sustenta-se a tese do campus da universidade como laboratório vivo para a sustentabilidade, pontuando dessa maneira que as IES podem assumir a ponta de lança na implantação da Agenda 2030 modulando as suas próprias práticas.…”

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“…Nesse sentido, Berchin et al (2020) apresentam o caso de uma universidade comunitária catarinense, na qual constataram práticas sustentáveis tais como: geração de energia solar fotovoltaica; pro-gramas de eficiência energética; gerenciamento sustentável de resíduos, incluindo reciclagem, redução de geração de papel, separação seletiva de resíduos e compostagem de resíduos orgânicos; coleta de água da chuva e reutilização em laboratórios de arquitetura, engenharia e química; tratamento de águas residuais e reutilização no complexo aquático.…”

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“…Pode-se inferir que essas práticas incluem medidas de economia de energia, gestão de resíduos, redução de CO 2 e gestão da água, o que é compatível com as práticas que foram constatadas por Berchin et al (2020) no caso catarinense.…”

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Impacto das ciências ambientais na Agenda 2030 da ONU: Vol. 2

Sampaio,

Philippi Junior,

Sobral

2023

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Este livro representa a continuidade dos esforços da Área de Ciências Ambientais em refletir sobre os avanços, os potenciais e os desafios de promover conhecimento e formar novos talentos e gerar impactos na sociedade. Além de abordar o estado da arte da avaliação de impacto da pós-graduação e trazer iniciativas inovadoras nesse sentido, a obra representa os esforços de articulação e de trabalho em rede que os programas de pós-graduação (PPG) em Ciências Ambientais têm empreendido. Reunidos em clusters temáticos, os programas da Área têm buscado fortalecer sua atuação e impacto, além de materializar e avaliar o processo de incorporação e de implementação dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Agenda 2030 da ONU. A estruturação de clusters temáticos agregou PPG de diversas regiões do país, alocados em diferentes biomas, categorias e estágios diferenciados de formação acadêmica Stricto Sensu. Os resultados registrados no contexto deste livro revelam a riqueza das diversas atividades de ensino, pesquisa e extensão que vêm sendo realizadas e apresentam perspectivas e estratégias futuras de ação conjuntas para consolidação da Área de Ciências Ambientais na vanguarda da promoção da sustentabilidade.

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Sampaio,

Philippi Junior,

Sobral

2023

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“…The number of HEIs committed to developing sustainable technologies in various areas of knowledge is increasing (Berchin et al 2020). According to Leal Filho (2020, p. 835), for such an aim to be successful, there must be 'the existence of a robust research programme with externally-funded projects handling sustainable development matters'.…”

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Sustainability practices at private universities: a state-of-the-art assessment

Filho

Kovaleva

Fritzen

et al. 2020

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ec

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Private universities are important actors in higher education, and also play a key role in the sustainability debate. But despite their importance, there a shortage of research on how sustainability is being implemented at private universities. Based on the need to address this gap, this paper investigates the nature and diversity of sustainability-based practices undertaken at private universities. It outlines the ways private universities see and perceive sustainability, and examines by means of a survey involving 10 universities from across all geographical regions which educate over 150.000 students, how these universities incorporate sustainabilityrelated practices, as part of their operations. The results suggest that, unlike their public counterparts, about half of the respondents stated that they do not have projects undertaken to promote sustainability in local communities or in their respective regions. Also, some private universities perceive themselves as leaders in sustainability in higher education, while some are still developing a more robust sustainability profile. The conclusions of the paper are that the special features related to sustainable development teaching and research at private universities need to be better identified, in order to involve them more on sustainability efforts. Also, whereas many of them are highly engaged on improving energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote sustainable water usage and promote sustainable landscaping, there is a need for them to also engage in other areas. Finally, private universities should engage on further efforts to increase their sustainability activities, which are beneficial to them in financial terms, as well as in respect of their image and the greening of their operations.

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“…Sustainable campus activities necessitate the implementation of practices that promote energy conservation and sustainable power production; sustainable transportation, such as encouraging the usage of bicycles, carpooling, and public transit; waste management; sustainable building construction and adaptation; water supply management; and health and safety [12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Higher education institutions serve as relevant higher education living laboratories by generating shared knowledge; integrating society and campus stakeholders; and addressing local and global social, economic, and environmental issues through the implementation of sustainable practices and the creation of cooperative environments; outreach programs; and water, electricity, and productive food campuses [19].…”

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Developing a Novel Index for Assessing and Managing the Contribution of Sustainable Campuses to Achieve UN SDGs

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Sustainable campuses have a substantial role to play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Worldwide, there are many rating schemes to assess universities’ sustainability; UI GreenMetric is one of the most common global rating schemes aimed at encouraging green campuses and university sustainability worldwide. However, none of the existing rating schemes quantitatively measure the contributions of the implementation of its assessment indicators to achieve SDGs. There is a shortage of information on how sustainable campuses contribute to achieving SDGs. Thus, this research aimed to develop a novel index to assess and manage the contributions of sustainable campuses certified by UI GreenMetric to achieve SDGs. This article proposes novel indices, the GreenMetric Indicator Contribution Index (GMICI) and the GreenMetric Sustainable Campus Index (GMSCI), to evaluate the contributions of implementing UI GreenMetric indicators for achieving the SDGs. By implementing questionnaire surveys, we collected the relevant data. Structured questionnaire surveys yielded 35 responses from experts. The contributions of UI GreenMetric indicators to achieving SDGs were evaluated using the Relative Importance Index (RII). The results indicated an important relationship between the GreenMetric indicator and SDGs 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,11, 12, 13 and 15. This research concludes that the proposed GMICI and GMSCI are a rigorous means for evaluating the contribution of UI GreenMetric indicators to UN-SDGs’ achievement.

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Sustainable Campuses as Living Labs for Sustainable Development: An Overview of a Brazilian Community University

Cited by 9 publications

References 35 publications

Impacto das ciências ambientais na Agenda 2030 da ONU: Vol. 2

Impacto das ciências ambientais na Agenda 2030 da ONU: Vol. 2

Sustainability practices at private universities: a state-of-the-art assessment

Developing a Novel Index for Assessing and Managing the Contribution of Sustainable Campuses to Achieve UN SDGs

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