An in-depth literature review of the evolving roles and contributions of universities to education for sustainable development

B Karatzoglou - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2013 - Elsevier
Universities have been consistently considered significant contributors to the pursuit of
regional sustainability initiatives for over two decades. The composite nature of sustainable …

Social media for environmental sustainability awareness in higher education

S Hamid, MT Ijab, H Sulaiman, R Md. Anwar… - International Journal of …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The explosion of social media use such as Facebook among higher education
students is deemed to have great potential in widely disseminating environmental …

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food waste behaviour of young people

A Burlea-Schiopoiu, RF Ogarca, CM Barbu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of this research is to analyse the way young people perceive the food waste
process, as well as the determinants and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the …

A simple awareness campaign to promote food waste reduction in a University canteen

RS Pinto, RM dos Santos Pinto, FFS Melo… - Waste management, 2018 - Elsevier
Food waste has important environmental, social and economic impacts and increasing
attention has been given lately to the unparalleled scale of food waste in the food supply …

Assessing the carbon footprint of a university campus using a life cycle assessment approach

R Clabeaux, M Carbajales-Dale, D Ladner… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
To respond to anthropogenic effects on the global climate system, higher education
institutions are assessing and aiming to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The …

Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in European higher education institutions–Top-down versus participatory …

A Disterheft, SSF da Silva Caeiro, MR Ramos… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2012 - Elsevier
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) have been implemented on a large scale to
improve companies' environmental performance and to certify their achievements. More …

An approach to the implementation of sustainability practices in Spanish universities

ML Jorge, JH Madueno, MYC Cejas… - Journal of cleaner …, 2015 - Elsevier
Sustainability issues in higher educational institutions have attracted increasing levels of
attention from both the public and policy makers in recent decades. A number of previous …

Assessment of sustainable university factors from the perspective of university students

M Nejati, M Nejati - Journal of Cleaner production, 2013 - Elsevier
Given the growing global interest on the university's role towards promoting sustainability,
an increasing number of universities are committing themselves to sustainability …

Sustainable development policies as indicators and pre-conditions for sustainability efforts at universities: fact or fiction?

W Leal Filho, LL Brandli, D Becker… - International Journal of …, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose There is a widely held belief that sustainable development (SD) policies are
essential for universities to successfully engage in matters related to sustainability, and are …

Using Bloom's Taxonomy to teach sustainability in multiple contexts

E Pappas, O Pierrakos, R Nagel - Journal of cleaner production, 2013 - Elsevier
Developmental instruction in four sustainability contexts (social, environmental, economic,
technical) in an engineering design curriculum offers a strong foundation and framework …