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Declarations for sustainability in higher education : becoming better leaders, through addressing the university systemLozano, Rodrigo ...In spite of a number of Sustainable Development (SD) initiatives and an increasing number of universities becoming engaged with SD, most higher education institutions (HEIs) continue to be ... traditional, and rely upon Newtonian and Cartesian reductionist and mechanistic paradigms. As a result many universities are still lagging behind companies in helping societies become more sustainable. This paper analyses the texts of eleven declarations, charters, and partnerships developed for HEIs, which can be considered to represent university leadersć intentions to help improve the effectiveness of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The analysis was done against two sets of criteria: (1) the university system, including curricula, research, physical plant operations, outreach and engagement with stakeholders, and assessment and reporting; and (2) the texts' complexity, number of bullet points, and number of words. The analysis was done continuously; whenever a new element was found in a text it was added to the university system (first criteria set) and applied to the analysis of the other texts. In this way, the system was augmented with the following elements: collaborating with other universities; fostering transdisciplinarity; making SD an integral part of the institutional framework; creating on-campus life experiences; and 'Educating-the-Educators'.The authors of the paper propose that for universities to become sustainability leaders and change drivers, they must ensure that the needs of present and future generations be better understood and built upon, so that professionals who are well versed in SD can effectively educate students of 'all ages' to help make the transition to 'sustainable societal patterns'. In order to do so, university leaders and staff must be empowered to catalyse and implement new paradigms, and ensure that SD is the 'Golden Thread' throughout the entire university system.Source: Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU) 2010, European Roundtable of Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP) 2010 (Vol. 48, 2013, str. 10-19)Type of material - conference contributionPublish date - 2013Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 15835414
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Kovačič Lukman, Rebeka | 25662 |
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