EDUCATION FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
AT DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY
“Universities are public
institutions, which must assume a leading role in creating environmental
awareness and in promoting possible solutions to existing problems.
This can be achieved by changing their management practices as well as
curriculum content. Universities can
become model centres for sustainable practice and set an example to other public
and private institutions.”
~S. Calvo Roy, J.
Benayas and J. Gutiérrez Pérez
in D. Tilbury, R.B. Stevenson, J. Fien and D. Schreuder
Education and Sustainability: Responding to the Global
Challenge
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication
Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, 2002
During Spring semester, 2007, students in Environment and Society (SOC 422/522
COD 522) conducted an inventory of current sustainability practices on the DSU
campus, as well as attitudes of various groups towards campus efforts at
creating a more sustainable university. Results were presented at a
community meeting on May 1, 2007, at the Center for Community and Economic
Development.
View the slideshow from the community meeting on May 1
View photos from the community meeting on May 1
Additional
Links:
United Nations/UNESCO Education for Sustainable
Development
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
Sustainable Campus Information Center
Sustainable Development Education Action Network (Scotland)
Education for Sustainable Development Website
Global Development Research Center
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
International Development Research Centre/Centre for Environment Education
Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
International Association of Universities