Processes, strategies and practices for turning the University of Crete into a sustainable university

• Authors: Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis , Vassilios Makrakis
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper, we look at the University of Crete experience to integrate the concept of sustainable development across all its operations. Through a review of current sustainability practices of universities worldwide, this paper has identified a number of principles for developing a sustainable university. These principles are then used as a framework for analysing the sustainable initiatives being implemented at the University of Crete in the context of the Reorient University Curricula to Address Sustainability (RUCAS) project - an EU-Tempus initiative. This effort has been backed-up by two research studies, which indicate the urgent need for institutionalising sustainability across all university functions.

Keywords

EN

sustainable university; RUCAS; Tempus; the University of Crete; education for sustainability

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 5-22

Dates

published

2012-01-01

online

2013-06-08

Contributors

author

Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis

• University of Crete, Greece

author

Vassilios Makrakis

• University of Crete, Greece

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10230-012-0001-2