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Luciana Londero Brandli; Giovana Reginatto; Amanda Lange Salvia; Pedro Henrique Carretta Diniz – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This paper aims to describe the academic community's perspectives about climate change learning and engagement opportunities by means of a case study at the University of Passo Fundo, Brazil. Design/methodology/approach: A set of interviews and focus groups were conducted, and data collection focused on three main groups, namely,…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Attitude Change
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Gomes, Luciana Paulo; Caetano, Marcelo Oliveira; Brand, Susana Margarida; Dai-Prá, Léa Beatriz; Pereira, Brenda Natalia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to present the environmental management system implemented at UNISINOS and demonstrate some of the main results obtained in more than 15 years carrying out the environmental management of the campuses in São Leopoldo and Porto Alegre. The focus is on the main environmental impacts: electricity consumption, water…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Energy, Water, Sanitation
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Cassiana Maris Lima Cruz; Igor Grotto Bosa; Camila Kolling; Janine Fleith de Medeiros; José Luís Duarte Ribeiro – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: This study aims to understand the perception of young people regarding different communication strategies to promote proenvironmental disposal behavior. Based on the attention-interest-desire-action (AIDA) model, the study analyses how university students react to different communication approaches used by a university aiming at the…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Wastes, Sanitation, Environmental Education
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Yasuoka, Jorge; Cordeiro, Gabrielly Araújo; Brittes, José Luiz Pereira; Cooper Ordóñez, Robert Eduardo; Bajay, Sergio Valdir; Nunes, Eduardo – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: There is a great interest in developing eco-friendly operations as alternative uses of resources in the university campus, making the employment of technologies more sustainable. Practices such as energy management and efficiency initiatives have been encouraged to meet these sustainability goals. The purpose of this paper is to describe…
Descriptors: Internet, Energy Conservation, Campuses, Universities
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de Oliveira, D. B.; Becker, R. W.; Sirtori, C.; Passos, C. G. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2021
It is essential to develop a safety culture with the participation of university teachers and students in actions and studies that can contribute to safer and more sustainable practices in academic laboratories. The present work analyzes the potential of a training program to raise awareness and establish environmental education and green…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Environmental Education, Sanitation, College Science
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Ottoni, Marianna; Fonseca, Diego Luiz; Pertel, Monica – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to discuss to what extent are WMPs practical tools for circular and sustainable waste management in universities, presenting, therefore, a case study of the usage of WMP in the Brazilian public universities and comparing this scenario with the international context. Design/methodology/approach: The WMPs were identified by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Colleges, Sanitation, Recycling
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de Souza, Vanessa Maria; Rodrigues, Alessandra – Digital Education Review, 2022
This study seeks to identify Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) principles for producing Digital Storytelling (DS) in Investigation Group (IG) among Brazilian basic education students, based on socio-scientific themes. This investigation used qualitative research. The methodological path consisted of developing IG activities aimed at…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Technology Uses in Education, Learning Activities, Foreign Countries
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Gomes Junior, José Carmino; Dalila Corbari, Sandra; Kniess, Cláudia Terezinha; Nogueira da Silva, Gérsica Moraes; Piontkewicz, Simone Caroline; de Souza Melo, Maiara; Silveira Carbone, Amanda; Mantovaneli, Oklinger, Jr.; Martins Sobral, Maria do Carmo; Philippi Junior, Arlindo; Fernandez, Felipe; de Aguiar Dutra, Ana Regina; Birch, Robert Samuel; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade; Sampaio, Carlos Alberto Cioce – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This paper aim to propose a methodological mapping approach for the evaluation of dissertations and theses of graduate programs in the area of environmental sciences in Brazil in relation to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: The research is characterized as exploratory with qualitative/quantitative…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Well Being, Correlation
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Ibiapina, Iveltyma Roosemalen Passos; Leocadio, Aurio; Lazaro, Jose Carlos; Romero, Claudia Buhamra Abreu – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2021
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between cultural components and municipal solid waste (MSW) disposal individual practices in the context of Brazilian and German university students. To achieve this goal, we chose to conduct qualitative research with ethnographic inspiration, exploratory and descriptive nature. For one year, the…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Sanitation, Recycling
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Barros, Murillo Vetroni; Puglieri, Fabio Neves; Tesser, Daniel Poletto; Kuczynski, Oksana; Piekarski, Cassiano Moro – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020
Purpose: Some universities have a commitment to both academic education and sustainable development, and the sustainable development goals can support several sustainable actions that universities may take as principles and attitudes. From this perspective, the purpose of this study is to present environmentally sustainable practices at a federal…
Descriptors: Sanitation, Conservation (Environment), Plastics, Energy Conservation
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Dalla Gasperina, Liane; Mazutti, Janaina; Londero Brandli, Luciana; dos Santos Rabello, Roberto – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: Smart campuses can be seen as the future of higher education efforts, especially for their contributions to sustainability and to encourage innovation. This paper aims to present the benefits of smart practices in a Higher Education Institutions and highlights its connections to the sustainable development goals (SDGs).…
Descriptors: Universities, Sustainable Development, Educational Innovation, Objectives
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Grandisoli, Edson; Jacobi, Pedro Roberto – World Journal of Education, 2020
The sustainability pedagogy has been considered a central framework for projects in Education for Sustainability due to its importance of equipping people with knowledge, values, skills, attitudes, and behaviors compatible with sustainability. Despite its theoretical-practical importance, there is still a gap in works that demonstrate its actual…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment), Sanitation
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Nolasco, Elaine; Vieira Duraes, Pedro Henrique; Pereira Gonçalves, Júlia; de Oliveira, Maria Cristina; Monteiro de Abreu, Lucijane; Nascimento de Almeida, Alexandre – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Universities are an example of institutions that aggregate people around work/study who consume water, energy and produce waste daily in their activities, generating an impact on the environment. The purpose of this study is to determine the quantity, composition and recycling potential of waste generated at the Faculdade UnB Planaltina…
Descriptors: Universities, Sanitation, Wastes, Hazardous Materials
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Berchin, Issa Ibrahim; Grando, Vanessa dos Santos; Marcon, Gabriela Almeida; Corseuil, Louise; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to analyze strategies that promote sustainability in higher education institutions (HEIs), focusing on the case study of a federal institute of higher education in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach: The research was based on a scientific literature review on sustainability in HEIs, to identify the recurrent actions for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainability, Change Strategies, Case Studies
Vestena, Carla Luciane Blum; Piske, Fernanda Hellen Ribeiro – Online Submission, 2017
A research gap exists with regard to the analysis of school children and adolescents' awareness on environmental issues. Current investigation analyzes data of 240 children and adolescents, aged between 8 and 14 years, within different school contexts in the mid-southern region of Brazil, on their knowledge level and moral judgment on solid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Moral Values, Children
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