Education for Sustainable Development: Experiences from Action Research with Science Teachers

• Main Authors: Kostoulas-Makrakis Nelly, Makrakis Vassilios
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2012-01-01
• Series: Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education
• Subjects: sustainable university; rucas; tempus; the university of crete; education for sustainability
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10230-012-0001-2

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.