Barriers to integral sustainability in university
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Promotion of Sustainable Development; Higher education; Barriers to integral sustainability; University.Abstract
During 2015, there have been significant developments in the promotion of Sustainable Development at international level, such as the statement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP 21 and the publication of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato si´, addressed to all people of good will, on integral ecology and urging an ecological conversation.
In the 25 years following the Talloires Declaration until now, changes have been made within many universities, including the implementation and promotion of sustainability, especially in economic and environmental dimension. However, the integration of these changes has made less progress in the social integration dimension. There are still many challenges within university curriculum and their members to make sustainable development a reality in higher education. Intends to introduce the necessary changes so that sustainability is implemented within all grade levels, and especially within the mission of the university as an example of environmental sustainability.
Based on interviews with members of the university community and with the participatory process of the strategic sustainability integral plan led in our University, possible barriers were analysed in higher education, that prevent the implementation of such change period, some proposals were suggested to overcome and enhance sustainability at the University.
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Azcárate, P., Navarrete, A. y García, E. (2012). Aproximación al nivel de inclusión de la sostenibilidad en los curricula universitarios. Profesorado: Revista de curriculum y formación del profesorado, 16(2), 105-119.
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CRUE-Sostenibilidad (2012) Directrices para la introducción de la Sostenibilidad en el Currículum. Descargable en: http://www.crue.org/Documentos%20compartidos/Declaraciones/Directrices_Sosteniblidad_Crue2012.pdf
CRUE-Sostenibilidad (2015) Herramienta de autodiagnóstico de la sostenibilidad ambiental para las universidades españolas.
Disterheft A et al (2012) “Environmental Management Systems (EMS) implementation processes and practices in European higher education institutions – Top-down versus participatory approaches”, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 31, pp. 80-90.
Ferrer-Balas D, Adachi J, Banas S, Davidson C I, Hoshikoshi A, Mishra A, et al (2010). An International Comparative Analysis of Sustainability Transformation across Seven Universities. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 9(3), 295-316.
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Leal Filho, W. (2010). Teaching sustainable development at university level: current trends and future needs. Journal of Baltic Science Education 9, 273-284.
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UNESCO (2014b). Hoja de ruta para la ejecución del Programa de Acción Mundial de Educación para el Desarrollo Sostenible. Descargable en: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0023/002305/230514s.pdf
Velazquez, L., Munguia, N., & Sanchez, M. (2005). Deterring sustainability in higher education institutions: An appraisal of the factors which influence sustainability in higher education institutions. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 6(4), 383-391.
Vilches Peña, A., y Gil Pérez, D. (2015). Ciencia de la Sostenibilidad: ¿Una nueva disciplina o un nuevo enfoque para todas las disciplinas?. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación, vol. 69, num. 1, p. 39-60. Descargable en: http://rieoei.org/deloslectores/7025.pdf
Wals, A.E. (2012). Shaping the Education of Tomorrow: 2012 Report on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, commissioned by UNESCO.
Wals, A.E. (2014). Sustainability in higher education in the context of the UN DESD: a review of learning and institutionalization processes. Journal of Cleaner Production 62, 8-15.
Wiek, A., Withycombe, L. y Redman, C. L. (2011). Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development. Sustainability Science, 6(2), 203-218.
Wright, T. (2010). University presidents’ conceptualizations of sustainability in higher education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 11(1), 61-73.
Wright, T. S., y Wilton, H. (2012). Facilities management directors’ conceptualizations of sustainability in higher education. Journal of Cleaner Production, 31, 118-125.
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Albareda Tiana, S., Fernández Morilla, M., Mallarach Carrera, J. M., & Vidal Ramèntol, S. (2017). Barriers to integral sustainability in university. Iberoamerican Journal of Education, 73, 253–272. https://doi.org/10.35362/rie730301
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