Environmental management of sustainable university campuses

The environmental crisis, pattern of unbridled consumption associated with intensive production model in natural resources usage provokes deep transformations in Nature, as well as the mindset of green thinking and acting, bringing enlightenment to Sustainable Development concept. For instance, the...

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Autores:
Guimarães Trigo, Aline Monteiro
Maruyama, Úrsula
Aires Trigo, José
Martínez-Sánchez, Paola María Teresa
Ramírez Pinzón, Iván Andrés
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2020
Institución:
Universidad El Bosque
Repositorio:
Repositorio U. El Bosque
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/5119
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/5119
Palabra clave:
Environmental management
Higher education
Sustainability
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openAccess
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Summary:The environmental crisis, pattern of unbridled consumption associated with intensive production model in natural resources usage provokes deep transformations in Nature, as well as the mindset of green thinking and acting, bringing enlightenment to Sustainable Development concept. For instance, the afore mentioned topic becomes the global agenda. This scenario is not apart from universities: this fact does not apply only including environmental subjects in curricula, but also in rethinking campuses daily operations and their adaptation to sustainability parameters. In this sense, the present article aims to discuss the relevance of including the environmental dimension in management action plan on university campuses, pursuing a convergence with main governmental and nongovernmental recommendations. Therefore, this bibliographic research, in qualitative and exploratory basis, intend to present a global environmental state of art towards a Brazilian viewpoint.