Foreword
I am delighted to write this foreword, not only because Dr. Abu Zahrim is one of my
strong team members engaging with the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
EcoCampus agenda, but because I believe deeply in the educative values of green
engineering toward sustainability. Indeed, I am glad and impressed that Dr. Abu and
his team members mainly from the engineering background have taken the initiative
to publish some of the evidence-based solutions and innovative technologies to
underpin and support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
in the campus community which could set an example to other sectors and businesses. Dr. Abu is a very dedicated and productive researcher with a strong interest
in composting toward zero food waste. He is an efficient decision-maker with works
always completed ahead of time in which this character has made him one of the very
valuable contributors to our sustainability initiatives in campus. In addition, Dr. Abu
has a heartily commitment to empower the stakeholders in campus and local community by sharing his knowledge and research findings as well as giving technical
support. I strongly believe that this book written by him and researchers from various
countries with innovative ideas, evidence-based good practices, and technical
information will definitely benefit the readers.
Sabah is blessed with abundant resources. UMS is presently one of the two
public universities in Sabah which has strong academic and research strengths in
the environment-related field, besides having a beautiful and scenery campus. UMS
has striven to cultivate environmental citizenship among students and staff through
university activities, practices, and operations, besides contributing toward the
sustainability of the local and global environment especially since the commitment
to be a leading model of the “new flagship EcoCampus” in 2013.
The United Nations’ Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development with 17 SDGs and their associated 169 targets were
agreed by all countries in September 2015. Education and research are explicitly
recognized in a number of the SDGs, and universities have a direct role in
addressing these. Universities have a vital role to act a steward of development
sustainability through teaching and learning, research, infrastructure development,
management and operational practices and campus experience.
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I am delighted to write this foreword, not only because Dr. Abu Zahrim is one of my
strong team members engaging with the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
EcoCampus agenda, but because I believe deeply in the educative values of green
engineering toward sustainability. Indeed, I am glad and impressed that Dr. Abu and
his team members mainly from the engineering background have taken the initiative
to publish some of the evidence-based solutions and innovative technologies to
underpin and support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
in the campus community which could set an example to other sectors and businesses. Dr. Abu is a very dedicated and productive researcher with a strong interest
in composting toward zero food waste. He is an efficient decision-maker with works
always completed ahead of time in which this character has made him one of the very
valuable contributors to our sustainability initiatives in campus. In addition, Dr. Abu
has a heartily commitment to empower the stakeholders in campus and local community by sharing his knowledge and research findings as well as giving technical
support. I strongly believe that this book written by him and researchers from various
countries with innovative ideas, evidence-based good practices, and technical
information will definitely benefit the readers.
Sabah is blessed with abundant resources. UMS is presently one of the two
public universities in Sabah which has strong academic and research strengths in
the environment-related field, besides having a beautiful and scenery campus. UMS
has striven to cultivate environmental citizenship among students and staff through
university activities, practices, and operations, besides contributing toward the
sustainability of the local and global environment especially since the commitment
to be a leading model of the “new flagship EcoCampus” in 2013.
The United Nations’ Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development with 17 SDGs and their associated 169 targets were
agreed by all countries in September 2015. Education and research are explicitly
recognized in a number of the SDGs, and universities have a direct role in
addressing these. Universities have a vital role to act a steward of development
sustainability through teaching and learning, research, infrastructure development,
management and operational practices and campus experience.
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