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• Recommendation 3: The promotion of events such as conferences, seminars and
workshops focused on raising awareness on sustainable development and the sharing of sustainable initiatives and practices.
• Recommendation 4: The establishment of collaborations and networks among
HEIs and other stakeholders, including the promotion of community outreach.
If successfully implemented and adapted to each HEI’s reality, these recommendations support the transformation of the university into living labs open to the community. It, therefore, promotes local and regional sustainable development generating
innovations, learning, knowledge sharing, and empowering both internal and external
communities to engage with the university and its initiatives. Sustainable buildings
reduces the environmental footprint of universities, while increasing the awareness of
the students, faculty and the local community; collaborative environments encourage
group thinking, multidisciplinary efforts and stimulate innovations; events promote
sharing of knowledge, experiences, initiatives, while also encouraging partnerships
and networks; multistakeholder collaborations and networks contribute to produce
innovations and initiatives that improve sustainable development.
Acknowledgements This study was conducted by the Research Center for Energy Efficiency and
Sustainability (Greens), from the University of Southern Santa Catarina (Unisul), in the context of
the project BRIDGE (Building Resilience in a Dynamic Global Economy: Complexity across scales
in the Brazilian Food-Water-Energy Nexus), funded by the Newton Fund, Fundação de Amparo
à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina and the Research Councils United Kingdom
(RCUK).
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areas in research on higher education for sustainable development e management education,
sustainable consumption and perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe. J Clean Prod 62:1–7.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.09.045
Anand CK, Bisaillon V, Vebster A, Amor B (2015) Integration of sustainable development in higher
education—a regional initiative in Quebec (Canada). J Clean Prod 108:916–923. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.134
Azeiteiro UM, Bacelar-Nicolau P, Caetano FJP, Caeiro S (2015) Education for sustainable development through e-learning in higher education: experiences from Portugal. J Clean Prod
106:308–319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.056
Bantanur S, Mukherjee M, Shankar R (2015) Emerging dimensions of sustainability in institutes
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2015.03.004
Bardin L (2011) Content analysis. Edições 70, São Paulo
Berchin II, Grando VS, Marcon GA, Corseuil L, Guerra JBSOA (2017) Strategies to promote
sustainability in higher education institutions: a case study of a federal institute of higher education
in Brazil. Int J Sustain High Educ 18(7):1018–1038. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-06-20160102
Berchin II, Sima M, de Lima MA, Biesel S, dos Santos LP, Ferreira RV, Guerra JBSOA, Ceci
F (2018) The importance of international conferences on sustainable development as higher
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• Recommendation 3: The promotion of events such as conferences, seminars and
workshops focused on raising awareness on sustainable development and the sharing of sustainable initiatives and practices.
• Recommendation 4: The establishment of collaborations and networks among
HEIs and other stakeholders, including the promotion of community outreach.
If successfully implemented and adapted to each HEI’s reality, these recommendations support the transformation of the university into living labs open to the community. It, therefore, promotes local and regional sustainable development generating
innovations, learning, knowledge sharing, and empowering both internal and external
communities to engage with the university and its initiatives. Sustainable buildings
reduces the environmental footprint of universities, while increasing the awareness of
the students, faculty and the local community; collaborative environments encourage
group thinking, multidisciplinary efforts and stimulate innovations; events promote
sharing of knowledge, experiences, initiatives, while also encouraging partnerships
and networks; multistakeholder collaborations and networks contribute to produce
innovations and initiatives that improve sustainable development.
Acknowledgements This study was conducted by the Research Center for Energy Efficiency and
Sustainability (Greens), from the University of Southern Santa Catarina (Unisul), in the context of
the project BRIDGE (Building Resilience in a Dynamic Global Economy: Complexity across scales
in the Brazilian Food-Water-Energy Nexus), funded by the Newton Fund, Fundação de Amparo
à Pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina and the Research Councils United Kingdom
(RCUK).
References
Adomßent M, Fischer D, Godemann J, Herzig C, Otte I, Rieckmannn M, Timm J (2014) Emerging
areas in research on higher education for sustainable development e management education,
sustainable consumption and perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe. J Clean Prod 62:1–7.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.09.045
Anand CK, Bisaillon V, Vebster A, Amor B (2015) Integration of sustainable development in higher
education—a regional initiative in Quebec (Canada). J Clean Prod 108:916–923. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.134
Azeiteiro UM, Bacelar-Nicolau P, Caetano FJP, Caeiro S (2015) Education for sustainable development through e-learning in higher education: experiences from Portugal. J Clean Prod
106:308–319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.056
Bantanur S, Mukherjee M, Shankar R (2015) Emerging dimensions of sustainability in institutes
of higher education in India. Int J Sust Built Environ 4:323–329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.
2015.03.004
Bardin L (2011) Content analysis. Edições 70, São Paulo
Berchin II, Grando VS, Marcon GA, Corseuil L, Guerra JBSOA (2017) Strategies to promote
sustainability in higher education institutions: a case study of a federal institute of higher education
in Brazil. Int J Sustain High Educ 18(7):1018–1038. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-06-20160102
Berchin II, Sima M, de Lima MA, Biesel S, dos Santos LP, Ferreira RV, Guerra JBSOA, Ceci
F (2018) The importance of international conferences on sustainable development as higher