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Table 9 Sustainable practices in green areas on campus
– Promotion of teaching and learning through classes and activities taking
advantage of the green areas
– Promotion of community appreciation as a result of sports and leisure activities
– Informal and non-formal learning opportunities through outreach activities,
connecting HEI and the local community
– Promotion of farm markets to encourage sustainable and organic agriculture
– Incentive to students’ organic farm or gardening projects inside university
campus
– Development of arbor programs, which can promote biodiversity and
contribute to green areas conservation and preservation
Table 9 summarizes and highlights the role that green areas in university campuses
play in the promotion of SDGs 4 and 15, considering the case study made and the
research for good practices.
5 Conclusions
Knowing the opinion of the academic community integrates the importance of SDGs
in society, in this case SDG 4 and SGD 15. Therefore, promoting environmental
education by encouraging the use and care of green areas of the campus should be
a management action, through the development of sustainable projects with social
actions, which have the function of interacting the faculty and students of the campus,
as well as the employees, that is, the whole community that attends daily the green
areas of the campus needs to learn from them and respect them.
The interaction between SDGs 4 and 15 on a university campus is not only
achieved by the presence of a preserved and wooded space, but also when the green
infrastructure of these spaces is worked in order to bring sustainability into the campus. Thus, the respondents of the questionnaire emphasized the need to identify the
tree species present on campus, a practice that stimulates the sustainable management of these ecosystems and facilitates the environmental experiences that promote
education for sustainability.
The events promoted on a university campus can also contribute to people’s awareness and sustainable posture. This is because, through ecological fairs, the local reality is worked out in connection with planetary reality, since these events promote
education for sustainability insofar as they stimulate and strengthen agriculture and
sustainable consumption. Along with this, the proper management of the green areas
of UPF’s main campus has ensured that many species threatened with extinction
or that have been commercially exploited for years are protected. Also, the Green
Report Card search for good and successful practices in the green spaces of university
campuses has shown that other actions can be applied at the UPF main campus.
L. L. Brandli et al.
Table 9 Sustainable practices in green areas on campus
– Promotion of teaching and learning through classes and activities taking
advantage of the green areas
– Promotion of community appreciation as a result of sports and leisure activities
– Informal and non-formal learning opportunities through outreach activities,
connecting HEI and the local community
– Promotion of farm markets to encourage sustainable and organic agriculture
– Incentive to students’ organic farm or gardening projects inside university
campus
– Development of arbor programs, which can promote biodiversity and
contribute to green areas conservation and preservation
Table 9 summarizes and highlights the role that green areas in university campuses
play in the promotion of SDGs 4 and 15, considering the case study made and the
research for good practices.
5 Conclusions
Knowing the opinion of the academic community integrates the importance of SDGs
in society, in this case SDG 4 and SGD 15. Therefore, promoting environmental
education by encouraging the use and care of green areas of the campus should be
a management action, through the development of sustainable projects with social
actions, which have the function of interacting the faculty and students of the campus,
as well as the employees, that is, the whole community that attends daily the green
areas of the campus needs to learn from them and respect them.
The interaction between SDGs 4 and 15 on a university campus is not only
achieved by the presence of a preserved and wooded space, but also when the green
infrastructure of these spaces is worked in order to bring sustainability into the campus. Thus, the respondents of the questionnaire emphasized the need to identify the
tree species present on campus, a practice that stimulates the sustainable management of these ecosystems and facilitates the environmental experiences that promote
education for sustainability.
The events promoted on a university campus can also contribute to people’s awareness and sustainable posture. This is because, through ecological fairs, the local reality is worked out in connection with planetary reality, since these events promote
education for sustainability insofar as they stimulate and strengthen agriculture and
sustainable consumption. Along with this, the proper management of the green areas
of UPF’s main campus has ensured that many species threatened with extinction
or that have been commercially exploited for years are protected. Also, the Green
Report Card search for good and successful practices in the green spaces of university
campuses has shown that other actions can be applied at the UPF main campus.