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of environmental green problems and the need for nature preservation; b) also during
the week, seedlings and seeds from the City´s Forest Garden were donated to the
community in the university hall; c) besides, university encouraged the tree planting
by the students, professors, and the university staff. To set up the “Green Trail”, the
university invited the group ‘Trail of Life’ to help with a sensory experience inside
the university lobby. Thus, everyone passing through it, with their eyes blindfolded,
had the opportunity to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.
Next, the “2nd. Green Week”, in 2012, prioritized workshops within the university, tree planting, and lectures focused on water saving and the use of medicinal
plants. These actions brought people from the community into the university with
the objective of working on environmental sustainability, with the slogan “With small
gestures, we move the world”.
On the “3rd Green Week” (2013), Uni-FACEF donated seedlings vouchers to the
entire academic community to collaborate with the expansion of sidewalk arborization in the city. In addition, students received guidance on planting trees on their
sidewalks. In the following year, the “4th Green Week” (2014) focused its efforts on
actions around Material Recycling Workshops encouraging reuse and the conscious
use of materials. The furniture, the result of the workshops, became a living environment for students and remained in the central hall of unit 2 until 2019, when they
were donated, as the university had to readjust the layout in view of the growing
number of students.
It is important to say with the first three-years of project, the actions were related
to the 15th SDG—Life on Land, and in “4th Green Week”, we started working with
the 12th SDG—Responsible Consumption and Production.
The “5th Green Week” (2015) with the theme “Sustainability: New Views”,
the university encouraged discussions of environmental sustainability among HEI´s
students and community members, through the several issues developed around the
theme, in social projects that take place at the university.
From the “6th. Green Week” (2016), the theme care and preservation with the
environment were linked with the Social Responsibility prioritizing care with the
individuals’ health. Therefore, at this time Uni-FACEF started to join “Green Week”
with the “Social Responsibility Week”. Many actions were promoted in the central
square of the city. Among the actions were: measurement of people’s blood pressure,
distribution of seedlings, awareness about proper disposal of garbage, donation of
litter-bags for use in cars, storytelling about the need for environmental preservation
for children, donation of books, among other actions, all the undergraduate courses
were involved especially: Medicine, Civil Engineering, Production Engineering,
Languages, Psychology, and Mathematics.
After this, between 2017 and 2019, the university continued encouraging “Green
Week” actions (7th, 8th, and 9th.) and linked them with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. “Social
Responsibility Week”. Students’ involvement in actions and activities took place
annually during this period, but the university needs to do more in SD.
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of environmental green problems and the need for nature preservation; b) also during
the week, seedlings and seeds from the City´s Forest Garden were donated to the
community in the university hall; c) besides, university encouraged the tree planting
by the students, professors, and the university staff. To set up the “Green Trail”, the
university invited the group ‘Trail of Life’ to help with a sensory experience inside
the university lobby. Thus, everyone passing through it, with their eyes blindfolded,
had the opportunity to understand the importance of taking care of the environment.
Next, the “2nd. Green Week”, in 2012, prioritized workshops within the university, tree planting, and lectures focused on water saving and the use of medicinal
plants. These actions brought people from the community into the university with
the objective of working on environmental sustainability, with the slogan “With small
gestures, we move the world”.
On the “3rd Green Week” (2013), Uni-FACEF donated seedlings vouchers to the
entire academic community to collaborate with the expansion of sidewalk arborization in the city. In addition, students received guidance on planting trees on their
sidewalks. In the following year, the “4th Green Week” (2014) focused its efforts on
actions around Material Recycling Workshops encouraging reuse and the conscious
use of materials. The furniture, the result of the workshops, became a living environment for students and remained in the central hall of unit 2 until 2019, when they
were donated, as the university had to readjust the layout in view of the growing
number of students.
It is important to say with the first three-years of project, the actions were related
to the 15th SDG—Life on Land, and in “4th Green Week”, we started working with
the 12th SDG—Responsible Consumption and Production.
The “5th Green Week” (2015) with the theme “Sustainability: New Views”,
the university encouraged discussions of environmental sustainability among HEI´s
students and community members, through the several issues developed around the
theme, in social projects that take place at the university.
From the “6th. Green Week” (2016), the theme care and preservation with the
environment were linked with the Social Responsibility prioritizing care with the
individuals’ health. Therefore, at this time Uni-FACEF started to join “Green Week”
with the “Social Responsibility Week”. Many actions were promoted in the central
square of the city. Among the actions were: measurement of people’s blood pressure,
distribution of seedlings, awareness about proper disposal of garbage, donation of
litter-bags for use in cars, storytelling about the need for environmental preservation
for children, donation of books, among other actions, all the undergraduate courses
were involved especially: Medicine, Civil Engineering, Production Engineering,
Languages, Psychology, and Mathematics.
After this, between 2017 and 2019, the university continued encouraging “Green
Week” actions (7th, 8th, and 9th.) and linked them with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. “Social
Responsibility Week”. Students’ involvement in actions and activities took place
annually during this period, but the university needs to do more in SD.