Several Thoughts on Promoting
University Education in Ecological
Civilization
Zongguo Wen
The report of the 19th National Congress of the CPC stated that building an ecological civilization is vital to sustain the Chinese nation’s development and is the only
way to address the contradiction between people’s ever-growing needs for a good
ecological environment and the inadequate effective supply of ecological products.
At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection in 2018, the Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization was established as a beacon for developing
ecological civilization. Revolving around the major requirements of this campaign,
universities, as institutions undertaking scientific research and talent cultivation,
should on the one hand lead as pioneers and guides in promoting green, circular and
low-carbon development in the endeavor to contribute to China’s and the world’s
sustainable development. On the other hand, they should also fully exert their advantages and roles to actively advance education in ecological civilization and explore
the path of building green universities, and advocate energy conservation and emission reduction on campus, as part of the efforts to promote regional environmental
improvement.
1 Important Mission of Higher Education in Building
an Ecological Civilization
Ecological civilization calls for the joint efforts of multiple forces, including governments, universities, the press and social groups. Giving the guiding role of education,
higher learning institutions should act as pioneers in ecological civilization education. The serious environmental issues, even ecological disasters today, are largely
attributed to the lack of sufficient and systematic ecological education in the past.
Z. Wen (B)
Center for Ecological Civilization, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
© China Environment Publishing Group Co., Ltd. 2021
J. Pan et al. (eds.), Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views
on Eco-civilization Construction, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_55
557
University Education in Ecological
Civilization
Zongguo Wen
The report of the 19th National Congress of the CPC stated that building an ecological civilization is vital to sustain the Chinese nation’s development and is the only
way to address the contradiction between people’s ever-growing needs for a good
ecological environment and the inadequate effective supply of ecological products.
At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection in 2018, the Xi Jinping
Thought on Ecological Civilization was established as a beacon for developing
ecological civilization. Revolving around the major requirements of this campaign,
universities, as institutions undertaking scientific research and talent cultivation,
should on the one hand lead as pioneers and guides in promoting green, circular and
low-carbon development in the endeavor to contribute to China’s and the world’s
sustainable development. On the other hand, they should also fully exert their advantages and roles to actively advance education in ecological civilization and explore
the path of building green universities, and advocate energy conservation and emission reduction on campus, as part of the efforts to promote regional environmental
improvement.
1 Important Mission of Higher Education in Building
an Ecological Civilization
Ecological civilization calls for the joint efforts of multiple forces, including governments, universities, the press and social groups. Giving the guiding role of education,
higher learning institutions should act as pioneers in ecological civilization education. The serious environmental issues, even ecological disasters today, are largely
attributed to the lack of sufficient and systematic ecological education in the past.
Z. Wen (B)
Center for Ecological Civilization, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
© China Environment Publishing Group Co., Ltd. 2021
J. Pan et al. (eds.), Beautiful China: 70 Years Since 1949 and 70 People’s Views
on Eco-civilization Construction, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6742-5_55
557