Several Thoughts on Promoting University Education …
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are made in the water supply and drainage systems, central plaza layout, road transport system and application of eco-technologies. Efforts are also made to foster the
teachers’ and students’ habits and competence of environmental protection.
4. Promoting ecological culture by developing advanced eco-technologies
Universities are an important inheritor of advanced human culture and spirit. When
advancing the historical process of ecological civilization, higher education institutions should not only perform the task of building an ecological civilization, but also
promote ecological culture. Teachers and students alike should take concrete actions
to promote sustainable development both on campus and in the society, create the
atmosphere of caring for ecological environment, and urge an environment-friendly
production and consumption mode. In this way, the green campus initiative will be
put into practice beyond the campus and a benign cycle and common development
would be realized between green universities and local communities.
Higher learning institutions should always reflect the concept of ecological civilization in the creation of eco-technologies. They should organize relevant researchers
and teachers to step up the study of issues related with ecological civilization, contemplate technological innovation from an ecological perspective, and apply the research
results to the society to advance ecological civilization directly or indirectly.
When promoting ecological civilization, higher learning institutions should
combine education in science with that in humanities, cultivate the students’ awareness of ecological civilization and sustainable development, in a bid to foster and
advocate such core values as equity, responsibility and sustainability contained in
green culture. They should also keep bettering the teachers’ and students’ overall
quality to actively contribute to the development of green culture.
2 Suggestions on Improving Education and Research
in Ecological Civilization
As an important juncture where talents (primary resources), science and technology
(primary productive force), innovation (primary driving force) and culture (primary
soft power) are mingled, universities have a special and vital role to play in serving
the development of ecological civilization. They are the main base of talent cultivation, where all educational activities are designed and intended for the students’
growth. Producing high-quality green-conscious talents is the fundamental objective
of building green universities and also the key to achieving the goals of building an
ecological civilization. In recent years, many universities have attached great importance to the education and research in ecological civilization. They have established
a number of relevant research institutes, carried out plenty of research projects and
published a series of papers and monographs. Moreover, they have enlightened the
society in a positive way thanks to new media such as WeChat public accounts and
MOOC, through which information about ecological education and research has
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are made in the water supply and drainage systems, central plaza layout, road transport system and application of eco-technologies. Efforts are also made to foster the
teachers’ and students’ habits and competence of environmental protection.
4. Promoting ecological culture by developing advanced eco-technologies
Universities are an important inheritor of advanced human culture and spirit. When
advancing the historical process of ecological civilization, higher education institutions should not only perform the task of building an ecological civilization, but also
promote ecological culture. Teachers and students alike should take concrete actions
to promote sustainable development both on campus and in the society, create the
atmosphere of caring for ecological environment, and urge an environment-friendly
production and consumption mode. In this way, the green campus initiative will be
put into practice beyond the campus and a benign cycle and common development
would be realized between green universities and local communities.
Higher learning institutions should always reflect the concept of ecological civilization in the creation of eco-technologies. They should organize relevant researchers
and teachers to step up the study of issues related with ecological civilization, contemplate technological innovation from an ecological perspective, and apply the research
results to the society to advance ecological civilization directly or indirectly.
When promoting ecological civilization, higher learning institutions should
combine education in science with that in humanities, cultivate the students’ awareness of ecological civilization and sustainable development, in a bid to foster and
advocate such core values as equity, responsibility and sustainability contained in
green culture. They should also keep bettering the teachers’ and students’ overall
quality to actively contribute to the development of green culture.
2 Suggestions on Improving Education and Research
in Ecological Civilization
As an important juncture where talents (primary resources), science and technology
(primary productive force), innovation (primary driving force) and culture (primary
soft power) are mingled, universities have a special and vital role to play in serving
the development of ecological civilization. They are the main base of talent cultivation, where all educational activities are designed and intended for the students’
growth. Producing high-quality green-conscious talents is the fundamental objective
of building green universities and also the key to achieving the goals of building an
ecological civilization. In recent years, many universities have attached great importance to the education and research in ecological civilization. They have established
a number of relevant research institutes, carried out plenty of research projects and
published a series of papers and monographs. Moreover, they have enlightened the
society in a positive way thanks to new media such as WeChat public accounts and
MOOC, through which information about ecological education and research has