Information
- Submitted by: Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI)
- Primary SD area: Education
- Keywords: education
- Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
- Date of completion: 1 Jan 2000
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Deliverables & Resources
Higher Education Sustainability Initiative - University of Lausanne
Organization(s) making commitment
University of Lausanne
Achievement of Commitment
The aim therefore is to propose examples of new lifestyles that respect local and global limits and balances. The sustainability strategy, which takes shape through a participatory process, is called the UNIL’s Agenda 21.
Measures :
1. Encourage teaching and research on themes of sustainability
2. Strengthen the culture of sustainability in the UNIL community
3. Affirm UNIL as a centre of reflection on sustainability
4. Manage UNIL’s consumption of natural resources and energy in a rational way
5. Make sustainability a part of UNIL’s quality culture
How this will be achieved
By the term “sustainability” UNIL means the need for society to maintain a degree of prosperity, while at the same time drastically reducing its impact on the biosphere by showing greater consideration for the limits of natural riches and the need to share resources more fairly. While the natural sciences and technology will play a role in creating innovative solutions, it is clear that they alone will not be able to meet this challenge. Institutional, economic and social innovations will also be necessary. It is the responsibility of educational and research institutions to analyse in depth the mechanisms that lead to current imbalances and to contribute to the emergence of such innovations.
| Deliverables | |
| Deliverable | Date |
| UNIL’s Agenda 21 | 2015 |
| Resources devoted to delivery | |
| Type | Details |
| Staff / Technical expertise | Expertise of students and staff concerning sustainable development |