‘Campus, Home, City: Laboratories of Change’, the Education or Sustainability Program of the University of a Coruña

  1. Soto, Manuel 2
  2. Vega-Marcote, Pedro 1
  3. Calvo Dopico, Domingo 3
  4. Torrijos, Verónica 2
  5. Dono, Martina 2
  1. 1 Universidade da Coruña, Associate Professor of Science Didactics, Faculty of Educational Studies, Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain/Galiza, Spain
  2. 2 Universidade da Coruña, Office for the Environment, Ed. Xoana Capdevielle, Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain/Galiza, Spain
  3. 3 Universidade da Coruña, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain/Galiza, Spain
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Journal:
Journal of Sustainability Perspectives

ISSN: 2797-7137

Year of publication: 2023

Volume: 3

Pages: 263-270

Type: Article

DOI: 10.14710/JSP.2023.20713 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

The program 'Campus, home, city: laboratories of change', aims to promote the students and citizenship formation in the basic concepts of environmental and social sustainability, responding to the priority challenges for our society such as climate change,waste production, circular economy or sustainable mobility. The proposed service-learning, hands-on activities takesadvantage of the housing, the university and the city as places for researching and experimentation. A feature of this program is the use of online ICT tools for fieldwork, in particular the survey and mapping of waste generation and footprint, water use efficiency, transport footprint and consumption of energy. The project has the collaboration of the Alcoa Foundation and is now in its 6th Edition, adding upthe participation of more than 11,000 people. In the last two editions, the project has been extended to primary, secondary and vocational training centers in the region of A Mariña.

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