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- Conceito de sobrecarga ecológica. Tópico 1 (parte 1)Publication . Pulselli, Federico Maria; Patrizi, Nicoletta; Nicolau, Paula Bacelar; Caeiro, Sandra; Galli, Alessandro; Malandrakis, George; Pires, Sara Moreno; Nicolau, Mariana; Papadopoulou, Athanasia; Mapar, Mahsa; Theodosiou, Nikolaos; Zachos, Dimitrios; Niccolucci, Valentina
- Pegada Ecológica (PE): conceitos. Tópico 3Publication . Galli, A.; Patrizi, N.; Nicolau, Paula Bacelar; Caeiro, Sandra; Malandrakis, G.; Pires, Sara Moreno; Niccolucci, Valentina; Nicolau, Mariana; Papadopoulou, Athanasia; Mapar, Mahsa; Pulselli, F.M.; Theodosiou, N.; Zachos, D.
- How are new sustainable development approaches responding to societal challenges?Publication . Ramos, Tomás B.; Caeiro, Sandra; Pires, Sara Moreno; Videira, Nuno
- EUSTEPs administrative staff teaching modulePublication . Pires, Sara Moreno; Nicolau, Mariana; Mapar, Mahsa; Malandrakis, George; Pulselli, Federico Maria; Galli, Alessandro; Patrizi, Nicoletta; Caeiro, Sandra; Nicolau, Paula Bacelar; Papadopoulou, Athanasia; Niccolucci, Valentina; Theodosiou, Nikolaos; Zachos, DimitriosEnhancing Universities’ Sustainability TEaching and Practices – EUSTEPs – is a project financed by ERASMUS+ program that features the collaboration among four European Universities and one Non-Governmental Organization. The team is coordinated by Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), and is comprised of members from University of Siena (UNISI), Italy, University of Aveiro (UAv) and Universidade Aberta (UAb), both in Portugal, and Global Footprint Network (GFN), California, USA. The project aims to introduce a broader and holistic approach to sustainability within universities, having developed already one module dedicated to students and another for educators. In addition to this purpose, the project also envisions the development of a Footprint Calculator for Universities’ campus, allowing Institutions to acknowledge the environmental dimension of sustainability and connect it to their everyday functioning. All the actors whitin HEIs (students, academic staff, administrative staff and management bodies) are called to embrace a more sustainable campus, developing a set of multidisciplinary skills and a necessary shift in attitudes. This module is dedicated to the Administrative Staff of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and embraces a hands-on, experiential approach to sustainability understanding and Ecological Footprint concept. By presenting sustainability within the context of everyday life rather than through mere abstract theories and concepts around sustainability and, bridging with the 2030 UN Agenda Sustainable Development Goals, the administrative staff will be able to grasp how sustainability relates to not only the whole spectrum of daily life but also with their workplace and the administration of HEIs. The core aspect of the EUSTEPs Module to HEIs Administrative Staff is: 1. To make the administrative staff aware of sustainability and Ecological Footprint concepts. 2. To empower them to affect the sustainability of their workspace, as well as their community, bringing sustainability knowledge and its associated skills (usually limited to academics, researchers and students). Throughout this module, the administrative staff will not only be able to learn about sustainability and the human-environment relationship but also track their own individual Footprints; through discussing their results and behavior decisions with peers to shape a “learning by group discussion” process.
- Guidelines for setting-up transdisciplinary sustainability coursesPublication . Pulselli, Federico Maria; Malandrakis, George; Mancini, Maria Serena; Nicolau, Paula Bacelar; Nicolau, Mariana; Mapar, Mahsa; Theodosiou, Nikolaos; Patrizi, Nicoletta; Galli, Alessandro; Pires, Sara Moreno; Caeiro, Sandra; Papadopoulou, Athanasia; Niccolucci, Valentina; Givliotti, Massimo; Zachos, DimitriosThis report, developed by the ERASMUS+ project EUSTEPs (Enhancing Universities’ Sustainability TEaching and Practices), presents Guidelines for the creation of a Sustainability Course. It proposes a transdisciplinary curricular unit that can be included within all University degree programs (both bachelor and master). The document includes possible reasons, procedures, contents, and opportunities connected to such didactic initiative, with the aim of creating an approach that can be replicated in many Universities around the world interested in its implementation. It builds on the multi-year experience of the University of Siena (Italy) as a reference point, and the positive feedback from the EUSTEPs’ academic consortium members (namely Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Aveiro and Universidade Aberta). Thanks to its flexibility, every University can interpret the proposal presented in this report in a different way and proceed according to its own preferences, conditions, knowledge, and rules.
- Conceitos de sustentabilidade. Tópico 1 (parte 2)Publication . Pires, Sara Moreno; Theodosiou, N.; Nicolau, Paula Bacelar; Caeiro, Sandra; Galli, A.; Malandrakis, G.; Niccolucci, Valentina; Nicolau, Mariana; Papadopoulou, Athanasia; Mapar, Mahsa; Patrizi, N.; Pulselli, F.M.; Zachos, D.
- “EUSTEPs Educators teaching module: sustainability around us: from theory to practice...and back”Publication . Malandrakis, George; Pulselli, Federico Maria; Galli, Alessandro; Pires, Sara Moreno; Nicolau, Paula Bacelar; Caeiro, Sandra; Nicolau, Mariana; Papadopoulou, Athanasia; Mapar, Mahsa; Patrizi, Nicoletta; Niccolucci, Valentina; Theodosiou, Nikolaos; Zachos, DimitriosThis module, developed by the ERASMUS+ project EUSTEPs (Enhancing Universities’ Sustainability TEaching and Practices), uses a “learning-by-doing” approach to equip EU university students with science-based knowledge, multidisciplinary skills, and the transdisciplinary mindset needed to play a critical role in our societal effort towards sustainability, thus allowing students to be best prepared for the future labour market. The module is made highly effective by the adoption of the concept of Ecological Footprint (EF), a well-known and widespread quantitative approach to study, assess and understand sustainability concept. The EF is an ecology-based environmental accounting method, but we propose it not as a technical tool but as a medium to transfer important aspects of sustainability from a wide range of teachers to a wide range of students. This is possible by virtue of the verified ability of the EF method and related accessories to communicate, inform, visualize, and represent sustainability in its variegated forms. The module embraces a hands-on, experiential approach to sustainability teaching: by presenting sustainability within the context of everyday life rather than through a mere abstract teaching of intangible theories and concepts, the goal of the module is to allow students to understand, realize, and learn the full complexity of the economy-society-environment relationships, and help them grasp how sustainability relates to the whole spectrum of daily life. A series of universal, community and environmental education pedagogical approaches (PA) are employed in this module for the development of sustainability competencies. More specifically, seven out of the ten literature suggested education for sustainable development (ESD) pedagogical approaches are commissioned in this EUSTEPs teaching module, including the universal PAs of Case studies, Interdisciplinary team teaching/planning, Lecturing, Concept maps, Project or problem based learning, along with the community PA of Participatory Action Research, and the environmental education PA of Place-based environmental education.
- Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES): sustentabilidade e ferramentas de avaliação. Tópico 5Publication . Caeiro, Sandra; Malandrakis, G.; Nicolau, Paula Bacelar; Galli, A.; Pires, Sara Moreno; Nicolau, Mariana; Papadopoulou, Athanasia; Mapar, Mahsa; Patrizi, N.; Pulselli, F. M.; Theodosiou, N.; Zachos, D.
- How to integrate sustainability teaching and learning in higher education Institutions?: from context to action for transformation towards SDGs implementation: a literature reviewPublication . Pires, Sara Moreno; Nicolau, Mariana; Mapar, Mahsa; Dias, Marta Ferreira; Horta, Dina; Nicolau, Paula Bacelar; Caeiro, Sandra; Patrizi, Nicoletta; Pulselli, Federico M.; Galli, Alessandro; Malandrakis, Georgios
- Defining criteria and indicators for a sustainability label of local public servicesPublication . Domingues, Ana Rita; Pires, Sara Moreno; Caeiro, Sandra; Ramos, Tomás B.The assessment of sustainability of public services is an important issue, especially at local level, takeninto account the central role of local governments as a major public employer and provider of a diversity ofservices. Local governments are close to citizens and are moving faster than other public sector levels withregard to the integration of sustainability principles in their operations and strategies. A sustainabilitylabel to communicate public service performance enables to disclose information directly to serviceusers. However, there is a dearth of research about labels addressing specific sustainability criteria forlocal services. The main aim of this research was the development of a conceptual framework to definea sustainability label, as a tool to assess and communicate sustainability of local public services. Theapproach was developed taking into account criteria of the European Union Ecolabel and indicators ofthe Global Reporting Initiative guidelines. The ecolabel is a relatively well-known voluntary instrumentin Europe and has the potential for application in public service activities and operations, but only assessthe environmental component of sustainability. The Global Reporting Initiative, in particular the SectorSupplement for Public Agencies, was then used to integrate the other sustainability components. Thirty-six (36) criteria and respective indicators were adapted for the proposed sustainability label conceptualframework. A Portuguese local public service was used as an exploratory case study to test the proposedconceptual model into practice. The overall results demonstrate that few criteria were accomplished inthis local public service, stressing that new practices and public policies need to be adopted to invertthe current trend, especially through the application of assessment systems. This exploratory case studyresearch has shown how useful can be a sustainability label to support local governments in evaluatingand communicating the sustainability performance of their public services. This case could drive andsupport other government levels, including central and regional public administration, in adopting andexploring public service labels and their associated performance approaches.