Green university and sustainable development

Hamideh Sayyahpour¹

1) Senior expert in Training and Human Resources Development and head of Social Cultural Activities Department of Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

IOI Code : XDHF-HBKBF
Publication : Conservation of Natural Resources & Environment(envprouma.ir/3rd)
Abstract :
    Sustainable development is a process during which the people of a country meet their needs and improve their living standards. The concept of sustainable development has changed a lot in the past three decades, and environmental issues are considered to be the beginning of sustainable development. In fact, sustainable development is creating a balance between development and the environment. Protecting the environment, preventing its pollution and destruction, as well as the optimal consumption of resources are among the most important factors for achieving sustainable development. On the other hand, in the current changing world, no phenomenon has been emphasized more than education, especially at the higher and academic level, as the main factor of change and transformation, and higher education as a factor for creating and re-creating the basic conditions of the quality of individual and social life. It is looked at. As a scientific, educational and research authority, the university has the role of giving legitimacy to the process of creating sustainable development in the global, national and local society. As a leading institution in the field of sustainable development activities, it is necessary for universities to actively and responsibly enter this field and fulfill their missions. Therefore, universities need to use green management in order to reduce the consumption of resources, materials, energy and organizational costs, help reduce environmental pollution, train green-thinking manpower and culture in this field. Therefore, creating a green university seems inevitable. In this article, a descriptive-analytical and library study has been conducted with the aim of determining the role and importance of the Green University in achieving sustainable development and promoting higher education centers in line with all the universities in the world. The results indicate that success belongs to those universities that make long-term investments on their organization by using green management to achieve desirable environmental goals.

Keywords : sustainable development environment green management higher education green university