UNI-ECO

UNI-ECO, Practical and Collaborative Tools for Sustainability Innovation in the University

UNI-ECO aims at responding to the need to build social and environmental sustainability into the core ethos of modern university.

Sustainability is a crucial issue of the contemporary societies. Now more than ever it has become a vital need to transform our lifestyle in order to be in line with the many initiatives aiming at reaching the established United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030. The term « Education for Sustainable Development » (ESD) describes education that empowers people, to design the future actively in a globalized world, autonomously and responsibly. It constitutes one of the main missions of the university today.

Beyond this, as large, connected human structures, universities have a strong economic, social and ecological impact on their environment, and consequently they have further incentives to integrate sustainability at the basis of their activities.