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Jenny Kong Yug YingLecturers name: Puan
Liong Lina
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Introduction:
we will need to make efforts at every level, fromthe individual to the household to the communityto the nation to the world.
Governments, corporations and organizationsmust all encourage and pursue sustainablepractices.
Among the institutions that can contribute to
sustainability efforts are collegesand universities.
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Do university students need to do
so?? We tend to think of colleges and universities as enlightened
and progressive institutions that generate benefits forsociety.
However, colleges and universities are also centers of
lavish resource consumption. Institutions of higher education feature extensive
infrastructure, including classrooms, offices, research labs,and residential housing. Most also have diningestablishments, sports arenas, vehicle fleets, and roadnetworks.
TheThe ecological footprint of a typicalecological footprint of a typicalcollege or university is substantialcollege or university is substantial..
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Why we have to do this???Why we have to do this???
The truth is, we enrolled at our college or
university to gain an education, not to
transform the institution.
Why, then, are increasing numbers of
students promoting sustainable practices on
their campuses.
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1. Make a Difference!!!
First, reducing the ecological footprint of a
campus really can make a difference. The
consumptive impact of educating, feeding,
and housing hundreds or thousands of
students is immense.
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Aware!!!!
Second, campus sustainability efforts make
students aware of the need to address
environmental problems, and students who
act to promote campus sustainability serve as
models for their peers.
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3. Learn and grow!!!
the student who engages in sustainability
efforts learns and grows as a result. The
challenges, successes and failures that we
encounter can serve as valuable preparation
for similar efforts in transforming ourselves in
the broader society.
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