The establishment of suitable infrastructure to support efforts to integrate sustainability initiatives within higher education institutions, usually called 'green offices', has proven to be a sound procedure. See for instance: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652619318098
No matter what they are formally called (green offices, offices of sustainability or offices of sustainability services), these offices provide invaluable assistance towards ensuring that matters related to sustainable development at universities are pursued not only systematically, but also continuously. Yet even though green offices are important tools for better integrating sustainability into university operations, there are few specialist events where their activities can be discussed in an integrated way.
Based on this need, the World Symposium on Green Offices (WSGO 2022) is being organised by the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), under the auspices of the
European School of Sustainability Science and Research and the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme.
The World Symposium on Green Offices (WSGO) will be held online from 9:00 am to 11:50 pm on Wednesday, 7 December 2022. It will be followed by the World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day 2022.
Programme | |||
Time (CET) | Details | ||
09:00 – 09:10 | World Symposium on Green Offices (WSGO 2022) – Opening Prof. Dr. Walter Leal Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany & Manchester Metropolitan University, UK | ||
09:10 – 09:30 | Jennifer Louise Pohlmann | Hamburg University of Applied Sciences | Hamburg University of Applied Sciences – Start of the Office of Sustainability Services: engaging the stakeholders |
09:30 – 09:50 | Nekane Castillo-Eguskitza | Universidad del País Vasco | The Sustainability Office of the University of the Basque Country: fostering the SDGs in education, research, and transfer through the EHU agenda 2030 strategy. |
09:50 – 10:10 | Manuel Soto Castiñeira | Universidade da Coruña | The role of the Office for the Environment at the University of Coruña in promoting sustainability |
10:10 – 10:30 | Manuel Soto Castiñeira | Universidade da Coruña | Evaluation of the Green Campus program at the University of Coruña. |
10:30 – 10:50 | Break | ||
10:50 – 11:10 | Baur Lukas | Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences | Benchmarking of Greenhouse Gas Emissions German Universities and Colleges |
11:10 – 11:30 | Alexandros Lingos | University of West Attica | University Sustainability Office at University of West Attica: Theory in real time conditions through Skyros Project. |
11:30 – 11:50 | José G. Vargas-Hernández | Instituto Tecnológico Mario Molina Pasquel y Henríquez, Unidad Académica Zapopan | Green culture pro-environmental behaviors and organizational environmental sustainability on green human resources management and green |
13:00 – 17:10 | Afternoon Session - World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day | ||
