Experiencing Sustainability Education: Insights from a Living and Learning Programme

Abstract

This article reports findings from the preliminary assessment of the Sustainable Living and Learning Community (SLLC) Programme, a yearlong and sustainability-focused living and learning programme. Using a multimethod approach that triangulates its findings based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of surveys, pre- and post-programme questionnaires and reflective journals, we found that a majority of students in the SLLC programme not only developed more nuanced understandings of the terms sustainability and consumption but also acknowledged their own roles in perpetuating unsustainable forms of consumption. Furthermore, 75 per cent of SLLC students modified their habits and behaviours with sustainability in mind and developed a deeper sense of agency that led some students to view sustainability as a form of activism.

Relationship between Statistics Anxiety and Academic Dishonesty: A Comparison between Learning Environments in Social Sciences

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“…Sustainability has become an imperative in today's rapidly changing world, and hence, a key topic in higher education debates and programs worldwide. Colleges and universities play a crucial role in informing the knowledge values and skills of future leaders and citizens [1]. Sustainability is a broad notion comprising environmental, social, and ethical aspects.…”

What do Youth Really Care for? Towards Ethical Education, Education for Sustainable Development and Youth Values

“…Recent studies show that experiential learning and personal encounters with environmental issues in specific conditions (summer camps, long-term or short-term programmes) can change pupils´ habits and consumption behaviour or influence their attitude towards nature. To be more specific, I can mention some examples: Intervention in the Sustainable Living and Learning Community (SLLC) Programme, which developed understanding of term sustainability and 75 per cent students modified their habits and behaviour (Lewis et al, 2019). Environmental education programmes can increase students' understanding of ecological issues, their perceptions of the presence and importance of nature in the local urban setting (Kudryavtsev et al, 2012).…”

Information Managers as Change Agents in achieving Sustainable Development in the 21st Century

“…This philosophy, entrenches the principles of conservation of natural environment as well as global equity. The world is changing and many scholars have had to grapples with the complications brought about by a fast-changing world where by the living pattern of the present generation consciously altered to a more beneficial way, to accommodate generations yet unborn (Lewis, Kenerson, Sorrentino & Rowse, 2019). The role of Information Managers also known as Librarians in this transition is essential, as Information Managers play a critical role in accomplishing long-term development goals through the provision of essential information services which has the capacity to enhance the quality of decision taken by individual members of the society towards in achieving the set goals.…”